Details of Sculptor

Show Works

Surname	Wise	Alternative Surname
First Name	William	Initial of Surname	W
Year of Birth/Baptism		Flourished	1673-1703
Year of Death
Biographical Details	He was the second son of Thomas Wise I and was apprenticed to his father in 1673, becoming free of the Masons’ Company on 5 October 1680. He became renter warden of the Masons’ Company in 1695, upper warden in 1696 and master in 1703. In 1683 he and his partner, Samuel Fulkes worked as masons at Winchester Palace. Literary References: Knoop and Jones 1935, 35-6; Wren Society, VII, 23, 36-8, 61, 62-4, 66; XIV, 16-7; XV, 10; Gunnis 1968, 438 Archival References: Masons’ Co, Apprentice binding book (1), 1673; Freemen, fol 72; Masters and Wardens