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