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Surname	Shout	Alternative Surname
First Name	William II, of York	Initial of Surname	S
Year of Birth/Baptism	1750	Flourished
Year of Death	1826
Biographical Details	The son of Henry Shout, he was appointed master-mason to the Minster in 1794, and in 1813 renewed and re-cut figures at the west end. He was buried at Huntington, near York, where his epitaph states: ‘for forty years with credit to himself and satisfaction to his employers he conducted the repairs and restoration of York Minster’. Literary References: Gunnis 1968, 351 Archival References: York Minster Library, Dean and Chapter Archives, E 10