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 "CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS 
 
 PAST AND PRESENT. 
 A RECORD OF THE SUCCESSION OF ORGANISTS 
 
 OF THE 
 
 CATHEDRALS, CHAPELS ROYAL, AND PRINCIPAL 
 
 COLLEGIATE CHURCHES OF THE 
 
 UNITED KINGDOM, 
 
 FROM ABOUT THE PERIOD OF THE REFORMATION UNTIL 
 THE PRESENT DAY. 
 
 WITH BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES, EXTRACTS FROM THE 
 CHAPTER BOOKS, ANECDOTES, &c. 
 
 BY 
 
 JOHN E. WEST, 
 
 FELLOW OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE or ORGANISTS; ASSOCIATE OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY 
 
 OF Music. 
 
 LONDON: NOVELLO AND COMPANY, LIMITED 
 
 AND 
 
 NOVELLO, EWER AND CO., NEW YORK. 
 
 1899.
 
 LONDON : 
 
 NOVELLO AND COMPANY, LIMITED, 
 PRINTERS.
 
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 PREFACE. 
 
 No complete or adequate record of past and present Cathedral Organists 
 of the United Kingdom has hitherto been published. The following 
 pages have, therefore, been compiled to supply this want. 
 
 The idea of this book originated in a somewhat imperfect list of 
 Cathedral Organists, which I had gathered from various sources for my 
 own private use. It afterwards occurred to me, however, that an 
 amplification of this material, including short biographical notes con- 
 cerning those Organists of whom any information could be obtained, 
 might, if published, prove useful as a work of reference to Church 
 musicians and to those interested in the history of this branch of 
 the art of music. 
 
 The assistance of the majority of the present Cathedral and Collegiate 
 Organists, and, in some cases, that of the Cathedral Clergy and Chapter 
 Clerks, was accordingly asked, in searching their registers and other 
 documents for further information on this subject ; and it is greatly 
 owing to the ready and generous manner in which these gentlemen 
 have responded to my inquiries, that I have been enabled to obtain so 
 complete and authentic a record. 
 
 It is difficult to state definitely when the office of Organist in our 
 Cathedrals began to assume an independent and personal character; 
 but, speaking approximately, it may be said to date from about the 
 period of the Reformation. 
 
 In the early services of the Church very little practical skill was 
 requiiedfor the accompaniment of the plain-song upon the primitive 
 organs then in use, and the duties of Organist were apparently shared, 
 in the majority of cases, by certain of the members of the Choral 
 Establishment in turn. So that, although, in the early records, frequent 
 mention is made of the " Organista," ' Pulsator Organorum," " Lusor 
 ad Organorum," &c., these, and other distinctive titles applied to the 
 player upon the organs, refer merely to the person filling that office for 
 the time being. At Hereford, in the thirteenth century, the Organist 
 was called " Clerk of the Organs " ; at Exeter, at one period, he held 
 the title of " Clerk of the Chapel " ; and at St. Paul's he was appointed 
 by the Prsecentor "to keep the table and instruct the boys." 
 
 In tracing the history of Cathedral Organists an important dis- 
 tinction has to be drawn between Cathedrals of the Old Foundation 
 and those of the New Foundation. 
 
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 iv PREFACE. 
 
 Cathedrals of the Old Foundation are those which retained, after 
 the suppression of the Monasteries by Henry VIII., their original 
 constitution ; consequently there was no provision in the Statutes for 
 an Organist as a separate and independent officer. 
 
 The following are the thirteen Cathedrals known as those of the 
 Old Foundation : 
 
 Bangor Lincoln St. Paul's 
 
 Chichester Llandaff Salisbury 
 
 Exeter St. Asaph Wells 
 
 Hereford St. David's York. 
 
 Lichfield 
 
 Cathedrals of the New Foundation are those which were re-con- 
 stituted in the time of Henry VIII. They are fourteen in number. 
 Nine of them 
 
 Canterbury Durham Rochester 
 
 Carlisle Ely Winchester 
 
 Dublin (Christ Church) Norwich Worcester 
 
 had previously been both Monasteries and Cathedrals ; the remaining 
 five : 
 
 Bristol Gloucester Peterborough 
 
 Chester Oxford 
 
 had been simply Monasteries, and their Sees were then for the first 
 time established. 
 
 In the Statutes of Henry VIII. for Cathedrals of the New Founda- 
 tion, provision was generally made for the office of Organist. Exceptions 
 to this, however, occur at Winchester and at Ely, where the Organist 
 was not recognised as a distinct member of the Foundation until the 
 time of the Statutes of Charles I. and Charles II. respectively. 
 
 In cases where no provision was thus made for an Organist, the 
 office continued to be held by one or more of the members of the Choir, 
 or by someone who was virtually Organist, but statutably a member of 
 the Choral Establishment, receiving his salary, or the greater part 
 of it, as a Vicar Choral or a Lay Clerk. Sometimes he was one of 
 the Minor Canons or Priest Vicars, where such were included in the 
 Choir, as at Exeter, Hereford, &c. Even at the present time the 
 Organists of Exeter, Lichfield, Salisbury, and Winchester are, according 
 to Statute, Lay Vicars ; that of Lichfield receiving, as Organist, the 
 annual salary of 4, as ordered by Bishop Hacket's Statutes, which 
 were first put into force by Bishop Lloyd in 1693. 
 
 The office of Master of the Choristers has, since the Reformation, 
 generally been united with that of Organist, especially in Cathedrals of 
 the New Foundation; and where exceptions to this arrangement have 
 occurred, they have, as a rule, only been in the case of individual 
 Organists At Lincoln a Cathedral of the Old Foundation however,
 
 /'A' I'l-.lCE. v 
 
 the appointment of Master of the Choristers was separated from that of 
 Organist in 1595, and, with one or two exceptions, the two posts were 
 not re-united until the year 1850. 
 
 It has been impossible to trace a complete list of the earlier 
 Organists in some of the Cathedrals of the Old Foundation from the 
 fact that, the duty being generally allotted to certain members of the 
 Choral Staff in turn, a very imperfect record exists as to which of 
 these members were in the habit of performing the same. For this 
 reason it may happen that one or two of the earlier names given under 
 these Cathedrals are not those of Organists, and that, on the other 
 hand, some of those whose names should appear as such have been 
 omitted. At certain Cathedrals other circumstances, of course, have 
 precluded the possibility of tracing a complete succession of the 
 Organists. 
 
 In the case of Bristol, for instance, a break of nearly a century 
 (1639-1734) occurs. The Cathedral records corresponding to that period 
 were destroyed when the library was burnt during the riots of 1831, 
 and no information concerning the Organists there during that break 
 has been discovered from any other source. 
 
 At Llandaff, also, there was no Organ or Choral Service from 1691 
 until 1861, and the existing record of Organists there previous to 1691 
 is very imperfect. 
 
 During the search for information at Wells two breaks were 
 discovered in the records, one of them being significantly noted " Per 
 bella civilia." The period of the Civil Wars has, in fact, produced a 
 hiatus in the musical records of many of our Cathedrals and Collegiate 
 Churches, owing to the destruction of the organs and music books by 
 the Parliamentary troops, and the suspension of the Choral Service 
 consequent upon that turbulent period. In 1644, moreover, an Ordinance 
 of Parliament was passed for the entire suppression of Organs and the 
 Choral Service, thereby temporarily depriving Organists and members ot 
 the Choir of their appointments. This Ordinance continued in force 
 until the Restoration, when the Choral Service was resumed and Organs 
 were again allowed. 
 
 Amongst other Cathedrals from which the information obtained has 
 been somewhat incomplete are Lichfield and Southwell, the latter 
 having no available record of past Organists earlier than 1718, with the 
 exception of one solitary name which occurs at a pre- Reformation 
 period. On the other hand, the lists of.Bangor, Durham, Dublin (Christ 
 Church and St. Patrick's Cathedrals), Exeter, Gloucester, Hereford, 
 Norwich, Oxford (Christ Church), Peterborough, Rochester, St. 
 Paul's, Salisbury, Worcester, and King's and Trinity Colleges at Cam- 
 bridge, will be found nearly complete from a comparatively early date ; 
 whilst those of Chester, Ely, Lincoln, Westminster Abbey, the Chapel
 
 vi PREFACE. 
 
 Royal, St. George's Chapel at Windsor, and Magdalen College at 
 Oxford may almost be regarded as giving an unbroken succession from 
 about the time of the Reformation. 
 
 In the case of the recently established Cathedrals which were 
 previously parish churches, with no endowed musical foundation viz., 
 Liverpool, Newcastle, St. Alban's, Southwark (St. Saviour's), Truro, 
 and Wakefield, it has not been considered necessary to include the 
 names of the parochial Organists who held office before the establish- 
 ment of the See. 
 
 The biographical notes given under the names of the various 
 Organists refer principally to their appointments and work as church 
 musicians, and are not intended as a complete and exhaustive outline of 
 their musical careers. Consequently, the matter devoted to well-known 
 Organists, whose names are to be found in most of the musical bio- 
 graphies, will often appear to be short in proportion to that given under 
 less distinguished names, much of which is recorded for the first time. 
 
 Several anecdotes, interesting extracts from Chapter books, &c., a<e 
 included, many of which have never before been published. 
 
 Very little is mentioned concerning Organs, the subject being an 
 extensive and peculiar one, and almost beyond the scope of the present 
 book. 
 
 I desire to tender my grateful acknowledgments to the following 
 who have kindly rendered me much valuable assistance in the com- 
 pilation of this work : 
 
 PROFESSOR PHILIP ARMES, M.A., Mus.D., Organist of Durham 
 Cathedral. 
 
 IVOR A. ATKINS, Esq., Mus.B., Organist of Worcester Cathedral. 
 
 FRANK BATES, Esq., Mus.D., Organist of Norwich Cathedral. 
 
 G. GALLOWAY BEALE, Esq., Mus.B., Organist of Llandaff Cathedral. 
 
 MRS. JOHN STOCKS BOOTH, St. Alban's. 
 
 The REV. E. BRADLEY, M.A., Priest Vicar and Sacrist of Lichfield 
 Cathedral. 
 
 A. H. BREWER, Esq., Mus.B., Organist of Gloucester Cathedral. 
 
 JOSEPH C. BRIDGE, Esq., M.A., Mus.D., Organist of Chester 
 Cathedral. 
 
 PERCY C. BUCK, Esq., M.A., Mus.D., Organist of Bristol Cathedral. 
 
 JOHN S. BUMPUS, Esq. 
 
 EDWARD BUNNETT, Esq., Mus.D., Organist to the Corporation of 
 Norwich. 
 
 The REV. CANON CHURCH, D.D., Sub-Dean of Wells. 
 
 C. E. CLARKE, Esq., late Assistant Organist of Gloucester Cathedral. 
 FREDERICK L. CLARKE, Esq., Bursar's Clerk of King's College, 
 
 Cambridge. 
 
 D. J. D. CODNER, Esq., late Organist of St. David's Cathedral.
 
 rREFACl . vii 
 
 RICHARD COPE, Esq., Chapter Clerk of Windsor, and Clerk to the 
 
 College, Eton. 
 
 J. M. COWPER, Esq., Curator of the Library, Canterbury. 
 Miss CRAWFORD (daughter of the late Major Crawford), West Hill, 
 
 Putney, S.W. 
 
 EDWIN J. CROW, Esq., Mus.D., Organist of Ripon Cathedral. 
 The REV. ARNOLD D. CULLEV, M.A., Mus.B., Cantab., Deputy 
 
 Priest Vicar of Exeter Cathedral. 
 
 The VERY KEY. A. P. PUREY-CUST, D.D., Dean of York. 
 The REV. CANON W. E. DICKSON, M.A., late Precentor of Ely. 
 F. G. EDWARDS, Esq., Editor of The Musical Times. 
 The REV. E. H. FELLOWES, M.A., Mus.B., Precentor of Bristol 
 
 Cathedral. 
 
 H. E. FORD, Esq., Mus.D., Organist of Carlisle Cathedral. 
 GEORGE GAFFE, Esq., Organist of St. Alban's Cathedral. 
 Miss GUNTON, Rimmersfield, Chester. 
 BASIL HARWOOD, Esq., M.A., Mus.D., Organist of Christ Church 
 
 Cathedral, Oxford. 
 FREDERICK ILIFFE, Esq., Mus.D., Organist of St. John's College, 
 
 Oxford. 
 E. J. HOPKINS, Esq., Mus.D., late Organist, and now Hon. 
 
 Organist of the Temple Church. 
 
 JOHN HOPKINS, Esq., Organist of Rochester Cathedral. 
 JOHN HORAN, Esq., Organist of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin. 
 WALTER H. HUGHES, Esq., Chapter Clerk of Bristol Cathedral. 
 WILLIAM HUTT, Esq., Organist of Winchester College. 
 HAYDN KEETON, Esq., Mus.D., Organist of Peterborough Cathedral. 
 HENRY KING, Esq., Late Assistant Vicar Choral of St. Paul's 
 
 Cathedral. 
 
 CHARLES HARFORD LLOYD, Esq., M.A., Mus.D., Precentor of Eton. 
 W. H. LONGHURST, Esq., Mus.D., Late Organist of Canterbury 
 
 Cathedral. 
 
 J. B. LOTT, Esq., Mus.B., Organist of Lichfield Cathedral. 
 DONALD W. LOTT, Esq., Formerly Organist of St. Columba's 
 
 College, Rathfarnham. 
 MESSRS. MACDONALD and MALDEN, Chapter Clerks of Salisbury 
 
 Cathedral. 
 The REV. CANON A. R. MADDISON, M.A., F.S.A., Priest Vicar and 
 
 Succentor of Lincoln Cathedral. 
 The REV. F. T. MADGE, Minor Canon and Librarian of Winchester 
 
 Cathedral. 
 
 A. H. MANN, Esq., Mus.D., Organist of King's College, Cambridge. 
 The REV. W. MANN, M.A., Late Precentor of Bristol. 
 J. C. MARKS, Esq., Mus.D., Organist of Cork Cathedral.
 
 i PREFACE. 
 
 The REV. R. T. MARSHALL, Minor Canon, Precentor, and Sacrist 
 
 of Winchester Cathedral. 
 
 T. WESTLAKE-MORGAN, Esq., Organist of Bangor Cathedral. 
 H. C. MORRIS, Esq., Organist of St. David's Cathedral. 
 SIR WALTER PARRATT, Kn 4 - Mus.D., Organist of St. George's 
 
 Chapel, Windsor. 
 
 H. C. PERRIN, Esq., Mus.B., Organist of Canterbury Cathedral. 
 J. KENDRICK PYNE, Esq., Organist of Manchester Cathedral. 
 
 F. J. READ, Esq., Mus.D., Organist of Chichester Cathedral. 
 GEORGE RISELEY, Esq., late Organist of Bristol Cathedral. 
 THOMAS SHINDLER, Esq,, M.A., LL.B., Registrar of the Royal 
 
 College of Organists. 
 
 G. R. SINCLAIR, Esq., Organist of Hereford Cathedral. 
 The REV. R. F. SMITH, Precentor of Southwell Cathedral. 
 
 C. F. SOUTH, Esq., Organist of Salisbury Cathedral. 
 
 The RIGHT REV. THE LORD BISHOP OF BANGOR, D.D., late Dean 
 
 of St. Asaph. 
 A. W. WILSON, Esq., B.A., Mus.D., Organist of St. Asaph Cathedral. 
 
 D. J. WOOD, Esq., Mus.D., Organist of Exeter Cathedral. 
 
 The following, now deceased, also afforded me their kind help : 
 JOHN NAYLOR, Esq., Mus.D., Organist of York Minster. 
 J. M. W. YOUNG, Esq., Organist of Lincoln Cathedral. 
 
 I cannot conclude these introductory remarks without expressing my 
 deep sense of gratitude to my friend, MR. JOHN S. BUMPUS, for the 
 ungrudging manner in which he has given me the benefit of his long 
 experience in matters relating to the history of Cathedral music, and, 
 moreover, for so readily and constantly placing at my disposal his most 
 interesting and valuable library. The sound advice, voluminous 
 information, and kind encouragement which he has given me throughout 
 the preparation of this work have enabled me to accomplish that 
 which might otherwise have been an impossible task. 
 
 My special thanks are also due to MR. F. G. EDWARDS, the REV. 
 H. O. MACKEY, and DR. A. H. MANN, for having read the proofs and 
 for having offered several valuable suggestions. 
 
 JOHN E. WEST. 
 WEST KENSINGTON, 
 September, 1899.
 
 PREFACE. ix 
 
 The following are amongst the various printed books, periodicals, catalogues, 
 &c.,from which information has been obtaintd for this work: 
 
 " The Choral Service of the United Church of England and Ireland." 
 
 John Jebb, D.D. [1843.] 
 " Cathedralia." A constitutional hibtory ot the Cathedrals of the 
 
 Western Church. Mackenzie E. C. Walcott, B.D. [1865.] 
 44 The Dictionary of National Biography." Edited by Leslie Stephen 
 
 and Sidney Lee. [1883.] (In progress.) 
 44 A General History of the Science and Practice of Music." Sir John 
 
 Hawkins. [1776.] 
 
 "A General History of Music." Charles Burney, Mus.D. [1776-89.] 
 " A Dictionary of Music and Musicians." Edited by Sir George Grove, 
 
 C.B. [1878-85.] 
 " British Musical Biography." James D. Brown and Stephen S. 
 
 Stratton. [1897.] 
 44 A Short Historical Account of Degrees in Music." C. F. Abdy 
 
 Williams, M.A., Mus.B. [1893.] 
 " Succession of Organists of the Cathedral Churches of Armagh, 
 
 Christ Church, and St. Patrick's, Dublin," &c. Compiled by Major 
 
 G. A. Crawford, M.A. [1881.] 
 44 Papers, documents, law proceedings, &c., respecting the maintenance 
 
 of the Choir of the Cathedral Church of Bangor, as provided for by 
 
 an Act of Parliament, passed in the reign of King James the 
 
 Second, A.D. 1685." Collected and arranged by Joseph Pring, 
 
 Mus.D. [1819.] 
 44 The Old Cheque Book, or Book of Remembrance, of the Chapel 
 
 Royal " (Camden Society.) Edited by E. F. Rimbault, LL.D. 
 
 [1872.] 
 " The History and Antiquities of the Cathedral Church of Canterbury." 
 
 John Dart. [1726.] 
 " The Early Statutes of the Cathedral Church of Chichester." 
 
 Mackenzie E. C. Walcott, B.D. [1877.] 
 44 Annals of St. Fin Barre's Cathedral, Cork." Richard Caulfield, 
 
 LL.D., F.S.A. [1871.] 
 44 Registers of Durham Cathedral." Transcribed and annotated by 
 
 Edward Arthur White, F.S.A. Edited for the Harleian Society by 
 
 George J. Armytage, F.S.A. [1897.] 
 ' 4 History and Antiquities of the Cathedral and Conventual Church 
 
 of Ely." James Bentham. Addenda by W. Stevenson, F.S.A. 
 
 [1817.] 
 
 " Fasti Herefordensis." Francis T. Havergal, M.A. [1869.] 
 " A Short Account of the Vicars Choral, &c., of Lincoln Cathedral, from 
 
 the i2th Century to the Accession of Edward VI." Also four
 
 x PREFACE. 
 
 Papers on the same subject continued to the present time. 
 
 A. R. Maddison, M.A., F.S.A. [1878.] 
 ' Some account of the Condition of the Fabric of Llandaff Cathedral 
 
 from 1575 to its re-opening in 1857." Alfred Ollivant, D.D. 
 
 (Bishop of Llandaff). [1857.] 
 " A Register of the Presidents, Fellows, Demies, . . . and other Members 
 
 of St. Mary Magdalen College, Oxford." John Rouse Bloxam, D.D. 
 
 [1853-76-] 
 ' Memorials of the Church of St. Peter and Wilfred, Ripon." Edited, 
 
 for the Surtees Society, by J. T. Fowler. [1882-86.] 
 " Registers of the Cathedral Church of Rochester." Thomas Shindler, 
 
 M.A., LL.B. [1892.] 
 " History and Antiquities of the Parish of St. David's." Captain 
 
 George Manby. [1801.] 
 
 " History and Antiquities of St. David's." Jones and Freeman. [1856.] 
 " The Organists and Composers of St. Paul's Cathedral." John S. 
 
 Bumpus. [1891.] 
 " A History of the Antiquities of Southwell." W. Dickenson Rastall, M.A. 
 
 [1787.] 
 
 " A few Notes on the Temple Organ." Edmund Macrory, Q.C. [1861.] 
 " The Marriage, Baptismal, and Burial Registers of the Collegiate 
 
 Church or Abbey of St. Peter, Westminster." Edited and annotated 
 
 by Col. Joseph Lemuel Chester, LL.D., D.C.L., F.R.H.S. [1876.] 
 ' Documents relating to the History of the Cathedral Church of 
 
 Winchester." Edited, for the Hants Record Society, by R. W. 
 
 Stephens, B.D., F.S.A. (Dean of Winchester), and F. T. Madge, 
 
 M.A. (Minor Canon and Librarian of Winchester Cathedral). 
 
 [1889, &c.J 
 
 " Annals of Winchester College." T. F. Kirby, M.A., F.S.A. [1892.] 
 " Annals of Windsor," &c. Tighe and Davis. [1858.] 
 " History and Antiquities of the City and Suburbs of Worcester." 
 
 Valentine Green. [1796.] 
 " A Survey of the Cathedral Church of Worcester." William Thomas. 
 
 [1736.] 
 " Eboracum " ; or, the History and Antiquities of the City of York, 
 
 together with the History -of the Cathedral Church, &c. Francis 
 
 Drake, F.R.S. [1736.] 
 " A Survey of the Cathedrals of York, Durham," &c., &c. Browne 
 
 Willis. [1742.] 
 " Annals of the Three Choirs." Daniel Lysons, M.A., F.R.S., F.S.A., 
 
 John Amott, C. Lee Williams, Mus.B., and H. Godwin Chance, 
 
 M.A. [1895.] 
 " History of the Handel and Haydn Society " (Boston, U.S.A.) Charles 
 
 C. Perkins.
 
 PRBPACB. xi 
 
 " English Church Composers." (' The Great Musicians " Series.) 
 
 William Alexander Barrett, Mus.B. [1882.] 
 " Purcell." ("The Great Musicians" Series.) William H.Cummings. 
 
 [1881.] 
 " An Account of the Musical Performances in Westminster Abbey and 
 
 the Pantheon . . . 1784, in Commemoration of Handel." 
 
 Charles Burney, Mus.D. [1785.] 
 " Sir John Stevenson." A Biographical Sketch. John S. Bumpus. 
 
 [1893-] 
 
 " Memoir of Sir Robert Stewart." Olinthus J. Vignoles, M.A. [1898.] 
 " A Few Words on Cathedral Music and the Musical System of the 
 
 Church, with a Plan of Reform." Samuel Sebastian Wesley, Mus.D. 
 
 [1849.] 
 
 u Fifty Years of Church Music." W. E. Dickson, M.A. [1895.] 
 " Musical and Personal Recollections during Half-a-Century." Henry 
 
 Phillips. [1864.] 
 
 " The Musical Haunts of London." F. G. Edwards. [1895.] 
 " Court and Private Life in the time of Queen Charlotte." Journals of 
 
 Mrs. Papendiek. Edited by her grand-daughter, Mrs. Vernon 
 
 Delves Broughton. [1887.] 
 " A Collection of Anthems as sung at Christ Church and St. Patrick's 
 
 Cathedrals (&c.), Dublin." John Finlayson,M.A. [1852.] 
 " Catalogue of Ancient Choral Services and Anthems preserved . . . 
 
 in the Cathedral Church of Ely." Edited by W. E. Dickson, M.A. 
 
 [1861.] 
 
 English Musical Gazette. [1819.] 
 Ecclesiologist. [1859.] 
 Musical Times. 
 Musical Opinion. 
 
 Musical News. , T . VT 
 
 Various Numbers. 
 Musical Standard. 
 
 Canterbury Press. 
 &c., &c.
 
 CONTENTS. 
 
 CATHEDRALS. 
 
 ARMAGH 
 
 PAGE 
 
 I 
 
 
 2 
 
 BRISTOL 
 
 ... 6 
 
 CANTERBURY 
 
 ... 8 
 
 CARLISLE 
 
 ... n 
 
 CHESTER 
 
 ... 12 
 
 CHICHESTER ... 
 
 ... 16 
 
 
 18 
 
 DUBLIN 
 
 
 CHRIST CHURCH ... 
 
 ... 20 
 
 ST. PATRICK'S 
 
 ... 24 
 
 DURHAM 
 
 ... 26 
 
 EDINBURGH 
 
 
 ST. MARY'S 
 
 ... 28 
 
 ELY 
 
 2Q 
 
 EXETER... ... ... 
 
 3.2 
 
 GLOUCESTER 
 
 
 HEREFORD 
 
 ... 4 
 
 LICHFIELD 
 
 ... 44 
 
 LINCOLN 
 
 ... 46 
 
 LIVERPOOL 
 
 .:. 50 
 
 LLANDAFF 
 
 ... 51 
 
 LONDON 
 
 ST. PAUL'S 
 
 SOUTHWARK (ST. SAVIOUR 
 
 MANCHESTER 
 
 NEWCASTLE 
 
 NORWICH 
 
 OXFORD 
 
 CHRIST CHURCH ... 
 PETERBOROUGH 
 
 RIPON 
 
 ROCHESTER 
 
 ST. ALBAN'S 
 
 ST. ASAPH 
 
 ST. DAVID'S 
 
 SALISBURY 
 
 SOUTHWELL 
 
 TRURO 
 
 WAKEFIELD 
 
 WELLS 
 
 WINCHESTER ... 
 
 WORCESTER 
 
 YORK 
 
 s) 57 
 
 .. 58 
 
 .. 61 
 
 .. 61 
 
 .. 65 
 
 .. 68 
 
 .. 70 
 
 .. 71 
 
 .. 74 
 
 75 
 
 .. 76 
 
 .. 78 
 
 .. 80 
 
 .. 82 
 
 .. 82 
 
 .. 83 
 
 .. 85 
 
 .. 89 
 
 .. 92 
 
 COLLEGIATE CHURCHES AND CHAPELS, &c. 
 
 PAUE 
 
 CAMBRIDGE King's College 96 
 
 St. John's College 98 
 
 Trinity College 99 
 
 ETON COLLEGE ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 102 
 
 LONDON Chapel Royal (St. James'st ... 104 
 
 Temple Church ... in 
 
 Westminster Abbey 112 
 
 OXFORD Magdalen College 118 
 
 New College 122 
 
 St. John's College ... ... 125 
 
 RATHFARNHAM St. Columba's College .. 126 
 
 TENBURY St. Michael's College 128 
 
 WINCHESTER COLLEGE 130 
 
 WINDSOR St. George's Chapel (Royal) 131 
 
 INDEX OF ORGANISTS' NAMES 135
 
 ARMAGH. 
 
 Year 01 
 
 Year of Reiigna- 
 Appoiotment. tion or 
 Death.' 
 
 RICHARD GALWAY 1634 
 
 In his Patent he is described as " Primus et modernus Organista dicti 
 ccenobii." 
 
 JOHN HAWKSHAW (PJunr.) 1661 1695 
 
 (See under Christ Church and St. Patrick's Cathedrals, Dublin.) 
 
 ROBERT HODGE (PJunr.) ... ... ... ... 1695 
 
 According to the records he succeeded John Hawkshaw. He was therefore 
 probably a son of Robert Hodge, of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. 
 
 WILLIAM TOOLE 1711 1722 
 
 (See under Cork.) 
 
 SAMUEL BETTRIDGE 1722 (?)i752 
 
 JOHN WOFFINGTON 1752 (?)i758 
 
 Died 1758. 
 
 ROBERT BARNES ... ... ... ... ... 1759 I 774 
 
 He is said to have resigned in 1774, on becoming a Vicar Choral. 
 
 LANGRISHE DOYLE, Mus.D., Dub. 1776 
 
 (See under Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin.) (? 1774) 
 
 RICHARD LANGDON, Mus.B., Oxon. ... ... 1782 i?94 
 
 (See under Ely.) 
 
 JOHN CLARKE (afterwards CLARKE -WHITFELD), 
 Mus.B., Oxon., Mus.D., Dub. ; Cantab, et 
 
 Oxon 1794 1797 
 
 (See under Hereford.) 
 
 JOHN JONES, Mus.D., Dub. 1797 1816 
 
 Born 1767. Pupil of Dr. Arnold. Vicar Choral of Armagh Cathedral, 1796; 
 Organist, ditto, 1797. Resigned 1816. Died 1820. 
 
 FREDERICK WILLIAM HORNCASTLE ... ... 1816 1823 
 
 Dismissed in 1823. Afterwards appointed a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal. 
 Composer of Glees, Songs, Pianoforte pieces, &c. 
 
 * These blank spaces, which occur from time to time throughout the book, indicate either 
 the period of the suppression of Organs during the Commonwealth or a break in the succt ssion 
 of Organists. 
 
 B
 
 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 ROBERT TURLE ... ... ... ... ... 1823 1872 
 
 Younger brother of James Turle, Organist of Westminster Abbey. Born at 
 Taunton, 1804. Appointed Organist of Armagh Cathedral, in succession 
 to F. W. Horncastle. Retired on a pension, 1872. Died at Salisbury, 1877. 
 Composer of Church Music. Two Double Chants by him are still in use. 
 
 THOMAS OSBORNE MARKS, Mus.B., Oxon., mo ; 
 
 Mus.D., Dub., 1874 ... ... ... ... 1872 
 
 Brother of Dr. J. C. Marks, Organist of Cork Cathedral. Born at Armagh, 
 1845. Chorister in the Cathedral and afterwards pupil of Robert Turle 
 and Assistant Organist. Appointed Organist on Turle's resignation. Con- 
 ductor of the Armagh Philharmonic Society. Composer of Church Music, 
 Organ pieces, Part-songs, Songs, &c. 
 
 BANGOR. 
 
 From the following it appears that there must have been an Organist at 
 Bangor Cathedral as early as 1360, if not before : 
 
 The celebrated Bard, Dafydd ab Gwilym, who wrote in the fourteenth 
 century, makes particular mention of an organ and choir at Bangor in his 
 time, in a commendatory Ode addressed to Hywel, Dean of Bangor. The 
 Ode, which was in Welsh, has the following: "Whose organ, and harmonious 
 choir, are unrivalled in performance." Hywel was made Dean of Bangor in 
 1359 and Bishop in 1370. This Ode, therefore, must have been written 
 between 1359 and 1370, and the allusion to an organ renders it obvious there 
 must have been an Organist at that time.* 
 
 THOMAS BOLTON 1644 
 
 Died January i, 1644. Buried in the Cathedral. 
 
 A VICAR CHORAL (name unknown) was Organist 1689 1691 
 
 Chapter order, October, 1689 : " That Hugh Johnson be one of the singing- 
 men in the choir of the said Cathedral while a Vicar Choral is Organist 
 there and no longer and that he have a salary of eight pounds per annum 
 payed him during the said time out of the tithe of Llandinam in the County 
 of Montgomery pursuant to a late Act of Parliament in that behalf made 
 and provided."! 
 
 THOMAS ROBERTS ... .... ... ... ... 1691 1705 
 
 Born about 1658. Appointed Organist of Bangor Cathedral at a salary of 
 
 14- 
 
 From his tombstone, once in the North Transept of the Cathedral, it appears 
 that he was the first " Endowed " Organist since the Restoration, the 
 Organists of Bangor having been paid, from that time down to the present, 
 from the tithes of Llandinam, Montgomeryshire, before mentioned. The 
 
 * I m indebted for this, and for much of the information regarding the organists of Bangor 
 Cathedral, to Mr. T. Westlake Morgan, the present Organist. 
 
 t The Act of King James (1685) for the maintenance of the Bangor Choir and the repair of 
 the Cathedral Church.
 
 BANGOR. 
 
 following was the inscription on his tombstone : " Here lies in the hope 
 of a joyful Resurrection the body of Thomas Roberts, the first Endowed 
 Organist of this Cathedral since the Restauration, who died on the i8th of 
 May, in the year of our Lord, 1705, and the 48th year of his age." 
 
 '(NATHANIEL ?) PRIEST ... ... ... 1705 1708 
 
 Was nominated for the post by Mr. Hall, Organist of Hereford. 
 In the event of his giving satisfaction and improving the 
 
 Christian 
 
 names 
 
 Unknown. 
 
 singing at the end of a twelvemonth he was to receive a 
 gratuity of 5 " to reward and encourage his diligence." 
 Probably the Composer of a Service in F, in the books of 
 Canterbury, Oxford, and elsewhere. 
 (See also under Bristol.) 
 
 SMITH 1708 1710 
 
 FERRER ... ... ... ... 1710 1712 
 
 JOHN RATHBONE 1713 1721 
 
 Elected in 1713, but drew his salary from August, 1712. 
 
 THOMAS RATHBONE 1721 1750 
 
 Son of the foregoing. 
 
 THOMAS LLOYD 1750 1778 
 
 RICHARD JARRED (or GERARD) 1778 1782 
 
 The record of his appointment says Jarred; but in 1779 he was paid as 
 R. Gerard. He was probably a relation of the Gerards at St. Asaph 
 Cathedral. 
 
 WILLIAM SHRUBSOLE 1782 1784 
 
 Born at Canterbury, 1760. Chorister in Canterbury Cathedral. Organist of 
 Bangor Cathedral, 1782. Dismissed in 1784 for "frequenting Conventicles." 
 Appointed the same year Organist of Spa Fields Chapel, Clerkenwell, 
 London. Died in London, January 18, 1806. Buried in Bunhill Fields, 
 Finsbury. Composer of the tune " Miles Lane," which is generally 
 associated with Perronet's Hymn "All hail the power of Jesu's name." 
 
 The first strain of this tune was cut upon his tombstone, in 1892, when it 
 was restored, at the instigation of Mr. F. G. Edwards, who collected 
 subscriptions for that purpose. 
 
 Within a month of his appointment at Bangor, he performed his duties 
 in a manner so satisfactory and promising that the Chapter thought 
 proper for his encouragement to allow him ,8 8s. towards the expense 
 of his journey and the removal of his harpsichord and other effects from 
 London to Bangor. 
 
 EDMUND OLIVE 1784 1793 
 
 Afterwards Organist of the Parish Church, Warrington. Died at Warrington, 
 November 18, 1824. Compiler of" Sixteen Psalm tunes, adapted for three 
 voices." 
 
 During his appointment at Bangor, Olive was allowed 4 a year extra for 
 keeping the organ in tune. 
 
 JOSEPH PRING, Mus.D., Oxon., lane ... ... 1793 1842 
 
 He was not formally appointed Organist until September 28, 1810, although he 
 had acted since 1793 in place of his relative, Mr. Olive, who had resigned 
 in his favour. 
 
 In Dr. W. Hayes' Collection of Anthems (1795) Joseph Pring's name appears 
 amongst the subscribers as " Organist of Bangor Cathedral and Beaumaris." 
 
 B 2
 
 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 Born at Kensington, 1776. Chorister in St. Paul's Cathedral. Organist of 
 Bangor Cathedral, 1793. From 1813 to 1819 engaged (together with three 
 of the Vicars Choral) in litigation with the capitular body for the recovery 
 of certain of the tithes belonging to the maintenance of the Cathedral 
 Choir, which had become misappropriated by the Chapter. The suit 
 was heard by Lord Eldon, the eminent Chancellor, whose language is said 
 to have often been more forcible than polite. It was only partially 
 successful, and resulted in a much smaller increase of salary to the musical 
 staff than they were entitled to, under a strict interpretation of the Act.* 
 
 Died February 13, 1842. Buried in the Cathedral Yard, Bangor. Composer 
 of Church Music, Songs, &c. Compiler of" A Collection of Anthems used 
 in Bangor Cathedral." Author of a booklet on the opening, construction, 
 &c., of the Menai Suspension Bridge ; .also of a volume of the proceedings 
 connected with the lawsuit mentioned above. 
 
 EPITAPH ON DR. JOSEPH PRING. 
 
 Ah ! gifted man ! his death we all deplore, 
 
 The favourite son of Nature, and of Art; 
 High was his calling, genuine his lore, 
 
 With such a genius we felt loth to part. 
 
 Dim are the eyes of relatives and friends, 
 
 As on the Bangor Choir affection doats ; 
 Delusive fancy from the organ swells 
 
 Still to the sorrowing ear his requiem notes ! 
 
 His master music in the Church below 
 Is hushed for ever ! Still we hope he plays 
 
 Immortal anthems; where the sounds of woe 
 Shall never damp the sweetness of his lays. 
 
 (E. THOMAS, Clynnog.) 
 [Translated from the Welsh of R. Williams.] 
 
 The last stanza only, in Welsh and English, is engraved on Pring's tombstone 
 in the Cathedral Yard. The whole was printed in Welsh and English at 
 the time of Dr. Pring's death, on a black bordered leaflet.f 
 
 Dr. Pring was created a Welsh " Pencerdd " in Bardic circles, and he even 
 became acquainted with the vernacular itself. 
 
 JAMES SHARPE PRING 1842 1868 
 
 Son of the foregoing. Born about 1811. Chorister in Bangor Cathedral, 
 and afterwards Assistant Organist to his father. Organist, 1842, the 
 appointment, however, being made from year to year, probably owing to 
 the alarm of the Dean and Chapter at Dr. Pring's spirited lawsuit. Died 
 June 3, 1868, aged 57. Buried in Glanadda Cemetery, Bangor. Some 
 Chants by him are to be found in Warren's Collection. 
 
 He was musical editor of the " Bangor Collection " of Anthems, adapted from 
 various composers (1848). The English words were fitted to the music 
 chiefly by the Very Rev. James Henry Cotton, Dean of Bangor, and 
 formerly Precentor. 
 
 Mr. T. Westlake Morgan has kindly supplied me with the two following 
 anecdotes of J. S. Pring: 
 
 (a) When the See of Manchester was founded in 1847 anc ^ Bishop Lee was 
 consecrated its first Bishop, Mr. Pring, meeting his attached friend, Dean 
 Cotton, in Bangor one day, alluded to the appointment, and remarked : " I 
 
 * It is said that this lawsuit so impoverished Dr. Pring that he and his family were for some 
 time in great need, and could only obtain their necessary sustenance on credit. 
 K-t A copy of this, now in the possession of Mr. J. S. Bumpus, was given to Miss Hackett, in 
 1842, by J. S. Pring, the Doctor's son and successor.
 
