Edward Stanton 1681-1734

In 1681 Edward Stanton was born to William Stanton [aged 42].

On 7th November 1682 Susan Paulett died. Monument in Beverley Minster [Map]. Sculpted by [his father] William Stanton [aged 43].

Susan Paulett: she was born to John Paulett 1st Baron Paulett and Elizabeth Ken Baroness Poulett. Before 1648 Michael Wharton and she were married.

In 1702 Edward Stanton [aged 21] was admitted to the Worshipful Company of Masons.

In 1705 [his father] William Stanton [aged 66] died.

In 1719 Edward Stanton [aged 38] was appointed Master of the Worshipful Company of Masons.

On 31st May 1734 Edward Stanton [aged 53] died. He was buried at St Andrew's Church, Holborn [Map].

St Kenelm's Churtch, Sapperton [Map]. There is a very fine collection of monuments. In the north transept is a large Renaissance tomb of Sir Henry Poole who died in 1616, with kneeling marble effigies of him and his family. There is also a recumbent stone knight and Renaissance canopy, on the east wall of the north transept, by Gildo or Gildon of Hereford. In south transept there is a substantial monument to Sir Robert Atkyns, the historian of Gloucestershire who died in 1711, by Edward Stanton.