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Surname	Assiter	Alternative Surname
First Name	Thomas, of Maidstone	Initial of Surname	A
Year of Birth/Baptism		Flourished
Year of Death	1826
Biographical Details	Responsible for a number of tablets in Kent which Gunnis thought ‘good for a provincial statuary’ (Gunnis 1968, 21). He considered the tablet commemorating Sir John Twisden, with its relief reminiscent of the work of John Bacon II, to be his best work (2). Assiter was employed by the Earl of Romney on mason’s work during the rebuilding of ‘The Mote’, near Maidstone (Building accounts, Maidstone Museum). He is buried in the graveyard of Maidstone Parish Church. Literary References: Gunnis 1968, 21