A Biographical Dictionary of Sculptors in Britain, 1660-1851
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Surname
Allen
Alternative Surname
First Name
Theophilus
Initial of Surname
A
Year of Birth/Baptism
Flourished
1687-1727
Year of Death
Biographical Details
He was the son of Peter Allen and was apprenticed to his father in 1687, but did not become free until 1694, when his name appears in the general search of the Masons’ Company. Two more masons of that name are mentioned in the Company archives, one who was made free on 29 October 1679 by service to another mason of the same surname, and another who was made free by patrimony on 6 October 1726.
Literary References: Knoop and Jones 1935, 77; Gunnis 1968, 16-17
Archival References: Masons’ Co, Freedom Register, 1674; Masons’ Co, Freemen; Masons’ Co, Court Book, 1677-94, fol 105v
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