Joshua Marshall

Joshua Marshall (1628–1678) was an English mason and sculptor. As the King's Master Mason at the time of the Great Fire of London, he was responsible for many of the rebuilding projects. He worked closely with Christopher Wren and was the builder of several "Wren churches".

Life

He was born in a house on Fetter Lane in London on 24 June 1628,

Marshall lived in the parish of St Bride's Church and attended church there. He had premises on Shoe Lane, just off Fleet Street. As Master Mason to the King and as a regular contractor for the works of Wren, he was one of the many masons who worked on St Paul's Cathedral although his specific work on the cathedral is not clear.

He died in London on 6 April 1678 and was buried at St Dunstan-in-the-West. In his will he left £200 to be given to the widows of masons in London. (relocated in 20th century) St Mary-at-Hill Church, with Wren (1670–1676) St Bride's Church, Fleet Street, with Wren (1670–1684) Monument to Lady Dame Dyonis Williamson at St Dunstan-in-the-East (1671) New Customs House at Sugar Quay (1671), designed by Wren to replace the Old Customs House destroyed in the Great Fire of London Construction of The Monument to the Great Fire of London (1671 to 1673), designed by Wren and Robert Hooke St Mary Aldermary (Aldermanbury), with Wren (1671) Ornate pedestal for the equestrian statue of King Charles I at Charing Cross (1675) Monument to Sir Geoffrey Palmer, 3rd Baronet and Lady Palmer at East Carlton (1675) Monument to William Cleave at Cleave's Almhouses in Kingston, Surrey (1676) St Stephen Coleman Street, with Wren (1677) (destroyed in Blitz) St Peter upon Cornhill, with Wren (1677–1684) Monument to the Princes in the Tower in Westminster Abbey (1678) St Swithin, London Stone, with Wren (1678) (completed by others, damaged in Blitz, later demolished) St Clement Danes, with Wren (1678–1682); spire added by James Gibbs in 1719 (destroyed in Blitz, rebuilt in replica)

Family He was married to Catherine George daughter of John George. They had five children but only one daughter and two sons survived to adulthood: Anne, John and Edward. Anne married Richard Somers of the Inner Temple.

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