 BANGOR. 
 
 say, Mr. Dean, they ought to have made you Bishop of Manchester." 
 "Why, Mr. Pring?" enquired the Dean. " Because Cottonopolis would 
 then have had a Cotton Bishop," was the Organist's reply. 
 (b) Mr. J. S. Prinft suffered some considerable inconvenience on account of 
 his obesity. A story is told of him in connection with a Choral Festival in 
 Bangor Cathedral. He was presiding at the organ (then on the screen), 
 and Owain Alaw (Mr. John Owen, of Chester) was wielding the baton. 
 Coming out of the Cathedral, Mr. Pring, overcome by the Conductor's 
 somewhat rapid " tempi," walked slowly up the incline towards the 
 iron railings which bounded the Precincts; feeling fatigued, he seized 
 hold of the bars of the gateway with both hands, and, steadying himself, 
 rested awhile. Owain Alaw, on coming up, enquired what he was doing. 
 Mr. Pring, with characteristic humour, replied that he was taking " a bar s 
 
 ROBERT ROBERTS ... ... ... ... ... 1868 1871 
 
 Born in St. Anne's Parish, Llandegai, near Bangor, May 24, 1840. Chorister 
 in St. Anne's Church. Pupil of H. S. Hayden (Organist of St. Mary's, 
 Carnarvon, and son of William Hayden, Organist of St. Asaph Cathedral). 
 Student of the North Wales College for Schoolmasters, Carnarvon, where 
 he became successively Third Master, Third Master and Music Master, 
 and Music Master only. Assistant Organist of Bangor Cathedral, 1866; 
 Organist, 1868 (appointed probationally by the year). Died of pleurisy 
 February 9, 1871. Buried in Glanadda Cemetery, Bangor. Composer of a 
 Welsh Funeral Service, Cantata " The Siege of Harlech Castle," Part- 
 songs, &c. 
 
 A window was erected to his memory, and that of the Principal's two chil- 
 dren, in the North Wales Training College Chapel at Carnarvon (now 
 removed to Bangor). He was much beloved and respected, and his death, 
 at the age of thirty, was greatly deplored. At the funeral service, held in 
 the Cathedral, Spohr's "Blest are the departed" was sung, when one of 
 the choristers, William Jones (a great favourite of the deceased Organist), 
 became so affected during the singing of one of the solo portions that he 
 completely broke down, and sobbed aloud. 
 
 ROLAND ROGERS, Mus.D., Oxon., ins 1871 1892 
 
 Born at West Bromwich, 1847. Organist of St. Peter's, West Bromwich, 
 1858; St. John's, Wolverhampton, 1862; Tettenhall Parish Church, 1867; 
 and Bangor Cathedral, 1871. Resigned the latter post, 1892. Now 
 Organist of St. James's, Bangor, and Lecturer in Music at the University 
 College of North Wales. Composer of Cantatas, "Prayer and Praise," 
 " Florabel," and "The Garden," Church Music, Part-songs, Organ 
 pieces, &c. 
 
 TOM WESTLAKE MORGAN ... ... ... 1892 
 
 Born at Congresbury, Somerset, 1869. Chorister in King's Col'ege, Cam- 
 bridge, and afterwards Pupil-Assistant to Dr. Mann and Organist of St. 
 Catharine's College. Student at the Royal College of Music. Organist of 
 St. George's Church, Paris, 1889; St. John's. Wilton Road, London, 
 1890 ; St. David's, Merthyr Tydvil, 1891 ; and Bangor Cathedral, 1892. 
 Appointed Examiner to the Welsh Section of the Incorporated Society 
 of Musicians, 1894. Music Master of the North Wales Training College, 
 Bangor, 1895-1897. Collected funds for, and superintended the building 
 of, the large four-manual organ by Hill in the Cathedral, opened in 1897. 
 
 Composer and Editor of Welsh and other Church Music, &c.
 
 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 BRISTOL. 
 
 The Organist appointed at the Reformation (according to the statutes of 
 Henry VIII. 's Foundation, dated June 4, 1542) was 
 JOHN SENNY... ... ... ... ... ... 1542 
 
 At a Salary of 10 per annum. 
 
 ELWAY BEVIN ........... (?)i58g 1637 
 
 Of Welsh descent. Pupil of Tallis. Gentleman of the Chapel Royal, 1605. 
 He was compelled to forfeit the latter appointment, and that at Bristol, upon 
 its being discovered that he was an adherent to the Romish faith. The 
 exact year of his death is unknown. Composer of Church Music, &c. 
 Author of "A Briefe and Short Introduction to the Art of Music," dedicated 
 to the Bishop of Gloucester, "unto whom " Bevin appears to have " been 
 much bound for many favours." It is a quaint and interesting book, and 
 a useful guide to the solution of the ingenious forms of Canon which were 
 largely practised by composers of that time. 
 
 ( Panfuh < ? > 1 
 
 EDWARD GIBBONS, Mus.B., ua " taD - ...(?)i599 (?)i6og 
 
 ' I et Oxon., 1592 J v ' yy * ' 
 
 Also Minor Canon and Precentor. 
 
 Elder brother of Dr. Orlando Gibbons. Born about 1570. Organist of 
 King's College, Cambridge, 1592. Organist, Minor Canon, and Precentor 
 of Bristol Cathedral, (?)i5gg. Left Bristol, and became Organist and 
 Custos of the College of Priest Vicars of Exeter Cathedral, 1609-1644. 
 Matthew Locke was one of his pupils. An Anthem by him, " How hath 
 the citie sate solitary," is in the Tudway Collection. 
 
 It would appear that Bevin and Gibbons were Organists together for some 
 period. Probably, however, Gibbons only took occasional duty at the organ. 
 
 At King's College, Cambridge, "Gibbins" (as he was more usually 
 called) received 203. a quarter as his salary, and us. 8d. for the instruction 
 of the Choristers. He had to provide for the making and mending of the 
 Choristers' clothes. At Exeter, in 1634, a complaint was made that he was 
 in the habit of neglecting his duties, and he, with two other Vicars Choral, 
 replied to the charge. 
 
 He is said to have assisted Charles I., at the time of the Rebellion, with the 
 loan of 1,000, for which service he was afterwards deprived of his estates 
 and rendered homeless in his eightieth year. 
 
 ARTHUR PHILLIPS, Mus.B., Oxon., iwo 1638 1639 
 
 Born 1605. Clerk of New College, Oxford, 1622. Organist of Bristol 
 Cathedral, 1638. Organist of Magdalen College, Oxford, and University 
 Choragus, 1639. During the Rebellion he went abroad, and was Organist 
 to Queen Henrietta Maria. He subsequently returned to England, where 
 it is supposed that he died. Composer of "The Requiem; or, Liberty of 
 an Imprisoned Royalist," " The Resurrection," &c. 
 
 The Bristol Cathedral Records are very imperfect, as they were mostly 
 destroyed in the Riots of 1831, when the Library was burnt. Hence the 
 absence of information, for nearly a century, in regard to the Organists.
 
 BRISTOL. 7 
 
 NATHANIEL PRIEST was Organist in 1724. Probably the Priest 
 
 mentioned as Organist ol Bangor Cathedral, 1705-1708, and Composer of 
 a Service in F. 
 
 (See under Bangor.) 
 
 JAMES MORLEY 1734 1756 
 
 GEORGE COMBES ... ... ... ... ... 1756 J 759 
 
 EDWARD HIGGINS 1759 1765 
 
 Without doubt, the same Edward Higgins, " a native of England," who 
 became a Vicar Choral of Christ Church and St. Patrick's Cathedrals, 
 Dublin, 1765. 
 
 GEORGE COMBES (Re-appointed) ... ... ... 1765 1769 
 
 EDWARD ROOKE 1769 1773 
 
 SAMUEL MINEARD 1773 1777 
 
 RICHARD LANGDON, Mus.B., Oxon 1778 1781 
 
 (See under Ely.) 
 
 RICE WASBROUGH ... ... ... ... ... 1781 1802 
 
 Buried in the Cathedral. Near his grave is a monument to him, his wife, 
 and eldest son, John. 
 
 JOSEPH KEMP, Mus.D., Cantab., i 1802 1809 
 
 Born at Exeter, 1778. Pupil of William Jackson. Appointed Organist of 
 Bristol Cathedral, 1802. Removed to London and became a teacher there. 
 Died in London, 1824. Composer of an Oratorio, " The Crucifixion," 
 Church Music, " Twenty Double Chants," Cantatas, Glees, &c. 
 
 JOHN WASBROUGH 1809 1825 
 
 Eldest son of Rice Wasbrough, above mentioned. Died 1825. Composer 
 of Church Music. There is a Chant by him in Warren's Collection. 
 
 JOHN DAVIS CORFE 1825 1876 
 
 Son of A. T. Corfe, Organist of Salisbury, and brother of Dr. C. W. Corfe, 
 Organist of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. Succeeded John Wasbrough 
 as Organist of Bristol Cathedral, 1825. Conductor for many years of the 
 Bristol Madrigal Society. Died 1876. A memorial window to him was 
 placed in the Cathedral by public subscription, October, 1877. 
 
 GEORGE RISELEY ... ... ... ... .. 1876 1898 
 
 Born at Bristol, August 28, 1845. Chorister in the Cathedral, 1852. After- 
 wards articled pupil to J. D. Corfe. Assistant Organist of the Cathedral 
 and Organist of various churches in and around Bristol. Organist of the 
 Colston Hall, Bristol, 1870. Organist of the Cathedral, 1876. Resigned 
 1898. Conductor of the Colston Hall Concerts, and, since Sir Charles 
 Halle's death, of the Bristol Musical Festival. Conductor of the Bristol 
 Royal Orpheus Glee Society, 1878. Conductor of the Bristol Society of 
 Instrumentalists, 1887. Conductor of the Bristol Choral Society, 1889. 
 Professor of the Organ at the Royal Academy of Music. Conductor of the 
 Queen's Hall Choral Society, and Musical Director of the Alexandra 
 Palace, 1898. 
 
 PERCY CARTER BUCK, M.A., Mus.D., Oxon. ... 1899 
 (See under Wells.)
 
 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 CANTERBURY. 
 
 MATTHEW GODWIN, Mus.B., Oxon. 
 (See under Exeter.) 
 
 SELBY was Organist, circa 1600. 
 
 "In 1660, at the time of the Restoration, one pound (1) was given to 
 FRANCIS PLOMER as Organist of the Sermon House" (the last four words 
 have been crossed out by a pen). Mr. J. M. Cowper, the Curator of the Library, 
 and a distinguished Canterbury antiquary, to whom I am indebted for much of 
 the information concerning the Organists of Canterbury Cathedral down to the 
 year 1700, is of opinion that Plomer's appointment was Cromwellian, and 
 that he was dismissed with a gratuity of one pound sterling. 
 
 THOMAS GIBBES 1661 (?)i66g 
 
 Possibly a son of Richard Gibbs, Organist of Norwich Cathedral. 
 According to the registers he was still Organist in 1664. There is no record of 
 his resignation or death. He probably held the office until the appointment 
 of Chomley, in 1669. 
 
 (See also under Norwich.) 
 
 RICHARD CHOMLEY... ... ... ... ... 1669 1675 
 
 " In 1675, on December 9, Richard Chomley, the Organist, represented to the 
 Chapter of the Cathedral that ' by reason of age and other infirmities ' he 
 was willing to surrender his place, and to remove to London or elsewhere. 
 Thereupon it was agreed to pay him the next quarter's wages, to bestow 
 upon him ten pounds towards his expense of removing, and to allow him 
 a pension of twenty-five shillings a year, to be paid quarterly. The salary 
 attached to the office was then forty pounds a year."* 
 
 ROBERT WREN ... ... ... ... ... 1675 1691 
 
 Probably a son of Charles Wren, Organist of Rochester Cathedral. 
 " On the same day, December 9, 1675, the Chapter elected Robert Wren, 
 'a member of this Church,' as Chomley's successor. At the time of his 
 election, Wren was one of the Lay Clerks of the Cathedral."! Died 1691. 
 Buried in the Cloisters. 
 
 NICHOLAS WOOTTON 1692 1698 
 
 Admitted Organist and Lay Clerk, December i, 1692. 
 
 In April, 1698, he was summoned to appear before the Chapter " to answer 
 to such matters as shall then be objected to him." Wootton seems to have 
 failed to comply with this order, as on June 27 it was resolved that " forasmuch 
 as Nicholas Wootton, Organist of this Church, hath left and deserted that 
 place," and for other misdemeanours, "he be removed, and the place be 
 void." 
 
 Died April 16, 1700. Buried in the North Aisle of the Cathedral. 
 
 * Article by Mr. J. M. Cowper in the Canterbury Press. 
 f Ibid.
 
 CANTERBURY. 
 
 DANIEL HENSTRIDGE 1699 1736 
 
 (Previously Organist of Rochester Cathedral, and also, possibly, of Gloucester 
 Cathedral. The Daniel Henstridge at the latter Cathedral was more likely, 
 however, to be the father of the above.) Appointed Organist on probation, 
 December, 1698, one of the conditions being that he should take upon himself 
 to teach not more than ten King's Scholars to sing "Tallis his Service"; 
 another, that the new Organist " shall assist Porter* as far as he is capable 
 in instructing him on the organ." Sworn and admitted Organist and 
 Master of the Choristers, June, 1699. Died 1736. Buried in the Cathedral. 
 The Organ parts to some of his compositions (including a Service in D) are 
 still extant in MS. 
 
 WILLIAM RAYLTON... ... ... ... ... 1736 1757 
 
 Pupil of Dr. Croft. Appointed to Canterbury, 1736. Died 1757. Composer 
 of Church Music. His Service in A is still sung at Canterbury, and a 
 Service in E flat and one or two Anthems are in MS. in the Cathedral 
 books. A setting of the opening Burial Sentences by him is to be found in 
 Vincent Novello's Collection of Purcell's Sacred Music, Vol. IV., and was 
 probably intended to precede the setting by Purcell, in the same key 
 (C minor), of the remaining Sentences, which is contained in the same 
 volume.t 
 
 SAMUEL PORTER 1757 1803 
 
 Born at Norwich, 1733. Chorister in St. Paul's Cathedral, and pupil of 
 Dr. Greene. Organist of Canterbury Cathedral, 1757. Retired 1803. Died 
 at Canterbury, December n, 1810. Buried in the Cloisters of the Cathedral. 
 A table erected there to his memory has recently been restored. A volume 
 of Cathedral Music was prepared by him and published by his son, William 
 James Porter. His Service in D is issued in octavo form by Messrs. 
 Novello. 
 
 HIGHMORE SKEATS (Senr.) ... ... ... 1803 1831 
 
 Born 1760. Chorister in Exeter Cathedral. Vicar Choral of Salisbury 
 
 Cathedral. Organist of Ely Cathedral, 1778-1803. Died at Canterbury, 
 
 June 29, 1831. Buried in St. Martin's Churchyard. 
 
 His son (Highmore Skeats, Junr.) succeeded him at Ely, and was subse- 
 quently Organist of St. George's Chapel, Windsor. 
 Composer of Church Music (including a Complete Morning and Evening 
 
 Service in C, in triple tin e throughout), Glees, Songs, &c. Editor of Dr. 
 
 J. Stephens'sJ Cathedral Music and of a Collection of Songs. 
 His Anthem, "The righteous souls that take their flight," is included in a 
 
 Collection of Short Anthems by Dr. Longhurst, and has been sung at the 
 
 burial of several of the Canons, &c., of Canterbury. 
 In 1825 (or 1826) James Longhurst, father of Dr. W. H. Longharst, added 
 
 " German pedals " to the old organ, then standing on the Rood Screen, 
 
 * This could not be the Samuel Porter mentioned as Organist of Canterbury, 1757-1804. 
 
 t It should be remembered that Purcell's familiar music to " Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets 
 of pur hearts, 1 ' is another setting of the Burial Sentence commencing with those words, and wa 
 written as a Funeral Anthem for Queen Mary. Dr. Croft was afterwards so impressed with its 
 beauty that he incorporated it into his setting of the Burial Sentences in preference to 
 attempting to set the same words himself. 
 
 Ser 
 
 and they Reserve, in conjunctio^ with the opening Sentences by Raylton in the same key, a 
 more frequent hearing, 
 t See sub voce Sarum.
 
 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 and supplied the instrument with seven i6-ft. pedal pipes.* These 
 " German pedals " were supposed to have been the first examples of their 
 kind introduced into Kent. Skeats, then Organist, had a great aversion 
 to them, and would not use them. When anybody wished to hear the 
 pedal pipes he would call his pupil, Jones, saying : " Here, Jones, come and 
 show these things off, I never learned to dance." 
 
 THOMAS EVANCE JONES ... ... ... ... 1831 1872 
 
 Born 1805. Chorister in Canterbury Cathedral. Pupil of Skeats. Lay 
 Clerk of Canterbury Cathedral, 1822; Master of the Choristers, ditto, 1830. 
 Succeeded Skeats as Organist, 1831. Died at Canterbury, 1872. Buried in 
 St. Martin's Churchyard. Composer of Church Music. Only one Anthem 
 by him was published " Unto Him that loved us." 
 
 WILLIAM HENRY LONGHURST, Mus.D., Cantuar.,75; 
 
 F.R.C.0 1873 1898 
 
 Born at Lambeth, 1819. Chorister in Canterbury Cathedral (under Skeats). 
 Pupil of Stephen Elvey and T. E. Jones. Lay Clerk and Assistant 
 Organist of Canterbury Cathedral, 1836. Was offered the post of Organist 
 of Carlisle Cathedral, 1842, but declined it. Succeeded Jones as Organist 
 and Master of the Choristers, 1873. Created Mus.D. by the Archbishop of 
 Canterbury, 1875. Retired from post of Organist of Canterbury Cathedral, 
 1898, after a period of no less than seventy years of active musical service 
 there. Composer of Church Music, Organ pieces, Violin pieces, a 
 Cantata for Female voices, "The Village Fair," and a MS. Oratorio, 
 " David and Absalom." 
 
 Dr. Longhurst relates the following anecdote concerning himself and one of 
 the Cathedral vergers : " Some few years ago, a certain Canon of the 
 Cathedral sent one of the vergers to me while I was playing the opening 
 voluntary, with a message to inform me that, as there was only one Minor 
 Canon present that (Sunday) morning, he (the Canon) would chant the 
 Litany. "And," said the verger, " would you give him the note ?" "Cer- 
 tainly," I replied. To my surprise the verger still lingered on the steps. 
 
 " All right, A ," I said. He still remained stationary, and at length 
 
 made the innocent inquiry: " Please, sir, shall I wait for it? " 
 
 This was the same verger who, when describing the new organ to some 
 visitors, pointed upwards and told them that " the new hargin was put hup 
 in the Trifolium " ; that "the connection between the console and the 
 hargin was done by helectrics " ; and "the whole thing was set in motion 
 by hydraulic water!" From "Reminiscences" [No. 3, by Dr. W. H. 
 Longhurst], recorded in the Monthly Journal of the Incorporated Society 
 of Musicians. 
 
 HARRY CRANE PERRIN, Mus.B., Dub., iroo; 
 
 F.R.C.0 1898 
 
 Born at Wellingborough, 1865. Pupil of Sir Robert Stewart. Organist of 
 St. Columba's College, Rathfarnham, 1886 ; St. John's, Lowestoft, 1888. 
 Conductor of Lowestoft Choral Society. Organist of St. Michael's, Coventry, 
 1892. Conductor of Coventry Musical Society. Choir Inspector and 
 Conductor to Church Choral Association for the Archdeaconry of Coventry. 
 Organist and Master of the Choristers, Canterbury Cathedral, 1898. 
 Composer of Church Music, Songs, Pianoforte Music, &c. 
 
 * At the time of the completion of these large open wood pipes, Dr. Longhurst was a small 
 boy, six or seven years old ; he distinctly remembers being made to crawl into one or two of 
 the largest of the pipes and therein sing a little song. It is not every Cathedral Organist who 
 could say that he had sung a song in one of his own organ pipes!
 
 CARLISLE. n 
 
 CARLISLE. 
 
 JOHN HOWE 1677 1693 
 
 THOMAS HOWE 1693 : 734 
 
 Son of the preceding. 
 
 ABRAHAM DOBINSON 1734 1749 
 
 CHARLES PICK 1749 1781 
 
 THOMAS GREATOREX 1781 1784 
 
 Son of Anthony Greatorex, Riber Hall, Matlock. Born at North Wingfield, 
 Derbyshire, 1758. Pupil of Dr. B. Cooke. Lived for some time with his 
 patron, the Earl of Sandwich, at Hinchinbrook House, near Huntingdon. 
 Organist of Carlisle Cathedral, 1781. Resigned, 1784, and lived at New- 
 castle. Afterwards travelled in Italy. On his return to England was 
 appointed Conductor of the Concerts of Ancient Music, in succession to 
 Joah Bates; and, in 1819, Organist of Westminster Abbey. For some 
 years Conductor of the Birmingham and York Festivals. He was also an 
 eminent Mathematician and Astronomer. Fellow of the Royal and 
 Linnaean Societies. Died 1831. Buried in the West Cloister, Westminster 
 Abbey. 
 
 At the time of his death (July, 1831), Westminster Abbey was being prepared 
 for the Coronation of William IV. ; but, out of respect for Greatorex' s 
 memory, the Dean caused the coverings placed over the organ to be 
 temporarily removed. George IV., when Prince Regent, once said to 
 Greatorex : " My Father is Rex, but you are a Greater Rex." 
 
 THOMAS HILL ... ... ... ... ... 1785 1833 
 
 There is a Chant by him in Bennett and Marshall's Collection, 1829. 
 
 RICHARD INGHAM ... ... ... ... ... 1833 1841 
 
 Born 1804. Organist of St. Mary's, Gateshead, and subsequently (1833) of 
 Carlisle Cathedral. Composer of Vocal Music, &c. 
 
 JAMES STIMPSON ... ... ... ... ... 1841 1842 
 
 Born at Lincoln, 1820. Chorister in Durham Cathedral. Articled Pupil of 
 Ingham, at Carlisle. Organist of St. Andrew's, Newcastle on-Tyne, 1836; 
 Organist of Carlisle Cathedral, 1841 . Subsequently Organist of Birmingham 
 Town Hall, and Organist and Chorus-master of Birmingham Festival. 
 Trained the chorus for the production of Mendelssohn's " Elijah," in 1846. 
 For many years Professor of Music at the Liverpool Blind Institution. Died 
 at Birmingham, 1886. Composer of Songs, Pianoforte pieces, &c. Author 
 of a " Manual of the Theory of Music." Editor of Church and Organ 
 Music, &c. 
 
 HENRY EDMUND FORD, Mus.D., Cantuar.,i89i ... 1842 
 
 Born near Croydon. Chorister in Rochester Cathedral and Assistant 
 Organist there, under R. Banks. Organist of Carlisle Cathedral, 1842. 
 Dr. Ford has been Organist of Carlisle Cathedral for the long period of 
 fifty-seven years. On the attainment of his Jubilee as Organist of the Cathe- 
 dral, 1892, he was presented with a testimonial at the County Hotel, 
 Carlisle. 
 
 The specification of the present Cathedral organ, by Willis, was drawn up 
 by Dr. Ford and his friend, the late Mr. W. T. Best, who was a native of 
 Carlisle. Created Mus.D. by the Archbishop of Canterbury, 1891.
 
 j 2 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 CHESTER. 
 
 JOHN BYRCHELEY 1541 1550 
 
 THOMAS BARNEYS .. 1550 1563 
 
 He was previously a Conduct, or singing man, in the Choir. 
 
 WHITE (or WHYTE) 1563 1569 
 
 The following appears as an item of expenditure relating to the Chester 
 Plays, from the Harleian MSS., as quoted in " Chester in the times of 
 Plantagenets and Tudors," by the Rev. Canon Morris, D.D. : 
 " 1568. To Mr. Whyte for singinge . . His." 
 
 ROBERT STEVENSON, Mus.D., Oxon., 1596 ... 1569 1602 
 
 Supplicated for a degree at Oxford in 1583, stating that he had been thirty- 
 three years a student. Was granted the degree of Mus.B. in 1587 and of 
 Mus.D. in 1596. 
 
 THOMAS BATESON, Mus.B. (? Dub.) 1602 1609 
 
 A distinguished Madrigal writer. Subsequently Organist of Trinity (now Christ 
 Church) Cathedral, Dublin, where he is supposed to have taken the degree 
 of Mus.B., probably the first Musical Degree granted by that University. 
 The year of his death is unknown. Some of his Church Music was published 
 by the Musical Antiquarian Society in their " Anthems by Composers of 
 the Madrigalian Era." 
 
 JOHN ALLEN, Mus.B., Oxon., IBIS ... 1609 1613 
 
 Previously a Chorister and a Conduct. 
 
 He was required to compose a " Song," in seven parts, for his degree. 
 
 MICHAEL DONE 1613 1614 
 
 THOMAS JONES, Mus.B. (?) 1614 1637 
 
 A document referring to the lease of a farm and tenements (&c.), quoted in the 
 " Cheshire Sheaf," February n, 1891, commences thus: 
 
 "This Indenture made the 7 Feb. 1625 [6] between William Trafford, of 
 Bridge Trafford, co. Chester, gent., on the one part, and Thomas 
 Johnes, of the city of Chester, Bachelor of Music, and Anne Johnee, 
 now wife of the same Thomas Johnes on the other part (&c., &c.)." 
 The locale of his Degree cannot be ascertained. 
 
 RICHARD NEWBOLD 1637 1643 
 
 RANDALL (or RANDOLPH) JEWITT, Mus.B., Dub. 1643 (?)i644 
 Formerly a Chorister at Chester. (See under Winchester.) 
 
 PETER STRINGER ... ... ... ... ... 1661 1673 
 
 Successively Chorister and Conduct; afterwards simultaneously Minor Canon, 
 
 Precentor, Organist, and Treasurer. Died 1673. 
 The words of some of his Anthems are included in Clifford's Collection.
 
 CHESTER. 13 
 
 He appears to have been Organist of Manchester Collegiate Church (now the 
 
 Cathedral) for a short time in 1666. 
 The following curious extract from a letter of Dr. Henry Bridgman, Dean of 
 
 Chester and Bishop of Sodor and Man (he was a Pluralist), illustrates 
 
 the esteem in which Peter Stringer was held : 
 
 " Mr. Subdeane Bispham and 
 " Mr. Chanter Stringer. 
 
 " There is an hon'ble Maid lately deceased at Mr. John Anderson's, being the 
 Hope and Anchor in our Northgate St., within the City of Chester, viz. : 
 The Lady Jane Montgomery, sister to the Right Hon'ble Hughe, Earle of 
 Mount Alexander in the Kingdome of Ireland ; who, being a great lover of 
 the ceremonyes of our Church while shee lived, desired to bee buried in our 
 Church when shee dyed. And since shee had the quire so much in her heart 
 living, I adjudged it fitt to bury her in the heart of our quire now shee is 
 dead, her Executors paying to the Cathedrall all customarye dues and 
 justifyable fees which belong unto us. Now, by reason of the late 
 distraction in this Kingdome and my frequent absences from this Church, 
 my memory not well serving mee in every particular thereof, and the 
 R't. Reverend John, Lord Bishop of Chester, having a great kindness for 
 her family, as well as a great love unto Justice, desiring that shee may not 
 bee imposed upon by any kind of exaction : You two being the most 
 anticnt stagers now resident in this Church, I doe require you, upon virtue 
 of your oathes formerly taken, y't you declare unto mee in writing what 
 the former fees and customes have been in the like case ; that as I may not 
 impose upon such hon'ble persons, so neither praejudice our Successors in 
 this Church"; etc., etc. 
 
 "June ye gth, 1673." 
 
 The two " antient stagers " duly replied, giving the required particulars, and 
 not forgetting to add that " If the corps bee sung into the church and to 
 the grave, the least that the Quiremen have usually had was forty 
 shillings."* 
 
 JOHN STRINGER 1673 1686 
 
 (Son of the foregoing.) A Minor Canon. 
 
 WILLIAM KAY (KEY, or KEYS) 1686 1699 
 
 A Minor Canon. (See also under St. Asaph.) 
 
 JOHN DEMONTICALL 1699 1704 
 
 EDMUND WHITE ... ... ... ... ... 1704 I 7 I 5 
 
 WILLIAM DAVIES ... ... ... ... ... 1715 1726 
 
 Afterwards a Conduct. 
 
 BENJAMIN WORRALL 1726 1727 
 
 Previously a Conduct. 
 
 He was probably a son (or some other relative) of the Rev. John Worrall, M.A., 
 a Vicar Choral and Minor Canon of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, and 
 afterwards successively Vicar Choral, Dean's Vicar, and Master of the 
 Choristers of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin. 
 
 * For this and much other interesting information concerning the Organists of Chester 
 Cathedral, I am indebted to Dr. Joseph C. Bridge, M.A., the present Organist.
 
 14 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 EDMUND BAKER ... ... ... ... ... 1727 1764 
 
 A Conduct. 
 
 Pupil of Dr. Blow, and musical instructor of Dr. Burney. 
 
 Baker is mentioned in the following anecdote, related by Burney in his 
 " Commemoration of Handel " (1785) : " When Handel went through 
 Chester, in his way to Ireland, this year 1741, I was at the Public-School 
 in that city, and very well remember seeing him smoke a pipe, over a dish 
 of coffee, at the Exchange-Coffee-house ; for being extremely curious to 
 see so extraordinary a man, I watched him narrowly as long as he 
 remained in Chester ; which, on account of the wind being unfavour- 
 able for his embarking at Parkgate, was several days. During this 
 time, he applied to Mr. Baker, the organist, my first music-master, to 
 know whether there were any choirmen in the cathedral who could sing 
 at sight; as he wished to prove some books that had been hastily 
 transcribed, by trying the choruses which he intended to perform in 
 Ireland. Mr. Baker mentioned some of the most likely singers then in 
 Chester, and, among the rest, a printer of the name of Janson, who had 
 a good base voice, and was one of the best musicians in the choir. At 
 this time Harry Alcock, a good player, was the first violin at Chester, 
 which was then a very musical place ; for besides public performances, 
 Mr. Prebendary Prescott had a weekly concert, at which he was able to 
 muster eighteen or twenty performers, gentlemen, and professors. A time 
 was fixed for this private rehearsal at the Golden Falcon, where Handel 
 was quartered; but, alas! on trial of the chorus in the Messiah, 'And 
 with His stripes we are healed,' poor Janson. after repeated attempts, 
 failed so egregiously, that Handel let loose his great bear upon him ; 
 and after swearing in four or five languages, cried out in broken English : 
 ' You shcauntrel ! tit not you dell me dat you could sing at soite ? ' 
 ' Yes, sir,' says the printer, ' and so I can ; but not at first sight.' " 
 
 EDWARD ORME 1764 1776 
 
 A Conduct. 
 
 Originator of the Chester Musical Festivals. A prominent Freemason. 
 
 Deputy Herald of the city. He also served as Sheriff. Died March 25, 
 
 1777, aged 61. Buried in the Cathedral. 
 
 JOHN BAILEY 1776 1803 
 
 A Conduct. 
 
 Died November 26, 1823, aged 73. Buried in the Cathedral. 
 
 EDWARD BAILEY ... 1803 1823 
 
 A Conduct. 
 
 Probably a brother of the preceding. Died November 4, 1830, aged 72. 
 
 Buried in the Cathedral. Edward Orme and the Baileys were connected 
 
 by family relationship. (See also under St. Asaph.) 
 
 GEORGE BLACK ... .: 1823 1824 
 
 THOMAS HAYLETT 1824 1840 
 
 Died October 6, 1843, aged 49. Buried in St. John's Cemetery, Chester. 
 The following amusing anecdote concerning Thomas Haylett is related by 
 
 his present successor at Chester Cathedral, Dr. J. C. Bridge : 
 " One day Haylett, according to custom, had been teaching in Warrington, 
 whence he duly returned in the evening to Chester. Upon opening the 
 door of the coach he discovered the huge figure of a man stretched across 
 two seats. As the occupant seemed disinclined to move his portly figure,
 
 CHESTER. 15 
 
 Haylett reminded him that the coach was constructed to hold more than 
 one passenger. The traveller then removed his feet, but uttered not a 
 word. Haylett thereupon remarked that it was ' a fine night.' Silence 
 greeted even this meteorological utterance. Similar observations were 
 treated in like manner, with the result that Haylett held his peace, but 
 only till Chester the destination of the pair was reached. Addressing 
 his fellow-traveller for the last time, Haylett said to him, ' I think it right 
 
 to inform you, sir, that you are a d d disagreeable fellow.' This 
 
 anathema caused the silent one to remove his muffler and thus unmask his 
 features. The process revealed to Haylett's astonished gaze the face of 
 Canon Slade, one of the Cathedral dignitaries, who was on his way to 
 take up residence. The Canon, however, treated the matter very good- 
 humouredly and often reminded Haylett of the joke." 
 
 FREDERICK GUNTON 1841 1877 
 
 Born at Norwich, 1813. Pupil of Alfred Pettet (Organist of St. Peter Man- 
 croft, Norwich). Organist of Southwell Minster, 1835. Organist of 
 Chester Cathedral, 1841. Director of the King's School Concerts, &c. 
 Resigned the Cathedral appointment, 1877, at which time he was presented 
 with a testimonial in the form of a handsome piece of plate. Died at 
 Chester, 1888. Buried in Upton Churchyard. 
 
 Dr. Anson, upon being appointed Dean of Chester, brought Gunton, his 
 Organist, with him from Southwell. Gunton effected great improvements 
 in the musical services at Chester Cathedral, and the present organ, by 
 Whiteley, was erected under his superintendence. It is said that 
 Mendelssohn, having on one occasion heard Gunton play upon the 
 Cathedral organ, remarked to someone present that his (Gunton's) touch 
 was " like velvet." 
 
 JOSEPH Cox BRIDGE, M. A., i8T8:Mus.D., Oxon.,i885; 
 
 F.R.C.0 1877 
 
 Born at Rochester, 1853. Chorister in Rochester Cathedral, and afterwards 
 Assistant Organist there, and Pupil of John Hopkins. Pupil also of his 
 brother, Sir Frederick Bridge, and Assistant Organist to him at Manchester 
 Cathedral. Organist of Exeter College, Oxford, 1871, where he graduated 
 in Arts and Music. Assistant Organist of Chester Cathedral, 1876 ; 
 Organist, ditto, 1877. Was mainly instrumental in re-establishing the 
 Chester Triennial Musical Festivals in 1879, of which he is now Conductor. 
 Composer of an Oratorio, " Daniel " ; a Cantata," Rudel"; a Symphony for 
 Orchestra, Church Music, Part-songs, &c. 
 
 Dr. Joseph Bridge has on more than one occasion acted as Conductor in the 
 place of Sir Charles Halle at Concerts in Bristol and Manchester. 
 
 The choir of Chester Cathedral has always been noted both for its discipline 
 and musical efficiency, and its singing evoked the highest commendation 
 from the American musicians who visited England in 1895.
 
 1 6 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 CHICHESTER. 
 
 The earliest record of an Organist is in the time of Henry VIII., when 
 WILLIAM CAMPYON "received 6s. 8d. for playing on the Organs in the 
 Choir, and 33. 4d. for playing on the Organs in the Lady Chapel." (Walcott's 
 " Early Statutes of the Cathedral Church of Chichester.) 
 
 THOMAS WEELKES, Mus.B., Oxon., isoa ... (?)i^jS 1623 
 
 Formerly Organist of Winchester College. Better known at the present 
 time by his Madrigals than by his Church Music. There is an Anthem by 
 him, " O Lord, grant the king a long life," in Barnard's Collection ; two 
 were also published by the Musical Antiquarian Society, and others are 
 extant in MS. 
 
 " The Organist shall remain in the Choir until the last psalm be sung and 
 then go up to the organs, and there having done his duty, return into the 
 Choir again to bear his part all along, under the amercement of iij. toties 
 quoties. This is thought a meet matter in all double choirs, much more is 
 it necessary in all half-choirs, as ours is." (" Statutes of the Dean and 
 Chapter, 1616.") 
 
 BARTHOLOMEW WEBB 1668 (?)i674 
 
 JOHN READING ... ...... ... 1674 1720 
 
 There were two other well-known musicians of the same name. One was 
 Organist of Winchester Cathedral and College the other was Organist 
 successively of Dulwich College ; St. John at Hackney ; St. Mary, Wool- 
 noth ; St. Dunstan in the West; and St. Mary, Woolchurchhaw, London. 
 
 ~, ,,. (Probationer 
 
 THOMAS KELWAY ...... Swom 1733 1747 
 
 Born at Chichester. Chorister in the Cathedral, and probably a pupil of 
 Reading, whom he succeeded as Organist. Died at Chichester, May 21, 
 1749. Buried in the South Aisle of the Cathedral. 
 
 Kelway's gravestone having been lost sight of for many years, was found 
 and replaced, and the inscription re-cut, about 1846. This circumstance 
 gave rise to the following pleasing sonnet by Mr. Charles Crocker, a former 
 well-known Verger of Chichester Cathedral : 
 
 " Kelway ! thy memory, fresh as vernal day, 
 In many a heart's most secret holiest cell, 
 Where love of sacred song delights to dwell, 
 Lives and shall live while music holds her sway 
 Within these hallowed walls, where day by day, 
 Year after year, he" plied the wondrous art 
 Which bids the spirit from its prison start, 
 And soar awhile to happier realms away. 
 His strains full oft still fall upon the ear 
 Of those who tread yon aisle, while, at their feet, 
 His name and record of his hope appear. 
 Peace to his ashes be his slumbers sweet, 
 Till that glad morn when he shall wake to hear 
 The angel choir in nightless Heaven's bright sphere." 
 
 (" The Organists and Composers of St. Paul's Cathedral." By J. S. Bumpus. 
 
 Footnote, p. 246.)
 
 CHICHESTER. 17 
 
 Seven Services and nine Anthems in his own handwriting are in the 
 Cathedral Library. His Evening Services in B minor, A minor, and 
 G minor are still in frequent use. His brother, Joseph Kelway, was one 
 of the most celebrated organists of his time. 
 
 THOMAS CAP.U. ......... 
 
