HENRY YEVELE c. 1320 to 1400 : The life of an English architect

Henry Yevele (c.1320-1400) was the most prolific and successful master mason active in late medieval England. The first document relating to him is dated 3 December 1353, when he purchased the freedom of London. In February 1356 he was sufficiently well known as a mason that he was chosen as one of a commission of six cutting masons who were to inform the mayor and aldermen about the acts and articles of the craft. His first connection with royal building works was probably when he was contracted from March 1357 to September 1359 to remodel the Black Prince’s manor at Kennington, at the cost of 221 4s. 7d. On 23 June 1360, he was appointed disposer” of the royal works at the Palace of Westminster and the Tower of London. For this he was paid 1s. per day