Abel, John (1578/9–1675), master carpenter, was probably born and lived at Sarnesfield, Herefordshire. A Catholic recusant, he was brought before a church court in 1618 for contracting a secret marriage with his wife, Johanna. She was still alive in 1640, when she appeared in a list of recusants with her husband. Few other facts are known about ...
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Abel, John (1578/9–1675), master carpenter
David Whitehead
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Atkinson, Thomas (bap. 1729, d. 1798), architect and mason
David Neave
Atkinson, Thomas (bap. 1729, d. 1798), architect and mason, was baptized on 22 June 1729 at Holy Trinity Church, King's Court, York, the son of Thomas Atkinson (d. 1765), a mason, and his wife, Jane Marshall. He worked with his father on ...
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Myers, George (1803–1875), builder and craftsman
Patricia Spencer-Silver
Myers, George (1803–1875), builder and craftsman, known as ‘Pugin's builder’, was born in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, the son of George Myers, whitesmith, (d. c.1823), and of his second wife, Mary Benson (d. 1845). Family details are vague, including the religious affiliation of his parents at the time of his birth. ...
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Owen, Nicholas [St Nicholas Owen, called Little John, Little Michael] (d. 1606), carpenter and Jesuit lay brother
Michael Hodgetts
Owen, Nicholas [St Nicholas Owen, called Little John, Little Michael] (d. 1606), carpenter and Jesuit lay brother, was born in Oxford, probably in St Peter le Bailey. On 2 February he was apprenticed for eight years to William Conway, an Oxford joiner. He sometimes used the aliases ...