 RICHARD HALL (Deputy) ... ... ... ... 1771 
 
 THOMAS TREMAINE (Deputy) ......... 1771 
 
 WILLIAM WALOND ............... 1794 1801 
 
 Probably a son of William Walond, Mus.B., of Oxford. Deputy-Organist, 
 1775. Organist, 1794. Resigned his post at the Cathedral and lived for 
 some time in the city in extreme poverty, his only means of subsistence 
 being a small annuity raised upon the sale of some houses. Died 
 February 9, 1836. Portions of his compositions are to be found in the 
 Cathedral Choir books. 
 
 JAMES TARGETT ... ... ... Probationer 1801 1803 
 
 Born near Kidderminster, October, 1778. Chorister in Chichester Cathedral, 
 and afterwards Organist there. Died May 15, 1803, aged 24. 
 
 John Marsh, a distinguished amateur of Chichester, edited " Three Anthems 
 and a Hymn in four parts, composed by the late James Targett." 
 
 There are also three Chants by him in Marsh's " Cathedral Chants." 
 
 THOMAS B ......... ,8 4 8 
 
 Born at Fonthill, 1779. Chorister in Salisbury Cathedral. Organist of St. 
 John's Chapel, Chichester, and afterwards of the Cathedral* Died 
 March 21, 1848. Buried in the Cathedral Yard. Published "Sacred 
 Melodies," " Cathedral Selections," and " An Introduction to the Art of 
 Singing." 
 
 (Probationer 1848) 
 HENRY R. BENNETT ...... | Swom 1860 
 
 Son of the preceding, and elder brother of Alfred Bennett, Organist of 
 New College, Oxford. Chorister in Magdalen College, Oxford. Pupil of his 
 father. Succeeded him at Chichester. Resigned the post at Chichester 
 and became Organist of St. Andrew's, Wells Street, London, exchanging 
 appointments with Dr. Philip Armes. 
 
 PHILIP ARMES, M.A., Dunelm ; Mus.D., Oxon. 
 
 et Dunelm. ; F.R.C.0 .......... 1861 1862 
 
 (See under Durham.) 
 
 EDWARD HENRY THORNE, F.R.C.0 ....... 1863 1870 
 
 Born at Cranbourne, Dorset, 1834. Pupil of Sir George Elvey. Organist of 
 the Parish Church, Henley-on-Thames, 1853 ; Chichester Cathedral, 1863 ; 
 St. Patrick's, Hove, 1870 ; St. Peter's, Cranley Gardens, London, 1873 ; St. 
 Michael's, Cornhill, 1875 ; and now at St. Anne's, Soho, London. Composer 
 of Church Music, Organ pieces, &c. His Anthem " I was glad " was written 
 for the re-opening Service at Chichester Cathedral in 1867, after the falling 
 in of the spire. 
 
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 i8 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 FRANCIS EDWARD GLADSTONE, Mus.D., Cantab.; 
 
 F.R.C.0 1870 1873 
 
 (See under Norwich.) 
 
 JAMES KENDRICK PYNE, F.R.C.O. 1873 1874 
 
 (See under Manchester.) 
 
 CHARLES HENRY HYLTON STEWART ... ... 1874 ^875 
 
 Choral Scholar of St. Catherine's College, Cambridge, 1873. Afterwards took 
 Holy Orders and became Curate of Pebmarsh, Essex, 1875 ; Precentor of 
 Chester Cathedral, 1877 ; Vicar of New Brighton (Cheshire), 1889. 
 
 DANIEL JOSEPH WOOD, Mus.B., Oxon., Mus.D., 
 
 Cantuar. ; F.R.C.O 1875 1876 
 
 (See under Exeter.) 
 
 THEODORE EDWARD AYLWARD ... ... ... 1876 1886 
 
 Great grandnephew of Dr. Theodore Aylward. Born at Salisbury, 1844. 
 Pupil of Dr. S. S. Wesley. Organist successively of St. Matthew's, Chel- 
 tenham ; St. Columba's College, Rathfarnham, 1866 ; St. Martin's, 
 Salisbury; Llandaff Cathedral, 1870 ; Chichester Cathedral, 1876; St. 
 Andrew's Church and the Public Halls, Cardiff, 1886. Composer. 
 Editor of the Sarum Hymnal (1870). 
 
 FREDERICK JOHN READ, Mus.D., Oxon., an-, 
 
 F.R.C.O 1887 
 
 Born at Faversham. Pupil of Drs. Sloman, Corfe, and Sir Frederick Bridge. 
 Organist of Christ Church, Reading, 1877. Founder of the Reading 
 Orpheus Society, and Conductor of the same since 1882. Professor of 
 Harmony, Royal College of Music, 1886. Examiner for the Associated 
 Board of the Royal Academy of Music and the Royal College of Music, 
 1892. Composer of Church Music, Cantatas, Madrigals, Part-songs, &c. 
 
 CORK. 
 
 I am indebted to Dr. Richard Caulfield's interesting book, " Annals of St. 
 Fin Barre's Cathedral, Cork,"* for much of my information regarding the 
 Organists of Cork Cathedral. 
 
 " 1633. The Dean and Chapter unanimously decree that the sum of Ten 
 Pounds shall be paid for the completion of a musical instrument, called in 
 English Organs, as is the custom to have in Cathedral Churches. 4th 
 November." 
 
 WILLIAM LOVE ... ... ... ... ... 
 
 He is mentioned as Organist in 1677. 
 
 Probably the duties of Organist had, up to that time, been performed by one 
 
 or other of the Vicars Choral in turn. 
 In 1684 "The Bishop orders the Vicars Choral, Organist, and Choir, to 
 
 * Kindly lent to me by Dr. J. C. Marks, the present Cathedral Organist.
 
 CORK. ig 
 
 attend the Cathedral daily, and perform the service ' in the best melodies 
 they can, according to Cathedral use.'"* 
 
 " 1688. The Organist monished to reside ' inter pomoeria Ecclesiie,' or at 
 least in the suburbs of Cork." The same admonition had previously 
 been given in 1686. 
 
 THOMAS HOLLISTER (Assistant) ... ... ... 1695 
 
 Salary, 10 per annum. 
 
 WILLIAM TOOLE ... ... ... ... ... 1703 1711 
 
 Afterwards Organist of Armagh Cathedral, which post he resigned in 1722. 
 
 EDWARD BROADWAY 1712 1720 
 
 Lay Vicar, 1704. " Master of the Song," 1707. Organist, 1712. Resigned 
 the post of Organist, 1720, and was recommended to the Bishop " for 
 some provision for him as Organist for the time he served." 
 On the 7th November, 1723, " Mr. Broadway, and his successors, Lay 
 Vicars, are ordered to sing a Solo Anthem every Sunday in the afternoon, 
 and provide a variety of them, and that he instruct two boys to join him in 
 singing said Anthems (&c.)." According to the records he appears to have 
 failed to provide these boys, and an application was made to the Bi*hop to 
 withhold a portion of his salary. In 1725-6 Broadway petitioned the Bishop 
 for the sum of ,30 withheld from him. 
 
 WILLIAM SMYTH ... ... ... ... ... 1720 (?)i72i 
 
 Salary, 20 per annum. At the time of his appointment application was made 
 to the Bishop for funds to purchase some additional stops for the Cathedral 
 organ. Various sums of money were paid from time to time to Smyth, 
 for tuning and cleaning the instrument. In 1781 it was reported to the 
 Chapter that he had left a legacy of 200 for the poor of the parish. 
 
 HENRY DE LA MAINE 1782 1796 
 
 A French refugee who settled in Ireland at the time of the Revolution. 
 Died 1796. Two Chants by him are in Joule's Collection, and some Psalm 
 Tunes in Weyman's " Melodia Sacra." 
 
 On October 28th, 1791, he presented a memorial to the Dean and Chapter, 
 alleging that he had a right to a fifth part of the emoluments of the 
 Vicars Choral. 
 
 JAMES ROCHE 1797 1811 
 
 Organist and Master of the boys. Died 1811. He was, like Smyth, paid for 
 keeping the organ in repair and tune. 
 
 JAMES BREALSFORD STEPHENS ..: 1811 1860 
 
 Organist and Master of the boys. Died March 3, 1860. 
 
 JAMES CHRISTOPHER MARKS, Mus.Doc., Oxon.,ia68 1860 
 
 Born at Armagh, 1835. Chorister of Armagh Cathedral. Pupil of R. Turle. 
 Assistant Organist at Armagh Cathedral, 1852, until his appointment to 
 Cork. Conductor of Cork Harmonic Society, 1860-1, and of Cork Musical 
 
 * In the following year, however, the Vicars were admonished "for neglect in not 
 attending the daily service in the Choir of the Cathedral according to the statutes of the same, 
 and for the fuller publication thereof, 1 ' it was ordered " that the monition be fixed over their 
 stalls in the Church (&c.). I3*h May." The "notorious neglect of the Vicars Choral" in 
 their attendance at the Cathedral was the subject of a representation to the Bishop in 1720. 
 
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 20 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 Festival in 1862. Now Conductor of Cork (New) Harmonic Society. Com- 
 poser of an Oratorio " Gideon, " (his degree exercise), Church Music, &c. 
 Shortly after Dr. Marks's appointment Full Choral Service was re-established 
 in the Cathedral. This had been discontinued since Bishop Wetenhall's 
 time, at the end of the seventeenth century. The present Cathedral 
 was also completed in 1870, and, in commemoration of its consecration, 
 Dr. Marks was publicly invested, by the Dean, with a gold medal. 
 
 DUBLIN. 
 
 THE CATHEDRAL OF THE HOLY TRINITY, 
 
 COMMONLY TERMED 
 
 CHRIST CHURCH. 
 
 AN early agreement with an Organist in the Reformation period after the 
 suppression of the Priory of the Holy Trinity Dublin. 
 
 Dated 16 March, 37 Hen. VIII. (1546). 
 
 Thomas Lokwod, dean, and the Chapter of the Holy Trinity, &c., in considera- 
 tion of his instructing the Chorister-children, grant to ROBERT HAYWARD of 
 Dublin, Singing man for life, a yearly stipend of 6 135. ^d., twelve pecks of 
 wheat, and eight pecks of malt, payable at the feasts of the Nativity, Easter, 
 Nativity of St. John Baptist, and Michaelmas ; a livery coat, a cart-load of 
 wood at Christmas, and the Chamber* by the east of the Churchyard ; and the 
 Vicars Choral grant him four pecks of malt in equal portions, at said feasts, 
 his daily finding, table and board, sitting and taking same with them. 
 
 Grantee, who is empowered to distrain grantors' lands in Dublin County and 
 City for his stipend, undertakes to play the organ, to keep Our Lady's Mass and 
 Anthem daily, Jesus' Mass every Friday, according the custom of St. Patrick's, 
 and Matins when the organs play on the eight principal feasts and the feasts of 
 " Majus duplex " (grantors finding a blower) ; to procure, at the expense of the 
 Church, suitable songs ; to behave humbly and well to grantors, and soon as he 
 shall have the above Chamber, to instruct the Choristers in Pricksong and 
 Descant to " four minims," and to play Our Lady's Mass, all instruments being 
 found for them during the time of their child's voice, and to present them to the 
 Chauntor to be admitted ; to remain in the service of the Church during his life 
 and not to absent himself without license. 
 
 Signed by THOMAS LOKWOD, Dean. 
 RICHARD BELL, Chauntor. 
 WALTER WHYT, Chancellor. 
 JOHN Mos, Treasurer. 
 JOHN CORRAGHE] 
 
 WM. LYNSHE. 
 WM. OWEN. 
 ROBT. LYDE. 
 JOHN DILLON, Vicar. 
 JOHN DOURY. 
 
 JOHN KERDYTT [ Prebendaries. 
 
 CHRIST. RATHE j 
 
 Dated 16 March, 1546. 
 
 (From the Calendar of Christ Church Documents [1892], deposited in the 
 Public Record Office, Ireland). 
 
 .* The Scriptorium of the Monastic Buildings.
 
 DUBLIN. 21 
 
 JOHN FERMOR 1595 
 
 THOMAS BATESON, Mus.B. (? Dub.) 1609 
 
 (See under Chester.) 
 
 RANDALL (or RANDOLPH) JEWITT, Mus.B., Dub. 1631 1639 
 (See under Winchester.) 
 
 BENJAMIN ROGERS, Mus.B., Cantab., Mus.D., 
 
 Oxon 1639 1641 
 
 (See under Magdalen College, Oxford.) 
 
 JOHN HAWKSHAW (Senr.) 1661 1688 
 
 According to the Cathedral records, leases were granted to him in 1645 and 
 1647, but he is not mentioned as either Vicar Choral or Organist until after 
 the Restoration, when in 1661 he appears to have been elected to the 
 former post, which he held until his death in 1688. His appointment as 
 Vicar Choral of St. Patrick's Cathedral is dated 1660. when he was also 
 made Organist there "during the absence of Mr. Randall Jewel." Jewitt 
 had returned to England on the breaking up of the Cathedral Establishment 
 at the Rebellion (see his appointment at Chester Cathedral). He was 
 evidently expected to resume his duties in Dublin after the Restoration, 
 and, as he failed to do so, Hawkshaw was permanently appointed in his 
 place. 
 
 His son (John Hawkshaw, Junr.) is supposed to have succeeded him as 
 Organist of St. Patrick's Cathedral. One John Hawkshaw, Organist of 
 Armagh Cathedral, is supposed by some authorities to have been this said 
 son ; but a comparison of the dates against this name at both Cathedrals 
 leaves the matter doubtful. 
 
 THOMAS GODFREY 1688 1689 
 
 Also Organist of St. Patrick's Cathedral, 1686. 
 
 THOMAS MORGAN 1690 1691 
 
 Appointed January 2, 1690, his salary commencing from Christmas before. 
 On March 25, 1691, the Proctor was ordered to "transmit five pounds into 
 England to Thos. Morgan for his reliefe and encouragement to use his 
 best to endeavour to attain the . . . * of an Organist. 
 
 PETER ISAAC(KE) ... ... ... ... ... 1692 1694 
 
 A native of England. Appointed a Vicar Choral of St. Patrick's, Dublin, 
 1673 ; but deprived of that office for neglect of duty, 1688, when he returned 
 to England, and became Organist of Salisbury Cathedral. In 1691 he was 
 invited by the Dean and Chapter of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, to 
 
 * This word is illegible in the Chapter books. Probably it is " position."
 
 22 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 " come ovef " and serve as Vicar Choral and Organist of that Cathedral, 
 which post he accepted, and was admitted, 1692, " on account of his extra- 
 ordinary skill in music.'' Died 1694. 
 
 THOMAS FINELL ............... 1694 (?)i6g8 
 
 Also Organist of St. Patrick's Cathedral, 1689-1691 ; and again in 1692. 
 Vicar Choral of St. Patrick's Cathedral, 1677, and of Christ Church 
 Cathedral, 1693. It is said that he was admitted on probation as Organist 
 of Christ Church Cathedral on October 10, 1694. Died about 1709. 
 
 DANIEL ROSINGRAVE ... ... ... ... 1698 1727 
 
 Chorister in the Chapel Royal. Pupil of Henry Purcell and Dr. Blow. 
 Organist of Gloucester Cathedral, 1679 ; Winchester Cathedral, 1682 ; 
 Salisbury Cathedral, 1692 ; Organist and Vicar Choral of St. Patrick's 
 Cathedral, and Organist and Stipendiary of Christ Church Cathedral, 
 Dublin, 1698. Died in Dublin, 1727. 
 
 RALPH ROSINGRAVE ... ... ... ... 1727 J 747 
 
 (See under St. Patrick's Cathedral.) 
 
 GEORGE WALSH ... ... ... ... ... 1747 *765 
 
 Appointed a Vicar Choral of St. Patrick's Cathedral, 1760 ; Organist, ditto, 
 1761. Died 1765. Composer of a Morning Service in D, which is still in 
 use at Christ Church, and copies of which are said to exist in some of the 
 English Cathedrals. Sir Robert Stewart thought so highly of it that he 
 added a Communion Service in the same key and style. A fine score copy 
 of " Walsh in D " is in the possession of Mr. J. S. Bumpus. 
 
 RICHARD WOODWARD, Mus.D., Dublin, mi ... 1765 *777 
 Son of Richard Woodward, a Vicar Choral of St. Patrick's Cathedral. Born 
 in Dublin, 1744. Vicar Choral of St. Patrick's Cathedral, 1772. Organist 
 of Christ Church Cathedral, 1765. Master of the Choristers at Christ 
 Church and St. Patrick's Cathedrals. Died November 22, 1777. Buried 
 in Christ Church Cathedral. On his monument is inscribed his Prize 
 Canon "Let the words of my mouth."* Composer of Church Music, 
 Songs, &c. His Church Music, which included a Service in B flat and 
 seven Anthems, was published in London in a folio volume, and dedicated 
 to Archbishop Smyth. 
 
 SAMUEL MURPHY, Mus.D., Dub .......... 1777 1780 
 
 (See under St. Patrick's Cathedral.) 
 
 LANGRISHE DOYLE, Mus.D., Dub., <m788 ... 1780 (?)i8i3 
 
 Chorister in Christ Church. Stipendiary, 1775. Organist of Armagh 
 Cathedral, 1776. Master of the Choristers of both Christ Church and St. 
 Patrick's Cathedrals in 1780, and Organist and Stipendiary of Christ Church 
 Cathedral. Elected a Half Vicar of St. Patrick's Cathedral, 1781, and a 
 Full Vicar, 1784. Also Organist of Trinity College Chapel, 1781. 
 
 By an Order of November 25, 1805, Warren and Doyle were made joint 
 Organists and a Patent was made out accordingly. Doyle probably retired 
 in 1813, as the books state that he was " licensed to be absent " in that year. 
 
 WILLIAM WARREN, Mus.D., Dub. {J 1 r r |" Jg5\ 1841 
 (See under St. Patrick's Cathedral.) 
 
 * Awarded the gold medal of the Glee and Catch Club in 1764.
 
 DUBLIN. 23 
 
 FRANCIS JAMES ROBINSON, Mus.D., Dub. ... 1816 
 Assistant Organist. (See under St. Patrick's Cathedral.) 
 
 JOHN ROBINSON ... ... ... ... ... 1841 1844 
 
 (See under St. Patrick's Cathedral.) 
 
 SIR ROBERT PRESCOTT STEWART, Mus.D., Dub., 
 
 MSI; Hon. F.R.C.0 1844 1894 
 
 Born in Dublin, December 16, 1825. Chorister in Christ Church Cathedral. 
 Organist of Christ Church Cathedral and Trinity College Chapel, 1844. 
 Organist of St. Patrick's Cathedral, 1852. Resigned the post of Organist, 
 St. Patrick's Cathedral, 1861, in order to obtain a Vicar Choralship there, 
 but the latter office was divided, and he only succeeded to one half. He 
 still, however, played the Sunday afternoon services, by arrangement with 
 his successor, Mr Murphy, who on these occasions sang for Sir Robert in 
 the choir. Half Vicar Choral of St. Patrick's Cathedral, 1861. Professor 
 of Music in Dublin University, 1862." Knighted 1872. Died in Dublin, 
 Easter Eve, March 24, 1894. Composer of Odes, Cantatas, Church Music, 
 Organ pieces, Songs, Glees, &c. Editor of and Lecturer on music. 
 Inscription on the Brass placed to his memory in Christ Church Cathedral, 
 Christmas, 1896: 
 
 "To the Glory of God, 
 
 and in Memory of 
 ROBERT PRESCOTT STEWART, Knt 
 
 Doctor of Music. 
 
 Trained as a Chorister in the Cathedral School, 
 he was appointed Organist at the age of eighteen, 
 
 and continued in that post during fifty years. 
 His name stands foremost among the many who 
 
 for seven centuries 
 devoted their musical talents to the Service of God 
 
 within this Ancient Sanctuary. 
 
 Upright in life and modest in spirit, 
 
 he gained the warm affection of a large circle of 
 
 friends, and universal honour and respect. 
 
 A brilliant Organist and Composer, he impressed 
 
 his genius on the Use and Mode of Services 
 
 in this Cathedral Church, 
 
 and 
 enriched its Library with many noble compositions. 
 
 Born 1825. 
 
 He entered into his Rest on Easter Eve, 1894. 
 [Here are engraved the opening bars of the Te Deum from Stewart's Service 
 
 for Double Choir, in E flat.] 
 
 A statue, erected to his memory on Leinster Lawn, Dublin, was unveiled 
 by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (Earl Cadogan) on March 8, 1898. 
 
 JOHN HORAN ... ... ... ... ... 1894 
 
 Born at Drogheda, February 26, 1831. Pupil of his father. Chorister in Christ 
 Church Cathedral and frequently deputised as Organist there. Apprenticed 
 to Telford and Telford, organ builders, Dublin. Organist successively of 
 Booterstown Church; St. John's, Sandymount; and St. Andrew's, Dublin. 
 Afterwards Solo Bass of Limerick Cathedral. Organist of Adare Parish 
 Church, 1856 ; Organist of Tuam Cathedral, 1857 '> Organist of Derry 
 Cathedral, 1862; Assistant Organist and Choirmaster of Christ Church 
 Cathedral, 1873; succeeding to the full office on the death of Sir Robert 
 Stewart. Composer of Services, Anthems, &c.
 
 24 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 DUBLIN. 
 
 ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL. 
 
 WILLIAM HERBIT 1509 
 
 According to the Chapter books his annual stipend was 3 6s. 8d. 
 
 WILLIAM BROWNE 1555 . 
 
 Appointed on the restoration of the Cathedral during the reign of Philip and 
 Mary. 
 
 ANTHONY WILLIS (or WILKES) 1606 
 
 Appointed a Vicar Choral of St. Patrick's Cathedral, 1639. 
 
 RANDALL (or RANDOLPH) JEWITT, Mus.B., Dub. 1631 (?) 1643 
 (See under Winchester.) 
 
 JOHN HAWKSHAW (Senr.) 1661 1678 
 
 (See under Christ Church Cathedral.) 
 
 (?)JoHN HAWKSHAW (Junr.) 1678 1685 
 
 Son of the foregoing. He is said to have succeeded his father at St. Patrick's 
 Cathedral, and to have been suspended for neglect of duty in 1685. In 
 this case, however, the John Hawkshaw mentioned under Armagh would 
 scarcely be the same person. 
 
 THOMAS GODFREY 1686 
 
 (See under Christ Church Cathedral.) 
 
 THOMAS FINELL 1689 1691 
 
 (See under Christ Church Cathedral.) 
 
 WILLIAM ISAAC ... ... ... ... ... 1691 1692 
 
 Evidently a relative of Peter Isaac, Organist of Christ Church Cathedral. 
 
 THOMAS FINELL ... ... ... ... ..'. 1692 
 
 (?) Re-appointed. 
 
 ROBERTS ... ... .. ... ... 1694 
 
 ROBERT HODGE ... ... ... ... ... 1698 
 
 Probably the Robert Hodge who left Wells Cathedral, 1690. He was elected 
 a Vicar Choral of St. Patrick's Cathedral, 1693, and a Vicar Choral of Christ 
 Church Cathedral, 1695. The date of his appointment as Organist of St. 
 Patrick's cannot be ascertained, but the Chapter minutes under the date 
 June 9, 1698, state that " Robert Hodge resigns the post of Organist, 
 and Daniel Rosingrave is appointed. 1 ' Hodge afterwards became Master 
 of the Choristers at Christ Church Cathedral, and died 1709. 
 
 DANIEL ROSINGRAVE 1698 1727 
 
 (See under Christ Church Cathedral.)
 
 DUBLIN. 25 
 
 RALPH ROSINGRAVE 1727 1747 
 
 Son of the preceding. Appointed a Vicar Choral of St. Patrick's Cathedral, 
 1719; Assistant Organist there, 1726. Organist of Christ Church and 
 St. Patrick's Cathedrals, 1727. Died 1747. Two Services, in C and F, 
 and several of his Anthems are in the Dublin Cathedral books. An old 
 organ book in the possession of Mr. J. S. Bumpus contains a Service in 
 F by R. Rosingrave, with a setting of the Benedicite. Ralph Rosingrave 
 was probably the " young Rosingrave " mentioned as being appointed 
 Organist of Trinity College Chapel in 1705. 
 
 RICHARD BROADWAY 1748 
 
 Probably son of Edward Broadway, Organist of Cork Cathedral. He was 
 also a Vicar Choral of St. Patrick's Cathedral. 
 
 GEORGE WALSH ... ... ... ... ... 1761 1 7&5 
 
 (See under Christ Church Cathedral.) 
 
 HENRY WALSH 1765 1769 
 
 Probably son of the preceding. 
 
 MICHAEL SANDYS, M.A., Dub 1769 1773 
 
 Son of the Rev. Michael Sandys, B.A., Dublin. Appointed a Vicar Choral of 
 St. Patrick's, 1772 ; Minor Canon and Dean's Vicar, ditto, 1778. 
 
 SAMUEL MURPHY, Mus.D., Dub. 1773 1780 
 
 Appointed a Half Vicar of St. Patrick's Cathedral, 1759 ; Organist ditto, 1773 ; 
 Organist of Christ Church Cathedral, 1777; Organist of Trinity College 
 Chapel, 1775 ; also Stipendiary of Christ Church Cathedral and Master 
 of the Choristers in both Christ Church and St. Patrick's Cathedrals. 
 Died 1780. 
 
 PHILIP COGAN, Mus.D., Dub 1780 1806 
 
 Born at Cork about 1750. Chorister, and afterwards Lay Clerk of Cork 
 Cathedral. Organist of St. Patrick's Cathedral, 1780. Died about 1834. 
 Composer of Sonatas, &c. 
 
 JOHN MATHEWS 1806 1827 
 
 WILLIAM WARREN, Mus.D., Dub. 1827 1828 
 
 Joint Organist with Dr. Doyle at Christ Church Cathedral, 1805; sole 
 Organist, ditto, 1814 ; Organist of St. Patrick's Cathedral, 1827 ; Organist 
 also of Trinity College Chapel. Died in Dublin, 1841. 
 
 FRANCIS JAMES ROBINSON, Mus.D., Dub., honoris 
 
 causa, 1852 1828 1829 
 
 Born in Dublin, 1799. Chorister in Christ Church Cathedral. Assistant 
 Organist of Christ Church Cathedral, 1816; Organist of St. Patrick's 
 Cathedral, 1828. Vicar Choral of Christ Church Cathedral, 1833 ; Vicar 
 Choral of St. Patrick's Cathedral, 1843. Died October 21, 1872. Composer 
 of Church Music, Songs, &c. Editor of a collection of Irish Melodies. The 
 greatest Tenor singer that the Dublin Cathedrals have ever possessed. 
 
 JOHN ROBINSON ... ... ... ... ... 1829 1843 
 
 Brother of the preceding. Born 1812 (?). Chorister in Christ Church 
 Cathedral. Organist of St. Patrick's Cathedral, 1829; Trinity College 
 Chapel, 1834; Christ Church Cathedral, 1841. Died 1844.
 
 26 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 RICHARD CHERRY ... ... ... ... ... 1843 1844 
 
 WILLIAM HENRY WHITE ... ... ... ... 1844 1852 
 
 Organist of the Chapel of Dublin Castle, 1836 to 1845. 
 
 SIR ROBERT PRESCOTT STEWART, Mus.D., Dub. ; 
 
 Hon. F.R.C.O. 1852 1861 
 
 (See under Christ Church Cathedral.) 
 
 WILLIAM MURPHY, Mus.B., Dub. 1861 1878 
 
 CHARLES GEORGE MARCHANT, Mus.B., Dub. ... 1879 
 
 Born in Dublin, 1857. Chorister in St. Patrick's Cathedral. Organist of 
 Holy Trinity Church, Rathmines ; Christ Church, Bray, 1876 ; St. 
 Matthias', Dublin (for one week only), from whence he was appointed 
 Organist and Choirmaster of St. Patrick's Cathedral. Organist to Dublin 
 University, and Conductor of the University Choral Society. Professor ot 
 the Organ at the Royal Irish Academy of Music, &c. Composer of a 
 Service in A and other Church Music, &c. 
 
 DURHAM. 
 
 JOHN BRIMLEY (or BRIMLEI) ... ... ... 
 
 Said to have been Organist when the monks were still in possession of the 
 Monastery. " He was at his post in the Cathedral during the abortive 
 rising in the North in 1569. Oliver Ashe, Curate of St. Giles's, Durham, 
 deposed that whilst a priest named Holmes was saying Mass, when the 
 sacring bell rang, he looked toward the priest but could not discern the 
 elevation ; whereupon he looked up to Mr. Brimlei, then in the loft over 
 the quire door, and smiled at him. Examined himself, John Brimlei, 
 Master of the Choristers in the Cathedral Church of Durham, aged sixty- 
 seven, admitted that he was twice at High Mass, but he sang not himself 
 at them, but played the organs, and did divers times help to sing Salvaes 
 at Mattins and Evensong, and played on the organs, and went in proces- 
 sion, as others did, after the Cross. He owned also that he put forward 
 the Service, and instructed the choristers in such things as they did in the 
 Quire pertaining to service at that time. He expressed his contrition, 
 seems to have conformed, and to have been confirmed in possession of his 
 post, for he was at it when death overtook him in 1576. From which it 
 appears that Master John Brimlei had not in him the stuff of which 
 martyrs are made." (Communicated by Mr. William Brown, of Durham, 
 to Mr. Joseph Bennett. See Musical Times, June, 1895.) Buried in the 
 Galilee Chapel of the Cathedral. Some music by him is in the Durham 
 MSS. books. 
 
 EPITAPH TO BRIMLEY IN THE " GALILEE." 
 John Brimlei's body here doth ly, 
 
 Who praysed God with hand and voice. 
 By musicke's heavenlie harmonie, 
 
 Dull myndes he maid in God rejoice. 
 His soul into the heavenes is lyft, 
 , To prayse Him still that gave the gyft. 
 
 Obiit Ao. Dni. 1576, Octo. 13.
 
 DURHAM. 27 
 
 WILLIAM BROWNE (PSenr.) 1576 1587 
 
 ROBERT MASTERMAN 1588 1594 
 
 WILLIAM SMYTH 1594 1599 
 
 Some Anthems and Responses by him are to be found in the Durham books. 
 
 WILLIAM BROWNE (PJunr.) 1599 (?)i6og 
 
 EDWARD SMYTH 1609 1611 
 
 Son of William Smyth. Died 1611. Composer also of Anthems and 
 Responses in the Cathedral books. 
 
 - DODSON was Organist for a year and a half. 
 
 RICHARD HUTCHINSON 1614 (?)i644 
 
 Died 1646. 
 
 There are three Anthems by him in the Cathedral books and in the Ely and 
 
 Peterhouse (Cambridge) Collections. 
 According to the Cathedral Baptismal Registers, John Hutchinson, son of 
 
 Richard Hutchinson, Organist, was baptized July 2, 1615. 
 
 JOHN FOSTER 1661 1677 
 
 " April 21, 1677. Joh'es Foster, Organista, naturae concessit vicesimo die 
 mensis Aprilis, et die sequente sep ts est." (Burial Registers.) 
 
 ALEXANDER SHAW ... ... ... ... ... 1677 1681 
 
 Composer of Services in G and E minor, and two Anthems in the Cathedral 
 
 books. 
 Extract from an Organ book at Durham : " Prick'd by Alexr. Shaw, Orgt. 
 
 Mr. Alex r Shaw was paid to pricking thus far, Oct. 30, 1678 (and again), 
 
 1679, by me, Thos. Smith, Treasurer." 
 
 WILLIAM GREGGS 1681 1710 
 
 Son of J. Greggs (Gentleman), of York. Succeeded Foster as Organist, 1677. 
 Appointed Master of the Song School, 1690. Died 1710. Buried in the 
 Church of St. Mary-the-less, Durham, where an Epitaph on him is to be 
 found on the South Wall. His Anthem, " My heart is inditing," is in the 
 Cathedral books. 
 
 JAMES HESLETINE ... ... ... ... ... 1710 1763 
 
 Pupil of Dr. Blow. Was Organist of St. Katherine's Church at the Tower, 
 London, which post he retained on his appointment to Durham Cathedral, 
 performing the London office by deputy. Died 1763. Buried in the 
 Cathedral. Composer of many Anthems, &c. The greater part of these 
 were destroyed by him in revenge for some slight by the Dean and Chapter 
 of Durham. An Anthem, " Praise the Lord," is extant in the Cathedral 
 books.
 
 28 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 THOMAS EBDON ... ... ... ... ... 1763 1811 
 
 Son of Thomas Ebdon, " Cordwainer." Born at Durham, 1738. Chorister 
 in Durham Cathedral. Died at Durham, September 23, 1811. Buried in 
 St. Oswald's Churchyard. His name is still to be seen carved upon a 
 wooden screen in the Cathedral. This screen separates the North Aisle 
 from the Presbytery, and is one of those erected by Bishop Cosin after the 
 Restoration. In the same place is carved the name of Ralph Banks, who 
 was also a Chorister in Durham Cathedral, becoming a pupil of Ebdon and 
 afterwards Organist of Rochester Cathedral. 
 
 Ebdon published two volumes of Church Music, six Glees, Songs, Sonatas 
 for the Harpsichord, &c. The Evening portion of his Service in C 
 attained a considerable amount of popularity some years ago, and is still a 
 favourite with admirers of Church music of that time. The Communion 
 Service is completed by a Gloria in Excelsis, very unusual for the period. 
 (See under Rochester.) 
 
 CHARLES ERLIN JACKSON CLARKE 1811 1813 
 
 Born at Worcester, December, 1795. Chorister in Worcester Cathedral. 
 
 Appointed Organist of Durham Cathedral at the early age of sixteen. 
 
 Resigned that post, 1813, and became Organist of Worcester Cathedral 
 
 and Conductor of the Worcester Festivals. Died of paralysis at Worcester, 
 
 April 28, 1844. 
 Hackett's " National Psalmist " (1842) contains a Double Chant in F by him. 
 
 The words of his Anthem, " Gather yourselves together," are given in 
 
 Marshall's " Words of Anthems" (1840.) 
 
 WILLIAM HENSHAW, Mus.D., Dunelm ( ' > ... 1813 1862 
 Born 1791, Organist of Durham Cathedral, 1813. Died at Clapham, Sep- 
 tember 30, 1877. Buried in Nunhead Cemetery. 
 Composer of Chants, &c. 
 
 PHILIP ARMES, M. A., Dunelm ; Mus.D., Oxon.,ie64, 
 
 et Dunelm. ,i(n4; F.R.C.0 1862 
 
 Born at Norwich, March 29, 1836. Chorister in Norwich Cathedral, and 
 afterwards in Rochester Cathedral. Assistant Organist of Rochester 
 Cathedral, under Dr. J. L. Hopkins. Organist of Holy Trinity Church, 
 Gravesend, 1854; St. Andrew's, Wells Street, London, 1857; Chichester 
 Cathedral, 1861 ; and Durham Cathedral, 1-862. Appointed Resident 
 Examiner in Music to Durham University, 1890, and now Professor of 
 Music to the same. Composer of Oratorios, Cantatas, Church Music, 
 Organ pieces, Madrigals, &c. 
 
 EDINBURGH. 
 
 ST. MARY'S CATHEDRAL. 
 SEE ESTABLISHED IN 1879. 
 
 HENRY THOMAS COLLINSON, Mus.B., Oxon., in? 1878 
 
 Born at Alnwick, April 24, 1858. Pupil of Dr. Armes, and Assistant Organist 
 at Durham Cathedral. Organist of St. Oswald's, Durham, 1876; St Mary's 
 Cathedral, Edinburgh, 1878 (prior to its consecration). Lecturer in Church 
 Music to the Episcopal Theological College, 1880. Conductor of Edinburgh 
 Choral Union, 1883. Composer of Anthems, &c.
 
 ELY. 29 
 
 ELY. 
 
 THOMAS BARCROFTE 
 
 He is said to have been Organist in 1535, but the Cathedral records furnish 
 no proof. An early copy of his Service in G (composed in 1532) is in the 
 Cathedral Library. 
 
 CHRISTOPHER TYE, Mus.D., Cantab., uu. et 
 
 Oxon., is ... 1541 1^62 
 
 " Magister Choristarum" and Organist. At one time musical instructor to 
 the children of Henry VIII. Took Orders, and held successively the 
 Rectories of Little Wilbraham, Newton, and Doddington-cum-March. 
 Afterwards became Organist of the Chapel Royal of Queen Elizabeth. A 
 prominent Organist and Composer of the Reformation period. Commenced 
 rhythmical paraphrase of the Acts of the Apostles, and set it to music. 
 It was unsuccessful, and he never completed the task. Early copies 
 of his Evening Service in G minor and of four Anthems are in the Cathedral 
 Library. 
 
 According to Anthony Wood : " Dr. Tye was a peevish andhumorsome man, 
 especially in his later days, and sometimes playing on the organ in the 
 Chapel of Queen Elizabeth, which contained much music but little to 
 delight the ear, she would send the verger to tell him that he played 
 out of tune, whereupon he sent word that her ears were out of tune." 
 
 ROBERT WHITE, B.A., Mus.B., Cantab., IMI ... , 1562 1567 
 Very little is known of his biography, but Morley mentions him in hi* 
 " Introduction " as one of the famous English musicians of his time. He 
 was probably the Robert White who became Organist of Westminster 
 Abbey in 1570. An early copy of his Anthem " O praise God " is in 
 the Cathedral Library, and there are some Latin Services and Anthems by 
 him in MS. in the Library of Christ Church, Oxford. 
 
 JOHN FARRANT 1567 1572 
 
 He is supposed to have been a son of Richard Farrant. He subsequently 
 became Organist successively of Hereford Cathedral ; Christ Church, 
 Newgate Street, London ; and Salisbury Cathedral. Hawkins assigns the 
 post at Christ Church, Newgate Street, to another John Farrant, but it is 
 quite possible that all the above appointments were held in turn by the 
 same person. The Service Farrant in D minor which has been 
 attributed to Richard Farrant, is the composition of John Farrant.* 
 
 WILLIAM Fox 1572 1579 
 
 An old Chapter account of 1572, quoted by Willis (" Survey"), records 
 that his yearly stipend was 13 6s. 8d. Composer of an Anthem, " Teach 
 me Thy way," an early copy of which is in the Cathedral Library. It was 
 published in " The Parish Choir " (1847). 
 
 GEORGE BARCROFTE, B.A. 1579 1609 
 
 Probably a son of Thomas Barcrofte. Styled " Vicar " in the Cathedral 
 books, and he may have been a Minor Canon. Early copies of two 
 Anthems in the Cathedral Library are probably by him, and not by Thomas 
 Barcrofte. 
 
