page_title: John Knibb
section_title: Civic and social life
hierarchical_section_title: John Knibb / Civic and social life
caption_attribution_description: English: Blue plaque in Claydon, Oxfordshire, commemorating the clockmakers Samuel, Joseph and John Knibb
context_page_description: John Knibb was an English clockmaker born in Claydon, Oxfordshire. He produced various clocks and watches including bracket clocks, lantern clocks, longcase clocks, and some wall-clocks, as well as building and maintaining several turret clocks. Even though his main market was catering to customers of modest means, he also dominated the higher-quality sector. Only six of Knibb's watches are known to survive.
context_section_description: In 1686 Knibb was appointed a member of Oxford City Council. He was elected as one of the Bailiffs in 1688 and from 1690 to 1696. He was elected as one of the Mayor's assistants in 1697, and Keykeeper and assistant member of the Mayor's council in 1700. Knibb was elected Mayor of Oxford twice, in 1698 and 1710. In 1716 he was elected Alderman.
  Knibb's friends included the antiquarians Anthony Wood and Thomas Hearne. In 1716 Hearne wrote "This Nibb is a man of so little understanding that he was never known to laugh". However, on learning of Knibb's death in 1722 Hearne wrote that Knibb was "an old, quiet, harmless Man abt. 4 score years of Age."
caption: Oxfordshire Blue Plaque in Claydon commemorating Samuel, Joseph and John Knibb
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