{"id":5705,"date":"2020-11-13T21:52:55","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T21:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newearthvillage.com\/spriggs\/?post_type=sh_posts&#038;p=5705"},"modified":"2021-07-28T21:34:01","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T21:34:01","slug":"grandfather-clock-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newearthvillage.com\/spriggs\/grandfather-clock-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Grandfather Clock"},"content":{"rendered":"[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22&#8243;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.4&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221;]\n<h3>The Old Grandfather Clock inherited by William Spriggs 6<sup>th<\/sup><\/h3>\n<p>This clock belonged to William and Martha Knight and is believed to have been bought by them in about 1782 when they moved to Worcester from London. Martha\u2019s maiden name was Tessyman. The clock descended to their daughter Martha who married William Spriggs, then to their son\u00a0 William Spriggs of Worcester, then to their son William Spriggs who married Elizabeth Sarah Manser of Hoddesdon; then to their son William Manser Spriggs of Ackock\u2019s Green, who married Alice Josephine Hayward of Torquay in 1896; then\u00a0 to their son William Spriggs of Baie d\u2019Urfe, Quebec Canada who married Agnes Elisabeth Lickfold of Trinidad, British West Indies in 1926.<\/p>\n<p>My brother David Spriggs has the clock, still in place in our home on 32 Oxford Road. It used to work well, But is now not working at all, and would need some repairs to get it going again.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a note also that I found on the inside of the door:<\/p>\n<p>Long case clock of 20 Bradeleyes listed in vol. 1 on G.H. Baillies \u201cwatch makers and clock makers of the world\u201d The notation is as follows:<\/p>\n<p>Joseph Bradley, Worchester \u201can 1744 -9 w.\u201d<br \/>\nThe \u201can\u201d signifies \u201cante\u201d and the \u201cw\u201d signifiers \u201cwatchmaker\u201d<br \/>\nThe dates indicate the earliest and latest available records; and those called \u201cwatchmakers\u201d often made clocks.<br \/>\nThe date 1782 found inside the case is probably a purchase (or repair date as suspected).<\/p>\n<p>It seems very probable that this is the Joseph Bradley that is mentioned in the write up.[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Old Grandfather Clock inherited by William Spriggs 6th This clock belonged to William and Martha Knight and is believed to have been bought by them in about 1782 when they moved to Worcester from London. Martha\u2019s maiden name was Tessyman. The clock descended to their daughter Martha who married William Spriggs, then to their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_stc_notifier_status":"","_stc_notifier_sent_time":"","_stc_notifier_request":false,"_stc_notifier_prevent":false,"_stc_subscriber_keywords":"","_stc_subscriber_search_areas":"","nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<h3>The Old Grandfather Clock inherited by William Spriggs 6<sup>th<\/sup><\/h3>\r\nThis clock belonged to William and Martha Knight and is believed to have been bought by them in about 1782 when they moved to Worcester from London. Martha\u2019s maiden name was Tessyman. The clock descended to their daughter Martha who married William Spriggs, then to their son\u00a0 William Spriggs of Worcester, then to their son William Spriggs who married Elizabeth Sarah Manser of Hoddesdon; then to their son William Manser Spriggs of Ackock\u2019s Green, who married Alice Josephine Hayward of Torquay in 1896; then\u00a0 to their son William Spriggs of Baie d\u2019Urfe, Quebec Canada who married Agnes Elisabeth Lickfold of Trinidad, British West Indies in 1926.\r\n\r\nMy brother David Spriggs has the clock, still in place in our home on 32 Oxford Road. It used to work well, But is now not working at all, and would need some repairs to get it going again.\r\n\r\nHere is a note also that I found on the inside of the door:\r\n\r\nLong case clock of 20 Bradeleyes listed in vol. 1 on G.H. Baillies \u201cwatch makers and clock makers of the world\u201d The notation is as follows:\r\n\r\nJoseph Bradley, Worchester \u201can 1744 -9 w.\u201d\r\nThe \u201can\u201d signifies \u201cante\u201d and the \u201cw\u201d signifiers \u201cwatchmaker\u201d\r\nThe dates indicate the earliest and latest available records; and those called \u201cwatchmakers\u201d often made clocks.\r\nThe date 1782 found inside the case is probably a purchase (or repair date as suspected).\r\n\r\nIt seems very probable that this is the Joseph Bradley that is mentioned in the write up.","_et_gb_content_width":"","h5ap_radio_sources":[],"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[999,1006,817],"tags":[1188,1257],"authors":[691],"3_era_spriggs":[],"class_list":["post-5705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-text-images","category-1700-1799-all-eras","category-family","tag-clock","authors-spriggs-john"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6458,"url":"https:\/\/www.newearthvillage.com\/spriggs\/miniature-desk-william-spriggs\/","url_meta":{"origin":5705,"position":0},"title":"Miniature Desk William Spriggs","author":"Peter Bruce","date":"November 26, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Incomplete&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Incomplete","link":"https:\/\/www.newearthvillage.com\/spriggs\/category\/admin\/incomplete\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6447,"url":"https:\/\/www.newearthvillage.com\/spriggs\/letter-e-manser-to-m-spriggs\/","url_meta":{"origin":5705,"position":1},"title":"Letter: E Manser to M Spriggs","author":"Peter Bruce","date":"November 26, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Text Only&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Text Only","link":"https:\/\/www.newearthvillage.com\/spriggs\/category\/content-type\/text-only\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6320,"url":"https:\/\/www.newearthvillage.com\/spriggs\/spriggs-william-1821-1899-sketches\/","url_meta":{"origin":5705,"position":2},"title":"Spriggs William 1821-1899 Sketches","author":"Peter Bruce","date":"November 25, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Text &amp; 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