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. Rivers Memorial St Michaels Macclesfield Cheshire UK

Rivers Memorial St Michaels Macclesfield Cheshire UK

Life

He was son of Edward Stanton (d.1686), and nephew of the mason Thomas Stanton (d.1674). Rupert Gunnis, ''Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851'' (revised version of 1951 edition), pp. 366–8. Thomas Stanton had set up a business adjacent to

St Andrew Holborn __NOTOC__ St Andrew Holborn was an ancient English parish that until 1767 was partly in the City of London and mainly in the county of Middlesex. Its City, thus southern, part retained its former name or was sometimes officially referred to as ...

in the first half of the seventeenth century. In 1663 William Stanton became free of the

Masons' Company 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 ...

, and was Master of the Company in 1688 and 1689. He worked at Gray's Inn around 1672. In 1686 he became master-mason at

Belton House Belton House is a Grade I listed country house in the parish of Belton near Grantham in Lincolnshire, England, built between 1685 and 1688 by Sir John Brownlow, 3rd Baronet. It is surrounded by formal gardens and a series of avenues leading t ...

, followed by a commission at Denham Place from 1689; and in 1701 was working at

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. Over 30 of his church monuments are recorded. His apprentices included "Thomas Hill the Younger" son of Thomas Hill Master 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 ...

. He died in 1705 and is buried in

St Andrew's Church, Holborn The Church of St Andrew, Holborn, is a Church of England church on the northwestern edge of the City of London, on Holborn within the Ward of Farringdon Without. History Roman and medieval Roman pottery was found on the site during 2001/0 ...

Monuments

Interior, All Hallows Church, Mitton - geograph

The church of St Remigius in Hethersett - C18 memorial - geograph

*Monument to John Byde in Bengeo (1665) *Monument to the Hon. Penelope Egerton in Westminster Abbey (1670) *Monument to John Bromley in Worcester Cathedral (1674) *Monument to Charles Harsnett in Westminster Abbey (1674) *Monument to

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and his wife Susanna in Quainton (1675)https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147904009/john-dormer *Monument to Dr Walter Balcanqual in

Chirk Chirk ( cy, Y Waun) is a town and community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales, south of Wrexham, between it and Oswestry. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 4,468. Historically in the traditional county of Denbighshire, and later Clwy ...

Church (1678) *Monument to Elizabeth Davies in Monken Hadley (1678) *Monument to Sir John Brownlow, 3rd Baronet and his wife in Belton Church (1679) *Monument to Sir Edward Sebright in Besford (1679) *Monument to Ann Filding, Lady Morland in Westminster Abbey (1680) *Ornate pillars in the cloister of the Inner Temple, London (1680) *Monument to William Emmott in Colne (1683) *Monument to John Archer in Theydon Garnon Church (1683) *Monument to Sir Richard Harison and his wife in Hurst, Berkshire (1683) *Monument to the Ladies Hatton in Gretton, Northamptonshire (1684) *Monument to Sir Richard Newdigate, 1st Baronet and his wife in Harefield (1685) *Monument to Mrs Elizabeth Beane at

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(c.1685) *Monument to

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and Lady Atkins at St Paul's Church, Clapham (c.1689) *Monument to William Mellish at Ragnell, Nottinghamshire (1690) *Monument to Charles Holloway at St Mary's Church in Oxford (1695) *Monument to Lady Bagot at Blithfield (1695) *Monument to Rev Richard Lucy at Christ Church in Brecon (1696) *Memorial to Lord Rivers at

Macclesfield Macclesfield is a market town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Bollin in the east of the county, on the edge of the Cheshire Plain, with Macclesfield Forest to its east ...

(1696) *Monument to Abraham Stanyon at Harefield (1696) *Monument to Sir John Assheton in Downham (1697) *Monument to Ralph Skynner in

Hitchin Hitchin () is a market town and unparished area in the North Hertfordshire Districts of England, district in Hertfordshire, England, with an estimated population of 35,842. History Hitchin is first noted as the central place of the Hicce peopl ...

(1697) *Monument to Chancellor

William Lucy William Lucy (1594–1677) was an English clergyman. He was Bishop of St David's after the English Restoration of 1660. Life Lucy was a student at Trinity College, Oxford. He belonged to the Arminian party, and became Rector of Burghclere in 1 ...

at Christ Church in Brecon (1697) *Monument to Lady Isham in Lamport Church (1699) *Monument to Thomas Coventry, 1st Earl of Coventry in Elmley Castle (1699) *Monument to Isaac Motham in

Hethersett Hethersett is a large village and electoral ward in the county of Norfolk, England, about south-west of Norwich. It covers an area of and had a population of 5,441 in 2,321 households at the 2001 census, increasing to 5,691 at the 2011 ce ...

(1699) *Monument to Lady Williamson in Monkwearmouth (1699) *Monument to Lord Lonsdale in

Lowther, Westmorland Lowther is a civil parish in Eden District, Cumbria. Within the parish are the settlements of Lowther Village, Newtown or Lowther Newtown, Hackthorpe, Whale, and Melkinthorpe. At the 2001 census the parish had a population of 402, increasing to ...

(1700) *Monument to Richard Shireburn, Mitton church (1701) commissioned by Sir Nicholas Shireburn *Tomb of Dean Henry Fairfax in Norwich Cathedral (1702) *Monument to Judith Chester at Barkway (1702) *Monument to Owen Bold at Wrexham (1703) *Ornamentation at

House (1703) *Monument to Lord

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in Ashtead Church (1703) *Monument to Robert Sidney, 4th Earl of Leicester in Penshurst Church (1704)

Family

His wife Dorothy died in 1707 and is buried in

. Edward Stanton was his son.

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stanton, William 1639 births 1705 deaths English sculptors English male sculptors English stonemasons