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Surname	Wolfe	Alternative Surname	Woolfe
First Name	Bartholomew	Initial of Surname	W
Year of Birth/Baptism	c1654	Flourished
Year of Death	1720
Biographical Details	He was the son of Bartholomew Woolfe, of Bromley, Kent, a yeoman, and was apprenticed to John Palmer in 1668, becoming free in 1675. He later became one of the leading City masons and worked for several of the City Companies, including the Fishmongers, for whom he executed masonry work in 1717-18. He was again at Fishmongers’ Hall in 1720 when he was paid £5 10s. His executors received a further payment of £170 for the period 1720-21. Literary References: Gunnis 1968, 439 Archival References: Fishmongers P W Accts, 157, 187, 209