 * This fact can be proved by reference to the Ely, Peterhouse (Cambridge), and other 
 MSS., and to various old Part books still extant.
 
 30 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 JOHN AMNER, Mus.B., Oxon., ma; et Cantab., iwo 1610 1641 
 Organist and Master of the Choristers. A "Vicar" like Barcrofte. Died 
 1641. Much of his neat handwriting, chiefly of Organ parts, is still extant 
 in the Cathedral books. His compositions include three Services (one of 
 them known as " Caesar's," from the fact that it was written for his 
 friend Henry Caesar, D.D., Dean of Ely, in 1614) and fifteen Anthems. 
 
 ROBERT CLAXTON ... ... ... ... ... 1641 1662 
 
 In the Cathedral books called " Lay Clerke." In another list, one of " other 
 instructors in music, and on the viols occasionally." The organ was 
 silenced in 1644, and Claxton's occupation as Organist must then have 
 ceased. He is said, however, to have been " displaced," 1662. Died 1668. 
 
 JOHN FERRABOSCO, Mus.D., Cantab., ICTI ... 1662 1682 
 
 Probably grandson of Alphonso Ferrabosco, an Italian musician resident in 
 
 England during Elizabeth's reign. His degree was granted by royal letters 
 
 patent of James II. Died 1682. The Ely books contain fourteen Services 
 
 and eleven Anthems by him. 
 
 On his death, in 1682, "THOMAS BuLLIS, Jtmr., officiated 6 mo. in ye 
 vacancy." Bullis is mentioned as " Lay Clerke," and is included in the 
 list of " other instructors," like Claxton. The Cathedral books contain 
 three Services and six Anthems by Thomas Bullis, Junr. A Service and five 
 Anthems are attributed to Thomas Bullis, who was probably his father. 
 
 JAMES HAWKINS (Senr.), Mus.B., Cantab., MM ... 1682 1729 
 Formerly a Chorister in St. John's College, Cambridge. The Cathedral 
 is indebted to this indefatigable musician for its valuable collection of 
 MS. scores and part-books, carefully preserved to this day. He also left 
 behind him a large number of original compositions, those at Ely amount- 
 ing to as many as seventeen Services and seventy-five Anthems ! 
 He lies buried in the South Transept of the Cathedral. The following is the 
 inscription on his tomb 
 
 " Under this marble 
 
 (Among many of his relations) 
 
 Lieth the body of James Hawkins, B.M., 
 
 46 Years Organist of this Church ; 
 
 Eminent in his Profession, 
 
 Regular in the discharge of his Duty, 
 
 Chearful and friendly in his Deportment. 
 
 He died the i8th of October 1729, 
 
 In the 67th year of his Age." 
 
 THOMAS KEMPTON 1729 1762 
 
 Born 1694. Died June 16, 1762. Buried in St. Mary's Churchyard, Ely. Some 
 of his descendants have sung in the Cathedral Choir up to the present time. 
 Composer of the well-known Service, Kempton in B flat, the autograph 
 score of which, together with those of four other Services and three Anthems, 
 is included in the Cathedral MSS. 
 
 JOHN ELBONN ... ... ... ... ... 1762 1768 
 
 No particulars are known concerning Elbonn, except that he died June 7, 1768, 
 and lies buried near the Western end of the Lady Chapel of the Cathedral. 
 
 DAVID WOOD 1768 1774 
 
 The Anthem, "Lord of all power and might" is attributed by Page, in his 
 " Harmonia Sacra," Vol. II., to a " David Wood, Gentleman of the Chapel 
 Royal, and Vicar-Choral of St. Paul's Cathedral." Possibly Wood 
 resigned the appointment at Ely and went to London.
 
 ELY. 31 
 
 JAMES ROGERS 1774 1777 
 
 Very little is known of him except that he resigned. Most probably, however, 
 he was the James Rodgers who became Organist of Peterborough Cathedral, 
 1777. He composed an Evening Service in A, in continuation of Boyce 
 (Verse Service). 
 
 RICHARD LANGDON, Mus.B., Oxon., net 1777 1778 
 
 Grandson of the Rev. Tobias Langdon, a Priest Vicar of Exeter Cathedral. 
 Organist and Sub-Chanter of Exeter Cathedral, 1753; Organist of Ely 
 Cathedral, 1777; Organist of Bristol Cathedral, 1778; Organist of Armagh 
 Cathedral, 1782. Died at Exeter, September 8, 1803. Buried in St. Paul's 
 Church, Exeter. Composer of " Chanting Services," * Anthems, Glees, &c. 
 Chiefly known at the present day by the Double Chant in F, usually 
 attributed to him, and published anonymously in his " Divine Harmony." 
 
 HIGHMORE SKEATS (Senr.) ... ... ... 1778 1803 
 
 (See under Canterbury.) 
 
 HIGHMORE SKEATS (Junr.) .. 1804 1830 
 
 (See under St. George's Chapel, Windsor.) 
 
 ROBERT JANES ... ... ... ... ... 1831 1866 
 
 Born, 1806. " Sol-fa Scholar " (i.e., Chorister) of Dulwich College. Pupil of 
 Dr. Z. Buck at Norwich. Appointed Organist of Ely Cathedral at the age 
 of eighteen. Died at Ely, 1866. Composer of the well-known " Ely 
 Confession " and other Church Music. Editor of a Psalter, which, in a 
 revised form, is still in use at Ely. 
 
 Janes had a very large teaching connection in Norfolk and Suffolk, and in 
 later years was wont to relate how he rode long distances on horseback to 
 fulfil his engagements ; also how he had arranged a pair of lamps, attached 
 to his saddle like pistol holsters, to light his lonely road at night through 
 the Fen country. It is said that his income at this time could not have 
 been expressed in less than four numerals. (See " Fifty Years of Church 
 Music," by the Rev. W. E. Dickson, M.A.). 
 
 EDMUND THOMAS CHIPP, Mus.D., Cantab., isei... 1867 1886 
 Son of T. P. Chipp, the drum player. Born Christmas-day, 1823. Chorister 
 in the Chapel Royal. Violinist in Her Majesty's Private Band and other 
 Orchestras. Organist successively of Albany Chapel, Regent's Park: 
 Percy Chapel, Tottenham Court Road; St. Olave's, Southwark; St. Mary- 
 at-Hill; Royal Panopticon, Leicester Square; Holy Trinity, Paddington ; 
 St. George's Church and Ulster Hall, Belfast ; Kinnaird Hall, Dundee, 
 1866; St. Paul's, Edinburgh, 1866; and Ely Cathedral, 1867. Died at 
 Nice, December 17, 1886. Buried in Highgate Cemetery. Composer of 
 Church Music, Organ Music, &c. 
 
 BASIL HARWOOD, M. A., Mus.D., Oxon 1887 1892 
 
 (See under Oxford.) 
 
 THOMAS TERTIUS NOBLE 1892 1898 
 
 (See under York.) 
 
 HUGH PERCY ALLEN, M.A., Mus.D., Oxon., 
 
 F.R.C.0 1898 
 
 (See under St. Asaph.) 
 
 * He appears to have borrowed the idea for these from his predecessors at Ely Ferrabosco, 
 Hawkins, and Kempton, whose compositions in the books at Ely include Services of this kind.
 
 32 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 EXETER. 
 
 MATTHEW GODWIN, Mus.B., Oxon., ises 1586 
 
 Previously Organist of Canterbury Cathedral. Died January 12, 1586. 
 Buried under the North Tower of Exeter Cathedral, with the following 
 Inscription : 
 
 " Matthei Godwin adolescentis pii mitis ingeniosii 
 
 musica? bacchalaurii dignissimi scientissimi 
 
 Ecclesiarum Cathed. : Cantuar : et Exon. ; Archimusici. 
 
 ^Eternze memoriae posuit G : M : Fr : vixit annos XVII : 
 
 menses V : Hinc ad ccelos migravit XII Januarii, 1586." 
 
 (Translation by Mr. J. S. Bumpus.) 
 
 " G. M. Fr. placed this to the eternal memory of Matthew Godwin, a pious, 
 gentle, and clever youth, Bachelor in Music and most skilful chief- 
 musician of the Cathedrals of Canterbury and Exeter. He lived seventeen 
 years and five months, and departed hence to heaven, 12 January, 1586." 
 
 ARTHUR COCK (or COCKE), Mus.B., Oxon. ,1593 ... 
 
 Supplicated for his degree in 1593, and was mentioned in this connection as 
 Organist of Exeter Cathedral. Afterwards became Organist of the Chapel 
 Royal. Some of his compositions are to be found in the Music School, 
 Oxford. 
 
 EDWARD GIBBONS, Mus.B., Cantab, et Oxon. ... 1609 1644 
 According to the Chapter books he was elected a Priest Vicar,. August 8, 
 1609, but there is no particular mention of him as Organist. Most likely, 
 however, he took his turn in playing the organ. 
 (See under Bristol.) 
 
 It has frequently been stated that HENRY LOOSEMORE, Mus.B., 
 Cantab. (See under Cambridge King's College), became Organist of 
 Exeter Cathedral after the Restoration ; but it can be proved by entries in 
 the records of King's College, Cambridge, that he continued as Organist 
 of the latter uninterruptedly from 1627 until his death in 1670. 
 
 In the Chapter records of Exeter, moreover, there is no mention whatever of 
 any Loosemore but John, the organ builder (probably a brother of Henry), 
 concerning whom there are several entries during the period 1660-1665, in 
 connection with the organ which he was then building for the Cathedral. 
 One such entry, dated 1663, is to the effect that his charges were to be 
 paid by the Dean and Chapter in riding to Salisbury, "to see the organ 
 there, the better to inform himself to make the new organ of this Cathedral." 
 Loosemore's organ was completed in 1665, and was long considered to be 
 one of the finest in the country. It was highly praised by the Hon. Roger 
 North on his visit to Exeter with his brother, the Lord Keeper Guildford. 
 Macaulay's History of England also mentions it in connection with the 
 visit to the Cathedral of William, Prince of Orange. After undergoing 
 several alterations and additions from time to time, the instrument was 
 entirely rebuilt in 1891 by Willis. 
 
 Epitaph on John Loosemore, in the Cathedral 
 
 " Hie jacet spe Resurrectionis 
 Johannes Loosmore (sic).
 
 EXETER. 33 
 
 quondam Decano et Capitulo hujus Ecclesiae Curator fidelissimus, et inter 
 Artifices sui Generis facile Princeps. Sit organum hoc augustum prope 
 situm perpetuum istius Artis et Ingenii Monumentum. Obiit 18 Aprilisan: 
 1681 asta: suae 68." 
 
 Translation (kindly supplied by Mr. J. S. Buinpus). 
 
 " Here lies, in hope of the Resurrection, John Loos(e)more, formerly the most 
 faithful Curator to the Dean and Chapter of this Church, and by far the 
 chief among the workmen of his kind : may this noble organ, placed near, 
 be a perpetual monument of his art and genius. 
 
 " He died 18 April, 1681, in the 68th jear of his age." 
 
 THEODORE COLEBY (or COLBY) ... ... ... 1665 1674 
 
 Previously Organist of Magdalen College, Oxford. 
 
 'A.D. 1667, Sept. 20. Admitted and sworn in the Colledge Hall, by the 
 Custos, as Lay Vicar of the said Colledge, Theodore Colby" (Registers of 
 the College of Vicars, Exeter). " The last signature to his stipend is 
 dated Midsummer, 1674, and is made by a cross only, which renders it 
 probable that he was then in an infirm state of health, possibly on the 
 verge of death" (Bloxam, "Magdalen Reguters"). Wood (Fasti) 
 describes Coleby as " a German." 
 
 HENRY HALL (Senr.) 1674 (?)i688 
 
 Son of Captain Henry Hall, of Windsor. Born about 1655. Chorister in the 
 Chapel Royal. Pupil of Dr. Blow. Organist of Exeter Cathedral, 1674; 
 Organist innd Vicar Choral) of Hereford Cathedral, 1688. Took Holy 
 Orders, 1698. Died 1707. Buried in the Cloister of Vicars' College, 
 Hereford. Some of his Church Music is to be found in the Tudway 
 Collection. He also acquired some celebrity as a poet.* His son (Henry 
 Hall, Junr.) succeeded him as Organist of Hereford Cathedral. 
 
 ("PETER PASMORE.") 
 \JOHN WHITE. j 
 
 They are mentioned together as Organists in 1686. The name of the latter, 
 however, appears alone in 1693. 
 
 RICHARD HENMAN ... ... ... ... ... 1694 1741 
 
 Dismissed on June 27, 1741, " for his long absence and disorderly life." 
 An Anthem, " Have mercy," by Henman, in the Ely Collection, is probably 
 his composition. 
 
 JOHN SILVESTER 1741 (?)i753 
 
 RICHARD LANGDON... ... ... ... ... 1753 J 777 
 
 (See under Ely). 
 
 WILLIAM JACKSON 1777 1803 
 
 Son of a grocer in Exeter. Born May 29, 1730. Pupil of Silvester and 
 afterwards of John Travers in London. Returned to Exeter and established 
 himself as a teacher. Appointed Organist to the Cathedral, 1777. Died 
 July 5, 1803. Buried in the Vestry of St. Stephen's Church, Exeter. 
 Composer ot Operas, Odes, Songs, Sonatas, and a quantity of Church 
 Music, including the popular Service in F. Writer on musical and other 
 subjects ; also skilled as a painter. Thomas Gainsborough, the great artist, 
 was one of his intimate friends. 
 
 * See the concluding lines of his Ode to Purcell, on page 115.
 
 34 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 Inscription on the white marble monument to Wm. Jackson, in the Vestry 
 of St. Stephen's Church, Exeter: 
 
 " In the Science of Music an eminent Professor, whose genius united elegant 
 expression with pure and original melody and delicacy of harmonic 
 combination. In painting, in literature, in every liberal study that 
 enlightens the intellect, or expands the heart, his attainments were rare 
 and distinguished: a writer, novel and acute in observation, a correct and 
 discriminating critic : endeared to his select associates by a conversation 
 and demeanour of impressive and fascinating simplicity. Born in this city 
 xxix May, 1730. Died v July, 1803 " 
 
 JAMES PADDON 1804 1835 
 
 Born at Exeter about 1768. Chorister in the Cathedral. Pupil of William 
 Jackson. Organist of the Cathedral, 1804. Died 1835. Buried in the 
 South Aisle of the Cathedral Nave. Composer of Church Music. Editor 
 of Jackson's Cathedral Music. 
 
 SAMUEL SEBASTIAN WESLEY, Mus.D., Oxon. ^35 1842 
 
 (See under Gloucester.) 
 
 ALFRED ANGEL 1842 1876 
 
 Born 1816. Chorister in Wells Cathedral and afterwards Assistant- 
 Organist there. Succeeded Dr. Wesley at Exeter Cathedral, 1842. Died 
 at Exeter, May 24, 1876. Buried in the Old Cemetery. Composer of 
 Church Music, Part-songs, &c. His Anthem, " Blow ye the trumpet in 
 Zion," gained the Gresham Prize in 1842. 
 
 DANIEL JOSEPH WOOD, Mus.B., Oxon., MM; 
 
 Mus.D., Cantuar., isse F.R.C.0 1876 
 
 Born at Brompton near Chatham, August 25, 1849. Chorister in Rochester 
 Cathedral, and afterwards Assistant Organist there. Organist of Holy 
 Trinity, New Brompton (Kent), 1864; Parish Church, Cranbrook, 1866; 
 Parish Church, Lee, 1868; Parish Church, Boston (Lines.), 1869; 
 Chichester Cathedral, 1875 ; and Exeter Cathedral, 1876. Conductor of 
 the Western Counties Musical Association, 1877. Composer of Church 
 Music, Organ pieces, &c. 
 
 GLOUCESTER. 
 
 ROBERT LICHFIELD ..- (?)i582 
 
 Inscription on a stone in the South Transept of the Cathedral : " Here lyeth 
 under this marbel stone, Robart Lichfield, Organist and Maister of the 
 Choresters of this Cathedral Church 20 years. He dyed the 6 of January, 
 1582." 
 
 ELIAS SMITH (?)i62o 
 
 PHILIP HOSIER 1620 1638 
 
 BERKELEY WRENCH 1638 1640
 
 GLOUCESTER. 35 
 
 JOHN OKER (or OKEOVER), Mus.B., Oxon. ... 1640 (?):644 
 (See under Wells.) 
 
 ROBERT WEBB 1662 1665 
 
 THOMAS LOWE 1665 1666 
 
 Probably a relative of Edward Lowe, of Oxford Cathedral. 
 
 DANIEL HENSTRIDGE 1666 1673 
 
 One Daniel Henstridge is also mentioned as Organist of Rochester Cathedral 
 and afterwards of Canterbury Cathedral ; but Jie is more likely to be 
 the son of this Daniel Henstridge of Gloucester. 
 
 CHARLES WREN 1673 1679 
 
 " 10 April, 1679. First monition for beating and wounding one of the 
 
 singingmen." (Cathedral Records.) 
 Afterwards Organist of Rochester Cathedral. 
 
 DANIEL ROSINGRAVE 1679 1681 
 
 (See under Dublin Christ Church Cathedral.) 
 
 STEPHEN JEFFRIES (or JEFFERIES) 1682 1710 
 
 Born 1662. Chorister in Salisbury Cathedral and afterwards Assistant 
 Organist there. Appointed Organist of Gloucester Cathedral at the age of 
 twenty. Composer of one of the melodies played by the Gloucester 
 Cathedral chimes.* Died 1712. 
 Buried in the Cathedral Cloisters. 
 
 3ist Janry, 1684. Jefferies' first monition "for manifold neglect and un- 
 reasonable absence from the Church without leave desired or obtained." 
 
 8th Feby, 1688. Jefferies' second monition for playing over upon the organ 
 a common ballad, " insomuch that the young gentlewomen invited one 
 another to dance." f 
 
 5th Deer, 1699. Jefferies' first admonition for frequent absences, especially on 
 
 * A set of Variations on this melody has been written for the pianoforte by the lately-retired 
 Organist of Gloucester Cathedral, Mr. C. Lee Williams, Mus.B., and published by Messrs. 
 Novello. 
 
 t "8th Feby, 1688. Mr. Subdean pronounced against Mr. Stephen Jefferies, Organist of 
 this Church, his second monition to depart this Church, for that he, the said Stephen 
 Jefferies, did upon Thursday last in the morning (being Thanksgiving day), immediately 
 after the sermon ended and the blessing given, play over upon the organ a common 
 ballad in the hearing of 1500 or 2000 people, to the great scandal of religion, prophanation 
 of the Church, and grevipus offence of all good Christians. And further, because though 
 Dr. Gregory (the Senior Prebendary of this Church) did immediately express his 
 great detestation of the same to Mr. Deighton, the Chaunter of this Church, and 
 Mr. John Tyler, the senior singingman of the Choir, informing them of the unspeakable 
 scandal that universally was taken at it, and that they immediately acquainted the said 
 Stephen Jefferies therewith, yet he, the said Stephen Jefferies, in direct despite to religion 
 and affront to the said Dr. Gregory, did after evening prayer, as soon as the last Amen was 
 ended, in the presence and hearing of all the congregation, fall upon the same strain, and on the 
 organ played over the same common ballad again, insomuch that the young gentlewomen 
 invited one another to dance, the strangers cryed it were better that the organs were pulled 
 down than they should be so used, and all sorts declared that the Dean and Chapter could 
 never remove the scandal if they did not immediately turn away so insolent and profane a 
 person out of the Church." 
 
 D 2
 
 3 6 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 Sunday mornings; but more particularly for not educating the Choristers in 
 the grounds of music. 
 
 According to Hawkins ("History of Music," p. 770), there was a story concern- 
 ing Jeffries amongst the Choirmen of Gloucester, who used to relate that : 
 " To cure him of a habit of staying late at the tavern, his wife drest up a 
 fellow in a winding-sheet, with directions to meet him with a lanthorn and 
 candle in the cloisters through which he was to pass on his way home ; 
 but that, on attempting to terrify him, Jeffries expressed his wonder 
 only by saying ' I thought all you spirits had been abed before this 
 time."' Hawkins also gives the following story as a proof of Jeffries' 
 eccentric character: " A singer from a distant church, with a good voice, 
 had been requested and undertook to sing a solo anthem in Gloucester 
 Cathedral, and for that purpose took his station at the elbow of the 
 organist in the organ loft. Jeffries, who found him trip in the performance, 
 instead of palliating his mistake and setting him right, immediately rose 
 from his seat, and leaning over the gallery, called out aloud to the choir 
 and the whole congregation ' He can't sing it ! ' ' 
 
 WILLIAM HINE ... ... ... ... ... 1710 r 73o 
 
 Born at Brightwell, 1687. Chorister in Magdalen College, Oxford. Pupil of 
 Jeremiah Clark.* Succeeded Stephen Jeffries as Organist of Gloucester 
 Cathedral. It is said that, in consideration of his musical skill and gentle- 
 manly qualities, his salary was augmented by 20 a year. Died August 28, 
 1730. Buried in the Cathedral Cloisters. Some Anthems and an Organ 
 Voluntary by him were published after his death, under the title of" Harmonia 
 Sacra Glocestriensis," edited by his widow. He was joint composer, with 
 Hall, Junr., of the Morning Service known as Hall and Hine in E flat.f 
 A tablet to his memory on the Cloister wall bears the following inscrip- 
 tion : 
 
 "M. S. Gulielmi Hine, 
 hujusce Ecclesiae Cathedralis 
 Organistae et Choristarum Magistri. 
 Qui morum candore et eximia in 
 arte ccelesti peritia omnium amorem 
 et admirationem, venerandi autem 
 Decani et Capituli gratium (voluntario 
 Stipendii incremento testatum) meritissimo 
 
 affecutus est. Morte praematura ereptus 
 Obiit Aug. 28vo, Anno Christi 1730, astatis 43." 
 
 BARNABAS GUNN ... ... ... ... ... 1730 1740 
 
 Previously Organist of St. Philip's, Birmingham. Died 1743. His extempore 
 playing is said to have been remarkable. A Te Deum and Jubilate by 
 him are extant in MS. He published "Two Cantatas and Six Songs" 
 (to which Handel was one of the subscribers^, and some Sonatas for the 
 Harpsichord. 
 
 MARTIN SMITH ... ... ... ... ... 1740 1782 
 
 Father of John Stafford Smith, Master of the Children and Organist of the 
 Chapel Royal. 
 
 * " From whom," says Dr. Arnold (" Succinct Account" of Hine Cath. Mus.), "he imbibed 
 his master's excellence, and became distinguished for his elegant manner of playing the Church 
 Service." 
 
 t Dr. William Hayes wrote a Communion and Evening Service in continuation of this, the 
 correct title of the whole Service being Hall, Hine and Hayes
 
 GLOUCESTER. 37 
 
 WILLIAM MUTLOW 1782 1832 
 
 Born 1761. Chorister in the Cathedral. Succeeded Martin Smith as 
 Organist, 1782. First conducted the Festival of the Three Choirs, 1790, 
 and continued as conductor of the Gloucester performances until his death 
 in 1832. Buried in the Cloisters. His Verse Anthem " Unto Thee, O 
 Lord" was included in one of Novello's early Catalogues. A Chant by 
 him is to be found in Dr. Beckwith's Collection. 
 
 As a boy, Mutlow was very fat, and it is related of him that he once fell from 
 the Triforium into the Choir, bouncing like an india-rubber ball, and was 
 not in the least hurt. 
 
 The following description in Henry Phillips's " Musical and Personal Recol- 
 lections during Half-a-Century ' is said to apply to Mutlow: "A gentle- 
 man of eccentric habits and appearance, very short and fat, an epicure of 
 no ordinary stamp, the length of whose arm was as near as possible the 
 measure of his baton. 1 ' The anecdotes which Phillips relates concerning 
 this "conductor" of a "celebrated triennial festival" should, like many 
 others to be found in his book, be taken cum grano salts. After describing 
 a scarcely credible practical joke which he alleges that Malibran, 
 Braham, and Loder played upon Mutlow at a morning performance 
 of the Festival, by arranging with the band that not a note should be 
 sounded upon his giving the signal to start a certain piece, he (Phillips) 
 goes on to say: "When this little conductor gave a lesson on the piano- 
 forte it was always in a room next to the kitchen : in the middle of the 
 lesson he would say, ' There, go on ; I can hear ye, I'm only going to 
 baste the air' (hare); so he walked into the kitchen, did what he proposed, 
 came back, and finished the lesson. The Queen's English was a matter 
 sadly disregarded by this gentleman : . when going out he would 
 
 call to the servant, ' Hann, where's my at?' He was, however, a kind, 
 good-tempered soul, took all that happened in the best part, and when 
 the Festival had terminated said ' Some very droll things have occurred 
 this week ; but never mind, come and dine with me, and we'll enjoy the 
 haunch of venison, and drink success to the next Festival in some of the 
 finest port in England.' " 
 
 JOHN AMOTT ... ... ... ... ... 1832 1865 
 
 Born at Monmouth, 1798. Pupil of W. Mutlow. Appointed Organist of the 
 Abbey Church, Shrewsbury, 1820. Succeeded Mutlow at Gloucester. 
 Died February 3, 1865. Buried in Gloucester Cemetery. Composer of 
 Services and Anthems. Compiler of "A selection of Chants, Kyrie 
 Eleison, &c., arranged in Score." A Sanctus and Kyrie in G, by him, 
 were printed in Bunnett's " Sacred Harmony " (1865). One of the com- 
 pilers of "Annals of the Three Choirs." 
 
 SAMUEL SEBASTIAN WESLEY, Mus.D., Oxon., 1*39 1865 1876 
 Son of Samuel Wesley and grandson of the Rev. Charles Wesley, the hymn 
 writer. Born in London, August 14, 1810. Chorister in the Chapel Royal. 
 Organist of St. James's Chapel, Hampstead Road, 1826 ; St. Giles's, 
 Camberwell, January 12, 1829; St. John's, Waterloo Road, 1829; Parish 
 Church, Hampton-on-Thames, 1830 ; Hereford Cathedral, 1832 ; Exeter 
 Cathedral, 1835 ; Leeds Parish Church, 1842; Winchester Cathedral, 1849; 
 and Gloucester Cathedral, 1865. Died at Gloucester, April 19, 1876. 
 Buried in the Old Cemetery, Exeter. There is a tablet to his memory 
 in the North Aisle of the Nave at Exeter Cathedral, and a stained glass 
 window in the South Chantry of the Lady Chapel at Gloucester 
 Cathedral. Distinguished Church Composer and Organist. Composer 
 of Church Music, Odes, Madrigals, Organ pieces, Pianoforte pieces, Songs, 
 &c. Author of pamphlets on Cathedral music. Editor of a " Selection
 
 33 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 of Psalms and Hymns " and "The European Psalmist " (1872). There is 
 an interesting Organ book at Hereford Cathedral containing the organ 
 part of Wesley's Anthem " The Wilderness,'' in the composer's own 
 handwriting. The same book also contains his " Blessed be the God and 
 Father," and " O God, Whose nature and property." 
 
 Dr. Wesley was a prominent advocate of reform in musical matters at our 
 Cathedrals, and wrote and lectured with considerable insight and ability on 
 the subject. But his efforts to obtain from the Cathedral authorities a 
 larger amount of interest, and to place the musical service on a higher and 
 more satisfactory footing, were only partly successful during his lifetime ; 
 and being a man of unusually sensitive temperament, it is more than 
 probable that the many troubles and disappointments which he experienced 
 in his Cathedral duties, helped in a great measure to shorten his days. 
 
 There can be no doubt that these troubles largely accounted for the 
 migratory character of his career as a Cathedral Organist. 
 
 The following extracts from a pamphlet by him, entitled " A few words on 
 Cathedral Music and the Musical System of the Church, with a plan of 
 Reform" (London: Rivingtons, 1849), will serve to illustrate one or two 
 of his views: 
 
 " Painful and dangerous is the position of a young musician who, after 
 acquiring great knowledge of his art in the Metropolis, joins a country 
 Cathedral. At first he can scarcely believe that the mass of error and 
 inferiority in which he has to participate is habitual and irremediable. He 
 thinks he will reform matters, gently, and without giving offence ; but he 
 soon discovers that it is his approbation and not his advice that is needed. 
 The choir is ' the best in England ' (such being the belief at most 
 Cathedrals), and, if he give trouble in his attempts at improvement, he 
 would be, by some Chapters, at once voted a person with whom they 
 ' cannot go on smoothly,' and ' a bore.' 
 
 " He must learn to tolerate error, to sacrifice principle, and yet to indicate, by 
 his outward demeanour, the most perfect satisfaction in his office, in which, 
 if he fail, he will assuredly be worried and made miserable. If he resign 
 his situation a hundred less scrupulous candidates soon appear, not one of 
 whom feels it a shame to accept office on the terms, and his motives being 
 either misunderstood, or misrepresented wilfully, or both, no practical good 
 results from the step." 
 
 Referring to the careless performances and to the inferior quality of the 
 music often performed, he says : 
 
 "The illusive and fascinating effect of musical sound in a Cathedral 
 unfortunately serves to blunt criticism, and casts a veil over defects other- 
 wise unbearable. No coat of varnish can do for a picture what the 
 exquisitely reverberating qualities of a Cathedral do for music. And then, 
 the organ ! what a multitude of sins does that cover ! " 
 
 His argument with those who would have nothing but Plain-song in the 
 musical service is thoroughly characteristic and convincing : 
 
 " Some would reject all music but the unisonous Chants of a period of 
 absolute barbarism which they term 'Gregorian.' All is 'Gregorian' 
 that is in the black, diamond, note ! These men would look a Michael 
 Angelo in the face and tell him Stonehenge was the perfection of 
 architecture. 1 ' 
 
 Here is another characteristic passage referring to the want of support many 
 composers of eminence have experienced, and their pecuniary embarrass- 
 ments resulting therefrom : 
 
 "Why should we not have monuments to perpetuate the fame of those who 
 neglect their duty, as well as of those who perform it ? " 
 
 As a part of his " Plan of Reform " he suggests that the minimum number of 
 lay singers at one Cathedral should be fixed at twelve, with the addition of 
 a few competent volunteer members. He considers it absolutely necessary
 
 GLOUCESTER. 39 
 
 that there should be a Musical College for the efficient training of 
 Cathedral Organists and Singers, every Cathedral being required to 
 contribute to its support. 
 
 The Cathedral Organist " should in every instance be a professor of the 
 highest ability a master in the most elevated departments of composition 
 and efficient in the conducting and superintendence of a choral body." 
 
 One of the concluding sentences of the pamphlet runs thus: 
 
 " Amongst the dignitaries of the Church are several distinguished persons 
 who are fully alive to the high interests of music, and who do not forget 
 that whatever is offered to God should be as faultless as man can make 
 it. Music should not be compelled to bring her worst gift to the altar ! Is 
 it too much to ask of them some public effort in support of Cathedral 
 Music ? From whom could it so well come ? " 
 
 On the recommendation of Mr. Gladstone, Wesley was offered the honour of 
 knighthood, with the alternative of a Civil List pension of .100 per annum, 
 for his distinguished services to Church Music. He chose the latter, 
 remarking that " it was a nice little nest egg." This pension was 
 continued to his widow. The last time Dr. Weslev played the organ in 
 Gloucester Cathedral was on the afternoon of Christmas Day, 1875. 
 Before the Service was over he asked his assistant, Mr. C. E. Clarke, for 
 an old full score of "The Messiah," which he kept in the organ loft, and 
 from it he played, as the concluding; voluntary, the " Hallelujah " chorus, 
 an unusual thing for him to do, as he generally extemporized or played one 
 of Bach's Fugues from memory. He never touched the Cathedral organ 
 again, and in April of the following year the gifted brain and clever fingers 
 were at rest. His last words were, " Let me see the sky," a fitting request 
 from a man of such high ideals and noble inspirations. 
 
 CHARLES HARFORD LLOYD, M.A., Oxon., am 
 
 Mus.D., Oxon., 1392; F.R.C.0 1876 1882 
 
 Born at Thornbury, Gloucester, October 16, 1849. Graduated in Arts and 
 Music at Magdalen Hall, Oxford. Succeeded Dr. Wesley at Gloucester. 
 Conductor of the Gloucester Festivals, 1877 and 1880. Resigned the post 
 at Gloucester on his appointment as Organist of Christ Church Cathedral, 
 Oxford, 1882. First President of Oxford University Musical Club. 
 Succeeded Sir Joseph Barnby as Organist and Precentor of Eton College, 
 1892. Composer of Church Music, Cantatas, Organ pieces, 'Madrigals, 
 Part-songs, Songs, &c. 
 
 CHARLES LEE WILLIAMS, Mus.B., Oxon., IBTS; 
 
 F.R.C.0 1882 1897 
 
 Born at Alton Barnes, Wiltshire, May i, 1852. Chorister in New College, 
 Oxford. Pupil of Dr. G. B. Arnold, and Assistant Organist of Winchester 
 Cathedral. Organist of Upton Church, Torquay, 1870. Music Master of 
 St. Columba's College, Rathfarnham, 1872. Organist of Llandaff Cathedral, 
 1876; Gloucester Cathedral, 1882. Conductor of the Gloucester Festivals, 
 1883-1895. Resigned at Gloucester owing to ill-health, 1897. Now an 
 Examiner for the Associated Board of the Royal Academy of Music and 
 Royal College of Music. Composer of Cantatas, Church Music, Part- 
 songs, Organ pieces, The Gloucester Chimes arranged for the Pianoforte, 
 Songs, &c. Joint compiler, with H. Godwin Chance, M.A., of the latest 
 edition of "Annals of the Three Choirs." 
 
 ALFRED HERBERT BREWER, Mus.B., Dub., iwi; 
 
 F.R.C.O.,i8w 1897 
 
 Born at Gloucester, June 21, 1865. Chorister in the Cathedral, and after- 
 wards pupil of Dr. Harford Lloyd. First Organ Scholar of the Royal
 
 40 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 College of Music. Organist of St. Catherine's Church, Gloucester, April, 
 1881 ; St. Mary-le-Crypt, November, 1881. Organ Scholar of Exeter 
 College, Oxford, 1883. Organist of St. Michael's, Coventry, 1886. Organist 
 and Music Master of Tonbridge School, 1892. Succeeded C. Lee Williams 
 as Organist of Gloucester Cathedral and Conductor of the Gloucester 
 Festivals, 1897. Composer of a setting of Psalm xcviii., Church Music, 
 Part-songs, Organ pieces, an Operetta, &c. 
 
 HEREFORD. 
 
 THOMAS MASON 
 
 Organist in 1581. 
 
 JOHN HODGE ... ... ... ... ... 
 
 JOHN BULL, Mus.D., Cantab, (^j 1 ) et Oxon., ISM ... 1582 (?)i59i 
 
 Born c. 1563. Chorister in the Chapel Royal, under Blitheman. Organist ot 
 Hereford Cathedral, 1582. Organist of the Chapel Royal, 1591. First 
 Gresham Professor of Music, 1596,* but compelled to resign his Professor- 
 ship on his marriage in 1607. "Went abroad without license" (Chapel 
 Royal Cheque Book), 1613, and became Organist of the Chapel Royal at 
 Brussels. Subsequently Organist of the Cathedral of Notre Dame, 
 Antwerp. Died March 13, 1628. Buried in Notre Dame, Antwerp. 
 Distinguished Organist and Composer of Church Music, Madrigals, Pieces 
 for the Virginals, &c. To John Bull has been attributed the authorship of 
 the music of our National Anthem, " God save the Queen," but the 
 authority for this seems doubtful. 
 
 In 1601 Bull went abroad for the benefit of his health, having obtained 
 permission to appoint Thomas Bird (son of William Bird, Organist of 
 Lincoln Cathedral and afterwards of the Chapel Royal) as his deputy 
 Gresham lecturer. While travelling through France incognito a famous 
 musician showed him a song in forty parts, challenging anybody 
 to add another part to it. Bull asked to be left alone with the score, which 
 request being granted, he added forty more parts to it. On seeing these 
 additions the famous musician burst into an ecstasy, declaring that the 
 writer must be either the Devil or John Bull! 
 
 THOMAS WARROCK (or WARWICK) 
 
 Organist in 1586. 
 
 Descendant of an old Cumberland family, and father of Thomas Warwick, 
 Organist of Westminster Abbey and the Chapel Royal, whose name 
 appears among the benefactors to Hereford Library, belonging to the 
 Vicars Choral. 
 
 THOMAS MASON (Re-appointed) 1589 (?)i5Q2 
 
 " To be Organist for one whole year." 
 
 * He was unable to deliver his lectures in Latin, according to the custom of his colleagues. 
 An ordinance was therefore made in 1597, permitting him to read them in English. This 
 permission has been extended to all subsequent Gresham Professors of Music.
 
 HEREFORD. 41 
 
 JOHN FARRANT* 1592 1593 
 
 (See under Ely.) 
 
 It is said that Farrant resigned the appointment at Hereford after being 
 admonished for alleged insolence. 
 
 JOHN FIDOW (" Laicus") ... ... ... ... 1593 *594 
 
 Dismissed by the Vicars, February 22, 1594. 
 
 The Peterhouse, Cambridge, Collection contains an Anthem, " Hear me, O 
 Lord," by John Fido (sic). In an old MS. Bass part-book, in the possession 
 of Mr. J. S. Bumpus, the same Anthem is attributed to " Mr. Fidow of 
 Exetor " (sic). It is evidently, therefore, the composition of either the 
 Organist of Hereford Cathedral or a relative. 
 
 - GIBBS ... 1595 1597 
 
 WILLIAM JUGLOTT 1597 
 
 (Or Inglott ? See under Norwich.) 
 
 HUGH DAVIES (or DAVIS), Mus.B., Oxon.,i623*... 1630 (?)i644 
 Vicar Choral, and afterwards Custos (or Warden) of the Vicars Choral. 
 Wood (Fasti., Oxon.) mentions that he was famous for his Church 
 
 Compositions. 
 An Act in the College books relating to him orders " that hebe spared from 
 
 the Choir so that he be ready in ye Organ loft to play before ye reading of 
 
 ye first Lesson." 
 
 JOHN BADHAM* 1661 (?)i688 
 
 Vicar Choral. 
 
 " 1678. On April 27 John Badham took to his assistance Mr. Rt>'- Griffiths 
 one of ye Vicars Choral." 
 
 HENRY HALL (Senr.)* 1688 1707 
 
 (See under Exeter.) 
 
