Christopher Horsnaile is the name of two British sculptors, who were father and son: Horsnaile the Elder (c. 1658 – 1742) and Horsnaile the Younger (c. 1695 – 1760).
He seems to be part of the Horsnaile family from Warfield.[1]
He served his apprenticeship as a stonemason in London and left the Masons Company in 1700 through service with Herbert Paine. He was then living at the Bell (Tavern) in Glasshouse Yard in the Blackfriars district.[2]
From around 1705 he worked in partnership with Edward Stanton and together they worked on Westminster Abbey from 1720 to 1734.[3] After Stanton's death Horsnaile worked on the Abbey alone until 1737.[4]
Probably born around 1695 he was apprenticed to his father on 24 January 1708. He served this apprenticeship with William Stanton son of his father's business partner. They both became Freemen of the Masons Company in January 1719.
He lived in St Andrew's Parish in Holborn, London. From 1734 he served as the City Mason.
