William Portington

William Portington (1544-1629) was an English carpenter and joiner, originally from St Albans, employed by Elizabeth I and James VI and I.

[1] Portington was employed by Sir Nicholas Bacon, the Lord Keeper, for his buildings on Fetter Lane.

[2] Portington was employed in April and May 1603 during preparations for the coronation of King James and other ceremonies, supervised by Simon Basil and William Spicer.

[3] Portington worked for Robert Cecil at his London house in the Strand,[4] and is thought to have made the Great Hall screen at Knole for Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset.

[10] Portington owned a house in St Martin's Lane, which he let to the crown for the use of the painter Daniël Mijtens.