Walter of Hereford (mason)
Walter of Hereford, occasionally referred to as Walter of Amesbury was an English medieval master mason, active in the building projects of Edward I in England, Wales and Scotland.
Historian John Harvey considered him to have been born in Harford, in the parish of Naunton, Gloucestershire. He was first recorded in 1278, when he contracted with Winchcombe Abbey to complete their "new work", probably the Lady Chapel. The contract also granted him leave to build a chamber for himself, for which the abbot would source the building materials, next to the abbey's granary. The abbey was entirely destroyed at the Dissolution. From 1278 to 1290 he worked on Edward I's foundation of Vale Royal Abbey…
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