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was apprenticed to Joseph in 1668 and became a freeman of the
Worshipful Company of Clockmakers in 1677. John Knibb's youngest son, also called Joseph (1695–1722) was apprenticed in London in 1710 and received a substantial bequest from the elder Joseph Knibb's will in 1712. Another cousin, Elizabeth
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Pendulum maker Knibb, and have agreed for one, he having none ready but a dull stager which was at £19; for £5 more I have agreed for one finer than my Father's, and it is to be better furnished with carved capitalls gold, and gold pedestalls with figures of boys and
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Freedom of Oxford twice in 1667 but on both occasions the smiths and watchmakers of the city objected and he was refused. In February 1668 he was finally admitted to the freedom in a compromise arrangement in which he was officially recorded as being employed by
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Joseph Knibb is the most accomplished of an extended family of clockmakers that included his cousin Samuel and Joseph's younger brother John. A younger cousin Peter Knibb (1651–79) from
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Joseph Knibb is renowned for both the quality of his work and his invention. The aesthetic beauty and simplicity of his work is unparalleled. Among his many inventions was the system of
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of the
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proposed the theory that Joseph Knibb had built the clock. Beeson's theory has since become widely accepted.
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Wood, (the Case I mean), but gold does not agree with that colour, soe took their advice to have it black
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630:"Standing room only at Sotheby's London as the George Daniels horological collection totals £8,285,139"
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was paid £1 per year to maintain it. It is the earliest surviving clock with an
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298:"My dearest Soule; as for the Pandolome Case I think Blacke suits anything"
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The Knibb Family, Clockmakers Or: Automatopaei Knibb
Familiaei
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342:at Claydon to Samuel, Joseph and John Knibb.
115:(1640–1711) was an English clockmaker of the
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279:all brass gilt. I wold have had itt
170:as a gardener and paid a fine of 20
371:"A Long-case clock by Joseph Knibb"
174:(£6.13s.4d.) and a leather bucket.
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208:Worshipful Company of Clockmakers
139:. He was cousin to Samuel Knibb,
674:Museum of the History of Science
776:Antiquarian Horological Society
604:Oxfordshire Blue Plaques Scheme
600:"Samuel, Joseph and John KNIBB"
726:. Tonbridge: Robert Hale Ltd.
608:Oxfordshire Blue Plaques Board
386:"Article mentioning Cescinsky"
336:Oxfordshire Blue Plaques Board
316:, married another clockmaker,
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668:(1989) . Simcock, AV (ed.).
774:, quarterly journal of the
691:Cescinsky, Herbert (1938).
635:. Sotheby's. Archived from
373:. Burlington Magazine. 1919
353:collection for £1,273,250.
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106:Joseph Knibb Londini fecit
762:Ullyett, Kenneth (1950).
334:On 26 September 2010 the
305:Farnborough, Warwickshire
150:Knibb set up premises in
747:A Book of English Clocks
717:. The Manor House Press.
672:(3rd ed.). Oxford:
722:Loomes, Brian (1999) .
697:George Routledge and Co
328:Oxfordshire Blue Plaque
168:Trinity College, Oxford
751:The King Penguin Books
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772:Antiquarian Horology
741:Symonds, RW (1947).
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642:on 27 September 2013
152:St Clement's, Oxford
36:Claydon, Oxfordshire
801:English clockmakers
345:On 6 November 2012
160:freeman of the city
764:In Quest of Clocks
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248:tic-tac escapement
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743:Pevsner, Nikolaus
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666:Beeson, CFC
587:Beeson 1989
572:Beeson 1989
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419:Beeson 1989
377:14 November
340:blue plaque
338:unveiled a
310:Collingtree
308:Knibb from
195:antiquarian
117:Restoration
61:Nationality
785:Categories
733:0719802008
695:. London:
646:6 November
498:6 November
391:1 December
357:References
277:cherubimes
252:Charles II
198:horologist
141:clockmaker
108:circa 1675
347:Sotheby's
614:25 March
256:James II
228:Hanslope
177:In 1669
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659:Sources
224:steward
137:Claydon
121:Tompion
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181:had a
172:nobles
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