A Biographical Dictionary of Sculptors in Britain, 1660-1851
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Surname
Spratt
Alternative Surname
First Name
William
Initial of Surname
S
Year of Birth/Baptism
c1709
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Year of Death
Biographical Details
The son of William Spratt of Stepney, Middx, he was apprenticed to Thomas Stayner I on 2 August 1723, becoming free of the Masons’ Company in February 1730. In a list of addresses of London masons, c1740, Spratt is stated as working with ‘Mr. Horsnaile’ (ie Christopher Horsnaile I or II). He signed the fine architectural monument to Mary Dawkins. A William Spratt, possibly his father, was made free by patrimony of the Masons’ Company on 18 August 1703 after serving under another William Spratt.
Literary References: Gunnis 1968, 364; Webb 1999, 31
Archival References: Masons’ Co, Court Book, 1722-51 (2 Aug 1723); Masons’ Co, Freemen, fols 66, 67; Masons’ Co, Assistants, fol 9; GPC
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