 HENRY HALL (Junr.) 1707 1713 
 
 Son of the foregoing. Succeeded his father in the appointment. Died 
 
 January 22, 1713. 
 
 None of his compositions are extant, but it appears that as a poet he was 
 even more gifted than his father. 
 
 EDMUND TOMSON (or THOMPSON) 1713 (?)i72i 
 
 HENRY SWARBRICK (or SCHWARBROOK) ... ... 1721 1754 
 
 Supposed to have been a relative of Thomas Schwarbrook, the organ builder. 
 
 Died 1754. 
 A Morning Service by him in MS. is at Hereford. In a curious old oblong 
 
 MS. volume of Single Chants written on parchment, in the possession of 
 
 Mr. J. S. Bumpus, there is a Chant by " Mr. Henry Swarbrick, Organist of 
 
 Hereford, in E lami." 
 
 * These Organists were members of the College of Vicars Choral, and consequently in 
 Holy Orders.
 
 42 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 RICHARD CLACK* 1754 (?)i779 
 
 Vicar Choral. Died 1779. Buried in the Cathedral. According to "Annals 
 
 of the Three Choirs " he was Conductor of the Hereford Festivals of 1759 
 
 and 1765. 
 The performance of Handel's " Messiah," conducted by him in the Cathedral, 
 
 at the Festival of 1759, was probably the first instance of the rendering, in 
 
 a Cathedral, of a complete Oratorio at these Festivals. 
 
 WILLIAM PERRY ... ... ... ... ... 1779 (?)i789 
 
 The Cathedral records give this name and date; but "Annals of the Three 
 Choirs" states that the music at the Hereford Festival of 1780 "was 
 conducted by Mr. Coyle, Organist of Hereford Cathedral. He succeeded 
 Richard Clack." 
 
 MILES COYLE 1789 (?)i8o5 
 
 Previously Organist of Ludlow Parish Church (one of the few endowed 
 Parochial Organistships). Conductor of the Hereford Festivals, 1780-1804. 
 
 CHARLES JAMES DARE ... ... ... ... 1805 1818 
 
 Conductor of the Hereford Festivals, 1807-1816. Resigned 1818. Died 1820. 
 Composer of a Service in G, which always used to be sung at Hereford on 
 Audit Days. 
 
 AARON UPJOHN HAYTER 1818 1820 
 
 Born at Gillingham, December 16, 1799. Chorister in Salisbury Cathedral* 
 and afterwards pupil of and assistant to A. T. Corfe. Succeeded C. J- 
 Dare as Organist of Hereford. Conductor of the Hereford Festival of 1819. 
 Resigned the post at Hereford and became Organist of the Collegiate 
 Church, Brecon. Went to America, 1835. Organist of Grace Church, 
 New York. Organist of Trinity Church, Boston, 1837. Organist (and 
 Musical Adviser) to the Handel and Haydn Society, 1838. Died in 
 Boston, 1873. There is a MS. Evening Service, in E flat, by him, at 
 Hereford, and an Anthem, "Withdraw not Thou," is included in the Rev. 
 W. Cooke's Words of Anthems, printed for the use of Hereford Cathedral 
 (1825). 
 
 His name is mentioned in " Musical and Personal Recollections during 
 Half-a-Century," by Henry Phillips ; and the valuable services which he 
 rendered to the Handel and Haydn Society, in Boston, are recorded in 
 the published " History" of that Society, compiled by Charles C. Perkins, 
 and issued in Boston, 1886. 
 
 JOHN CLARKE - WHITFELD, Mus.B., Oxon., "93 
 
 Mus.D., Dub. ,1795; Cantab. ,1799; et Oxon., wio... 1820 1832 
 
 Originally John Clarke, but on the death of his maternal uncle, H. Fotherley 
 Whitfeld, 1814, he adopted his name. Born at Gloucester, December 
 T 3> I 77- Pupil of Dr. P. Hayes, at Oxford. Organist of the Parish 
 Church, Ludlow, 1789 ; Master of the Choristers of Christ Church and 
 St. Patrick's Cathedrals, Dublin, 1793 ; Organist of Armagh Cathedral, 
 1794 ; Trinity and St. John's Colleges, Cambridge, 1799 ; Hereford 
 Cathedral, 1820 ; University Professor of Music, Cambridge, 1821. 
 Retired from the post at Hereford, 1832. Died at Holmer, near Hereford, 
 February 22, 1836. Buried in the East Walk of the Bishop's Cloister, 
 Hereford Cathedral. Composer of an Oratorio, " The Crucifixion and 
 Resurrection," Church Music, Glees, Songs, &c. 
 
 * See footnote, p. 41.
 
 HEREFORD. 43 
 
 SAMUEL SEBASTIAN WESLEY, Mus.D., Oxon. ... 1832 1835 
 (See under Gloucester.) 
 
 JOHN HUNT 1835 1843 
 
 Born at Marnhull, Dorset, December 30, 1806. Chorister in Salisbury 
 Cathedral, and afterwards pupil of A. T. Corfe. Lay Vicar of Lichfield 
 Cathedral, 1827, and Organist of the Church attached to St. John's 
 Almshouses in that city. Succeeded Dr. S. S. Wesley at Hereford, 1835. 
 Conductor of the Hereford Musical Festivals. Died November 17, 1843, 
 from the results of a fall over a dinner wagon, laden with plates and glasses, 
 which had carelessly been left in a dark part of the Cloisters after an Audit 
 dinner. His adopted nephew, a Chorister in the Cathedral, died three 
 days afterwards from the effects of the shock of his uncle's death, and 
 both bodies were buried in the same grave. There is a window to his 
 memory and that of his nephew in the North Aisle of the Choir of the 
 Cathedral. 
 
 A volume of his Glees and Songs, with a memoir prefixed, was published 
 by subscription in 1843. 
 
 GEORGE TOWNSHEND SMITH 1843 1877 
 
 Son of Edward Smith, a Lay Clerk of St. George's Chapel, Windsor. 
 Born at Windsor, November 14, 1813. Chorister in St. George's Chapel, 
 Windsor, under Skeats. Pupil of Dr. S. S. Wesley. Organist of the Old 
 Parish Church, Eastbourne; St. Margaret's, Lynn. Succeeded J. Hunt, at 
 Hereford, 1843. Conductor and Hon. Secretary of the Hereford Festivals. 
 Died suddenly, August 3, 1877. There is a stained glass window to his 
 memory in the Cathedral. Composer of Church Music. A Jubilate by 
 him was written expressly for and performed at the Hereford Festival 
 of 1855; and an Anthem, " O, how amiable," was composed for and pro- 
 duced at the re-opening Service at Hereford Cathedral, after its restoration, 
 in 1863.* 
 
 L/ANGDONCoLBORNE,Mus.B., Cantab. ,1864; Mus.D., 
 
 Cantuar.,1883 1877 1889 
 
 Born at Hackney, September 15, 1835. Pupil of George Cooper. Organist 
 of St. Michael's College, Tenbury, 1860; Beverley Minster, 1874; Wigan 
 Parish Church, 1875 ; Dorking Parish Church, 1877, succeeding J. 
 Townshend Smith at Hereford the same year. Conductor of the Here- 
 ford Festivals. Died September 16, 1889. There is a stained glass window 
 to his memory in the Cathedral. Composer of an Oratorio, " Samuel," 
 Church Music, Part-songs, Songs, &c. 
 
 GEORGE ROBERTSON SINCLAIR 1889 
 
 Born at Croydon, October 28, 1863. Student at the Royal Irish Academy of 
 Music. Chorister in, and afterwards Assistant Organist at, St. Michael's 
 College, Tenbury. Pupil of Dr. C. Harford Lloyd, and Assistant 
 Organist of Gloucester Cathedral. Organist of St. Mary-le-Crypt, Glou- 
 cester, 1879; Truro Cathedral (at the age of seventeen), 1881 ; Hereford 
 Cathedral, 1889. Conductor of the Hereford Festivals, Hereford Choral 
 Society, Hereford Orchestral Society, &c. Composer of Church Music, &c. 
 The new organ in Truro Cathedral, by Willis, was built under Mr. Sinclair's 
 direction; and since his appointment to Hereford the sum of 2,300 has 
 been raised through his energy, and the Cathedral organ rebuilt (also by 
 Willis) from his specification. 
 
 * For the same occasion there were also written Ouseley's eight-part Service in C and his 
 Anthem " Blessed be Thou " ; also Goss's " Stand up and bless." During the work of restoration 
 (1842-1850) the-Choral Services were entirely abandoned in the Cathedral, and we'e held in 
 All Saints' Church. On Easter Day, 1850, the Services were resumed in the Nave, and on 
 June 30, 1863, the Cathedral was re-opened in its entirety.
 
 44 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 LICHFIELD. 
 
 According to Bishop Hacket's Statutes, "the Organist is reckoned as one 
 of the Lay Vicars, whose salary as an Organist is to be ,4 for himself, and 
 6s. 8d. for an Organ blower." These Statutes are still in force at the present 
 day, in regard to the Organist, his salary being 4 per annum, largely 
 augmented by that of a Vicar Choral and by other perquisites. 
 
 MICHAEL ESTE, Mus.B., Cantab., 1606 (?;i6i8 (?)i638 
 
 (His name is variously given as ESTE, EST, 
 EASTE, and EAST). 
 
 Supposed to be son of the famous printer and music publisher, Thomas Este. 
 Appointed Vicar Choral and Master of the Choristers of Lichfield Cathedral 
 about 1618. Probably also took duty as Organist. Composer of Church 
 Music, Madrigals, " Duos and Fancies for Viols," &c. Contributor to 
 ' The Triumphs of Oriana." A work by him, entitled " The Sixt Set of 
 Bookes, wherein are Anthemes for Versus, and Chorus of 5 and 6 parts ; 
 apt for Violls and Voices," is dedicated to Dr. John Williams, Bishop of 
 Lincoln. This worthy prelate, who was a perfect stranger to Este, had 
 settled upon him an annuity for life, in return for the pleasure he had 
 experienced in hearing some of the composer's Motets. A number of 
 Este's Anthems, with accompaniment for viols, were published by the 
 Musical Antiquarian Society in 1845, under the editorship of Dr. E. F. 
 Rimbault. 
 
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 HENRY HINDE ... ... ... ... ... 1641 
 
 In a book entitled "The LifeofElias Ashmole, Esq.," occurs the following 
 
 entry in his diary : 
 " Mr. Henry Hinde, Organist of the Cathedral [Lichfield], who died the 6th 
 
 of August, 1641, taught me the virginets and organ." 
 There is an Anthem by him, " Sing Praises," in Barnard's Collection. 
 
 LAMB (Senr.) 1688 
 
 Probably appointed at the Restoration. He was Organist in 1683. This 
 
 information occurs on the fly-leaf of the Primus Contra-Tenor part of 
 
 Barnard, at Lichfield. 
 
 - LAMB (Junr.) (?)i688 
 
 He was Organist in 1690 and in 1694. 
 
 (According to the fly-leaf above mentioned.) 
 A MS. Book at Lichfield contains an Anthem, " Lord, who shall dwell," by 
 
 Mr. William Lamb, Junr. 
 From a note in another of the Barnard Part-Books, it would appear that 
 
 Lamb, Junr., unlawfully claimed the authorship of a Service by a composer 
 
 named Berchinshaw. 
 
 GEORGE LAMB ... ... ... ... ... *749 
 
 Buried 1749, according to the Cathedral registers. 
 
 In the Muniment Room of the Cathedral there is a deposition of Thomas 
 Cothall, organ builder, as to peculations of George Lamb, Vicar Choral 
 and Organist. Mention is therein made of " a little organ in the Lady 
 Choir." There is also a letter from George Lamb to the Dean and
 
 LICHFIELD. 45 
 
 Chapter as to charges against him, in which he makes astounding and 
 infamous charges against the Vicars. This letter also treats of the organ 
 and its repairs. 
 
 JOHN ALCOCK, Mus.D., Oxon., mi 1750 1760 
 
 Born in London, 1715. Chorister in St. Paul's Cathedral. Pupil of the 
 blind Organist, John Stanley. Organist of St. Andrew's, Plymouth, 1737; 
 St. Lawrence's, Reading, 1741; Lichfield Cathedral, 1750; Sutton Cold- 
 field Parish Church, 1761-1786; St. Editha's, Tamworth, 1766-1790; also 
 Private Organist to the Earl of Donegal. He suffered in health through 
 attending to his duties in the damp, neglected Cathedral, and resigned 
 the appointment of Organist ; but continued to be a Vicar Choral until his 
 death in 1806. Buried in the Cathedral. Composer of Church Music, 
 Songs, and Instrumental pieces. Author of a novel, "The Life of Miss 
 Fanny Brown." 
 
 Alcock had in contemplation the issue of a collection of Church Music by 
 various composers. But upon hearing of Dr. Greene's intention, not only to 
 make a similar compilation, but to supply the principal choirs with copies of 
 the same at his own expense, he generously handed over to Greene all the 
 materials which he had then collected for his own work, probably feeling 
 that his own chances of success were small under the circumstances.* 
 
 In the Preface to a volume of his own Anthems, published in 1771, occurs the 
 following foot-note, which may be taken as an illustration of the somewhat 
 peculiar and over-sensitive nature of its writer, rather than of any real 
 injustice to him on the part of the Cathedral authorities : 
 
 " 'Tis incredible what a number of bafe Artifices have been practiced by fome 
 People belonging to this Cathedral, in Order to prejudice me, in my 
 ProfelTion, and diftrefs my Family, for no caufe whatever: Nay, even my 
 Son,f as foon as ever he began to play for me, was turned out from being 
 a chorifter, tho' he had been in the choir but two Years, and his Voice, 
 (which was a very ufeful one,) not the leaft fallen; when many of the Lads 
 are continued in their Places, for ten, twelve, or fourteen Years, and long 
 after their Voices are broke : Alfo, tho' he always officiated for me, yet I 
 forfeited the fame Money, when I went out of Town, as if the Duty had 
 been totally neglected ; Albeit the Salary then was only four Pounds per 
 annum, besides the Vicar's Place ; and there was much more Duty when I 
 was Organift, than now, being obliged always to play a Voluntary after 
 Morning, and Evening Prayers, even in the fevereft cold Weather, when, 
 very often, there was only one Vicar, who read the Service, and an Old 
 Woman at Church, befides the Chorifters ; which not only brought, but 
 fix'd the Rheumatifm fo ftrongly upon me, that I am seldom free from 
 Pain, and fometimes confin'd to my Bed, for eight or ten Days together, 
 tho' I never had the leaft Complaint of that Kind, till then ; and no Body 
 can live more regular than I have always done, as 'every one of my 
 Acquaintance, can testify: I likewife play'd the Organ all Paj] 'ion- Week, 
 (except Good-Friday,) both which Cuftoms, have ever fince, been difcon- 
 tinued. All the Time I was Organift, which was upwards of Ten Years, 
 there was not a Book in the Organ-loft fit for Ufe, but what I bought, or 
 wrote myfelf, (for which I never was paid one Halfpenny,) and yet there 
 
 * Mr. J. S. Humpus has in his possession a copy of Alrock's " Divine Harmony ; or a Col- 
 lection of Fifty-five Double and Single Chants for Four Voices, as they are sung at the 
 Cathedral of Lichfield" '1752), perhaps the only copy now in existence, at the end of which is 
 sewn up, between some blank pages, an interesting prospective "Advertisement," by Alcock, 
 of his intended compilation of Services and Anthems. 
 
 t This must have been John Alcock, Mus.B., Oxon., who became Organist of St. Mary 
 Magdalen, Newark- -Tren in 1758, and of the Parish Church, Walsall, in 1773, and died 
 1791.
 
 46 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 have been as many Books purchafed, within thefe few Years, as have coft, 
 at leaft, Thirty Guineas." 
 
 . " Oh, 'tis excellent 
 
 To have a Giant's strength ; but it is tyrannous 
 
 To use it like a Giant." Shakespeare. 
 
 WILLIAM BROWN 1766 1807 
 
 A native of Worcester. Died March 3, 1807, aged 70. Buried (on March n, 
 1807) in the North Transept of the Cathedral. 
 
 SAMUEL SPOFFORTH 1807 1864 
 
 Younger brother of Reginald Spofforth, the Glee writer. Born 1780. Pupil 
 of his uncle, Thomas Spofforth, of Southwell. Organist of Peterborough 
 Cathedral, 1799; of Lichfield Cathedral, 1807. Died 1864. Buried in the 
 Cathedral Close, Lichfield. His Double Chant in G was once a favourite. 
 
 THOMAS BEDSMORE ... 1864 1881 
 
 Born at Lichfield, 1833. Chorister in the Cathedral. Pupil of S. Spofforth, 
 and Assistant Organist at the Cathedral. Organist, 1864. Held several 
 other appointments in and around Lichfield, in addition to that at the 
 Cathedral. Died 1881. Buried in the Cathedral Close. Composer of 
 Church Music, Songs, Pianoforte pieces, &c. 
 
 There is a handsome memorial brass to him on the wall of the North Choir 
 Aisle. 
 
 JOHN BROWNING LOTT, Mus.B., Oxon., me; 
 
 F.R.C.0 1881 
 
 Born at Faversham, 1849. Chorister in Canterbury Cathedral. Pupil of 
 T. E. Jones and Dr. Longhurst, and Organist successively of St. Dunstan's 
 and St. Paul's Churches, Canterbury. Assistant Organist of Canterbury 
 Cathedral, 1873. Organist of the Parish Church, Margate, 1875. Organist 
 of Lichfield Cathedral, 1881. Conductor of the Lichfield Musical Society. 
 Composer of Church Music, Part-songs, &c. Joint Editor, with Mr. (now 
 Dr.) C. Charlton Palmer, of a series of Arrangements for the Organ. 
 
 LINCOLN. 
 
 Much interesting information concerning the early history of the musical 
 staff of Lincoln Cathedral is to be found in the Rev. Canon A. R. Maddison's 
 excellent book, entitled " A short account of the Vicars Choral, Poor Clerks, 
 Organists, and Choristers of Lincoln Cathedral" (London, 1878). To its 
 pages, and to a series of valuable papers by Canon Maddison in continuation 
 of the same subject, read, at various periods, before the Lincoln Archaeological 
 Society, I am greatly indebted for much of the following information con- 
 cerning the Lincoln Organists. 
 
 JOHN INGLETON ... ... ... ... ... 1439 
 
 JOHN DAVY ... 1489 
 
 Appointed Master of the Choristers in singing.
 
 LINCOLN. 47 
 
 LEONARD PEPIR 1506 
 
 Appointed " ad lusus organorum in alto choro." 
 
 JOHN GILBERT 1524 
 
 Appointed Organist for Life. Previously elected Master of the Choristers in 
 Singing, 1518. 
 
 THOMAS APPILBY 1538 
 
 Singing Master, or Teacher of the Choristers, and Organist. 
 
 JAMES CROWE 1539 
 
 Singing Master and Organist. 
 
 WILLIAM BYRD (or BIRD) ... ... ... ... 1563 1572 
 
 One of the most eminent musicians of the sixteenth century. 
 Chorister in the Chapel Royal. Pupil of Tallis. Organist of Lincoln 
 Cathedral, 1563-1572. Gentleman of the Chapel Roya', and afterwards 
 Organist there, 1585. It is said that, upon his appointment as Gentleman 
 of the Chapel Royal, the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln allowed him to 
 continue his office at the latter place by means of his deputy, Thomas 
 Butler, who afterwards, upon Byrd's recommendation, succeeded him as 
 Organist. Died 1623. Composer of Church Music, Madrigals, pieces for 
 the Virginals, &c. 
 
 Byrd took out a Patent, with Tallis, for the sole right of publishing music in 
 England. 
 
 By an Act of Chapter passed on September 29, 1570, the Organist was 
 directed to set the tune before the commencement of the Te Deum and 
 the " Canticle of Zachary " at Morning Prayer, and before the Mag- 
 nificat and Nunc dimittis at Evening Prayer, and to accompany the 
 Anthem.* 
 
 THOMAS BUTLER ... ... ... ... ... 1572 1595 
 
 Previously Deputy-Organist (for William Byrd). Appointed Organist and 
 Master of the Choristers on Byrd's recommendation. Salary, 10 per 
 annum. Admonished for negligence, 1595, and shortly afterwards resigned, 
 when WILLIAM BOYS was appointed temporarily. 
 
 JOHN HILTON is mentioned as Organist (in 1593 and 1594), but he was 
 probably only deputy to Butler. Afterwards appointed Organist of 
 Trinity College, Cambridge. He was a counter-tenor, and in 1593 the 
 Chapter gave him 305. for his services in arranging for the acting of two 
 Comedies by the choristers. 
 
 THOMAS KINGSTON 1599 1616 
 
 On the 3oth of March, 1611, he was arraigned before the Chapter "for 
 beating the boys and calling Mr. Dye, the Master of the Choristers, an 
 ass ! He confessed all the misdemeanours charged against him, and sub- 
 mitted to the censure of the Chapter. Whereupon they gave him an 
 admonition, and gave him order to amend upon pain of being turned out 
 and deprived." In 1612, however, he " is ordered never hereafter to 
 meddle with teaching the Quiristers." In 1615 again admonished : " He 
 
 * According to the Rev. Canon Maddison, these injunctions are carried out almost to the 
 letter on Friday mornings at the present day; the Organist simply gives a chord at the 
 commencement of the Te Deum and Canticle.
 
 48 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 ys verye often drunke and by means therof he hathe by unorderlye 
 playing on the organs putt the quire out of time and disordered them." 
 Replaced in 1616 by John Wanless(e). 
 
 JOHN WANLESS(E) 1616 
 
 Admitted Organist by the Chancellor after Evening Prayers. Salary, 20 per 
 
 annum. 
 In 1625 the Gate House Chambers in Vicars' Court were assigned to him 
 
 at a rent of los. per annum. 
 
 MUDD 1662 (?)l663 
 
 Great complaints were made to Dean Honywood of his drunkenness, as will 
 be seen from the following extracts from letters, written by the Precentor 
 to the Dean : 
 
 " 14 March, i66|. 
 
 " Mr. Mudd hath been so debauched these assizes, and hath so abused Mr. 
 Derby that he will hardly bee persuaded to stay to finish his worke unlesse 
 Mudd bee removed.* And I have stuck in the same Mudd too ; f for he 
 hath abused mee above hope of Pardon. I wish you would be pleased to 
 send us downe an able and more civill organist." 
 
 " 16 March, i66. 
 
 " Yesterday Mr. Mudd shewed the effects of his last weeke's tipling, for when 
 Mr. Joynes was in the midst of his sermon Mudd fell a-singing aloud, 
 insomuch as Mr. Joynes was compelled to stopp ; all the auditorie gazed 
 and wondered what was the matter, and at length some neere him, stopping 
 his mouth, silenced him, and then Mr. Joynes proceeded: but this con- 
 tinued for the space of neere halfe a quarter of an houre. So that now wee 
 dare trust him no more with our organ, but request you (if you can) to 
 helpe us to another ; and with what speed may be." 
 
 ANDREW HECHT (or RIGHT) (?)i663 1693 
 
 a Dutchman, was therefore appointed in the place of Mudd. Buried in the 
 
 Cathedral, March 31, 1693. Two of his Anthems in MS., " God is our 
 
 hope " and " Out of the deep," are included in the Cathedral Library. 
 A writ appears to have been taken out against him in 1670 by John Jameson, 
 
 Clericus Rivestrise (Vestry Clerk), for striking him in the Church ; but the 
 
 suit was afterwards withdrawn. 
 
 THOMAS HECHT 
 
 Son of the foregoing. Admitted Organist in 1693, at a salary of 30 per 
 annum, but did not take duty, being afterwards (1695) appointed Organist 
 of Magdalen College, Oxford (see Magdalen College, Oxford), and 
 
 THOMAS ALLINSON (or ALLANSON) 1693 1704 
 
 was admitted in his place, salary 40 per annum, on condition that he taught 
 a Chorister to play the organ from time to time " Cautionem autem 
 ut unum Choristarum ad Organum pulsandum de tempore in tempus 
 doceat ei imposuerunt." Died 1704. Buried in the Cathedral. Com- 
 poser of several Anthems in MS. in the Cathedral Library. 
 
 Derby was an organ builder, and at the time was evidently repairing the organ, or building 
 a new one. 
 
 t By this little joke the Precentor meant to imply, not that he had indulged in the same 
 dissipated habits as his Organist, but that he had been subjected to the same annoyance from 
 him as had Mr. Derby.
 
 LINCOLN. 49 
 
 GEORGE HOLMES 1704 1721 
 
 Probably son of Thomas Holmes (a Lay Vicar of Winchester Cathedral), 
 and grandson of John Holmes (Organist of Winchester Cathedral, and 
 afterwards of Salisbury Cathedral). 
 
 Previously Organist to the Bishop of Durham. Succeeded Allinson at Lincoln 
 Cathedral. Died 1721. Buried in the Cathedral Cloisters. Composer of 
 several Anthems, two of which, " Arise, shine, O daughter of Zion'' (com- 
 posed on the Union with Scotland, 1706), and " I will love Thee, O Lord, 1 ' 
 are included in the Tudway and Ely Collections, and an Ode for St. 
 Cecilia's Day. His setting of the Burial Sentences is still sung in Lincoln 
 Cathedral at funerals. A Toccata for Single or Double Organ, in a book 
 of organ music, once in his possession, and now in the British Museum, is 
 probably his own composition. 
 
 CHARLES MURGATROYD^ (or MURGETROYD) ... 1721 1741 
 
 Appointed, " cum approbatione Chori,"* Organist and Junior Vicar.t having 
 
 previously been Organist of York Minster. 
 On June 26, 1731, it was ordered that "the Organist should play a short 
 
 Voluntary before the Second Lesson. "J 
 On March 24, 1733, Murgatroyd was suspended from his post for negligence, 
 
 and SAMUEL WISE was ordered to play " for the present in his stead." 
 
 Died September 4, 1741. 
 
 WILLIAM MIDDLEBROOK ... ... ... ... 1741 1756 
 
 " Son of Robert Middlebrook of the city of Lincoln." Burghersh Chanter in 
 the Cathedral, 1717, and a Chorister, 1719. Died 1756. 
 
 LLOYD RAYNOR 1756 1784 
 
 Previously a Chorister in the Cathedral} 1746, and Master of the Song 
 
 School, Newark-on-Trent. 
 
 On September 10, 1771, he was "arraigned and reproved for playing one 
 Anthem while Mr. Binns was singing another " ; and, " for insolence, "was 
 suspended from his office till he apologized. Dismissed from the post 
 September 17, 1784 ; but afterwards " submitted," and was allowed a 
 pension of 10 a year, which, however, was discontinued after the first 
 year. 
 
 JOHN HASTED ... .. 1784 1794 
 
 Resigned the office, 1794. 
 
 REGINALD SPOFFORTH, the glee writer, is said to have been Organist, and to 
 have resigned in 1789 (see his " Life "), but this is obviously wrong. 
 
 GEORGE SKELTON 1794 1850 
 
 Son of George Skelton, a blacksmith of Lincoln. Admitted a Burghersh 
 
 Chanter in the Cathedral, 1782 ; Chorister, 1785. Succeeded Hasted as 
 
 Organist, 1794. Resigned 1850. 
 His son, G. J. Skelton (with whom he resided after his retirement), was 
 
 Organist of Holy Trinity Church, Hull, and composer of the well known 
 
 Chant Service Skelton in D. 
 
 * The Choir were evidently allowed a voice in the matter of selection of their Organist. 
 
 t The title of Junior Vicar is now superseded by that of " Lay Clerk." 
 
 J This curious and unnecessary interpolation was only abolished during the organistship of 
 the late Mr. J. M. W. Young. 
 
 Chants by all of these three Organists are contained in Warren's " Chanter s Hand 
 Guide," 1850. 
 
 E
 
 50 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 JOHN MATTHEW WILSON YOUNG ... ... 1850 
 
 O ganist and Master of the Choristers.* 
 
 Born at Durham, December 17, 1822. Chorister in Durham Cathedral, and 
 afterwards pupil of Henshaw and Assistant Organist there. For some time 
 Professor of Music at the Training School, York. Succeeded Skelton as 
 Organist of Lincoln Cathedral. Resigned 1895. Died at West Nor- 
 wood, March 4, 1897. Buried in the Cemetery, East Gate, Lincoln. Com- 
 poser of a Sacred Cantata, "The Return of Israel to Palestine," Church 
 Music, &c. Compiler of the Lincoln Psalter. 
 
 Under Mr. Young's regime the musical services at Lincoln Cathedral greatly 
 improved. The organ was considerably enlarged, and pedals were for the 
 first time used. 
 
 GEORGE JOHN BENNETT, Mus.D., Cantab., teas-, 
 
 F.R.C.O. ... 1895 
 
 Born at Andover, May 5, 1863. Chorister in Winchester College. Student 
 ofthe Royal Academy of Musicunder Macfarren, Steggall, and others. After- 
 wards studied abroad (through the kindness of Messrs. Novello) under Kiel 
 and Rheinberger. On his return to England he was appointed a Professor 
 of Harmony at the Royal Academy of Music. Organist of St. John's, 
 Wilton Road, 1890 ; Lincoln Cathedral, 1895. Fellow and Member of 
 the Council of the Royal College of Organists. Conductor of the orchestra 
 at the London Organ School, and for some time Conductor of the Church 
 Orchestral Society. Composer of Church Music, Orchestral Music, Organ 
 pieces, Songs, Chamber Music, Pianoforte pieces, &c. 
 
 Under Dr. Bennett's direction a new and unusually complete four-manual 
 organ has been erected by Mr. Henry Willis, from a specification drawn 
 up by the late Mr. J. M. W. Young, with large additions. It was opened 
 on Thursday, November 17 (St. Hugh's Day), 1898, with a Special Service, 
 followed by two Recitals by Sir Walter Parratt. 
 
 LIVERPOOL. 
 
 SEE ESTABLISHED IN 1880. 
 
 FREDERICK HAMPTON BURSTALL, F.R.C.O. ... 1880 
 Born at Liverpool, January 29, 1851. Pupil of Dr. Rohner at Liverpool. 
 Organist of Childwall Parish Church, 1870; Wallasey Church, 1876. 
 Elected Organist of Liverpool Cathedral by the Chapter on the formation 
 ofthe See. Organised a large special choir for Oratorio Services, 1883. 
 Composer of Church Music, Songs, Pianoforte pieces, &c. 
 
 * It appears that the two offices must have been separate from the time of Bu ler's 
 resignation, 1595, until 1850; that of Master of the Choristers being sub-divided for a short 
 time, after the Restoration, between two of the Lay Clerks, the one teaching vocal and the 
 other instrumental music.
 
 LLANDAFF. 51 
 
 LLANDAFF. 
 
 Very scanty records exist of the earlier Organists of Uandaff Cathedral. 
 For some considerable period both the fabric and the establishment had been 
 in a declining state, and in 1691 the Choir was suppressed and the organ 
 destroyed. As a substitute, the National Schoolmaster was appointed to lead 
 the singing, for which he received $ per annum. At Bishop Ollivant's 
 enthronement, on March 13, 1850, these crippled musical arrangements appear 
 to have been still in force, for we read that " On the opening of the door to 
 the bishop's summons .... the National Schoolmaster, heading the 
 procession, gave out a Psalm, which was sung by about a dozen of his scholars, 
 a bass viol being the only instrument then in the possession of the Cathedral. 
 In this way the bishop was conducted to his throne," &c. (Bishop's Charge, 
 1869). Under the rule of this worthy prelate Choral Service was re-established 
 in 1861.* 
 
 - RESE (Rees) was Organist in 1608. 
 
 In that year j was granted to him " as his wage to be paid unto him 
 quarterly by even quantities." A marginal note in the records states that 
 " The Chapter did disagree and not consent to this Act." 
 
 GEORGE CARR ... ... ... ... ... 1629 
 
 At a stipend of ,8. 
 
 - NIXON was Organist in 1672. 
 " Ordered that Mr. Nixon shall have 4 quarterly." 
 
 [Choral Service discontinued from 1691 until 1861.] 
 
 JOHN BERNARD WILKES ... ... ... ... 1861 1865 
 
 Student of the Royal Academy of Music, 1842-1846. Organist successively 
 of Monkland Church, near Leominster ; St. David's, Merthyr Tydvil ; and 
 Llandaff Cathedral. Composer of the tune " Lyte " to " Far from my 
 heavenly home," in " Hymns Ancient and Modern." 
 
 JAMES HAMILTON SIREE CLARKE, Mus.B., 
 
 Oxon., 1867 1865 1866 
 
 Born at Birmingham, January 25, 1840. Organist of Parsonstown Parish 
 Church, 1862; Zion Church, Rathgar, Dublin, 1863; Caremony Church, 
 1864 ; Queen's College, Oxford, 1866 ; Kensington Parish Church, 1871 ; 
 St. Peter's, South Kensington, 1872. Appointed Conductor of the 
 Victorian National Orchestra, Australia, 1889-1891. During the past 
 
 * From a letter addressed by Archbishop Wake to Browne Willis, on November 2, 1721, it 
 seems that the re-establishment of Choral Service at Llandaff had been contemplated in the 
 last century. 
 
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 52 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 twenty years has been Director of the music at several of the London 
 Theatres. Composer of Church Music, Cantatas, Operettas, Incidental 
 Music to various Plays, two Symphonies, and other music for Orchestra, 
 Chamber Music, Organ pieces, Pianoforte pieces, Part-songs, Songs, &c. 
 Author of" A Manual of Orchestration." 
 
 FRANCIS EDWARD GLADSTONE, Mus.D., Cantab. ; 
 
 F.R.C.0 1866 1870 
 
 (See under Norwich). 
 
 THEODORE E. AYLWARD 1870 1876 
 
 (See under Chichester). 
 
 CHARLESLEE WILLIAMS, Mus.B.,Oxon., F.R.C.0. 1876 1882 
 (See under Gloucester). 
 
 HUGH BROOKSBANK, Mus.B., Oxon., ISM; F.R.C.O, 1882 1894 
 Born at Peterborough, September 13, 1854. Chorister in St. George's 
 Chapel, Windsor. Pupil of Dr. Keeton at Peterborough. Organ Scholar 
 at Exeter College, Oxford. Organist of St. Alban's, Birmingham, 1881 ; 
 Llandaff Cathedral, 1882. Died at Cardiff, April 28, 1894. Composer of 
 Church Music, Songs, &c. 
 
 GEORGE GALLOWAY BEALE, Mus.B., Dunelm,9i ; 
 
 F.R.C.0 1894 
 
 Born in London, 1868. Educated at Marlborough College, and for some time 
 a Chorister there. Pupil of Sir Frederick Bridge. Organist, successively, 
 of St. John's School, Leatherhead, and St. John's Church, Paddington. 
 Succeeded Hugh Brooksbank as Organist of Llandaff Cathedral. 
 
 LONDON. 
 
 ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL. 
 JOHN REDFORD 1491 1547 
 
 Organist and Almoner, the latter appointment including the duties of Master 
 of the Boys. His Anthem, "Rejoice in the Lord alway," is still sung at 
 St. Paul's and elsewhere. An edition in 8vo size, by Dr. (now Sir George) 
 Martin, was issued some few years ago by Messrs. Novello & Co. Redford 
 also composed some pieces for the organ. 
 
 Tusser, in his " Five Hundred Points of Husbandry," gives the following 
 eulogy of him : 
 
 " By friendship's lot to Paul's I got, 
 So found I grace a certain fpace 
 
 Still to remaine 
 
 With Redford there, the like no where, 
 For cunning fuch and vertue much 
 By whom fome part of mufic's art 
 So did I gaine."
 
 LONDON. 53 
 
 THOMAS GILES (or GYLES) (?)i547 
 
 Father of Dr. Nathaniel Giles (Organist of St. George's Chapel, Windsor). 
 
 THOMAS MORLEY, Mus.B., Oxon., was ... (?) I 59 I X 59 2 
 
 Born about 1557. Chorister in St. Paul's. Pupil of Bird. Resigned the post of 
 Organist of St. Paul's on his appointment as a Gentleman of the Chapel 
 Royal in 1592, which he held until 1602. Died in 1604. Composer of 
 Church Music (including a Service for the Burial of the Dead), Madrigals, 
 Canzonets, Lessons for the Virginals. Author of " A Plaine and Basic 
 Introduction to Practicall Musicke, set down in the forme of a dialogue. 
 Divided into three partes. The first teacheth to sing with all things 
 necessary for the knowledge of prickt song. The second treateth of des- 
 cante and to sing two parts in one upon a plain song or ground, with 
 other things necessary for a descanter. The third and last part entreateth 
 of composition of three, foure, five, or more parts, with many profitable 
 rules to that effect, with new songs of 2, 3, 4, and 5 parts (London, 1597)." 
 This work was dedicated to " the most excellent musician Maister 
 William Birde." In 1598 Morley was granted a patent for the exclusive 
 right of printing music. 
 
 JOHN TOMKINS, Mus.B., Cantab., in 1622 (?)i638 
 
 Brother of Thomas Tomkins (see Gloucester). Previously Organist of King's 
 College, Cambridge (1606). Gentleman of the Chapel Royal. Died 1638. 
 Buried in St. Paul's Cathedral. Some Anthems by him are to be found in 
 Barnard's Collection. 
 
 An inscription to him in the North Aisle of the Old Cathedral, where he was 
 buried, reads as follows: 
 
 " Johannes Tomkins, Musicae 
 
 Baccalaureus, organista sui 
 temporis celeberrimus, post-quam 
 
 Capellae regali, per annos 
 
 duodecim, huic autem Ecclesiae 
 
 per novem decem sedulo inser- 
 
 viisset, ad ccelestem chorum 
 migravit Septembris 27, Anno 
 
 Domini 1638. ^Etatis suae 52. 
 Cujus desiderium mcerens uxor 
 
 hoc testatur marmore." 
 (See also under Cambridge King's College.) 
 
 ADRIAN BATTEN (?)i624 1637 
 
 Tomkins and Batten appear to have been Joint Organists during the greater 
 
 part of their period of office. 
 
 Chorister in Winchester Cathedral, and pupil of John Holmes. Lay Vicar 
 of Westminster Abbey, 1614. Organist and Vicar Choral of St. Paul's 
 Cathedral, 1624. Died 1637. Voluminous composer of Church Music, 
 much of it being in MS. Batten's music appears to have been among the 
 earliest that was measured out by means of bar lines. 
 
