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Richard Roe, also Rowe, (c.1640 – 1718) of

Epperstone Epperstone is an English village and civil parish in mid-Nottinghamshire, located near Lowdham and Calverton. It had a population (including Gonalston) of 589 at the time of the 2011 Census. Many inhabitants commute to work or school in Notting ...

was one of the earliest clockmakers in

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Life

He married on 12 August 1660 in

Holy Trinity Church, Lambley Holy Trinity Church, Lambley is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Lambley, Nottinghamshire. History The church dates from the 11th century. It was largely rebuilt around 1470 as the result of a bequest by Ralph Cromwe ...

to Mary. He became churchwarden at

Holy Cross Church, Epperstone Holy Cross Church is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of EnglandThe Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire: Nikolaus Pevsner. at Epperstone in the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham. History The church dates from the 13th century. It ...

in 1668 but was a Quaker. He produced several clocks, known as door frame clocks, for churches in Nottinghamshire. He is also known to have produced some lantern clocks. He was buried at Clipston, Nottinghamshire on 25 August 1718.

Works

Door frame clocks

St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Shelford St Peter and St Paul's Church, Shelford is a parish church in the Church of England in Shelford, Nottinghamshire. The church is Grade II* listed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. History The church is of medieval style ...

1680 (Replaced in 1880. Whereabouts unknown.) * St Margaret's Church, Owthorpe 1680 *

Church of St. John of Beverley, Whatton The Church of St John of Beverley, Whatton is a parish church in the Church of England in Whatton-in-the-Vale, Nottinghamshire, dedicated to St John of Beverley. The church is Grade II* listed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media a ...

1683 (Probably removed in 1910. Whereabouts unknown.) *

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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 (now at the

British Horological Institute The British Horological Institute (BHI) is the representative body of the horological industry in the United Kingdom. It was founded by a group of clockmakers in 1858, and has its current premises at Upton Hall in Nottinghamshire, which includes ...

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) removed from Plumtree in 1889. *

1688 (Removed in 1854. Whereabouts unknown.) * St. Giles' Church, Cropwell Bishop 1694 (now in

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). *

St Swithin’s Church, Wellow St Swithin's Church, Wellow is a Grade II* listed Church of England parish in the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham in Wellow, Nottinghamshire. History The church dates from the 12th century. It was restored in 1878 by Ewan Christian, and a ...

about 1699 *

St Nicholas' Church, Nottingham St. Nicholas Church, known locally as St Nic's, is an Anglican parish church in Nottingham. The church, since 1953, is Grade II* listed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as it is a particularly significant building of more ...

1699 (Removed in 1830. Whereabouts unknown.) *St Michael's Church, Linby, 1700 *

St Mary's Church, Nottingham The Church of St Mary the Virgin is the oldest parish churchDomesday Book: A Complete Translation (Penguin Classics) of Nottingham, in Nottinghamshire, England. It is the largest church after the Cathedral in the city of Nottingham. The church ...

1707 (removed in 1807, now in St Mary's Church, Staunton in the Vale). * Priory Church of St Peter, Thurgarton date unknown. Removed in 1879.

References

English clockmakers 1640s births 1718 deaths People from Epperstone English Quakers Turret clock makers of the United Kingdom {{UK-business-bio-stub