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Sir Clement Clerke died in 1693 while leaving behind significant debt. His baronetcy passed to his son Talbot along with Launde Abbey which escaped debt due to marriage settlement terms.
Sir Clement Clerke built cupolas known as reverberatory furnaces for smelting lead and copper. He established a work for remelting old iron with sea coal at Fox Hall that served as the first reverberatory furnace for iron foundry purposes.
Key partners included Dud Dudley, John Finch, Dannett Foorth, George Skippe, Lord Grandison, Robert Thorowgood, and Francis Nicholson. Thomas Fox served as founder of the air furnace operation under Sir Clement Clerke direction.
Sir Clement Clerke built a reverberatory furnace at Putney in 1687 where they smelted copper. They also established a copper smelting works near the banks of the River Wye at Redbrook after obtaining a patent covering this process in 1688.
The partnership dissolved after selling the ironworks in 1676 following financial disputes. Sir Clement Clerke borrowed money from moneylenders on the security of his share which led Dannett Foorth to have him arrested for debt before George Skippe bailed him out.