Timothy Mason (1695–1734) was a clockmaker based in

Gainsborough, Lincolnshire Gainsborough is a market town, inland port and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The town population was 20,842 at the 2011 census, and estimated at 23,243 in 2019. It lies on the east bank of the River Trent ...

, England. Mason was known for constructing

longcase clocks A grandfather clock (also a longcase clock, tall-case clock, grandfather's clock, or floor clock) is a tall, freestanding, weight-driven pendulum clock with the pendulum held inside the tower or waist of the case. Clocks of this style are common ...

with eight-day movements, with two keyholes on either side of the dial. They were driven by two weights; one driving the pendulum and the other the striking mechanism. His clock faces were always signed Tim Mason. He was known to be working at an address given as Lords Street in Gainsborough. A copy of Tim Mason’s inventory and personal estate dated 22 January 1734 does not contain any items of trade listed and the certified value of his assets is £9.13.6. From this it appears that he was retired when he died in 1734 having disposed of his stock, work in progress and tools of his trade. From the records held by the Derbyshire Record Office, Reference D37 M/T693-694: “The Crossells Farm, Stretton: Lease and release by Timothy Mason of Gainsborough (co. Lincoln) clock-maker and Elizabeth his wife , and John Clay of Hartsloft in the parish of Ault Hucknall yeoman to Hannah Holland o Ford widow of the Overclose in Stretton, Consideration £42. Dated 3–4 December 1714.”

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File:Tim Mason.x.jpg, Longcase clock 1730 by Timothy Mason of Gainsborough File:Tim Mason.XXX.jpg, Lateral view of a Timothy Mason longcase clock movement with striking mechanism, 1730 File:Tim Mason.XX.jpg, Clock face 1730 clockmaker Tim Mason of Gainsborough File:Tim Mason.sig.jpg, Clock face signature of Tim Mason {{DEFAULTSORT:Mason, Timothy 1695 births 1734 deaths English clockmakers