John was a clock maker in Bolton, son of the Horologist Robert Walley also of Bolton. Born in Bolton on 4th April 1683, he marked his clocks “John Walley De Bolton” or ”John Walley de Bolton Fecit”.
The registration of his Birth in Bolton Parish Church.
He also used the mark Johannes Whalley De Bolton.
John is known to have worked on the clock at Wigan Church and he took an apprentice Henry Warburton in 1721, for a seven year apprenticeship.
John died in 1730, and was buried in the Parish Church, and at least two of his clocks is known to have survived.
The record of his death and burial at the Parish Church Bolton.
John is known to have signed his clocks both as John, or Johannes Walley de Bolton.
An 8 day, longcase clock by John Walley and marked ‘John Walley de Bolton Fecit’ dated approximately 1705-1715.
A single hand, 30 hour clock by John Walley of Bolton dating to a similar period of 1705-1715, presented in an Oak case with a ‘flat top’ hood common of the time, the clock is currently undergoing sympathetic restoration
