John Carnaby, Newcastle silversmith. Apprenticed to Francis Batty 1709. In 1718 he went into business on his own account and became warden of the Company of Goldsmiths of Newcastle for the first time in 1721, and again in 1729 /30. In 1726 he also became an innkeeper but continued his career as silversmith alongside. Carnaby is recorded as the maker of the punches used at the Newcastle assay office. Carnaby died circa 1735 and his widow continued the business into the late 1740’s.