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To: Travis_Bickle who wrote (168168)	5/25/2009 1:07:29 AM
From: Mac Con Ulaidh	Respond to of 360897

Terrific article, Seminole. I clicked on it earlier here and just thought of it as I am reading of the building in the early 1700's of a big ol' church in England (as a result of doing family history research) - in looking at things on the building of the church the craftspeople are named - Craftsmen Employed in the Building of the Church Mason. Thomas Dun, or Dunn, of Southwark was employed throughout, and was also responsible for the monument to Edward Peck. He worked at St. Anne's, Limehouse, and St. Mary Woolnoth. (ref. 142) He was an executor of William Seager of Spitalfields, carpenter. Other Southwark builders of the same surname occur in deeds relating to domestic buildings in Spitalfields and Mile End New Town contemporaneously with the building of the church, and Charles Dunn of Southwark did the mason's work on the French Church in Fournier Street in 1743. Unsuccessful tender from Richard and Michael Crutcher of ’Billiters Lane, Fanchurch Street, London’. Bricklayers. Thomas Sleymaker of Stepney (d. 1715); Richard Goodchild of Stepney (d. 1722); Thomas Lucas of Deptford (1725–6). Sleymaker, who was not employed after 1715, may probably be identified with Thomas Sleymaker of Stepney who died in that year, possessed of property in Booth Street and Bell Lane. In his will he calls himself a mason, but refers to money of his put in the stock of the ’Society of Bricklayers’. (ref. 143) He and Goodchild, who was probably the Master of the Tylers’ and Bricklayers’ Company in 1720–I, (ref. 144) were partners and had premises in Cannon Street, Wapping. (ref. 142) All three were employed at St. George's-in-the-East and St. Anne's, Limehouse. Carpenters. James Grove of Greenwich (1714–23); Samuel Worrall of Spitalfields (from 1723). Grove worked at most of the Commissioners’ other churches. (ref. 142) On his death Worrall, a prominent Spitalfields builder, was appointed to succeed him. (ref. 145) Unsuccessful tenders from John Brookes of College Hill, William Seager, and Thomas Denning. Smiths. John Skeat of Bow Lane (1715–23); John Cleave (1723–9); John Robins (1724 onwards). Robins obtained the locksmith's contract. (ref. 146) Skeat and Cleave worked at most of the Commissioners’ other churches. Robins worked at St. Mary Woolnoth, St. John Horsleydown and on the tower of St. Michael, Cornhill. (ref. 142) Joiner. Gabriel Appleby (from 1724). He worked also at St. Mary Woolnoth. Unsuccessful tenders from ’Lane and Beaverstock’ and John Simmonds. Plumbers. George Osmond of Fetter Lane (1715); Richard Marples (1717); George Deval (1718 onwards). Osmond worked at most of the Commissioners’ other churches; Marples at St. Mary-le-Strand, St. Mary Woolnoth, St. George's, Bloomsbury, and St. Michael's, Cornhill; and Deval at St. John's, Smith Square, St. Anne's, Limehouse, St. Luke's, Old Street, and St. George's, Bloomsbury. (ref. 142) Unsuccessful tender from Richard Smith. Plasterer. Isaac Mansfield (from 1723). He worked also at St. George's, Hanover Square, St. John's, Smith Square, St. Luke's, Old Street, and St. George's, Bloomsbury. Paviors. William Church (in 1719); John Mist (from 1725). Carvers. Thomas Darby and Gervas Smith (1725–8). Darby worked at many of the Commissioners’ other churches and Smith also at St. Mary Woolnoth. Painter. James Preedy (from 1724). He worked also at St. Mary Woolnoth and St. Michael, Cornhill. (ref. 142) Unsuccessful tender from John Reynolds. Glazier. Jos. Goodchild (from 1724). Labourer. George Norris was employed as labourer to dig foundations. From: 'Christ Church: Historical account', Survey of London: volume 27: Spitalfields and Mile End New Town (1957), pp. 148-169. URL: british-history.ac.uk Date accessed: 25 May 2009.