James Gibbons’ Freedom (Drapers’ Company Freedom Book 1567-1656)
Creator(s): Worshipful Company of Drapers
Date: Entry for 12th September 1630 (contained within Freedom Book dated 1567-1656)
Accession Number: DR/FA1
Materials: Work on paper
Location: Drapers’ Hall, Throgmorton Avenue, London EC2N 2DQ
Credit Line (copyright notice for material) : © The Drapers’ Company
James Gibbons’ Freedom entered in the Drapers’ Company Freedom Book 1567-1656
NOTES ON THE ARTWORK
This entry in the Drapers’ Company’s Freedom book (1567-1656) records that on 12th September 1630 James Gibbons, the father of Grinling Gibbons, was made Free of the Company having served an apprenticeship to Laurence Halsted, who was a significant overseas merchant and a senior member of the Drapers’ Company.
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