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English mason and sculptor
William Stanton (1639–1705) was an English mason and sculptor. He is known particularly for
monumental masonry . He is often ferred to as Stanton of Holborn .
William Stanton, 1694 memorial to
Thomas Savage, 3rd Earl Rivers in St Michael's Church,
Macclesfield ,
Cheshire , UK.
Life
He was son of Edward Stanton (d.1686), and nephew of the mason
Thomas Stanton (d.1674).
[1] Thomas Stanton had set up a business adjacent to
St Andrew Holborn in the first half of the seventeenth century.
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In 1663 William Stanton became free of the
Masons' Company , and was Master of the Company in 1688 and 1689.
[1] He worked at
Gray's Inn around 1672.
[2] In 1686 he became master-mason at
Belton House , followed by a commission at
Denham Place from 1689; and in 1701 was working at
Stonyhurst .
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[2] Over 30 of his church monuments are recorded.
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His apprentices included "Thomas Hill the Younger" son of
Thomas Hill Master of the
Worshipful Company of Masons .
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He died in 1705 and is buried in
St Andrew's Church, Holborn .
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Monuments
Shireburn monument All Hallows Church, Mitton
Memorial to Isaac Motham and his wife in St Remigius Church,
Hethersett ,
Norfolk , UK.
The following is a list of people whose monuments are known to have been created by Stanton and the monument's location:
John Byde in
Bengeo (1665)
Hon. Penelope Egerton in
Westminster Abbey (1670)
John Bromley (born
c. 1611 , died 1674; younger son of Sir
Thomas Bromley of
Holt Castle ) in
Worcester Cathedral (1674)
Charles Harsnett in
Westminster Abbey (1674)
Sir John Dormer and his wife Susanna in
Quainton (1675)
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Dr Walter Balcanqual in
Chirk Church (1678)
Elizabeth Davies in
Monken Hadley (1678)
Sir John Brownlow, 3rd Baronet and his wife in
St Peter and St Paul's Church, Belton (1679)
Sir Edward Sebright in
Besford (1679)
Ann Filding, Lady Morland in
Westminster Abbey (1680)
Ornate pillars in the cloister of the
Inner Temple , London (1680)
William Emmott in
Colne (1683)
John Archer in
Theydon Garnon Church (1683)
Sir Richard Harison and his wife in
Hurst, Berkshire (1683)
The Ladies Hatton in
Gretton, Northamptonshire (1684)
Sir Richard Newdigate, 1st Baronet and his wife in
Harefield (1685)
Mrs Elizabeth Beane at
Hythe, Kent (c.1685)
Sir Richard Atkins, 2nd Baronet and Lady Atkins at St Paul's Church,
Clapham (c.1689)
William Mellish at
Ragnell, Nottinghamshire (1690)
Charles Holloway at St Mary's Church in
Oxford (1695)
Lady Bagot at
Blithfield (1695)
Rev Richard Lucy at Christ Church in
Brecon (1696)
Memorial to
Lord Rivers at
Macclesfield (1696)
Abraham Stanyon at
Harefield (1696)
Sir John Assheton in
Downham (1697)
Ralph Skynner in
Hitchin (1697)
Chancellor
William Lucy at Christ Church in
Brecon (1697)
Lady Isham in
Lamport Church (1699)
Thomas Coventry, 1st Earl of Coventry in
Elmley Castle (1699)
Isaac Motham in
Hethersett (1699)
Lady Williamson in
Monkwearmouth (1699)
Lord Lonsdale in
Lowther, Westmorland (1700)
Richard Shireburn,
Mitton church (1701) commissioned by
Sir Nicholas Shireburn
Tomb of
Dean Henry Fairfax in
Norwich Cathedral (1702)
Judith Chester at
Barkway (1702)
Owen Bold at
Wrexham (1703)
Ornamentation at
Stonyhurst House (1703)
Lord
Thomas Howard (1651-1701) in
Ashtead Church (1703)
Robert Sidney, 4th Earl of Leicester in
Penshurst Church (1704)
Family
His wife Dorothy died in 1707 and is buried in
St Andrew's Church, Holborn .
Edward Stanton was his son.
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Notes