Thomas Green of Camberwell (–1730) was a British sculptor and master mason described as the "foremost British sculptor of the first quarter of the 18th century".

Life

St Mary's church in Redgrave - C18 monument - geograph

He was born in or near

London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...

in 1659 or 1660. He trained as a stonemason being first apprenticed to John Fitch in 1673, transferring to William Hind and becoming a Freeman of the

Worshipful Company of Masons The Worshipful Company of Masons is one of the ancient Livery Companies of the City of London, number 30 in the order of precedence of the 110 companies. It was granted Arms in 1472, during the reign of King Edward IV; its motto is “God Is ...

in 1681. In 1694 he was working under Thomas Cartwright the Elder then under William Holland before obtaining his own yard and company in

Camberwell Camberwell () is a district of South London, England, in the London Borough of Southwark, southeast of Charing Cross. Camberwell was first a village associated with the church of St Giles and a common of which Goose Green is a remnant. This e ...

in 1697. He specialised in Coats of Arms commissioned by the government (a fashion of the early 18th century) and grave monuments incorporating statues. He died in Camberwell around 1730.

Main projects

* Monument to Richard Earle, 4th Baronet at Stragglethorpe () * Monument to Richard Welby at

Denton, Lincolnshire Denton is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish was 273 at the 2011 census. It is situated approximately both south-west of Grantham and west from the A1 road. ...

(1705) * Huge memorial to Lord Justice Holt (1711) * Monument to William Chew at

Dunstable Dunstable ( ) is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Bedfordshire, England, east of the Chiltern Hills, north of London. There are several steep chalk escarpments, most noticeable when approaching Dunstable from the ...

(1712) * Monument to

George Courthope Sir George Courthorpe (3 June 1616 – 18 November 1685) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1656 and 1679. Courthorpe was the son of George Courthorpe, of Ticehurst, Sussex. He matriculated at University Coll ...

Ticehurst Ticehurst is both a village and a large civil parish in the Rother district of East Sussex, England. The parish lies in the upper reaches of both the Bewl stream before it enters Bewl Water and in the upper reaches of the River Rother flowing ...

(1714) * Memorial to Judge John Powell (1645-1713) in

Gloucester Cathedral Gloucester Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of St Peter and the Holy and Indivisible Trinity, in Gloucester, England, stands in the north of the city near the River Severn. It originated with the establishment of a minster dedicated to S ...

(1714) * Monument to

Sir Henry Furnese, 1st Baronet Sir Henry Furnese, 1st Baronet (30 May 1658 – 30 November 1712), of Waldershare, Kent, and Dover Street, Westminster, was an English merchant and Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1698 and 1712. Furne ...

Waldershare Waldershare is a village near Dover in Kent, England. In 1086, the village was in the hundred of Eastry in the ancient Lathe of Eastry.Peter Seaman at

St Gregory's Church, Norwich St Gregory's Church, Norwich is a Grade I listed redundant parish church in the Church of England in Norwich. History The church, which stands between Pottergate and St Benedict's Street, is medieval. The body of the church dates back to a 14th- ...

(1715) * Monument to

Maynard Colchester Maynard Colchester (4 March 1665 – 1715), of Westbury Court and the Wilderness, was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the English House of Commons, English and British House of Commons from 1701 to 1708. Colchester was the eldest son ...

at Westbury, Gloucestershire (1715) * Monument to Thomas Hall at St George Colgate in

Norwich Norwich () is a cathedral city and district of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county town. Norwich is by the River Wensum, about north-east of London, north of Ipswich and east of Peterborough. As the seat of the See of Norwich, with ...

(1715) * Coat of Arms at Woolwich Royal Brass Foundry (1717) * Coat of Arms at

Chatham Dockyards Chatham Dockyard was a Royal Navy Dockyard located on the River Medway in Kent. Established in Chatham in the mid-16th century, the dockyard subsequently expanded into neighbouring Gillingham (at its most extensive, in the early 20th century, ...

(1717) * Coat of Arms on the

Tower of London The Tower of London, officially His Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, is a historic castle on the north bank of the River Thames in central London. It lies within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, which is separa ...

(1717) * Coat of Arms at new Storehouse in

Portsmouth Portsmouth ( ) is a port and city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire in southern England. The city of Portsmouth has been a unitary authority since 1 April 1997 and is administered by Portsmouth City Council. Portsmouth is the most dens ...

Docks (1718) destroyed in the Blitz * Coat of Arms at the Gun Wharf in

(1718) destroyed in the Blitz * Memorial to Bishop Richard Cumberland in

Peterborough Cathedral Peterborough Cathedral, properly the Cathedral Church of St Peter, St Paul and St Andrew – also known as Saint Peter's Cathedral in the United Kingdom – is the seat of the Church of England, Anglican Bishop of Peterborough, dedicated to Sain ...

(1718)

Gallery

File:St Gregory Pottergate, Norwich - C18 monument - geograph.org.uk - 2102921.jpg, Monument to Sir Peter Seaman at St Gregory's Church Pottergate, Norwich File:Furness monument, All Saints, Waldershare 01.jpg, Furness monument, All Saints, Waldershare (detail) File:London-Woolwich, Royal Brass Foundry, Nov 2015.jpg, Coat of Arms at Woolwich Royal Brass Foundry File:Chatham Dockyard Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom (5882483106).jpg, Coat of Arms at Chatham Royal Dockyard File:Coat of the arms on The Tower (B) - geograph.org.uk - 2805182.jpg, Coat of the arms on the Tower of London File:Richard Earle Monument in Stragglethorpe Church.jpg, Monument to Sir Richard Earle at Stragglethorpe

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Green, Thomas 1659 births 1730 deaths English sculptors People from Camberwell Year of birth uncertain