 ALBERTUS BRYAN (BRIAN or BRYNE) ... ... 1638 1666 
 
 Pupil of John Tomkins. Appointed Organist of St. Paul's Cathedral in 1638, 
 at the early age of seventeen. Deprived of his post during the
 
 54 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS, 
 
 Civil Wars and re-appointed at the Restoration. After the Great Fire 
 
 (in 1666) he became Organist of Westminster Abbey, and was eventually 
 
 buried in the Cloisters there. Composer of Services, Anthems, and Organ 
 
 pieces. 
 PETITION OF ALBERTUS BRYAN TO CHARLES II. FOR HIS ADMISSION AS 
 
 ORGANIST OF THE CHAPEL ROYAL: 
 " To the King's Most Excellent Majesty. 
 
 The humble petition of Albertus Bryne, 
 Sheweth, 
 
 That your Majesty's 'ute Royal father, of blessed memory, was pleased in 
 his lifetime to make Choice of your petitioner to be Organist of the Cathedral 
 Church of St. Paul's, London, in which said place he was by your said late 
 Royal father confirmed when your petitioner was about the age of seventeen 
 years. 
 
 And since then he hath so industriously practised that Science that he 
 hath very much augmented his skill and knowledge therein. 
 
 And therefore most humbly presents himself to serve your Majesty as 
 Organist in your Majestie's Chapel at Whitehall, if your Majesty would be 
 graciously pleased to admit of him accordingly. 
 
 And he shall ever pray. 
 1660.'' 
 (Musical Petition to Charles II., from the State Paper Office: never before 
 
 published. Musical Standard, April n, 1868). 
 Bryan's petition appears to have been of no avail, for his name does not 
 
 occur in the Cheque Book of the Chapel Royal as Organist. His son, 
 
 Albertus Bryan, Junr., was Organist of Dulwich College, 1671-1674. 
 
 The Cathedral was destroyed in the Great Fire, 1666. 
 
 JEREMIAH CLARK ... ... ... ... ... 1695 I 77 
 
 The first Organist of the present Cathedral. Chorister in the Chapel Royal. 
 Organist of Winchester College, 1692. Almoner and Master of the Choristers 
 of St. Paul's,* 1693; Organist of St. Paul's, 1695; Vicar Choral of St. Paul's, 
 1705, having previously (1699) been admitted on probation. Gentleman of 
 the Chapel Royal, 1700 ; one of the Organists of the same, 1704. Committed 
 suicide, in consequence of an unsuccessful love affair, by shooting himself, 
 December i, 1707, at his house in St. Paul's Churchyard. Buried in St. 
 Gregory's Vault in the New Crypt of St. Paul's, December 3, 1707. 
 Composer of Church Music, Lessons for the Harpsichord, Incidental Music 
 to various plays, &c. 
 
 His sister married Charles King, Mus.B., Almoner and Master of the 
 Choristers, 1707-1748, alluded to by Dr. Greene as the "serviceable" 
 composer. 
 
 RICHARD BRIND 1707 1718 
 
 Chorister in St. Paul's, and eventually Organist. Died 1718. Composer 
 of two thanksgiving Anthems. The words of five of his Anthems are 
 in a Collection by Dr. Croft, entitled " Divine Harmony." 
 
 MAURICE GREENE, Mus.D., Cantab., " ... 1718 1755 
 
 Born in London, 1696. Son of the Rev. Thomas Greene, Rector of St. Olavc's, 
 
 Jewry, Chorister in St. Paul's, and pupil of Brind. Organist of St. 
 
 Dunstan in the West, 1716 ; St. Andrew's, Holborn, 1717- Organist of St. 
 
 Paul's, 1718, and afterwards Vicar Choral of the same. Organist and 
 
 * It is laid that Dr. Blow resigned this post in favour of Clark.
 
 LONDON. 55 
 
 Composer to the Chapel Royal, 1727. Professor of Music in the 
 University of Cambridge, 1730. Master of the King's Band, 1735. 
 Associated with Michael Festing in the foundation of the Royal Society of 
 Musicians. For some time a friend of Handel, the latter frequently playing 
 on the organ in St. Paul's, which instrument, it is said, greatly pleased him. 
 Greene is supposed to have acted as blower on some of these occasions.* 
 Died December i, 1755. Buried in St. Olave's, Old Jewry, London, of which 
 his father was formerly Rector. On the demolition of St. Olave's, Greene's 
 remains were removed to St. Paul's and placed in the grave of Boyce, May 
 18, 1888. Composer of Oratorios, Cantatas, an Opera, Odes, Songs, Catches, 
 Organ and Harpsichord Music, a Service in C, and " Forty Select 
 Anthems," 2 vols. (1743). Commenced a collection of Church Music by 
 various composers, which he gave to Dr. Boyce for completion just 
 before his death. 
 
 Greene seems to have been a man of attractive and courteous manners, and 
 a great favourite in society, notwithstanding the fact that he was physically 
 deformed. Upon the death of an uncle Sergeant Greene he became 
 possessed of a large estate in Essex, called Bois Hall, where it is said that 
 he spent the greater part of his later years. 
 
 JOHN JONES ... (Appointed Christmas Day) 1755 1796 
 
 Also Vicar Choral of St. Paul's. Organist of the Temple Church, 1749 ; 
 Charterhouse, 1753. He held the three appointments Temple, Charter- 
 house, and St. Paul's until his death, February 17, 1796. Buried in the 
 Charterhouse Chapel Cloisters. Composer of " 60 Chants, Single and 
 Double, respectfully dedicated to the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's," 
 Lessons for the Harpsichord, Songs, &c. There are two MS. Services by 
 him in the St. Paul's books. His well-known Double Chant in D was 
 admired by Haydn, who heard it at a Festival of the Charity Children 
 in St. Paul's, 1791, and noted it, in an improved form, in his Diary. 
 " Jones . . . appears not to have been worthy of the situation, for he was 
 not capable of doing the duty for a length of time after the appointment: 
 and as he could not play from score, he employed himself in arranging the 
 Anthems in two lines. The same book is now in use at the Cathedral."t 
 (From "A description of the Organ at St. Paul's Cathedral," in The 
 English Musical Gazette, January i, 1819.) 
 
 THOMAS ATTWOOD ... 1796 1838 
 
 Born in London, November 23, 1765. Chorister in the Chapel Royal and pupil 
 of Nares and Ayrton, and afterwards studied at Naples and Vienna (in the 
 latter city under Mozart). Some time after his return to England was 
 appointed Assistant Organist to Reinhold at St. George the Martyr, Queen's 
 Square, Holborn, and one of the Chamber Musicians, and Page, to the Prince 
 of Wales. Succeeded Jones at St. Paul's, 1796, and was appointed 
 Composer to the Chapel Royal the same year, in succession to Dr. Dupuis. 
 Organist of the King's Private Chapel, Brighton, 1821, and Organist of the 
 Chapel Royal, 1836. Died at 17, Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, March 24, 1838. 
 and is buried in the Crypt at St. Paul's. Composer of Church Music, 
 Musical Dramas, Glees, Songs, &c. 
 
 Attwood used to say with reference to the Dignitaries of St. Paul's and his 
 appointment there : " It is all very well that they agree to pay me for playing, 
 for if they did not, I should be happy to pay them for letting me play." 
 
 Mendelssohn, when in England, frequently accompanied his friend Attwood 
 
 * We read that on one occasion " thei.r Royal Highnesses the Princess Anne and Princess 
 Caroline came to St. Paul's Cathedral and heard the famous Mr. Handel (their musick-master) 
 perform upon the organ "; . . . Applebce's Weekly Journal, August 23, 1724. 
 
 t This was in 1819.
 
 56 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 to St. Paul's, and played on the Organ. It is said that on one occasion, when 
 he was playing at the end of the afternoon service, the vergers experienced 
 such difficulty in dispersing the congregation, that they caused the bellows to 
 be stopped in the midst of his performance, much to his disgust and that of his 
 hearers. 
 
 SIR JOHN Goss, Kn 1 - Mus.D., Cantab., me ... 1838 1872 
 Born at Fareham, December 27, 1800. Chorister in the Chapel Royal. Pupil 
 of Attwood. Was an unsuccessful candidate for the Organistship of Old 
 Chelsea Church, 1819. Organist of Stockwell Chapel, 1821 ; St. Luke's, 
 Chelsea, 1824 ; St. Paul's Cathedral, 1838. Appointed Composer to the 
 Chapel Royal, 1856. Knighted 1872, retiring from St. Paul's the same 
 year. Died at Clarewood Terrace, Brixton Rise, May 10, 1880. Buried 
 in Kensal Green Cemetery, May 15. Composer of Church Music, Glees, 
 Madrigals, Overtures for Orchestra, Songs, &c. Compiler of Organ 
 Arrangements, Chant and Hymn Books. Author of a Treatise on Harmony 
 and a Catechism of the Rudiments of Music. 
 Inscription on the Monument to Sir John Goss in the Crypt of St. Paul's 
 
 Cathedral : 
 
 " In remembrance of Sir John Goss, Kn*- Mus.D., Cantab. ; Composer to 
 H.M. Chapels Royal, and for 34 years Organist and Vicar Choral of this 
 Cathedral. Born zjth December, 1800. Died loth May, 1880. His 
 genius and skill are shewn in the various compositions with which he has 
 enriched the music of the Church. His virtues and kindness of heart 
 endeared him to his pupils and friends, who have erected this monument in 
 token of their admiration and esteem." 
 
 GEORGE COOPER (Junr.) was Sub-Organist from 1843 to 1876. He ' 
 succeeded his father in this office. 
 (See under Chapel Royal.) 
 
 SIR JOHN STAINER, Kn*-' M.A.,i866, and Mus.D., 
 Oxon.,i865; D.C.L., and Mus.D., Dunelm., isss: 
 F.R.C.O ... 1872 1888 
 
 Born in London, June 6, 1840. Chorister in St. Paul's. Pupil of W. Bayley, 
 Dr. Steggall, and George Cooper. Organist of St. Benet and St. Peter, 
 Paul's Wharf, 1855; St. Michael's College, Tenbury, 1857; Magdalen 
 College, Oxford, 1859. Organist to the University of Oxford, 1860. 
 Organist of St. Paul's Cathedral, 1872. Organist to the (Royal) Albert 
 Hall Choral Society, 1873-1888. Musical Juror at the Paris Exhibition, 
 1878. Chevalier of the Legion of Honour of France, 1878. Principal of 
 National Training School for Music, 1881-82. Appointed H.M. Inspector 
 of Music in Schools, 1882. Resigned his post at St. Paul's in consequence 
 of failing eyesight, 1888. Knighted 1888. Honorary Fellow of Magdalen 
 College. Professor of Music in the University of Oxford, 1889. Resigned 
 the latter post May, 1899. President of the Musical Association, 1899. 
 Composer of an Oratorio, " Gideon," Cantatas, Services, Anthems, and 
 other Church Music, Organ Music, Songs, Part-songs, &c. Author of " The 
 Music of the Bible" and of works on Harmony, Composition, the Organ, 
 Vocalization, &c. Joint author, with Dr. W. A. Barrett, of a " Dictionary 
 of Musical Terms." Editor and Arranger. Lecturer on various Musical 
 Subjects. 
 
 SIR GEORGE CLEMENT MARTIN, Kn 1 '- Mus.B., 
 
 Oxon.,i868; Mus.D., Cantuar., lass: F.R.C.O. 1888 
 
 Born at Lambourne, Berkshire, September n, 1844. Pupil of J. Pearson and 
 Sir John Stainer. Organist of Lambourne Parish Church. Organist to
 
 LONDON. 57 
 
 Duke of Buccleuch at Dalkeith, 1871, and St. Peter's Episcopal Church, 
 Edinburgh, holding the two appointments simultaneously. Master of the 
 Choristers at St. Paul's Cathedral, 1874. Sub-Organist of St. Paul's, 1876. 
 Organist, 1888. Created Mus.D. by the Archbishop of Canterbury, 1883. 
 Knighted in 1897, when he directed the musical arrangements at the great 
 Thanksgiving Service, held June 22, on the West steps of St. Paul's 
 Cathedral, in celebration of the sixtieth year of Her Majesty's reign. 
 Composer of Services, Anthems, Hymns, Carols, Part-songs, Songs, &c. 
 Editor and Arranger of Church and Organ Music. Author of " The Art of 
 Training Choir Boys." 
 
 WlLLIAM HoDGE was Sub-Organist from 1888 until his death, in 1895, 
 when he was succeeded by CHARLES MACPHERSON. 
 
 For a more detailed account of the Organists of St. Paul's the reader is 
 referred to that interesting and valuable contribution to the history of Church 
 Music by Mr. John S. Bumpus, entitled: " The Organists and Composers of St. 
 Paul's Cathedral." To this able work I am, by the kind generosity of its 
 author, largely indebted for much of the foregoing information. 
 
 LONDON. 
 
 SOUTHWARK (ST. SAVIOUR'S CATHEDRAL). 
 SEE ESTABLISHED IN 1897. 
 
 ALFRED MADELEY RICHARDSON, M.A., Oxon., ISM; 
 
 Mus.D., Oxon., use; F.R.C.0 1897 
 
 Born at Southend, 1868. Pupil of W. Haynes at Malvern, and afterwards of 
 Sir Walter Parratt, Sir Hubert Parry, and others. Organ Scholar at Keble 
 College, Oxford, 1885; Organist of Hindlip Church, Worcester, 1889; Holy 
 Trinity, Sloane Street ; St. Jude's, Gray's Inn Road ; Holy Trinity, 
 Scarborough, 1892 ; resigning the latter appointment upon being offered 
 that at Southwark Cathedral. Composer of Church Music, Part-songs, &c.
 
 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 MANCHESTER. 
 
 The Collegiate Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Manchester, was made a 
 Cathedral in 1847. 
 
 As a Collegiate Church it held three separate Charters. The first was 
 granted by King Henry V. on May 22nd, 1421, with the following foundation : 
 A Warden, Four Fellows, Four Singing Priests, and Six Choristers. This was 
 dissolved by Edward VI., and was afterwards re-established by Queen Mary. 
 In 1578 Queen Elizabeth granted a new Charter, with a foundation of A 
 Warden, Four Fellows, Two Chaplains (Singing Priests), Four Lay Singers, 
 Four Children. The third Charter was that of King Charles I., granted on 
 September 3oth, 1635, and provided for A Warden, Four Fellows, Two 
 Chaplains, Two Clerks, Four Singers (Lay or Clerical), Four Boys, a Sub- 
 Warden, Treasurer, Collector, Registrar, Master of the Choristers, Instructor, 
 and Organist. 
 
 The following is a complete succession of Organists from the date of the 
 last-named Charter down to the present time, all the earlier registers of 
 the Church having perished, it is said, in the great Fire of London.* 
 
 JOHN LEIGH 1635 
 
 WILLIAM CARTER 1637 (?)i644 
 
 WILLIAM CARTER (re-appointed) ... 1662 1666 
 
 PETER STRINGER 1666 (?)i666 
 
 Probably Organist for only a short time. 
 (See under Chester.) 
 
 WILLIAM TURNER 1666 1670 
 
 WILLIAM KEYS ... 1670 1679 
 
 (See under St. Asaph.) 
 
 RICHARD BOOTH 1679 (?)i682 
 
 - (?)SMITH (?)i682 1696 
 
 EDWARD TETLOW ... ... ... ... ... 1696 1702 
 
 JAMES HOLLAND 1702 1704 
 
 Dismissed in 1704. 
 
 * I am indebted to Mr. James Kendrick Pyne, the present Cathedral Organist, for much oi 
 my information concerning the Organists of Manchester.
 
 MANCHESTER. 59 
 
 EDWARD EDGE ... ... ... ... ... 1704 I7H 
 
 EDWARD BETTS ... 1714 1767 
 
 Compiler of "An Introduction to the Skill of Musick, Anthems, Hymns, and 
 
 Psalm Tunes, in several parts." London, 1724. 
 The Cheetham College Grace is said to have been composed by Betts. 
 
 JOHN WAINWRIGHT... ... ... ... ... 1767 1768 
 
 Previously Deputy-Organist. 
 
 Born at Stockport, 1723. Baptized April 14, 1723. Buried at Stockport, 
 January 28, 1768. Composer of Anthems, Hymns, Chants, &c. His well- 
 known tune to " Christians, awake, salute the happy morn," was first 
 published in his " Collection of Psalm Tunes, Anthems, Hymns, and Chants, 
 for One, Two, Three, and Four voices," in 1766. 
 
 ROBERT WAINWRIGHT, Mus.D., Oxon., mi ... 1768 1775 
 
 Son of the preceding. Born 1748. Organist of the Collegiate Church, 
 
 Manchester, 1768 ; St. Peter's, Liverpool, 1775. Died July 15, 1782. 
 
 Buried in St. Peter's, Liverpool. Composer of an Oratorio, " The Fall of 
 
 Egypt," a Te Deum, Psalm Tunes, &c. 
 
 In 1766 Robert Wainwright competed for the post of Organist at Halifax 
 Parish Church. Dr. Miller, in his " History of Doncaster," relates the 
 following story in connection with that occasion : 
 
 "A new organ by Snetzler had been erected in the Parish Church, and was 
 opened with an Oratorio by Mr. Joah Bates. There were seven candidates 
 for the situation of Organist: among them were Robert Wainwright and 
 F. W. Herschel, then leader of the concerts at Halifax, and an intimate 
 friend of Dr. Miller. Concerning the others we have no information. On 
 the day of trial, August 30, they attended at the church, and the order in 
 which they were to play was decided by lot. The second was drawn by 
 Wainwright and the third by Herschel. Wainwright's execution was so 
 rapid that old Snetzler ran about exclaiming, ' Te tevil, te tevil, he run 
 over te keys like von cat ; he vill not give my piphes room for to shpeak. ' 
 During this performance Miller said to Herschel, ' What chance have you 
 to follow this man ? ' He replied, ' 1 don't know, but I am sure fingers 
 will not do.' In due time he ascended the gallery and drew from the 
 organ such a full volume of slow solemn harmony as Miller could by no 
 means account for. After a short extempore effusion of this character, he 
 finished with the Old looth tune, which he played better than his opponent 
 had done. ' Aye, aye,' cried Snetzler, ' tish is very goot, very goot 
 inteet ; I will luff tish man, for he gives my piphes room for to shpeak.' 
 Herschel being afterwards asked by Miller by what means he had produced 
 so uncommon an effect, answered, ' I told you fingers would not do,' and, 
 taking two pieces of lead from his waistcoat pocket, he said, ' One of 
 these I placed on the lowest key of the organ and the other on the octave 
 above ; thus, by accommodating the harmony, I gained the power of four 
 hands instead of two.' Herschel was thereupon appointed, but soon after 
 entered upon other pursuits, and the Musician has been long forgotten 
 in the Astronomer." (See Parr's " Church of England Psalmody.") 
 
 RICHARD WAINWRIGHT ... ... ... ... 1775 1782 
 
 Brother of the preceding. Born 1758. Organist of the Collegiate Church 
 and St. Anne's, Manchester. Succeeded his brother at St. Peter's, Liver- 
 pool, 1782. Organist for some time at St. James's, Toxteth Park. Re- 
 appointed Organist of St. Peter's, 1813. Died August 20, 1825. Composer 
 of Church Music, Glees, &c.
 
 60 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 GRIFFITH JAMES CHEESE... 1783 1804 
 
 Born May 2, 1751. Organist at Leominster in 1771. On resigning the 
 appointment at Manchester he became a teacher of music in London. 
 Died November 10, 1804. He was blind. Composer of Songs, &c. 
 Author of a treatise on playing the Organ and Pianoforte, containing 
 useful information to teachers and people born blind. 
 
 WILLIAM SUDLOW ... ... ... ... ... 1804 1848 
 
 Son of a music dealer in Hanging Ditch, Manchester. Born 1772. Died 
 1848. Composer of Anthems, Songs, &c. He was also a Violoncellist. 
 
 Joint Organist 1831 
 
 1869 
 
 JOSEPH JOHN HARRIS ..J(with W. SUDLOW) 
 
 ( Sole Organist 1848 
 
 Born in London, 1799. Chorister in the Chapel Royal. Organist of St. 
 Olave's, Southwark, 1823 ; Blackburn Parish Church, 1828 ; Manchester 
 Cathedral, 1848 (having previously been Choirmaster, and Joint Organist 
 with Sudlow). Died February 10, 1869. Buried in Harpurhey Cemetery. 
 Composer of Anthems, Glees, a selection of Psalm Tunes, " The Cathedral 
 Daily Service," consisting of the Versicles, Litany, &c., with music, &c. 
 For the occasion of the laying of the foundation stone of the new tower 
 of the Cathedral, in 1864, Harris composed an Anthem, " The Lord is 
 my strength." 
 
 JOHN FREDERICK BRIDGE, Mus.D., Oxon.; 
 
 F.R.C.0 1869 1875 
 
 Now SIR FREDERICK BRIDGE. (See under Westminster Abbey.) 
 
 JAMES KENDRICK PYNE, F.R.C.O. ... .. 1875 
 
 Son of James Kendrick Pyne, for fifty-three years Organist of Bath Abbey 
 Church. Born 1852. Appointed Organist of All Saints', Bath, at the age of 
 eleven. Pupil of Dr. S. S. Wesley. Assistant Organist of Winchester Cathe- 
 dral, and afterwards of Gloucester Cathedral. Organist, successively, of 
 Christ Church, St. Mark's, and St. Mary-le-Crypt, Gloucester; St. James's, 
 Cheltenham; Aylesbury Parish Church ; Christ Church, Clifton; Chichester 
 Cathedral; St. Mark's, Philadelphia, U.S.A. Returned to England and 
 was appointed Organist to Manchester Cathedral, and afterwards Organist 
 to Corporation of Manchester. Organist of the Royal Jubilee Exhibition, 
 Manchester. Professor of the Organ at the Royal Manchester College of 
 Music. Composer of Church Music, Songs, &c. Lecturer, &c.
 
 NEWCASTLE NORWICH. 61 
 
 NEWCASTLE. 
 
 (FORMERLY THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST. NICHOLAS.) 
 SEE ESTABLISHED IN 1884. 
 
 WILLIAM JAMSON IONS 1857 1894 
 
 Born at Newcastle-on-Tyne, November 3, 1833. Chorister in St. Nicholas' 
 Church. Pupil of his brother, Thomas Ions, the then Organist of St. 
 Nicholas', and Assistant Organist to him in 1850. Studied in Germany, 
 1852-1854. Returning to England, he was appointed Organist at St. 
 Nicholas' on the death of his brother. Organised several Choral Festivals 
 (with orchestra) at St. Nicholas' and elsewhere. Designed the new organ 
 in St. Nicholas', which was opened in 1891. Presented with a testimonial, 
 1893. Retired 1894 upon becoming afflicted with deafness. Composer of 
 Church Music. 
 
 GEORGE FREDERICK HUNTLEY, Mus.D., Cantab., ISM; 
 
 F.R.C.O ... 1894 1895 
 
 Born at Datchet, May 31, 1859. Pupil of Sir George Elvey and Dr. Keeton 
 and Dr. Hancock. Organist of St. George's, Kensington, 1880; St. Andrew's, 
 Westminster, 1890; Newcastle Cathedral, 1894; St. Peter's, Eaton Square, 
 1895. Revived the Orchestral Services at Newcastle Cathedral during his 
 organistship there, and is now Conductor of the Church Orchestral Society. 
 Composer of an Oratorio, " Dies Domini," Cantatas, Church Music, 
 Operettas, &c. 
 
 JOHN EDWARD JEFFRIES, F.R.C.O 1895 
 
 Born at Walsall, October 18, 1863. Chorister, and afterwards Assistant 
 Organist at St. Paul's, Walsall, under his father. Student at the Royal 
 College of Music, under Dr. (now Sir George) Martin, Dr. (now Sir F.) 
 Bridge, Dr. Gladstone, and Mr. Franklin Taylor. Appointed Organist of 
 Walsall Parish Church, 1881, where he frequently introduced Oratorio 
 Services with orchestral accompaniment. Organist of Newcastle Cathedral, 
 1895. Conductor of Jarrow Philharmonic Society and Newcastle Amateur 
 Vocal Society. Composer of an Oratorio and other Church Music, 
 Songs, &c. 
 
 NORWICH. 
 
 " ADAM the Organist " is mentioned as early as 1333. 
 HENRY BAKER was Organist in 1593. 
 
 WILLIAM COBBOLD 1598 1608 
 
 Born at Norwich, January 5, 15!$. In 1599 he appears in the Cathedral 
 records as William Cobbald, Organist, his salary being "as in previous 
 years." In 1600-3 the name is spelt Cobold ; in 1604-5, Cobhold ; and in 
 1606-8, Cobbold. From 1608 he became a singing-man in the Cathedral, 
 the post of Organist being transferred to William Inglott. Died at Beccles, 
 November 7, 1639, an d was buried in the Parish Church there. Composer of
 
 62 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 Anthems, Madrigals, &c. Contributor to Este's " Book of Psalms," also 
 to " Triumphs of Oriana." A Madrigal by him in the latter, entitled 
 " With Wreaths of Rose and Laurel," is eulogised by Burney (" History of 
 Music''). It has been edited by Dr. A. H. Mann and published in 8vo 
 form (Novello). 
 
 Inscription to Cobbold, upon a stone at the East end of the South Aisle of the 
 Parish Church, Beccles : 
 
 " Here lyeth the body of William Cobbold, 
 sometimes Organist of Christ Church, 
 in Norwich, who died the yth of November, 1639. 
 The body rest here 
 But the soule above 
 Sing heavenly anthems 
 Made of peace and love." 
 
 In his Will occurs the following bequest " to the Canons, singing-men and 
 queristers of the Cathedral of Christ Church within the quere, aos." He 
 also leaves money to the poor in the parishes of the Close, St. Andrew, 
 St. John de Timberhill, and St. George's, Tombland. 
 
 WILLIAM INGLOTT 1608 1621 
 
 Born 1554. Died 1621. Buried in the Cathedral Nave. Composer of 
 pieces for Virginals, &c. His monument, on the pillar near the Organ 
 screen, was repaired at the expense of Dr. Croft, and bears the following 
 inscription : 
 
 " Here William Inglott, Organist, doth rest, 
 Whose art in Music this Cathedral blest ; 
 For Descant most, for Voluntary all, 
 He passed on Organ, Song, and Virginall. 
 He left this life at age of sixty-seven, 
 And now 'mongst Angels all sings first in Heaven. 
 His Fame flies far, his Name shall never die, 
 See, Art and Age here crown his memorie. 
 Non digitis, Inglotti, tuis terrestia tangis ; 
 Tangis nunc digitis Organa celsa poli. 
 
 Anno Dom. 1621." 
 
 " Buried the last day " This erected on the I5th day 
 
 of December, 1621." of June, 1662." 
 
 "Ne forma hujusce monumenti injuria 
 Temporum pene deleti, dispereat, exculpi 
 Ornavit Gul. Croft, Reg. Capella? in 
 Arte Musica Discipul. Praefectus." 
 Dr. Croft evidently held this musician in high estimation. 
 
 RICHARD GIBBS (?)i622 (?)i63o 
 
 Composer of Anthems, &c. (See Clifford's Collection). There is an Anthem, 
 " Have mercy upon me, O God/' by Richard Gibbs, in a Collection of " Easy 
 Anthems for Parish Church Choirs," edited by Sir W. H. Cope. From its 
 style of writing it is probably the work of this same composer. 
 
 RICHARD AYLEWARD ... ... ... ... 1660 1669 
 
 Buried October 18, 1669, in the North Aisle of the Cathedral Nave. Dr. 
 Mann, of Cambridge, has in his possession an oblong quarto volume, in the
 
 NORWICH. 63 
 
 autograph of Dr. Philip Hayes, containing a Service in D. with Responses 
 and Litany, and thirteen Anthems by Ayleward ; also a folio Organ book, in 
 Ayleward's autograph, containing two Evening Services, one complete 
 Service in D, and twenty Anthems. 
 
 According to the Chapter accounts a THOMAS GIBBS (probably son of 
 Richard Gibbs; was also Organist about this time see entries against his 
 name in the years 1664 and 1665. He died of the plague, and was buried 
 on July 16, 1666. 
 
 THOMAS PLEASANTS . 1670 1689 
 
 Died November 20, 1689. Buried November 23, in the North Transept of the 
 Cathedral. Composer of Church and other music. 
 
 JAMES COOPER (?)i7 2 * 
 
 Died Januiry 26, 1721. Buried January 29, in the Cathedral Nave (at the 
 foot of Inglott's monument). 
 
 HUMPHRY COTTON ... ... ... ... ... 1721 1749 
 
 Son of Edward Cotton. Organist of St. Peter Mancroft, Norwich, 1717-1720. 
 Elected a Freemason of the City of Norwich, August 25, 1722. Died 
 September 19, 1749. Buried September 22, in the South Transept of the 
 Cathedral. 
 
 THOMAS GARLAND ... ... ... .. ... 1749 1808 
 
 Probably born in the Cathedral Precincts. Baptized July 5, 1731. Organist 
 of the Cathedral for fifty-nine years. Died March i, 1808. Buried 
 under the Organ Screen in the Cathedral. Composer of the Ordination 
 Hymn " Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire," printed in Bunnett's 
 " Sacred Harmony," 1865. 
 
 JOHN CHRISTMAS BECKWITH, Mus.D., Oxon., laoa 1808 1809 
 Born at Norwich, December 25, 1750. Articled pupil of Drs. William and 
 Philip Hayes at Oxford. Organist of St. Peter Mancroft, Norwich, 1794. 
 For some years Master of the Choristers at the Cathedral before his 
 appointment as Organist. His powers as an extempore player (especially 
 of fugues) are said to have been exceptional. He was also considered a 
 good painter. Died of paralysis, June 3, 1809. Buried in St. Peter Mancroft 
 Church. Composer of Anthems, Organ pieces, Glees, a Sonata for the 
 Harpsichord, Songs, " The First Verse of every Psalm of David, with an 
 Ancient or Modern Chant in score, adapted as much as possible to the 
 sentiment of each Psalm " (1808), &c. 
 
 His name, Christmas, is, of course, accounted for by the fact that his birthday 
 fell upon December 25. It is said that Bishop Home, when President of 
 Magdalen College, Oxford, " usually joined in the singing with a very loud 
 voice, but always came in at the wrong places. Having once complained 
 to a Deputy-Organist, Mr. Beckwith, that he played so loud that he could 
 not hear himself sing: ' Can you not ? ' said the musician, ' I can hear you 
 very plain indeed, sir.' The President smiled, and said no more." (Reg. 
 Magdalen College. Bloxam.) 
 
 JOHN CHARLES BECKWITH 1809 1819 
 
 Son of the preceding. Born 1788. Died October n, 1819. Buried in St. 
 Peter Mancroft Church. Was considered an Organist of great ability. 
 
 ZECHARIAH BUCK, Mus.D., Cantuar., IKS ... 1819 1877 
 
 Born at Norwich, September 9, 1798. Chorister in Norwich Cathedral, and 
 
 afterwards articled pupil of J. Charles Beckwith. Was a very successful
 
 64 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 trainer of boys' voices, also teacher of many well-known organists of to-day. 
 Resigned 1877. Died at Newport (Essex!, August 5, 1879, and was buried 
 in the Churchyard there. Composer of Anthems, Chants, &c., most of 
 which were published in Dr. Bunnett's " Sacred Harmony" (1865). 
 Very amusing anecdotes have been related by Dr. Buck's pupils con- 
 cerning the eccentric but apparently successful methods of voice produc- 
 tion which he practised during their period of choristership at Norwich. At 
 first nuts, marbles, and beans were amongst the various articles placed 
 between the teeth to keep the mouth properly open whilst singing. 
 After a little while, however, the boys began to find it difficult to 
 avoid cracking the nuts, and the worthy Doctor, suspecting that this 
 was less the result of accident than design, found it expedient to invent 
 a substitute for them. A kind of mouthpiece was therefore introduced, 
 made of boxwood, to fit in with the teeth, and in the exact shape 
 of the mouth. Each boy was provided with one of these and a small 
 looking-glass (the latter for the purpose of checking all contortions or 
 unnatural expressions of the face), and both these articles were put into 
 regular use at the morning practices, when the actual voice training was 
 gone through. Certain exercises for the proper control of the tongue 
 during singing were practised daily before anything else was attempted. 
 The vocal shake, being an ornament much in use at that period, was 
 assiduously cultivated, and a prize of half-a-crown was awarded from time 
 to time to successful " shakers." 
 
 FRANCIS EDWARD GLADSTONE, Mus.D., Cantab. ,1379 1877 1881 
 Born at Summertown, near Oxford, March 2, 1845. Pupil of Dr. S. S. 
 Wesley at Winchester Cathedral. Organist of Holy Trinity, Weston- 
 super-Mare, 1864; Llandaff Cathedral, 1866; Chichester Cathedral, 1870; 
 St. Patrick's, Hove, 1873 ; St. Peter's, Brighton, 1875 ; St. Mark's, 
 Lewisham, 1876 ; Norwich Cathedral, 1877. Resigned at Norwich and 
 was appointed Organist of Christ Church, Lancaster Gate, London, W., 
 1881. Joined the Roman Catholic Church, and was Director of the 
 Music at St. Mary of the Angels, Bayswater, until 1894. Professor of 
 Harmony and Counterpoint at the Royal College of Music and 'Trinity 
 College, London. Examiner, &c. Composer of Cantatas, Church Music, 
 Organ pieces, Part-songs, Songs, &c. 
 
 FREDERICK COOK ATKINSON, Mus.B., Cantab., MCT 1881 1885 
 Born at Norwich, August 21, 1841. Pupil of Dr. Z. Buck and Assistant 
 Organist of the Cathedral. Organist of Manningham Church, Bradford ; 
 Norwich Cathedral, 1881 ; St. Mary's Parish Church, Lewisham, 1886. 
 Composer of Church Music, Part-songs, Songs, Pianoforte pieces, &c. 
 Died at East Dereham. 
 
 FRANK BATES, Mus.D., Dub. ,1884 1886 
 
 Born at March, 1856. For some time Assistant Organist of Leamington Parish 
 Church. Organist of St. Beldred's Episcopal Church, North Berwick, 1874 ; 
 St. John's, Edinburgh, 1882; Norwich Cathedral, 1886. In 1888 he 
 organized a special choir and commenced a series of Musical Services for 
 the people. Conductor of Norwich Diocesan Church Choral Association. 
 Lecturer. Composer of an Oratorio, " Samuel," Church Music, &c.
 
 OXFORD. 65 
 
 OXFORD. 
 
 CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL. 
 
 JOHN TAVERNER 
 
 Previously Organist of Boston, Lincolnshire. He is said to have narrowly 
 escaped martyrdom for being concerned with heretics. (See Hawkins's 
 " History of Music," p. 354.) 
 
 BARTHOLOMEW LANT ... ... ... ... 1564 
 
 Wood (Fasti., i, 175) mentions him as living in 1569. 
 
 MATTHEW WHITE, Mus.D., Oxon. ,i6 ... (?)i6n (?)i6i3 
 
 He is supposed to have been Organist. He was previously a Bass Singer in 
 Wells Cathedral, and afterwards became a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal. 
 Much of his music is among the Aldrich MSS. at Christ Church. 
 
 WILLIAM STONARD, Mus.B., Oxon., iwe (?)i63o 
 
 Composed a Choral Hymn in eight parts for his degree. Composer also of 
 Church Music, &c. Died 1630. 
 
 EDWARD LOWE (?)i63o 1682 
 
 Born at Salisbury about 1610. Chorister in Salisbury Cathedral. Organist 
 of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, (?)i63o. Probably deprived of 
 this post during the period of the Commonwealth, and re-appointed 
 at the Restoration. Appointed Organist of the Chapel Royal, 1660. 
 University Professor of Music at Oxford, 1661. Died July u, 1682. 
 Buried in the Divinity Chapel of Christ Church Cathedral. Com- 
 poser of Church Music. Author of " Some short directions for the 
 performance of Cathedral Service," published at Oxford, 1661. Three 
 years later he published a " Review of his Short Directions," in which he 
 adapted his original instructions to the Prayer Book of 1662. 
 
 WILLIAM HUSBANDS 1682 1690 
 
 Probably a son of Charles Husbands, a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal, who 
 died 1678. Appointed Chaplain, 1690. 
 
 CHARLES HUSBANDS ... ... ... ... 1690 1691 
 
 (?) Son of the preceding. 
 
 RICHARD GOODSON (Senr.), Mus.B., Oxon., circa 1682 1691 1718 
 
 Born 1655. Also Organist of New College, 1682. Appointed University 
 Professor of Music, 1682. Died January 13, 1718. Buried in South Aisle 
 of Christ Church. A few of his MS. Compositions are included in the 
 Library of Christ Church and the Music School. 
 
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 66 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 RICHARD GOODSON (Junr.), Mus.B., Oxon. ,me ... 1718 1741 
 
 Son of the preceding. Previously Organist at Newbury. Succeeded his father 
 as Organist of the Cathedral and University Professor of Music, 1718. 
 Died 1741. Buried in Christ Church. MS. Compositions at Christ 
 Church and the Music School. 
 
 RICHARD CHURCH ............... (?) I 74 I 
 
 Pupil of William Hine. Clerk of Magdalen College, 1732-1736. Organist 
 of New College, 1732-1776. Matriculated at Christ Church, 1735. 
 Resigned the Organistship at Christ Church, (?) March, 1776. Died July, 
 1776. Buried, July 23, in the Churchyard of St. Peter's-in-the-East, 
 Oxford. 
 
 " A.D. 1732, Ap. 2. On Thursday last, Mr. Church was chosen Organist of 
 New College. He is also Organist of St. P^ter's-in-the-East, Oxford, in 
 which parish he lives, and hath been Organist of the said St. Peter's ever 
 since the organ was placed there from the theatre." (" Hearne's Diary.") 
 
 [PHILIP HAYES, Mus.D., Oxon. 
 
 (See under Magdalen College, Oxford.) 
 
 He is said (Magdalen Register, Bloxam) to have been Organist, 1763-1765, and 
 to have been " ousted by a man named Norris " ; but there is no evidence 
 in the Cathedral records to show that he ever held the office. Moreover, 
 it would appear from the following Chapter Order that Norris succeeded 
 Church in the appointment : " 17 April, 1776. Mr. Norris the Organist, 
 having agreed that ^30 a year shall be paid out of his salary to Mr. Church 
 the late Organist, ordered that the Treasurer do pay the same to Mr. 
 Church accordingly." Amongst the subscribers to Dr. Alcock's " Six and 
 twenty select Anthems" is "Mr. Church, Organist of Christ Church and 
 New College, Oxford."] 
 
