10 Facts About Joseph Knibb

Joseph Knibb was an English clockmaker of the Restoration era.

Joseph Knibb was born in 1640, the fifth son of Thomas Knibb, yeoman of Claydon.

Joseph Knibb set up premises in St Clement's, Oxford, where he was outside the city liberties.

Joseph Knibb applied for the Freedom of Oxford twice in 1667 but on both occasions the smiths and watchmakers of the city objected and he was refused.

FC Beeson proposed the theory that Joseph Knibb had built the clock.

Joseph Knibb retired from London in 1697 and went to live in Hanslope in Buckinghamshire, where he continued to make clocks until his death in 1711.

Joseph Knibb is renowned for both the quality of his work and his invention.

Joseph Knibb's merits were recognised by his being appointed clockmaker to Charles II and then to James II.

Clock cases of Joseph Knibb's era were wooden, and therefore were made by specialist clockcase makers who were members of the Worshipful Company of Joiners and Ceilers.

Joseph Knibb is the most accomplished of an extended family of clockmakers that included his cousin Samuel and Joseph's younger brother John.