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It is believed that his will was dated 27 January 1675 and proved on 11 October 1676, at which time he was described as Robert Dadswell a Yeoman of Rotherfield. He left legacies to his daughters Anne and Mary and Anne's children. His only son Edward inherited his properties in Rotherfield.The following information was taken from a website about the Muddle families, the clockmakers of Rotherfield. What might well be the first mention of a clock in Sussex was in the will of William Alchorne, who was a blacksmith at Rotherfield. William had made his will on 19 March 1580, a few weeks before his death, and in this will he states that My will is that my clock in my shop shall stand and continue there forever. Nothing more is known about this clock so we don%2592t know what sort of clock it was or who had made it, but as William was a blacksmith and it is known that blacksmiths did try their hand at making clocks it seems quite likely that William had made this clock.The place where William lived and had his blacksmiths forge was probably the ancient property now called Town Hill House that stands across the road from Rotherfield Parish Church. This property passed from William to his son Anthony, then to Anthonys son Philip, then to Philips son Philip Alchorne. It seems that the house was then divided into two and separated from the workshop and forge. In 1649 the north-east section of this house was sold to Robert Dadswell and on Roberts death in 1676 it was inherited by his son Edward Dadswell, who was a yeoman farmer at Rotherfield. Then in 1680 Edward Dadswell sold it to Thomas Muddle, who was a blacksmith and worked at adjacent forge now owned by Abraham Alchorne, and where William Alchorne had once set up his clock. See Edwards page for further details on the Dadswell clockmakers.

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Robert Dadswell - 1606-02-22

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