 THOMAS NORRIS, Mus.B., Oxon., nes ... ... 1776 179 
 
 Born at Mere, Wilts, 1741. Chorister in Salisbury Cathedral. Organist of St. 
 John's College, Oxford, 1765. Lay Clerk of Christ Church, 1767 ; Lay Clerk 
 of Magdalen College, 1771.* He possessed a fine tenor voice, and sang at 
 several of the leading Musical Festivals. Died at Himley Hall, Stafford- 
 shire, September 3, 1790, it is said, through over-exertion at the Birming- 
 ham Festival. Buried at Himley. Composer of Anthems, Instrumental 
 Symphonies, Glees, &c. 
 
 As a chorister "Master Norris" sang at the Worcester Festival of 1761. 
 He afterwards became, as a tenor, one of the chief supports of the 
 Festivals of the Three Choirs. Unfortunately, however, an early love 
 disappointment caused him to give way to intemperate habits, and it is 
 said that at the Musical Festival of 1789 in Westminster Abbey he was 
 quite unable to hold the book from which he was singing. 
 The following is his inscription in Himley Churchyard : 
 " In memory of Mr. Thomas Norris, Bachelor of Music, who came to Himley 
 Hall for the benefit of his health, and breathed his last there on the 3rd 
 of Sept., 1790, aged 50. 
 
 "Though human efforts were too weak to save, 
 The tear of friendship has bedewed his grave ; 
 That tear, by nature to his memory shed, 
 Honours alike the living and the dead." 
 
 * " Unfortunately the Quire of Magdalen College had not often the opportunity of admiring 
 bis excellence. When admitted as a Clerk, he was mildly desired by the President, Dr. Home, 
 to attend at the chapel occasionally. This he understood so literally, as to make his appearance 
 only once a quarter, on the days that the Clerks received their salary. On these rare occasions 
 a servant in livery preceded him with his surplice and hood." (Magdalen Registers, Bloxam.)
 
 OXFORD. 67 
 
 WILLIAM CROTCH, Mus.D., Oxon.,nw .. 1790 (PJiSoy (or 8) 
 Son of a carpenter. Born in Green Lane, Parish of St. George's, Colegate, 
 Norwich, July 5, 1775. Showed unusual musical capabilities at a very early 
 age. Pupil of Dr Randall at Cambridge. Succeeded Norris at Christ 
 Church, Oxford, 1790. Succeeded P. Hayes as Organist of St. John's 
 College, St. Mary's Church, and University Professor of Music, 1797. 
 Afterwards settled in London as a teacher and became the first Principal of 
 the Royal Academy of Music, 1823. Resigned 1831. Died December 29, 
 1847. Buried at Bishop's Hull, near Taunton. Composer of Oratorios, 
 "Palestine" and "Captivity of Judah " (two with the latter title), an 
 Ode, &c. Author of " Elements of Musical Composition," Lecturer, &c. 
 Was also skilled in Drawing. 
 
 Crotch possessed an unusual facility in the use of his hands, and was able to 
 write as easily with his left as with his right. It is also said that, in order 
 to save time, he would often write down the notes of two separate staves 
 of music simultaneously. 
 
 WILLIAM CROSS (?)i8o7 (or 8) 1825 
 
 Born at Oxford, 1777. Organist of St. Martin's, Oxford ; Organist of 
 St. John's College, 1807 ; succeeded Dr. Crotch as Organist of the Cathedral 
 and of the University Church, 1807 (or 8). Died June 20, 1825. 
 Composer of Church Music. His familiar Chant in C minor was 
 composed for the funeral of the Rev. Dr. White, Canon of Christ Church. 
 The Rev. ^V. H. Havergal remarked of Cross that he was " a good organist, 
 but no musician," a criticism which is justified on reference to the (undated) 
 Collection of Chants compiled by him during his organistship, and also to 
 his edition of Dr. W. Hayes' " Psalms." 
 
 WILLIAM MARSHALL, Mus.D., Oxon.,isw ... 1825 1846 
 
 Born at Oxford, 1806. Chorister in the Chapel Royal. Pupil of Braham, Neate, 
 and Horsley. Organist of Christ Church Cathedral and St. John's College, 
 Oxford, 1825 ; Organist of All Saints', Oxford, 1839 ; Organist of St. Mary's, 
 Kidderminster, 1846: Died at Handsworth, August 17, 1875. Composer 
 of Church Music, &c. Editor, with A. Bennett, of a Collection of Chants, 
 and a book of Words of Anthems. Author of " The Art of reading Church 
 Music." 
 
 During the vacancy, lasting some months, between the resignation of Marshall 
 and the appointment of Corfe, SIR FREDERICK OUSELEY officiated as 
 Organist gratuitously. He was then an undergraduate of Christ Church. 
 
 CHARLES WILLIAM CORFE, Mus.D., Oxon. ,1852... 1846 1882 
 
 Son of A. T. Corfe, Organist of Salisbury. Born at Salisbury, July 13, 1814. 
 Pupil of his father. Organist of Christ Church, 1846. Conductor of the 
 University Motet and Madrigal Society, 1848. University Choragus, 1860. 
 Died at Oxford, December 16, 1883. Composer of Church Music, Glees, &c. 
 
 A stained glass window, designed by Sir Edward Burne-Jones, was pre- 
 sented to the Cathedral by Dr. C. W. Corfe. 
 
 CHARLES HARFORD LLOYD, M.A., Mus.D., Oxon.; 
 
 F.R.C.O ... ... 1882 1892 
 
 (See under Gloucester.) 
 
 BASIL HARWOOD, M.A., Oxon., MM; Mus.D., 
 
 Oxon., MSB ... ... ... ... ... 1892 
 
 Son of Edward Hanvood, J.P. Born at Woodhouse, Olveston, Gloucester- 
 shire, April ii, 1859. Educated at Charterhouse, and Trinity College, 
 
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 68 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 Oxford. Pupil of J. L. Roeckel, Mrs. Roeckel, George Riseley, and Dr. 
 C. W. Corfe. Also studied at the Leipzig Conservatorium. Organist of 
 Trinity College, Oxford, 1878; Organist of St. Barnabas', Pimlico, 1883 ; 
 Organist of Ely Cathedral, 1887, resigning the latter post on his appoint- 
 ment to Christ Church, Oxford. Conductor of Oxford Orchestral Asso- 
 ciation, 1892-8, and Oxford Bach Choir, 1896. President of the University 
 Musical Club, 1881 and 1895. Precentor of Keble College, 1892. Com- 
 poser of Church Music, Organ pieces, Pianoforte pieces, Songs, &c. 
 
 (For Magdalen and New Colleges, Oxford, see pages 118-124.) 
 
 PETERBOROUGH. 
 
 RICHARD STOREY 1541 
 
 He was Organist in the time of the Monastery, and continued to hold the 
 office at the Reformation, at a salary of 10 per annum. 
 
 RICHARD TILLER 1583 
 
 JOHN MUDD ... ... ... ... ... ... 1583 
 
 Organist and Epistoler. Probably grandfather or some early relative of the 
 Mudd who was Organist of Lincoln Cathedral. In 1629 he was awarded 
 4 as " benevolence money." A Complete Service and four Anthems 
 by him are included in the Ely MS. Collection. 
 
 DAVID STANDISH ... ... ... ... ... 1661 1676 
 
 His salary was 20 per annum. Died 1676. Buried in the Cathedral. His 
 
 epitaph runs thus : 
 "David Standish, Deo in Ecclefia Petriburgh. Annos 50. Serviens, & 
 
 plufquam 80 Annorum taedio laffatus, attritas Mortalitatis exuvias depo- 
 
 fuit." Dec. 6, 1676. (Willis's " Survey.") 
 
 WILLIAM STANDISH ... ... ... ... 1677 1690 
 
 Salary, 20 per annum. 
 
 ROGER STANDISH 1690 1713 
 
 Salary, ,20 per annum. In 1691 he was allowed 8 for pricking eight new 
 books and filling up eight old ones. Died 1713. Buried in the Cathedral 
 
 JAMES HAWKINS (Junr.) 1714 1759 
 
 Son of James Hawkins, Mus.B., Organist of Ely Cathedral. 
 His Anthem, " O praise the Lord," is to be found in the Ely and Tudway 
 Collections. 
 
 GEORGE WRIGHT 1759 1774 
 
 Organist and Master of the Choristers. 
 
 CARTER SHARPE 1774 1777 
 
 Dismissed in 1777 for negligence in the duties of his office.
 
 PETERBOROUGH. 69 
 
 JAMES RODGERS ... ... ... ... ... 1777 
 
 Presumably the James Rogers who was Organist of Ely Cathedral, 
 1774-1777. 
 
 (See under Ely.) 
 
 RICHARD LONGDON... ... ... ... ... 1784 1785 
 
 Resigned in 1785. 
 
 JOHN CALAH 1785 1798 
 
 Born 1758. Organist of St. Mary's Church and Master of the Song School, 
 Newark-on-Trent, 1782. Organist of Peterborough Cathedral, 1785. 
 Died 1798. Buried in the "New Building" of the Cathedral. Composer 
 of Church Music, Songs, Sonatas for pianoforte, &c. A Double Chant 
 by him was formerly very popular. 
 
 SAMUEL SPOFFORTH 1799 1807 
 
 (See under Lichfield.) 
 
 THOMAS KNIGHT ... ... 1808 1811 
 
 Born 1789. Died November 21, 1811. 
 
 EDMUND LARKIN 1812 1837 
 
 Appointed at a salary of ,45 per annum, afterwards increased to 63, with 
 
 an additional sum of 6 for tuning the Cathedral Organ and the Harpsichord 
 
 in the Music Room. 
 Born 1785. Was also Organist of St. John's Church, Peterborough ; 
 
 afterwards Organist of Stamford Parish Church. Died at Stamford, 
 
 December g, 1839. 
 
 JOHN SPEECHLY ... 1837 1869 
 
 Born at Peterborough, 1811. Also held appointment of Organist of St. 
 John's Church, Peterborough. Died August 7, 1869. He is buried in the 
 South Choir Aisle of the Cathedral, where there is a tablet to his memory. 
 
 HAYDN KEETON, Mus.D., Oxon., isn; F.R.C.O. 1870 
 
 Born at Mosborough, Derbyshire, October 26, 1847. Chorister in St. George's 
 Chapel, Windsor. Pupil of Sir George Elvey. Organist of Datchet Parish 
 Church, 1867, and afterwards at Hawtrey's School at Slough, which he 
 resigned on his appointment to Peterborough. Conductor of Peterborough 
 Choral and Orchestral Societies. Conductor and Organist of Peterborough 
 and Lincoln Festivals. Composer of Church Music, a Symphony for 
 Orchestra, Pianoforte pieces, Songs, &c. Author of " Church and Cathedral 
 Choristers' Singing Method."
 
 70 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 RIPON. 
 
 SEE ESTABLISHED IN 1836. 
 PREVIOUSLY A COLLEGIATE CHURCH. 
 
 The first mention of " Organs " in the Fabric Rolls of Ripon Cathedral is in 
 1399, and the first payment to an Organist in 1447, when THOMAS LlTSTER 
 received the annual fee of IDS. 
 
 In 1478 LAURENCE LANCASTER was Organist, and received a like sum, 
 but out of this only 33. 6d. was for playing on the organs, and the remainder 
 was for singing Mass in the Lady Chapel. 
 
 In 1546 occurs "a rent of 13/4 payd yerlie to the organ player, comynge 
 forthe of the comon of the saide Church." (" Memorials of Ripon," edited 
 for the Surtees Society, by J. T. Fowler.) 
 
 WANLASS 
 
 Probably a relative of Thomas Wankss, Organist of York. 
 
 WILSON 1670 (?)i677 
 
 " Singing man," appointed to play instead of Wanlass, who had become 
 
 deaf. 
 
 WILLIAM SORRELL 1677 
 
 SHAW ... (?)i68a 
 
 JOHN HAWKINS 1682 (?)i6go 
 
 THOMAS PRESTON (Senr.) ... 1690 1730 
 
 Born 1662. Died 1730. Buried in South Transept of the Cathedral. A 
 Chant by him is to be found in one or two Collections. 
 
 THOMAS PRESTON (Junr.) 1731 1748 
 
 Son of the foregoing. 
 
 WILLIAM AYRTON 1748 (?)i779 
 
 Born 1726. Died February 2, 1799. The Cathedral records state that he 
 was son of Edward Ayrton, -Chirurgeon (who in 1760-1 was Mayor of 
 Ripon), and that he was baptized in the Cathedral on November 18, 1726. 
 Dr. Edmund Ayrton (see under Southwell) was his brother. 
 
 WILLIAM FRANCIS MORRALL AYRTON 1779 (?)i8o2 
 
 THOMAS AYRTON ... ... ... .. .. 1802 1822 
 
 Born 178^. Died October 24, 1822, having been Organist for twenty years. 
 
 JOHN HENRY BOND 1823 (?)i829 
 
 Previously Organist of Portsmouth Dockyard Chapel.
 
 ROCHESTER. 71 
 
 GEORGE BATES 1829 1873 
 
 Born at Halifax, July 6, 1802. Organist of Ripon Cathedral, 1829. Retired 
 1873. Died January 24, 1881. Buried in Holy Trinity Churchyard. 
 Composer of a Volume of Sacred Music, Hymns, &c. There is a brass to 
 Bates in the North Nave Aisle of the Cathedral on which is engraved his 
 Veni Creator. 
 
 EDWIN JOHN CROW, Mus.D., Cantab. ,i3; F.R.C.O. 1873 
 
 Born at Sittingbourne, September 17, 1841. Chorister in Rochester Cathedral, 
 and pupil of Dr. J. L. and Mr. John Hopkins. Afterwards studied under 
 G. A. Lohr, at Leicester. Organist successively of Trinity, St. Andrew's, 
 and St. John's Churches, Leicester. Organist of Ripon Cathedral, 1873, com- 
 mencing duty January i, 1874. Conductor of the Cathedral Festival Choir 
 and of Ripon Orchestral Society. Music Master of Ripon Grammar School. 
 Composer of a Harvest Cantata, Services, Anthems, Organ pieces, Piano- 
 forte pieces, Songs, &c. 
 
 At the time of Dr. Crow's appointment to Ripon there was no Cathedral 
 Service. The Canticles were merely chanted and the Priest's part was 
 read. Dr. E. G. Monk described the Service as " so bad that it could not 
 by any possibility be worse." This state of things has since been entirely 
 altered. Full Choral Services have been established, and on Sunday 
 afternoons Oratorios, Cantatas, &c., are frequently given, either complete 
 or in part. Perhaps the most notable achievement of the Cathedral Choir 
 in its later days was the singing of Brahms's German Requiem by twelve 
 boys and six men ! 
 
 ROCHESTER. 
 
 Through the kindness of Mr. Thomas Shindler, M.A., LL.B., Registrar of 
 the Royal College of Organists, I have been enabled to quote much valuable 
 information regarding the earlier Organists of Rochester Cathedral from 
 his interesting and researchful book, " Registers of the Cathedral of Rochester." 
 
 The particulars concerning the first five Organists below-mentioned are 
 taken literally from that work. 
 
 JAMES PLOMLEY was Organist in 1559. 
 
 "He is mentioned in a Patent of this date, as ' Organist and Teacher of the 
 Children.' The Patent is to Peter Rowle, to feed, lodge, and clothe the 
 choristers after the death of Plomley." 
 
 ROPER BLUNDELL was Organist in 1588. 
 
 " He was appointed by Patent of this date to the office of ' Master of the 
 Coristers or Singinge Children and player upon the Organs in the said 
 Cathedral.' He was described as ' one of the ministers or companye of the 
 Quire,' and was granted the ' Chambers being at the east side of the long 
 gallery called the Cannon Place lately in the tenure of John Bartlett or 
 Kinge deceased.' John Bartlett or Kinge was Curate of Chatham and 
 Vicar of Dartford." (Denne's Repertorium.)
 
 7* CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 JOHN WILLIAMS (the elder) was Organist in 1599. 
 
 "He was appointed Petty Canon by Patent of this date, and also 'teacher 
 of the Children.' He is described as 'one of the ministers or company of 
 the Quire,' and had the house of Roper Blundell deceased. In 1609 a 
 Patent was granted to ' John Williams the elder, one of the ministers or 
 company of the Quyer, and John Robinson the younger, one of the clerks 
 or company of the Quyer,' to be ' Master of the Choristers' for the life 
 of the longest liver." 
 
 JOHN HEATH was Organist in 1614. 
 
 " In the Treasurer's book of this date he appears as Organist, but I cannot 
 find this Patent. In the Survey of the Parsonage of Chatham (Parlia- 
 mentary Surveys, 1649, Lambeth Library) is the following: In 1608, the 
 Dean ' granted unto Phillipp Heath and John Heath sonne of the sayd 
 Phillipp Heath the office of Clerke and Organiste dureing the tearme of 
 their naturall lives and the longest liver of either of them, with the annuall 
 ffee or stipend of Twelve pounds of lawfull English Money, issueing and 
 payeable out of the foresaide parsonage of Chatham. . . . Phillipp 
 Heath is deceased. John Heath aged about sixty years.' John Heath 
 appears as Organist of the Cathedral so late as 1668." 
 
 Composer of Church Music (mentioned in Clifford's Collection of Words 
 of Anthems.) There is an Evening Service by him in the Peterhouse 
 (Cambridge) Collection. 
 
 CHARLES WREN was Organist in 1672. 
 
 " He appears as Organist in the Treasurer's book of this date In the ' Red ' 
 Book of 1661 it was ' Ordered that Mr. William Rothwell for the reversion 
 of the Organist's place at Mr. John Heath's death should have a Patent.' 
 William Wrothwell had a Patent for a Petty Canon's place in 1662 ; I do 
 not find him mentioned as Organist." 
 Wren was afterwards Organist of Gloucester Cathedral. 
 (See also under Gloucester.) 
 
 DANIEL HENSTRIDGE 1674 1698 
 
 (See under Canterbury.) 
 
 ROBERT BOWERS 1699 1704 
 
 Died 1704. Buried in the Cathedral Yard. 
 
 JOHN SPAIN 1704 1721 
 
 The Baptismal Registers of the Cathedral include the names of four of his 
 children. Died 1721. Buried in the Cathedral. 
 
 CHARLES PEACH 1721 1753 
 
 Died 1753. Buried in the Cathedral. 
 
 JOSEPH HOWE 1753 (?)i78i 
 
 There are Baptismal entries of four of his children in the Cathedral Registers.
 
 ROCHESTER. 73 
 
 RICHARD HOWE iyM 
 
 Son of the preceding. 
 
 RALPH BANKS 1790 1841 
 
 Born at Durham, 1762. Chorister in Durham Cathedral, and afterwards 
 Assistant Organist there, under Ebdon ; also Organist of Houghton-le- 
 Spring Parish Church. Organist of Rochester Cathedral, 1790. During a 
 part of the period of his appointment at Rochester he was also Voluntary 
 Organist at the Evening Services at St. John's, Chatham. Died September 
 20, 1841, aged 79. Buried in the Nave of the Cathedral. 
 He published a Selection of Hymn Tunes from Purcell, Croft, &c. 
 A volume of his Cathedral Music was published posthumously by Messrs. 
 Chappell. It includes an Anthem, " O Sing unto the Lord," com- 
 posed for the re-opening of the organ at Rochester Cathedral, after 
 additions to it by Hill, on November 22nd (St. Cecilia's Day), 1840. 
 At the time of Banks's appointment the prayers at Rochester Cathedral were 
 read, not chanted, by the Minor Canons. Through Banks's exertions this 
 abuse was rectified. (See Dr. Jebb on the "Choral Service.") The fol- 
 lowing entry, made by Banks in an Organ Book belonging to the Cathedral, 
 has been kindly supplied to me by the present Organist, Mr. John Hopkins, 
 and throws an additional light upon the limited scope of the musical 
 services there at this time : " When I came from Durham to this Cathedral 
 in 1790, only one Lay Clerk attended during each week. The daily service 
 was chanted. Two Services (Aldrich in G and Rogers in D) and seven 
 Anthems had been in rotation on Sundays for twelve years ! ! ! R. B." 
 This entry appears in one of four Organ Books in the handwriting of 
 Banks, who grouped their contents as follows : i, Full Services ; 2, Full 
 Anthems ; 3, Verse Services ; 4, Verse Anthems. 
 
 JOHN LARKIN HOPKINS, Mus.D., Cantab., IBM ... 1841 1856 
 
 Cousin to Dr. E. J. Hopkins. Born at Westminster, 1820. Chorister in 
 Westminster Abbey. Organist of Rochester Cathedral, 1841. Left 
 Rochester on his appointment as Organist of Trinity College, Cambridge, 
 1856 ; Organist to Cambridge University, 1856. Died at Ventnor, April 25, 
 1873. Buried in Ventnor Cemetery. Composer of Church Music, Glees, 
 Songs, &c. 
 
 JOHN HOPKINS, F.R.C.0 1856 
 
 Cousin to the foregoing, and brother to Dr. E. J. Hopkins. Born at West- 
 minster, April 30, 1822. Chorister in St. Paul's Cathedral. Organist of 
 Mitcham Parish Church, 1838 ; St. Stephen's, Islington, 1839 ! Holy 
 Trinity, Islington, 1843 ; St. Mark's, Jersey, 1845 ; St. Michael's, Chester 
 Square, London, 1846 ; and the Parish Church, Epsom, which he resigned 
 on his appointment to Rochester Cathedral in 1856. Composer of Church 
 Music, Organ pieces, Pianoforte pieces, &c.
 
 74 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 ST. ALBAN'S. 
 
 The old Abbey Church was made a Cathedral in 1877 (the first See established 
 since the Reformation), but at present there is no Cathedral foundation. 
 
 ROBERT FAIRFAX, Mus.D., Cantab., 1501-2, et 
 
 Oxon. wii ... ... ... ... ... 
 
 He should be mentioned as one of the Organists of St. Alban's before its 
 suppression as an Abbey. It is said that the organ then in use, built in 
 1438, was the finest in England. Fairfax was appointed one of the 
 Gentlemen of the King's Chapel about 1509. He died at St. Alban's in 
 i5g, and was buried in the Abbey. He composed much sacred and 
 secular music, and portions of his compositions are to be found in the 
 music libraries at Oxford, Cambridge, the British Museum, and elsewhere. 
 
 The Organist at the establishment of the See in 1877 was 
 
 JOHN STOCKS BOOTH 1858 1880 
 
 Born at Sheffield, 1828. Pupil of Gauntlett, Thalberg, Sterndale Bennett, 
 and Molique. Organist, successively, of Queen Street Chapel, Sheffield, 
 and Wortley Church and St. Philip's, Sheffield (double appointment). 
 Removed to Watford (Herts.), and was shortly afterwards appointed 
 Organist at St. Alban's Abbey. Died of cerebral paralysis, December 7, 
 1879. Buried in the Cathedral Yard. 
 
 At the time of his appointment the Abbey organ was a small instrument by 
 Father Smith and the Services were of a very primitive character. 
 The Tate and Brady version of the Psalms were the only hymns in use. 
 These were announced by the organ blower, who emerged from his corner 
 in a surplice yellow with age, and performed his task in broad Hertford- 
 shire brogue. The character of the Services was, however, gradually 
 improved, and a new organ (the present one) was erected from Mr. Booth's 
 specification (with the valuable help of Dr. E. J. Hopkins) by Messrs. Hill 
 & Son, at a cost of ,1,300, and opened with a special Musical Festival. 
 Mr. Booth directed the musical arrangements at the Service of the 
 enthronement of the first Bishop (Dr. Claughton, previously Bishop of 
 Rochester), on June 12, 1877. 
 
 GEORGE GAFFE, F.R.C.0 1880 
 
 Born at Cawston, Norfolk, July -27, 1849. Chorister in Norwich Cathedral, 
 and pupil of and assistant to Dr. Z. Buck. Organist of Oswestry Parish 
 Church, 1874, and afterwards appointed to St. Alban's. Founder and 
 Principal of the St. Alban's School of Music ; Fellow and Member of the 
 Council of the Royal College of Organists. Composer of an Evening 
 Service, a set of Offertory Sentences, &c.
 
 ST. AS A PH. 75 
 
 ST. ASAPH. 
 
 WILLIAM KEYS 
 
 Previously Organist of Manchester Collegiate Church (now the Cathedral). 
 William Kay, afterwards Organist of Chester Cathedral, may have been 
 the same person, or a son. 
 
 " MR." LECHE 
 
 Was Organist in 1681. 
 
 "MR." KAY (or KEYS) 1690 1692 
 
 Probably a son of the William Keys above-mentioned. 
 
 THOMAS HUGHES 1692 1695 
 
 J. GERARD 1695 1712 
 
 ALEXANDER GERARD ... ... ... ... 1712 1738 
 
 GERARD 1738 1783 
 
 The last three were evidently all related. See also Richard Jarred or Gerard, 
 Organist of Bangor Cathedral, 1778-1782. 
 
 JOHN JONES 1783 1786 
 
 EDWARD BAILEY 1786 1791 
 
 Possibly the Edward Bailey who was afterwards Organist of Chester 
 Cathedral. 
 
 CHARLES SPENCE ... ... ... ... ... 1791 *794 
 
 Probably a relative of Thomas Spence, who was for seventy-nine years a 
 member of the Choir of Chester Cathedral, and lies buried in the North 
 Transept there. 
 
 WILLIAM HAYDEN 1794 1833 
 
 Composer of some Chants in MS. at the Cathedral. 
 
 ROBERT AUGUSTUS ATKINS ... ... ... 1834 i! 
 
 Son of Robert Atkins, Lay Vicar of Chichester Cathedral. Born at 
 Chichester, October 2, i8ir. Chorister in Chichester Cathedral. Organist 
 of St. Asaph Cathedral for fifty-five years. Died at St. Asaph, August 3, 
 1889. Composer of Church Music, including MS. Services in A and G. 
 
 LLEWELYN LLOYD 1889 1897 
 
 Chorister in St. Asaph Cathedral. Pupil of R. A. Atkins, and afterwards 
 Assistant Organist. Organist, 1889. Resigned 1897. 
 
 HUGH PERCY ALLEN, M.A., Mus.D., Oxon., IBM; 
 
 F.R.C.0 1897 1898 
 
 Born at Reading, 1870. Pupil of Dr. F. J. Read. Organist (when only eleven 
 years of age) of St. Saviour's, Reading. Organist of Tilehurst Church, 1884 ; 
 Eversley Parish Church, 1886; Assistant Organist at Chichester Cathedral, 
 1887 ' Organist to the Merchant Taylors' Schools, Bognor, 1890 ; Christ's 
 College, Cambridge, 1892; St. Asaph Cathedral, 1897; Ely Cathedral, 
 1898. Composer of Odes, Church Mvsic, &c.
 
 76 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 ARCHIBALD WAYET WILSON, Mus.D., Oxon., in; 
 
 F.R.C.0 1898 
 
 Born at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, 1869. Student at the Royal College of 
 Music under Sir Walter Parratt, Sir F. Bridge, &c. Organist of St. Paul's, 
 East Moulsey, 1888. Organ Scholar at Keble College, Oxford, 1890. Music 
 Master, Temple Grove, 1894. Organist of St. John's, St. Leonard's, 1896; 
 St. Asaph Cathedral, 1898. Composer of Church Music, a Choral Ballad, 
 Part-songs, &c. 
 
 ST. DAVID'S. 
 
 WALTER WARRYN 
 
 Was Organist, 1490. 
 
 The Priest Vicars in turn discharged the duties of Organist from 1490 to 
 1563- 
 
 Archdeacon Yardley, in his MSS. entitled " Memoria Sacra," mentions that 
 in Bishop Vaughan's time (1509-1522) " Mr. JOHN NORMAN, a Skillful 
 and Learned Musician, was Organist and Master of ye Choristers."* 
 
 THOMAS ELLIOT 1563 1577 
 
 Priest Vicars officiated in turn, 1577-1713. 
 
 The following incident concerning the Organist of St. David's, at the time of 
 the attack upon the Cathedral by the Parliamentary troops during the Civil 
 Wars, is worth quoting: "The rebels were consulting in the Choir about 
 what other sacrilegious mischiefs they should perform ; it was at length 
 agreed to destroy the organ. The Organist, who had secreted himself 
 within the organ loft, heard the same, and knowing that, if they perpetrated 
 their intended mischief, he should lose his bread, he threw a large stone 
 into the Choir; which falling on the head of one of Cromwell's aides-de- 
 camp killed him. Dreading the consequence of his being discovered 
 and taken by the rebels, he fled ; they perceived, and pursued him, 
 when he had the presence of mind to get into one of the bells which hung 
 low, and there supported himself by the clapper, until they had given up 
 the search." (" History and Antiquities of the Parish of St. David's," by 
 Captain Geo. W. Manby, R.N.) 
 
 R. MORDANT ... ... ... 1713 I7 r 4 
 
 Lay Vicar Choral. 
 
 HENRY MORDANT 1714 1719 
 
 Son of the preceding. Lay Vicar Choral. 
 
 RICHARD TOMKINS ... ... ... ... ... 1719 1719 
 
 Lay Vicar Choral. 
 
 * Probably the John Norman mentioned in Hawkins's " History " as one of the famous 
 musicians who flourished before the Reformation.
 
 ST. DA VID'S. 77 
 
 WILLIAM BISHOP 1719 1720 
 
 Lay Vicar Choral. 
 
 HENRY WILLIAMS 1720 1725 
 
 MATTHEW MADDOX ... ... ... ... 1725 J 734 
 
 Lay Vicar Choral. 
 
 MATTHEW PHILPOTT 1734 1793 
 
 Lay Vicar Choral. 
 
 ARTHUR RICHARDSON 1793 1826 
 
 Lay Vicar Choral. Formerly Assistant Organist at Armagh Cathedral. He 
 appears, from entries in the St. David's books, to have also been tuner of 
 the organ. Died 1826 (?) 
 
 JOHN BARRETT 1827 1851 
 
 Lay Vicar Choral. Died 1851. 
 
 WILLIAM PEREGRINE PROPERT, LL.D. and M.A., 
 
 Cantab.; Mus.B., Oxon., ISM, et Cantab. (?) ... 1851 1883 
 Since 1883 a Lay Vicar Choral of the Cathedral. Composer of Church 
 Music. 
 
 During the restoration of the Cathedral, 1864-1883, the organ was not 
 in use. 
 
 FREDERICK S. GARTON 1883 1894 
 
 Pupil of Dr. Done, and Assistant Organist of Worcester Cathedral. Organist 
 of Dudley Parish Church ; St. David's Cathedral, 1883. Organist of St. 
 Martin's, Haverfordwest, 1894. 
 
 D. JOHN D. CODNER 1894 1896 
 
 Born 1851. Organist of St. Bride's, Fleet Street, E.C. Organist of St. 
 David's Cathedral, 1894. Retired through ill-health, 1896. Composer of 
 Church Music. 
 
 HERBERT C. MORRIS, F.R.C.0 1896 
 
 Born at Coventry, June 18, 1873. Pupil of Frank Spinney, at Leamington; 
 A. H. Brewer, at Coventry ; and Sir Walter Parratt and others, at the Royal 
 College of Music. Organist successively at the Parish Church, Kenilworth, 
 various Churches in London, and Boscombe Pavilion. Assistant Organist 
 of Manchester Cathedral ; Organist of St. Andrew's, Bath, 1896 ; Organist 
 of St. David's Cathedral, 1896. Composer of Anthems, Services, &c.
 
 78 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 SALISBURY. 
 
 JOHN FARRANT 1598 1602 
 
 (See under Ely.) 
 
 JOHN HOLMES 1602 1610 
 
 Previously Organist of Winchester Cathedral. Adrian Batten (Organist of 
 St. Paul's) and Edward Lowe (Organist of Christ Church, Oxford) were 
 among his pupils. Composer of Church Music, Madrigals, &c. Con- 
 tributor to " The Triumphs of Oriana." 
 
 ELLIS GIBBONS ... ... ... ... ... 
 
 Brother of Orlando and Edward Gibbons. Born at Cambridge. Composer. 
 Contributor to " The Triumphs of Oriana." 
 
 EDWARD TUCKER (1)1631 
 
 Composer of Church Music. The Anthem " This is the day," generally 
 attributed to the Rev. Wm. Tucker (Minor Canon of Westminster, 1660), 
 is more probably the composition of Edward Tucker, from the fact that it 
 appears in an old MS. Bass part-book, in the possession of Mr. j. S. 
 Bumpus, bearing evidences of belonging to a pre-Restoration period. It 
 is there attributed to " Mr. Tucker." 
 
 GILES TOMKINS 1631 1668 
 
 According to the records at Salisbury his appointment there was made 
 " Salvo Jure Ed. Tucker, Organiste." 
 
 Brother of Thomas and John Tomkins. Organist of King's College, Cam- 
 bridge, 1624-1626; Salisbury Cathedral, 1631. Re-appointed to the latter 
 post at the Restoration. Died 1668. 
 
 (See also under Cambridge King's College.) 
 
 MICHAEL WISE 1668 1687 
 
 Born at Salisbury, 1638. Chorister in the Chapel Royal, and afterwards a 
 Gentleman of the same, 1675. Organist of Salisbury Cathedral, 1668. Ap- 
 pointed Almoner and Master of the Choristers at St. Paul's Cathedral, 1687. 
 He was a man of very quick temper, and was killed in a quarrel with the 
 midnight watch at Salisbury, August, 1687. Was buried in the Cathedral, 
 near the West door, but the stone is missing. Composer of Church Music. 
 " He is said to have been in great favour with Charles II., and being appointed 
 to attend him in progress, claimed, as King's Organist for the time, the 
 privilege of playing to his Majesty on the organ, at whatever church he 
 went." (Burney's " History of Music.") On one occasion, however, he 
 incurred the King's displeasure by interrupting a sermon by a voluntary of 
 his own. Notwithstanding his hasty temper, he seems to have exhibited a 
 character of some pleasantry, for we are told that when in Charles II. 's 
 reign he was asked to set his hand to a petition of which he did not approve 
 (it was for the sitting of the Parliament), he wittily answered, " No, gentle- 
 men, that is not my business ; but I'll set a tune to it an you please." 
 The particulars of his death are these: " He had quarrelled with his wife on 
 some trivial matter, and rushed out of his house. The watchman met him 
 while he was boiling with rage, and commanding him to stand and give an 
 account of himself, he struck the guardian of the peace to the ground, who 
 in return aimed a blow at his assailant with his bill, which broke his skull, 
 of the consequence whereof he died."
 
 SALISBURY. 
 
 
 79 
 
 
 , 1688 
 
 1602 
 
 (See under Dublin Christ Church Cathedral.) 
 DANIEL ROSINGRAVE* 
 
 1602 
 
 1608 
 
 (See under Dublin Christ Church Cathedral.) 
 ANTHONY WALKELEY (?)i6g8 1717 
 
 Born 1672. Chorister in Wells Cathedral, and afterwards Vicar Choral there. 
 Organist of Salisbury Cathedral, (?)i6g8. Died at Salisbury, 1717. 
 Buried in the Cathedral Nave. A Morning Service by him in E flat is 
 included in Tudway's Collection, and some of his Anthems are extant in MS. 
 His Morning Service in A was for a long time a favourite at Salisbury. 
 
 EDWARD THOMPSON ... ... ... ... 1718 1746 
 
 Was previously a Chorister in Magdalen College, Oxford, and probably an 
 articled pupil to his cousin, Thomas Hecht, the Organist there. 
 
 JOHN STEPHENS, Mus.D., Cantab. ,"83 ... ... 1746 (?)i78o 
 
 Previously a Chorister in Gloucester Cathedral. He conducted the 
 Gloucester Festival of 1766. Died at Salisbury, December 15, 1780. 
 Buried in the Cathedral, North Aisle of Nave. A volume of his Church 
 Music was issued in 1805, edited by Higbmore Skeats, Senr. He composed 
 one of the four melodies still to be heard on the Gloucester Cathedral 
 chimes. 
 
 ROBERT PARRY 1781 1792 
 
 Previously Organist of Wells Cathedral. Two very florid Double Chants by 
 him, in E flat and F, are in a Collection edited by George Cleland, 
 Organist of St. Mary's (Episcopal) Chapel, Bath, 1823. 
 
 JOSEPH CORFE 1792 1804 
 
 Born at Salisbury, 1740. Chorister in Salisbury Cathedral. Gentleman of 
 the Chapel Royal, 1783. Succeeded R. Parry at Salisbury, 1792. Resigned 
 in favour of his son, A. T. Corfe, 1804. Died July 29, 1820. Buried 
 in the North-West Transept of Cathedral. Composer of Church Music, 
 Glees, &c. Author of a treatise on Singing, &c. 
 
 ARTHUR THOMAS CORFE 1804 1863 
 
 Son of the preceding. Born at Salisbury, April 9, 1773. Chorister in 
 Westminster Abbey. Pupil of Dr. Cooke and Clementi. Succeeded his 
 father at Salisbury. Died suddenly whilst kneeling in prayer at his 
 bedside, January 28, 1863. Buried in the Cathedral Cloisters. Composer of 
 Church Music, Pianoforte pieces, &c. Author of a book on Harmony and 
 Thorough Bass. 
 
 JOHN ELLIOTT RICHARDSON 1863 1881 
 
 Born at Salisbury. Pupil of A. T. Corfe, and Assistant Organist at 
 Salisbury. Succeeded his master, 1863. Resigned the appointment owing 
 to ill-health, 1881. Afterwards became Organist of a Roman Catholic 
 Church at Bognor. Composer of Church Music. Editor of the Salisbury 
 Chant Book, a Collection of Sanctuses and Kyries, and a set of Voluntaries 
 for the Organ. 
 
 * When Rosingrave was appointed, Stephen Jeffries (of Gloucester Cathedral), Vaughan 
 Richardson, and John Freeman were also candidates for the office. Richardson was successful, 
 however, in obtaining the post at Winchester Cathedral vacated by Rosingrave.
 
