William Vertue

William Vertue (died 1527) was an English master mason specialising in fan vaults.

Along with his brother Robert, he was involved in the construction of Bath Abbey. The Vertue brothers are reported as telling Bishop Oliver King, the patron of the work, of the vaulting that "Ther shal be no one so goodeley, neither in England nor in France". Vertue designed the vaulting and the clerestory windows and walls of the Henry VII's chapel at Westminster, between 1506 and 1509; as Robert Vertue died in 1506, William is thought to be entirely responsible.

William may have advised John Wastell on the design for the fan vaulted ceiling at King's College Chapel, Cambridge, though the design of that vault is thought to be entirely Wastell's. He was also involved in work at the Tower of London in 1501-02. The fan vault over the crossing at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, finished in 1528, after his death, was his last known architectural work.

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