William Vertue was an English architect specialising in Fan vault

Fan vault

thumb|right|250px|Fan vaulting over the nave at Bath Abbey, Bath, England. Made from local Bath stone, this is a [[Victorian restoration]] of the original roof of 1608....

 ceilings.

Along with his brother Robert

Robert Vertue

Robert Vertue was an English architect and master mason.He worked as a mason on the nave of Westminster Abbey between 1475 and 1490, and then as the master mason for Henry VII's riverside north range of Greenwich Palace, built in 1500–04 and a work at the Tower of London.Along with his brother...

 he was involved in the construction of the Tower of London

Tower of London

Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress, more commonly known as the Tower of London, is a historic castle on the north bank of the River Thames in central London, England. It lies within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, separated from the eastern edge of the City of London by the open space...

 (1501–1502), Bath Abbey

Bath Abbey

The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Bath, commonly known as Bath Abbey, is an Anglican parish church and a former Benedictine monastery in Bath, Somerset, England...

, the Vertue brothers are reported as telling Bishop Oliver King

Oliver King

Oliver King was a Bishop of Exeter and Bishop of Bath and Wells who restored Bath Abbey after 1500.-Life:Educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge, King became a priest and was appointed Bishop of Exeter on 1 October 1492, consecrated on 3 February 1493. He was then translated to the see of...

 the patron of the work that the vaulting "Ther shal be noone so goodeley, neither in England nor in France" and the vaulting and the clerestory

Clerestory

Clerestory is an architectural term that historically denoted an upper level of a Roman basilica or of the nave of a Romanesque or Gothic church, the walls of which rise above the rooflines of the lower aisles and are pierced with windows. In modern usage, clerestory refers to any high windows...

 windows and walls of the Henry VII's chapel

Henry VII Lady Chapel

The Henry VII Lady Chapel, now more often known just as the Henry VII Chapel, is a large Lady chapel at the far eastern end of Westminster Abbey, paid for by the will of Henry VII. It is separated from the rest of the abbey by brass gates and a flight of stairs.The structure of the chapel is a...

 at Westminster

Westminster

Westminster is an area of central London, within the City of Westminster, England. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames, southwest of the City of London and southwest of Charing Cross...

, between 1506–09, though Robert Virtue was dead by then and William is thought to be entirely responsible.

He advised John Wastell

John Wastell

John Wastell was an English gothic architect responsible for Manchester Cathedral, parts of King's College Chapel, Cambridge, the crossing tower of Canterbury Cathedral, and the fan vaulted section of Peterborough Cathedral. He also worked on Bury St Edmunds Abbey....

 about the design for the fan vault

Fan vault

thumb|right|250px|Fan vaulting over the nave at Bath Abbey, Bath, England. Made from local Bath stone, this is a [[Victorian restoration]] of the original roof of 1608....

ed ceiling at King's College Chapel, Cambridge

King's College Chapel, Cambridge

King's College Chapel is the chapel to King's College of the University of Cambridge, and is one of the finest examples of late Gothic English architecture, while its early Renaissance rood screen separating the nave and chancel, erected in 1532-36 in a striking contrast of style, has been called...

,. The fan vault over the crossing at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor in 1528 finished after his death was his last known architectural work.