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William Webster
Baillie records:
William Webster as an eminent
clockmaker having been apprentice to his father, also William, who
in turn was one of the last apprentices and journeyman to Thomas Tompion.
On the death of his father in 1735, William continued the business
his father started in 1710. He worked at 26 Exchange Alley and
was elected to the Clockmakers Company in 1734, serving as Master
in 1755.
Britten notes:
Many generations of the Webster
family of clockmakers carried on business in the City of London from
1675. Most served as Officers of the Clockmakers Company at
some point in their careers including William (see note above) and
his father, who was appointed Warden in 1734 and died in office.
William's own son, Richard, was appointed to the Clockmakers Company
in 1771 and served as Liveryman in 1787; his son, also Richard, similarly
in 1810.
Many commentators, including Jeremy Evans' excellent
new book, has noted William Webster Snr eagerness to entice customers
away from the workshops of Thomas Tompion by placing newspapers advertisements
after Tompion had died but before he was buried on 26 November 1713
in Westminster Abbey.
Bibl:
Watchmakers & Clockmakers
of the World Vol. 1 G
H Baillie
Old Clock & Watches & Their Makers F
J Britten
Thomas Tompion (at The Dial and Three Crowns) Jeremy
Evans
The London Gazette 24 - 28 November 1713
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