Old clocks and watches & their makers, being an historical and descriptive account of the different styles of clocks and watches of the past, in England and abroad, to which is added a list of ten thousand makers (1904)
Britten, F. J. (Frederick James), 1843-1913 · London, B. T. Batsford · leaf 276
t.— Edward East, watchmaker to Charles I., was atrue horologist and a worthy successor to David Ramsay. He atonetime resided in Pall Mall, near the tennis court, and attended theking when tennis and other games were being played in the Mall, hisMajesty often providing one of Easts watches as a… … Fig. 398. Vu.. j99. provided him with a gold alarum watch, which was fetched from thekings watchmaker, Mr. East, in Fleet Street. He was in FleetStreet in 1635, for a correspondent of Notes and Queries had in 1900a MS. Return of Strangers within the ward of Farringdon Withoutwherein East is…
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