Thomas Green of Camberwell (–1730) was a British sculptor and master mason described who was prominent during the first quarter of the 18th century.

Life

He was born in or near

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in 1659 or 1660. He trained as a stonemason being first apprenticed to John Fitch in 1673, transferring to William Hind and becoming a Freeman of the

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in 1681. In 1694 he was working under Thomas Cartwright the Elder then under William Holland before obtaining his own yard and company in

Camberwell Camberwell ( ) is an List of areas of London, area of South London, England, in the London Borough of Southwark, southeast of Charing Cross. Camberwell was first a village associated with the church of St Giles' Church, Camberwell, St Giles ...

in 1697. He specialised in Coats of Arms commissioned by the government (a fashion of the early 18th century) and grave monuments incorporating statues. He died in Camberwell around 1730.

Main projects

* Monument to Richard Earle, 4th Baronet at

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() * Monument to Richard Welby at

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(1705) * Huge memorial to Lord Justice Holt (1711) * Monument to William Chew at

Dunstable Dunstable ( ) is a market town and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England, east of the Chiltern Hills, north of London. There are several steep chalk escarpments, most noticeable when approaching Dunstable from the north. Dunstable is the fou ...

(1712) * Monument to

George Courthope Sir George Courthorpe (3 June 1616 – 18 November 1685) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1656 and 1679. Courthorpe was the son of George Courthorpe, of Ticehurst, Sussex. He matriculated at University Coll ...

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(1714) * Memorial to Judge John Powell (1645-1713) in

Gloucester Cathedral Gloucester Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of St Peter and the Holy and Indivisible Trinity and formerly St Peter's Abbey, in Gloucester, England, stands in the north of the city near the River Severn. It originated with the establishme ...

(1714) * Monument to

Sir Henry Furnese, 1st Baronet Sir Henry Furnese, 1st Baronet (30 May 1658 – 30 November 1712), of Waldershare, Kent, and Dover Street, Westminster, was an English merchant and Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1698 and 1712. Fur ...

Waldershare Waldershare is a village in the civil parish of Tilmanstone, in the Dover district, in Kent, England, near Dover. It has a church called All Saints Church. History The name "Waldershare" means 'District of the forest-dwellers'. Waldershare wa ...

Church (1714) * Monument to Sir Peter Seaman at

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(1715) * Monument to Maynard Colchester at

Westbury, Gloucestershire Westbury-on-Severn is a rural village in England that is the centre of the large, rural civil parish, parish, also called Westbury-on-Severn. Location The village is situated on the A48 road (between Minsterworth and Newnham on Severn) and bo ...

(1715) * Monument to Thomas Hall at St George Colgate in

Norwich Norwich () is a cathedral city and district of the county of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county town. It lies by the River Wensum, about north-east of London, north of Ipswich and east of Peterborough. The population of the Norwich ...

(1715) * Coat of Arms at Woolwich Royal Brass Foundry (1717) * Coat of Arms at Chatham Dockyards (1717) * Coat of Arms on the

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(1717) * Coat of Arms at new Storehouse in

Portsmouth Portsmouth ( ) is a port city status in the United Kingdom, city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England. Most of Portsmouth is located on Portsea Island, off the south coast of England in the Solent, making Portsmouth the only city in En ...

Docks (1718) destroyed in the Blitz * Coat of Arms at the Gun Wharf in

(1718) destroyed in the Blitz * Memorial to Bishop Richard Cumberland in

Peterborough Cathedral Peterborough Cathedral, properly the Cathedral Church of St Peter, St Paul and St Andrew, and formerly known as Peterborough Abbey or St Peter's Abbey, is a cathedral in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, in the United Kingdom. The seat of the Church ...

(1718)

Gallery

File:St Gregory Pottergate, Norwich - C18 monument - geograph.org.uk - 2102921.jpg, Monument to Sir Peter Seaman at St Gregory's Church Pottergate, Norwich File:Furness monument, All Saints, Waldershare 01.jpg, Furness monument, All Saints, Waldershare (detail) File:London-Woolwich, Royal Brass Foundry, Nov 2015.jpg, Coat of Arms at Woolwich Royal Brass Foundry File:Chatham Dockyard Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom (5882483106).jpg, Coat of Arms at Chatham Royal Dockyard File:Coat of the arms on The Tower (B) - geograph.org.uk - 2805182.jpg, Coat of the arms on the Tower of London File:Richard Earle Monument in Stragglethorpe Church.jpg, Monument to Sir Richard Earle at Stragglethorpe

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Green, Thomas 1650s births 1730 deaths English sculptors People from Camberwell