GRINLING GIBBONS ONLINE

Election as Warden (Drapers’ Company Minutes book for the Court of Assistants 1667-1705) 

Creator(s):   Worshipful Company of Drapers

Date:    7th August 1704 (Contained with book dated 1667-1705)

Accession Number:   DR/MB15

Materials:   Work on paper (book)

Location:   Drapers’ Hall, Throgmorton Avenue, London EC2N 2DQ

Credit Line (copyright notice for material) :   © The Drapers' Company

Grinling Gibbons' election as Younger and Renter Warden © The Drapers' Company

NOTES ON THE ARTWORK


The minutes for 7th August 1704 in the Drapers’ Company Minutes book for the Court of Assistants 1667-1705 record the election of Master, Wardens and Officers in which Gibbons was appointed alongside three other men as a Younger Warden, and out of the four was elected as Renter Warden. This is his next progression in status and responsibility within the company after becoming a liveryman in 1684, 20 years earlier. As a warden he became a member of the Court responsible for managing the Company. He also took on a financial administrative role as a Renter Warden supervising expenditure and accounts.