Richard Roe (clockmaker)
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Richard Roe, also Rowe, (c.1640 – 1718) of Epperstone was one of the earliest clockmakers in Nottinghamshire.[1]
Life[edit]
He married on 12 August 1660 in Holy Trinity Church, Lambley to Mary. He became churchwarden at Holy Cross Church, Epperstone in 1668 but was a Quaker.
He produced several clocks, known as door frame clocks, for churches in Nottinghamshire.[2]
He is also known to have produced some lantern clocks.[3]
He was buried at Clipston, Nottinghamshire on 25 August 1718.
Works[edit]
Door frame clocks[edit]
- St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Shelford 1680[4] (Replaced in 1880. Whereabouts unknown.)
- St Margaret's Church, Owthorpe 1680[4]
- Church of St. John of Beverley, Whatton 1683 (Probably removed in 1910. Whereabouts unknown.)
- St Mary's Church, East Leake 1683 (not confirmed as Richard Roe, but similar in style)
- Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Hucknall 1685
- Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Plumtree 1686[4] (now at the British Horological Institute, Upton Hall) removed from Plumtree in 1889.[5]
- Holy Cross Church, Epperstone 1688 (Removed in 1854. Whereabouts unknown.)
- St. Giles' Church, Cropwell Bishop 1694 (now in Nottingham Industrial Museum).
- St Swithin’s Church, Wellow about 1699[4]
- St Nicholas' Church, Nottingham 1699[4] (Removed in 1830. Whereabouts unknown.)
- St Michael's Church, Linby, 1700[6]
- St Mary's Church, Nottingham 1707[4] (removed in 1807, now in St Mary's Church, Staunton in the Vale).
- Priory Church of St Peter, Thurgarton date unknown. Removed in 1879.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ Clock and Watch Makers of Nottinghamshire. Harold H. Mather. Friends of Nottingham Museums. 1979
- ^ An Interesting Door Frame Style English Turret Clock, Frank Del Greco. British Horology Times. June Number 53.
- ^ European Clocks. E. J. Tyler. Ward Lock, 1968. ISBN 0706310128
- ^ a b c d e f Beeson, C.F.C. English Church Clocks 1280-1850. Brant Wright Associates Ltd. p. 113. ISBN 0903512149.
- ^ Victoria County History of Nottinghamshire.
- ^ Linby and Papplewick Notebook, L.I. Butler. 1953
- ^ "Thurgarton Priory Church". Nottingham Evening Post. England. 11 March 1879. Retrieved 4 December 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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