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John de Ramsey

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Cloisters at Norwich Cathedral, Norfolk

John de Ramsey (fl. c.1304–1349) was an English master mason and architect working in Gothic architecture in the Kingdom of England in the 14th century.[1] He was Master of the Works at Norwich Cathedral in 1304, at which time a new detached belfry (now demolished) was under construction.[2][1] It is possible that he designed the southern sections of the cathedral cloisters at Norwich, which he worked on between 1324 and 1330.[1] At Ely, Cambridgeshire he was likely in charge of the Ely Cathedral's construction between about 1322 and 1326.[1] John was also probably a sculptor.[3] John de Ramsey was the son of Richard Curteys, likely the same Richard as Richard le Machun who was himself a mason at Norwich Cathedral (1285–90).[1][3] In later life he appears to have been in London, where his son William de Ramsey was instrumental in the innovations of Perpendicular Gothic architecture.[1][4]

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Curl, James Stevens; Wilson, Susan, eds. (2015), "Ramsey, John de", A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (3rd ed.), Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/acref/9780199674985.001.0001, ISBN 978-0-19-967498-5, retrieved 17 May 2020
  2. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Wilson, Bill (1997) [1962]. Norfolk 1: Norwich and North East. Pevsner Architectural Guides Buildings of England (2nd ed.). New Haven and London: Yale University Press. p. 189. ISBN 978-0-300-09607-1.
  3. ^ a b King, David (2015). Bates, David; Liddiard, Robert (eds.). East Anglia and Its North Sea World in the Middle Ages. Boydell & Brewer Ltd. p. 94. ISBN 978-1-78327-036-1.
  4. ^ Curl, James Stevens; Wilson, Susan, eds. (2015), "Ramsey, William de", A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (3rd ed.), Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/acref/9780199674985.001.0001, ISBN 978-0-19-967498-5, retrieved 17 May 2020