A Birmingham lockmaker who lived in Old Square and fashioned the amazing lock shown here. in 1680:
(by coincidence there is today a locksmith of the same name - https://www.engineeringclicks.com/master-safe-cracker-john-wilkes/)
(by coincidence there is today a locksmith of the same name - https://www.engineeringclicks.com/master-safe-cracker-john-wilkes/)