 8o CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 BERTRAM LUARD SELBY ... ... ... ... 1881 1883 
 
 Born at Ightham, Kent, February 12, 1853. Studied at the Leipzig Conser- 
 vatorium under Reinecke and Jadassohn. Organist of St. Barnabas, 
 Marylebone, and of Highgate School, 1876; Salisbury Cathedral, 1881 ; St. 
 John's, Torquay, 1884 ; St. Barnabas, Pimlico, 1887. Composer of Operas, 
 Church Music, Orchestral Music, Organ pieces, Pianoforte pieces, Songs, 
 Chamber Music, &c. 
 
 CHARLES FREDERICK SOUTH 1883 
 
 Born in London, February 6, 1850. Pupil of his brother, H. J. South, and 
 George Cooper, occasionally deputising for the latter at St. Paul's Cathe- 
 dral. Organist of Aske's Hospital, Hoxton, 1866; St. Augustine and St. 
 Faith, E.G., 1868, resigning the latter post on his appointment to Salisbury. 
 Conductor for a few years of the Sarum Choral Society. Composer of 
 Church Music. 
 
 SOUTHWELL. 
 
 Before the Reformation the post of Organist at Southwell was held by one of the 
 fifteen Vicars. This is confirmed by the mention of one, GEORGE VlNCENT, 
 who was admitted Vicar Choral in 1505 and was Organist in 1519, the entry in 
 records stating that in that year he was " presented " for frequent absence 
 from the Choir, " so that the organs are not played." The new statutes, 
 ordained by Queen Elizabeth in 1585, which are in force at the present day, 
 required the appointment of a " Magister Puerorum " and " Rector Chori," one 
 of whose duties was " Organa pulsanda." 
 
 It is to be regretted that, owing to the incomplete and illegible state of 
 the record books at Southwell, no information can be furnished between that 
 given above and the eighteenth century. 
 
 WILLIAM POPELY "1718 
 
 Died 1718. Buried in the South Transept of the Cathedral. 
 Two Anthems, " Not unto us " and " O be joyful," and a Psalm tune by him 
 are included in an old book in the possession of Mr. J. S. Bumpus. 
 
 WILLIAM LEE 1718 1754 
 
 Died 1754. Buried in the South Transept. His Single Chant in G is still to 
 be found in various Collections. 
 
 EDMUND AYRTON,MUS.B., Cantab., "M; (?)Mus.D., 
 
 Oxon., "88 ... 1754 1764 
 
 Born at Ripon, 1734. Son of Edward Ayrton, Chirurgeon, of Ripon. Pupil 
 of Nares. Succeeded William Lee as Organist at Southwell. Was also 
 Auditor of the Cathedral. Gentleman of the Chapel Royal, 1764. 
 Vicar Choral of St. Paul's Cathedral, 1767. Lay Vicar of Westminster 
 Abbey, 1780. Master of the Choristers of the Chapel Royal, 1780-1805. 
 Died at 24, James Street, Buckingham Gate, May 22, 1808. Buried in 
 the North Cloister of Westminster Abbey. Composer of Church Music, 
 Glees, &c. His degree exercise, the Anthem " Begin unto my God with
 
 SOUTHWELL. 81 
 
 timbrels," was sung at St. Paul's Cathedral at the Service of Thanks- 
 giving for the close of the American Revolution, 1784. 
 
 "1756. Ap: 22. Mr. Ayrton to have leave to go to London for three 
 months further instruction by Mr. Nares the Organist." 
 
 THOMAS SPOFFORTH ... ... ... ... 1764 1818 
 
 Born 1742. Uncle and Musical Instructor of Reginald Spofforth and of Samuel 
 Spofforth. Retired on a pension, 1818. Died May 16, 1826. Buried in the 
 South Transept of the Cathedral, to which he was a considerable benefactor. 
 A Double Chant in F by him was inserted in Cleland's Bath Collection 
 in 1823. 
 
 EDWARD HEATHCOTE 1818 1835 
 
 Previously Organist of Bakewell Church, Derbyshire, for the use of which 
 he compiled a book of Words of Anthems. Died 1835. Buried in the South- 
 East portion of the Cathedral Yard. Set to music the Ordination Hymn, 
 " Come, Holy Ghost, Eternal God." Some of his Church Music in MS. is at 
 Southwell, including a once popular Service in B flat. 
 
 1818. July 23. Mr. Spofforth allowed 25 per ann : for his long services. 
 Ed. Heathcote Organist vice Mr. Spofforth, " to receive the ancient salary 
 as Organist, as Rector Chori, and as one of the singing men, making 
 together the annual sum of ,30." 
 
 FREDERICK GUNTON 1835 1841 
 
 (See under Chester.) 
 
 CHAPPELL BATCHELOR 1841 1857 
 
 Born at Southwell, 1822. Chorister in Southwell Cathedral, 1830. King's 
 Scholar of the Royal Academy of Music, 1838, under Potter, Goss, and 
 others. Organist of Southwell Cathedral, 1841. Resigned 1857, and 
 removed to Belper, afterwards to Derby. 
 
 HERBERT STEPHEN IRONS 1857 1872 
 
 Born at Canterbury, January 19, 1834, and Chorister in the Cathedral there, 
 of which his father was a Lay Vicar. Pupil of Dr. Stephen Elvey at 
 Oxford. Organist and Precentor of St. Columba's College, Rathfarnham, 
 1856. Organist of Southwell Cathedral, 1857. Assistant Organist of 
 Chester Cathedral, 1873. Organist of St. Andrew's, Nottingham, 1876. 
 Composer of Church Music, Organ pieces, &c. 
 
 CEDRIC BUCKNALL, Mus.B., Oxon., am 1872 1876 
 
 Some years Assistant Organist to Professor W. H. Monk at King's College, 
 London, and St. Matthias', Stoke Newington ; Organist of St. Thomas's, 
 Clapton, 1870; Organist of Southwell Cathedral, 1872. Resigned 1876, anl 
 since then Organist of All Saints', Clifton, and of the Clifton Victoria 
 Rooms. Composer of Church Music, Part-songs, &c. 
 
 WILLIAM WEAVER RINGROSE, Mus.B., Oxon., mo 1876 1879 
 
 Previously Organist of All Saints', Clifton, where he was succeeded by 
 Cedric Bucknall. Shortly after leaving Southwell his mind gave way, and 
 he died.* 
 
 * These are all the particulars I have been able to gather concerning him. 
 
 G
 
 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 ARTHUR MARRIOTT 1879 1888 
 
 Son of Frederick Marriott, Lay Clerk, St. George's Chapel, Windsor. Pupil 
 of Sir George Elvey. Resigned the post at Southwell, 1888, and went to 
 Denver, America. 
 
 ROBERT WILLIAM LIDDLE ... ... ... 1888 
 
 Born at Durham, March 14, 1864. Chorister in the Cathedral, and afterwards 
 pupil of Dr. Armes. Organist of North Berwick Parish Church, 1886 ; 
 Organist of Southwell Cathedral, 1888. Composer of Church Music. 
 
 TRURO. 
 
 SEE ESTABLISHED IN 1876. 
 NEW CATHEDRAL CONSECRATED IN 1887. 
 
 GEORGE ROBERTSON SINCLAIR 1881 1889 
 
 (See under Hereford.) 
 
 MARK JAMES MONK, Mus.D., Oxon., iaaa ... 1890 
 
 Born at Hunmanby, March 16, 1858. Chorister in York Cathedral, and after- 
 wards pupil of his namesake, Dr. E. G. Monk. Organist of several churches 
 in York ; St. John's, Ladywood, Birmingham, 1879 ; Ashby-de-la-Zouch 
 Parish Church, 1880 ; Banbury Parish Church, 1883, leaving the latter on 
 his appointment to Truro. Conductor of the Diocesan Festivals and of 
 various choral bodies. Composer of Church Music, an Elegiac Ode, a 
 Madrigal, pieces for Pianoforte and Organ, &c. 
 
 WAKEFIELD. 
 
 SEE ESTABLISHED IN i888. 
 
 JOSEPH NAYLOR HARDY, Mus.B., Dunelm, IBM; 
 
 F.R.C.O. 1886 
 
 Pupil of J. Emmerson (his predecessor at Wakefield), Dr. Spark, Dr. Creser, 
 and Dr. Corbett. Organist of the Roman Catholic Chapel, Wakefield, 
 1875 ; West Parade Chapel, Wakefield, 1878 ; Parish Church, Wakefield 
 now the Cathedral 1886. The Choirmaster of the Cathedral is Matthew 
 Henry Peacock, M.A., Mus.D., Oxon.
 
 WELLS. 83 
 
 WELLS. 
 
 RICHARD HUGO ... ... ... ... ... 1487 
 
 The Dean and Chapter awarded him, " for his diligent labour and good 
 service to the honour of God and St. Andrew, 263. 8d. annually in 
 augmentation of his annual pension from the proceeds of a vacant stall, 
 for the term of his life." 
 
 RICHARD BRAMSTON (Deputy) 1507 
 
 " Master Hugo, with the consent of the Chapter, promised to pay Richard 
 Bramston, Vicar Choral, 403. per annum to teach the Choristers to sing 
 well and faithfully as Richard Hugo had done in time past, and that 
 Richard Bramston would take care of and play at the Organs in the Great 
 Choir, and also in the Lady Chapel." 
 
 JOHN CLANSAY 1508 
 
 The Sub-Dean and Chapter ordered that John Clansay should have the 
 Office of instructing and teaching the Choristers, " et Tabellarios ad 
 cantandam et discantandam et singula alia facienda quae ad hujus modi 
 officium pertinent." He was also to play the Organ in the Great Choir as 
 well as in the Lady Chapel behind the High Altar " temporibus congruis," 
 as Richard Hugo had done. 
 
 His pavment : 
 
 (a) Four marcs from two vacant stalls. 
 
 (b) All the annual fines and perquisites which would belong to a vicar, 
 
 not perpetuated, during the lifetime of Richard Hugo. 
 
 !c) A house of the annual value of 26/8. 
 d) The payment of a deputy for Richard Hugo, as before 4o/- ann. 
 with power to appoint a fit deputy, should he become ill or 
 too old. 
 
 [There is a blank in the Chapter Registers from 1513 to 1571.] 
 
 JOHN CLERK, Senr 
 
 Vicar and Organist. Was suspended for six months, in 1592, for refusing 
 the Office of Escheator. 
 
 RICHARD BROWN ... .. ... ... ... 1614 
 
 He was Organist in 1614. Vicar, Organist, and Master of the Choristers. 
 A Richard Brown was appointed Organist of Worcester Cathedral in 1662. 
 
 JOHN OKER (or OKEOVER), Mus.B., Oxon.,i633 ... 1619 1639 
 
 He was Vicar, Organist, and Master of the Choristers. Organist of 
 
 Gloucester Cathedral, 1640. The MS. Bass part-book belonging to Mr. 
 
 J. S. Bumpus, before referred to, contains an Anthem by John Oker 
 
 "God shall send forth His mercy and truth." 
 During this period (in 1620) Dean Meredith gave ,100 for a new organ, and 
 
 promised a further sum of 100. 
 
 [Between 1644 and the Restoration the Chapter Records are again blank 
 
 " per Bella Civilia."] 
 In 1662 (after the Restoration) an agreement was drawn up between the 
 
 Dean and Chapter and Robert Taunton, of Bristol, Organ Maker, to 
 
 build " a fair, well-tuned, useful double-organ" in the Cathedral, for 
 
 the sum of 800. 
 
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 84 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 JOHN JACKSON 1674 1688 
 
 Admitted Organist and Vicar, his payment being 50 "for this year only." 
 He was previously " Instructor in Music to the Choristers" at Ely Cathedral. 
 An Anthem by him, " The Lord said unto my Lord," is included in the 
 Tudway Collection, one in the Ely Collection, and two are to be found in 
 Playford's " Cantica Sacra." There is also a Service in C in MS. at 
 Wells, and Organ Parts to eight Anthems, &c., in a MS. in the Library of 
 the Royal College of Music. 
 
 ROBERT HODGE 1688 1689 
 
 Vicar and Organist. Corrected and admonished for breaking windows, July 
 5, 1688. On August 7 of the same year 5 a quarter and the stall of 
 Henstridge were appropriated to him, but only during the pleasure of the 
 Dean and Chapter. 
 
 He was probably the Robert Hodge who afterwards became Organist of St. 
 Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. 
 
 JOHN GEORGE .. ... ... ... 1690 1712 
 
 Organist, at a salary of 5 a quarter, during the pleasure of the Dean and 
 Chapter, and no longer. There is an entry in the Chapter books, "John 
 George pro modulandis organis ,20." 
 
 WILLIAM BRODERIP ... ... ... 1713 1726 
 
 Born 1683. Died 1726. A Service in D and an Anthem ' God is our 
 hope and strength " by him are contained in the Tudway Collection. 
 
 WILLIAM EVANS .. 1734 (?) 1741 
 
 Died September 22, 1740. Buried in the South Aisle of Cathedral Nave. 
 
 JOHN BRODERIP 1741 1774 
 
 Son (?) of William Broderip. He was also Organist of Shepton Mallett. 
 Died 1785. Composer of Songs, Psalms, Glees, &c. 
 
 ROBERT PARRY 1774 1781 
 
 (See under Salisbury.) 
 
 DODD PERKINS 1781 1819 
 
 Died April 9, 1820. Buried in the " Palm Churchyard," Wells. Composer 
 of Songs, Glees, &c. Two Chants by him are contained in Dr. Beckwith's 
 Collection. 
 
 WILLIAM PERKINS 1819 1860 
 
 Son of the foregoing. He wrote a Double Chant in E natural, traditionally 
 known at Wells as " Malibrah's Chant," from the circumstance of that 
 great singer joining in it at Wells Cathedral, August 22, 1830. Died 
 November n, 1860. Buried by the side of his father. 
 
 CHARLES WILLIAMS LAVINGTON 1860 1895 
 
 Born at Wells, February, 1819. Chorister in the Cathedral. Pupil of William 
 Perkins, and afterwards of James Turle at Westminster Abbey. Assistant 
 Organist of Wells Cathedral, and, in 1842, Acting Organist. Appointed to 
 the full office on the death of William Perkins; also Organist of the 
 Theological College. Died at Wells, October 27, 1895. Buried in the 
 Cloister Churchyard.
 
 WINCHESTER. 85 
 
 PERCY CARTER BUCK, M. A., Mus.D., Oxon., 97 1895 l8 99 
 
 Born at West Ham, 1871. Chorister in West Ham Parish Church. 
 Student of the Guildhall School of Music. Afterwards won an Organ 
 Scholarship at the Royal College of Music. Organist successively at 
 Kingston-on-Thames and Worcester College, Oxford. Music master at 
 Rugby School. Organist of Wells Cathedral, 1895. Organist of Bristol 
 Cathedral, 1899. Composer of Church Music, an Organ Sonata, Vocal 
 Trios, Songs, &c. 
 
 THOMAS HENRY DAVIS, B.A., Mus.B., Lond.,i889 1899 
 
 Priest in Holy Orders. 
 
 Previously a Priest Vicar of the Cathedral. 
 
 WINCHESTER. 
 
 The Chapter books of Winchester do not distinguish by name the Organists 
 from among the Lay Clerks, previous to the appointment of Christopher 
 Gibbons in 1638. Hence the meagre information concerning the Organists 
 before that year. 
 
 At the Restoration it appears that the Organist of Winchester Cathedral, 
 although technically a Lay Clerk (see Preface, p. iv.), was an important officer 
 of the Cathedral staff, being amply rewarded for his services, His salary was 
 57 5 s " while that of the Precentor was only 34, a Minor Canon 30, and a 
 Lay Clerk 13 los. 
 
 JOHN HOLMES ... ... ... ... ... - 1602 
 
 (See under Salisbury.) 
 
 (?)JOHN LANT ............... -- 
 
 Thomas Oliphant, in his " Musica Madrigalesca," p. 232, says : " I have a 
 MS. book, about 70 years old, containing a number of Catches stated to 
 have been collected by John Lant, Org. of Winchester Cathedral, 
 d. 1615." 
 
 GEORGE KING ............... - 
 
 Father of William King (Organist of New College, Oxford). 
 At the Restoration he became Organist of Winchester College. Died 1665. 
 Buried in the Cloisters of Winchester College. 
 
 CHRISTOPHER GIBBONS, Mus.D., Oxon 1638 (?)i644 
 
 Organist, not Master of the Choristers. 
 (See under Westminster Abbey.)
 
 86 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 JOHN SILVER 1661 1667 
 
 Previously Organist of King's College, Cambridge, 
 
 He had been Master of the Choristers of Winchester Cathedral since 1638, 
 and was appointed Organist at the Restoration. From this time the offices 
 of Master of the Choristers and Organist were combined. 
 
 The MS. parts of a Service by him in F are in the possession of Mr. J. S. 
 Bumpus. 
 
 The Survey of Houses in the Cathedral Close, July, 1649, includes the 
 following : 
 
 "A Howse in the possession of one Mr. Silver, formerly Organist of the 
 Cathedrall Church, and did hold the same in right of his place. The said 
 Howse consistinge of three chambers and three small roomes, all above 
 staires, valued at Forty Shillings p. ann. (&c.) " 
 
 From this it would appear that John Silver had also been Organist before the 
 period of the Rebellion. Probably he undertook the duties of this office 
 from the time Gibbons joined the Royalist Army until the Cathedral 
 Services were suspended in the Autumn of 1645. 
 (See also under Cambridge King's College.) 
 
 RANDALL (or RANDOLPH) JEWITT, Mus.B., Dub. 1667 1675 
 
 Chorister in Chester Cathedral. Pupil of Dr. Orlando Gibbons. Organist of 
 Christ Church and St. Patrick's Cathedrals, Dublin, 1631 ; and afterwards 
 Vicar Choral of both these Cathedrals. Returned to England and became 
 Organist of Chester Cathedral, 1643 ; Winchester Cathedral, 1667. Died 
 July 4, 1675. Composer of Church Music. 
 
 JOHN READING 1675 1681 
 
 Lay Vicar of Lincoln Cathedral, 1667, and Master of the Choristers 
 there, 1670. 
 
 Organist of Winchester Cathedral, 1675 ; Organist of Winchester College, 
 1681. Died at Winchester, 1692. Probably buried in the Cloisters of 
 Winchester College. Composer of the Winchester College " Graces."* 
 
 From the following letter it would seem that, at this time, the Organist's 
 duty as a singer in the choir was taken by another Lay Clerk, who 
 objected, apparently, to sing gratuitously: 
 
 " Reverend Sir, 
 
 " Excuse I pray my presumption in writeing to you, but it is oppression 
 causes itt, in way of Appeall to you ; I have faithfully performed my owne 
 duty in the Church Service, and because I am unwilling to doe anothers 
 I am suspended, and my pay withheld from mee. I humbly appeal to 
 your worship, whither it is equitable that I should reade for the Organist 
 his Corse, without consideration for the same ; or why I should be imposed 
 upon in the performance of this his duty ; this is the true state of my 
 condition ; I submitt wholey to your decision in the case, and shall 
 willingly obay your order herein ; I confesse whilest Mr. Jewett lived and 
 was organist, by your worshipp's Command and order I did willingly 
 perform the service for him ; but I humbly conceive now he is dead, that I 
 am not bound to doe the same for his successor, If it please your worP to 
 
 * The words of the Grace " Dulce Domum" are said to have been written by a boy named 
 Turner, whilst confined to the College during the holidays for some offence. (See Kirby's 
 M Annals of Winchester College.")
 
 WINCHESTER. 87 
 
 take this into your serious consideration and releive mee herein, I shall (as 
 in bounden duty) approve myselfe 
 
 " Your most humble and dutifull Servant 
 
 " THO. WEBB. 
 " 2 July, 1676 " These 
 
 Winton To the Reverend Deane 
 
 of Winchester at his house 
 in New King Street neere 
 Kingsgat in Holborne 
 
 London 
 post payed." 
 
 ["Cathedral Documents," edited by the Very Rev. R. W. Stephens 
 
 (Dean) and the Rev. F. T. Madge (Minor Canon)]. 
 There is no record as to how this curious point was settled at that time, but 
 
 it is certain that the duties of the Organist as a singer in the choir have 
 
 now long ceased to be recognised. 
 
 DANIEL ROSINGRAVE ............ 1682 1692 
 
 (See under Dublin Christ Church Cathedral.) 
 
 VAUGHAN RICHARDSON ............ 1692 1729 
 
 Pupil of Blow. Died 1729. Composer of Church Music, Odes, Cantatas, 
 Songs, &c. His Anthem, " O how amiable," is still in frequent use in 
 all " choirs and places where they sing." 
 
 Mr. J. S. Bumpus possesses a volume of music, entirely in Richardson's 
 autograph, containing a Service in C, fourteen Anthems, a Song for the King 
 (1697), a Song for St. Cecilia's Day, and six Sonatas for Strings. 
 
 JOHN BISHOP ............... 1729 1737 
 
 Born 1665. Pupil of Daniel Rosingrave. Lay Vicar of King's College, 
 Cambridge, 1687; also Organist of the same from Michaelmas to Christmas 
 of the same year. Organist of Winchester College, 1695; Lay Clerk of 
 the Cathedral, 1696; afterwards succeeding Vaughan Richardson as 
 Organist of the Cathedral.* Died at Winchester, December 19, 1737. 
 Buried in the Cloisters of the College Chapel. 
 Bishop's epitaph in Cloisters of Winchester College : 
 
 " H. S. E. 
 
 Johannes Bishop 
 
 Hujus Collegii 
 
 Nee non Ecclesiae Cathedralis Winton, Organista 
 
 Vir 
 
 Singular! Probitate, 
 
 Integerrima Vita, 
 
 Moribus innocuis, 
 
 Musicaeque Scientiae bene peritus ; 
 
 Qui 
 
 Postquam huic Collegio 
 
 Per XLII. annos sedulo inserviisset, 
 
 Ad ccelestem chorum placide migravit, 
 
 Decimo Nono Die Decembris, 
 
 Bishop's rival for the post of Organist at Winchester Cathedral was James Kent, who was 
 esteemed a better player, but the " age and amiable disposition " of the former, coupled with the 
 sympathy felt for some family misfortune he had suffered, induced the Dean and Chapter to 
 give him the appointment.
 
 88 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 Composer of Church Music, a Collection of Airs for two Flutes, daily Grace 
 for Winchester College, Hymn " Te de profundis, summe Rex," &c. Some 
 MS. Compositions by him are in the British Museum. His fine Service in 
 D (with Benedictus) is unpublished. Some of his Anthems were edited by 
 Rev. Sir W. H. Cope. 
 
 JAMES KENT 1737 1774 
 
 Son of a glazier. Born at Winchester, March 13, 1700. Chorister in Win- 
 chester Cathedral, and afterwards in the Chapel Royal. Organist of Finedon 
 Parish Church,* 1717; Trinity College, Cambridge, 1731; Winchester 
 Cathedral and College, 1737. Resigned these last two appointments, 1774. 
 Died at Winchester, May 6, 1776. Buried in the North Transept of the 
 Cathedral. Composer of a number of Services and Anthems, &c. 
 
 " A few years before his death he presented some of his compositions to 
 Trinity College, Cambridge, for which he received the thanks of that body, 
 from the Master, informing him at the same time that the College had 
 voted him a piece of plate, value ten pounds, and desiring to know in what 
 form it should be presented. Mr. Kent chose a tankard.'' (From the 
 " Succinct Account " in Arnold's " Cathedral Music.") 
 
 The following paragraph occurs in Bishop Huntingford's (of Hereford) 
 account of James Kent, written for Joseph Corfe's edition of the second 
 volume of Kent's Anthems, published in 1796. (The autograph of this 
 account is in the possession of Mr. J. S. Bumpus) : 
 
 " As an Organist he was conscientiously diligent, not only in punctual 
 attendance at times of Choral Prayers, but also in the more laborious and 
 indispensably requisite part of an Organist's duty, the teaching of the boys. 
 His manner of playing was neither indecorously rapid, nor heavily slow ; 
 but such as became the sanctity of the Church and the solemnity of the 
 Service. He was reputed to be one of the best players of Dr. Croft's music 
 in the kingdom." 
 
 PETER FUSSELL 1774 1802 
 
 Pupil of James Kent, eventually succeeding him in the two appointments 
 at Winchester. Taught Charles Dibdin (Senr.) his notes at Winchester 
 College. Died July, 1802. Buried in the North Transept of the Cathedral. 
 Composer of Church Music. His Cantate Service in A was once popular. 
 
 GEORGE WILLIAM CHARD, Mus.D., Cantab. ,1812 1802 1849 
 
 Born at Winchester, 1765. Chorister in St. Paul's Cathedral. Lay Clerk 
 and Assistant-Organist of Winchester Cathedral, 1787. Organist of the 
 Cathedral, and of the College, 1802. Also for some years Organist of St. 
 Maurice with St. Mary Kalendar Church, Winchester. Died at Win- 
 chester, May 23, 1849. Buried in the Cloisters of Winchester College 
 Chapel. Composer of Church Music, Glees, &c.f 
 
 An " Offertorio " by him was performed at the Hereford Festival of 1825. 
 Dr. Chard (like Dr. Buck, of Norwich) gained some considerable reputa- 
 tion as a trainer of boys' voices. 
 
 There is a story extant that he was very fond of hunting, and frequently 
 neglected his pupils for this pastime, when his wife used to have to invent 
 all sorts of excuses for his non-appearance at lessons. 
 
 * An organ stool preserved at Finedon Church has the initials " J. K." and the date " 1717 " 
 carved upon it. 
 
 f A number of Services and Anthems by Dr. Chard, in bis autograph, are in the possession 
 of Mr. J. S. Bumpus.
 
 WORCESTER. 89 
 
 BENJAMIN LONG was Deputy-Organist in 1834. 
 
 SAMUEL SEBASTIAN WESLEY, Mus.D., Oxon. ... 1849 1865 
 (See under Exeter.) 
 
 GEORGE BENJAMIN ARNOLD, Mus.D., Oxon., MM-. 
 
 F.R.C.0 1865 
 
 Born at Petworth, December 22, 1832. Pupil of Dr. S. S. Wesley. Organist 
 of St. Columba's College, Rathfarnham, 1853 ; St. Mary's, Torquay, 1856; 
 New College, Oxford, 1860 ; succeeding his master at Winchester Cathe- 
 dral, 1865. Conductor of Dr. Arnold's Choir. Composer of Oratorios, 
 Cantatas, Church Music, Part-songs, Songs, Pianoforte pieces, &c. His 
 Cantata, " Sennacherib," was produced at the Gloucester Festival, 1883. 
 
 WORCESTER. 
 
 According to the Registers there appear to have been, at times, two Organists 
 of Worcester Cathedral, one being " Organist of the little organ." Where such 
 cases of dual appointment occur in the list given below, the two names have 
 been bracketed together. 
 
 DANIELL 
 
 Was Organist about 1448. 
 " MASTER " R. GREENE 
 
 Organist, about thirty years after Daniell. His stipend was forty shillings 
 per annum. 
 
 JOHN HAMPTON 
 
 Organist sometime during the Reign of Henry VII. 
 DANIEL BOYCE, about 1527 ... ... ... 
 
 JOHN TOMKINS, about 1590 
 
 Probably a brother of the Rev. Thomas Tomkins, of Gloucester, and uncle of 
 Thomas Tomkins, Mus.B., mentioned below. 
 
 NATHANIEL PATRICK 
 
 Organist in 1597. Composer of " Songs of sundry natures," printed by 
 Este in 1597. 
 
 THOMAS TOMKINS, Mus.B., Oxon., MOT (?)i644 
 
 Son of the Rev. Thomas Tomkins, Minor Canon of Gloucester, and brother 
 of John Tomkins, Mus.B., Organist of St. Paul's. Born 1586. Chorister 
 in Magdalen College, Oxford, and afterwards successively Clerk and 
 Usher there. Pupil of Bird. Gentleman and Organist of the Chapel
 
 go CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 Royal, 1621 ; afterwards Organist of Worcester. Died 1656. Composer 
 of " Musica Deo Sacra et Ecclesiae Anglicanae ; or, Musick dedicated to 
 the Honor and Service of God,"* and other Church Music, Madrigals, &c. 
 In 1625, 40 shillings was paid to him " for composing of many songes 
 against the coronation of Kinge Charles." 
 
 RICHARD BROWN ... ... ... ... ... 1662 1664 
 
 Died 1664. Buried in the North Aisle of the Cathedral Nave. A Richard 
 Brown was Organist of Wells Cathedral in 1614. 
 
 RICHARD (or WILLIAM) DAVIES (?)i664 1712 
 
 Probably a relative of Hugh Davies, of Hereford. 
 
 CHARLES HOPKINS 
 
 RICHARDSON 
 
 WILLIAM DAVIES, Organist of the little organ 
 until 1724. 
 
 R CHERINGTON 1690 1700 
 
 In October, 1697, ^ e was ordered to do penance in the Cathedral for quarrel- 
 ling and fighting with a Lay Clerk. 
 
 SMITH ... ... ... ... ... ... 1700 
 
 (JOHN HODDINOTT... ... ... ... ... 1724 1731 
 Died 1731. Buried in the North Cloister of the Cathedral. 
 JOHN ABBOTT (probably Organist of the little organ). 
 
 WILLIAM HAYES, Mus.D., Oxon., 1749 1731 1734 
 
 Born at Hanbury, Worcestershire, December, 1706. Chorister in Gloucester 
 Cathedral, and afterwards pupil of William Hine. Organist of St. Mary's, 
 Shrewsbury, 1729; Worcester Cathedral, 1731; Magdalen College, Oxford, 
 1734. Conductor of the Worcester Festival of 1734- University Professor 
 of Music, Oxford, 1742. Conductor of the Gloucester Festival of 1763. 
 Died at Oxford, July 27, 1777. Buried in the Churchyard of St. Peter-in- 
 the-East, Oxford. Composer of Church Music, Cantatas, Odes, &c. 
 Author of " Remarks on Mr. Avison's Essay on Musical Expression." 
 
 " After a paralytic stroke, which he bore with Christian resignation for 
 nearly three years, in a tottering state, more deranged in health than 
 in his faculties, he resigned his breath to Him who had bestowed it, 
 in July, 1777, in his 7oth year ; being called from hence by the Lord 
 and Giver of Life, to join the Heavenly Choir above, amid the noble 
 army of Martyrs, Saints, and Angels, with good men made perfect." 
 (From a short account of the Author attached to a volume of his Cathedral 
 Music, edited by his son, Dr. Philip Hayes). 
 
 JOHN MERRIFIELD (?)i734 1748 
 
 Died 1748. Buried in the North Cloister of the Cathedral. 
 
 * This interesting work consists of five Services and ninety-eight Anthems. In the Pieface 
 are included directions for counting time and for the pitch to which organs should be tuned.
 
 WORCESTER. gi 
 
 ELIAS ISAAC (?)i748 1793 
 
 Born, July 14, 1734.* Pupil of Dr. Greene. Conductor for some years of the 
 Worcester Festivals. Died 1793. Buried in the North Cloister of the 
 Cathedral. At his funeral the choir sang as an Anthem Greene's " Lord, 
 let me know mine end." 
 
 THOMAS PITT ... ... ... ... ... 1793 1806 
 
 Chorister in Worcester Cathedral, and afterwards Pupil-Assistant to Isaac, 
 succeeding him as Organist of the Cathedral and Conductor of the 
 Worcester Festivals. Resigned 1806. Composer of Church Music. Author 
 of " A selection of Sacred Music, principally from the Works of Handel, 
 inscribed by permission to the Hon. and Rev. the Dean and Chapter 
 of the Cathedral Church of Worcester." 
 
 It is related that on one occasion a Lay Clerk of the Cathedral, named 
 Griffiths, took offence at Pitt's accompaniment to one of his solos, and 
 being a man of rather eccentric manners, he surprised the choir and 
 congregation by slamming his book and shouting "Pitt's wrong, Pitt's 
 wrong ! " 
 
 JEREMIAH CLARKE, Mus.B., Oxon., n 1806 1807 
 
 Chorister in Worcester Cathedral. Violinist at the Three Choirs and other 
 Festivals. Succeeded Pitt as Cathedral Organist and Conductor of the 
 Worcester Festivals. Died (?) 1807. Composer of Glees, Songs, Harpsi- 
 chord Sonatas, &c. 
 
 WILLIAM KENGE 1807 1813 
 
 Conductor of the Worcester Festivals of 1809 and 1812. 
 
 CHARLES ERLIN JACKSON CLARKE 1814 1844 
 
 (See under Durham.) 
 
 WILLIAM DONE, Mus.D., Cantuar., IBM ... ... 1844 1895 
 
 Born at Worcester, October 4, 1815. Chorister in Worcester Cathedral. 
 Pupil-Assistant to C. E. J. Clarke, whom he eventually succeeded as 
 Cathedral Organist. The degree of Mus.D. was conferred on him by the 
 Archbishop of Canterbury upon the celebration of his Jubilee as Cathedral 
 Organist, in 1894. Conductor of the Worcester Festivals from 1845 to 
 1887, an d f theWorcester Philharmonic Society. Died August 17, 1895. 
 Composer of Church Music. 
 
 During Dr. Done's Organistship great improvements were effected in the 
 Cathedral Services. A large voluntary choir was formed, and Oratorios 
 were performed on special occasions. 
 
 HUGH BLAIR, M.A., Mus.B., Cantab., ism ... 1895 l8 97 
 Born at Worcester, May 26, 1864. Pupil of Dr. Done, and afterwards of 
 Professor Macfarren and Dr. Garrett. Organ Scholar at Christ's College, 
 Cambridge, 1883. Assistant-Organist of Worcester Cathedral, 1886; 
 Acting Organist, 1889; succeeding to the full office on the death of 
 Dr. Done, 1895. Conductor of the Worcester Festivals, 1893 and 1896. 
 Resigned 1897. Composer of Cantatas, Anthems, Services, Part-songs, 
 Violin pieces, &c. 
 
 * This is the date given by Dr. Rimbault, in his notes to " Annals of the Three Choirs." 
 But if both this and the year of his appointment as Organist of the Cathedral were correct, he 
 would have commenced the duties of the latter office at the early age of fourteen!
 
 92 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 IVOR ALGERNON ATKINS, Mus.B., Oxon., i8; 
 
 F.R.C.0 1897 
 
 Son of Frederick Atkins, Mus.B. Born at Cardiff, November 29, 1869. 
 Chorister in Cardiff Parish Church. Pupil of G. R. Sinclair and Assistant 
 Organist to him at Truro and Hereford Cathedrals. Organist of Ludlow 
 Parish Church, 1893 ; Worcester Cathedral, 1897. Composer of Church 
 Music, &c. 
 
 YORK. 
 
 JOHN THORNE ... ... ... ... ... 1 573 
 
 He was probably Organist. According to Drake's " Eboracum " he lies 
 " buried in the middle aisle, from the West Door." His inscription has 
 been quoted by Drake (" Eboracum "), Hawkins (" History of Music "), and 
 others, and runs thus: 
 
 " Here lyeth Thorne, mufician moft perfect in his art, 
 In Logick's Lore who did excell ; all vice who fet apart : 
 Whose Lief and converfation did all men's Love allure, 
 And now doth reign above the Skies in joys moft firm and pure. 
 
 Who dyed Decemb. 7, 1573." 
 
 There is a Motet, " Stella cceli extirpavit," by him in Hawkins's " History 
 of Music," and his name is included in the Catalogue of Great Musicians 
 in Morley's " Introduction to Practicall Musicke " (1597). 
 
 JOHN WYRNAL ... 
 
 Buried under the Window of the Clock (rose window), in the South Transept. 
 The following is the inscription on his tomb : . 
 
 " Muficus et logicus Wyrnal hie jacet ecce Johannes 
 
 Organa namque quafi fecerat ille loqui." 
 Translated thus in Hawkins's " History": 
 
 " Musician and Logician both, 
 John Wyrnal lieth here ; 
 Who made the organs erst to speak 
 As if, or as it were." 
 And in Drake's "Eboracum": 
 
 " Here lies John Wyrnal, so well skilled in the Art of Music and speech, that 
 he made even the Organ speak." 
 
 KIRBY (or KIRKBY) ... ... ... 
 
 Also buried under the Window of the Clock (Drake) 
 
 " Hie jacet egregius cantor Kirkbius in urna, 
 
 Organa qui fcite tangeret unus erat. 
 Edidit infignes cantus modulamine dulci, 
 
 Hujus erat tempi! gloria, fplendor, honor. 
 Magna hujus fuerat probitas, sapientia, virtus, 
 
 Confilio enituit, moribus, ingenio." 
 
 Translation : " Here lie the ashes of Kirby, an excellent Chanter and incom- 
 parable Organist. He sang extraordinary songs to charming tunes. He 
 was the boast, glory, and honour of this Church. Great were his probity, 
 wisdom, and virtue ; and his understanding, morality, and genius remark- 
 able."
 
 YORK. 93 
 
 JOHN HUTCHINSON 1633 
 
 Doubtless a relative of Richard Hutchinson, of Durham. There are three 
 Anthems by John Hutchinson in the Durham Cathedral Library. The 
 Very Rev. A. P. Purey-Cust, Dean of York, has in his possession some 
 MS. notes by Dr. Naylor upon former Organists of York Minster, from 
 which he has very kindly favoured me with extracts. Speaking of John 
 Hutchinson, Dr. Naylor says: "Canon Raine once shewed me a copy of 
 Morley's ' Introduction' (1597', and in it was the name J. Hutchinson 
 written in a bold hand, and the Canon said that Hutchinson was a former 
 Organist of York Minster." 
 
 J. CHARLES 1662 
 
 Vol. III. of '-The Cathedral Magazine of Divine Harmony" (York Minster 
 Library Collection) contains an Anthem for four voices, " Out of the 
 deep," composed by " Mr. Charles, late Organist at York." According to 
 
 Dr. Naylor' s notes upon this Anthem, " There are several serious errors in 
 the print, and if rectified the Anthem might be considered a fair com- 
 position." Also, " From a note beneath the Table of Contents of the above 
 volume the date of its publication was probably about 1777-8." Is it not 
 possible, therefore, that this Anthem is by Charles Quarles, Organist from 
 1722-1727 ? (See below.) 
 
 THOMAS WANLESS, Mus.B., Cantab., tew .. 1691 
 
 Probably son of John Wanless(e), of Lincoln. In the Chapter books he is 
 described as " in musicis expertium." He published at York a collection 
 of Words of Anthems sung in the Cathedral. Composer of the " York 
 Litany," of which there are various versions extant. An Anthem by him 
 is in the Tudway Collection. 
 
 CHARLES MURGATROYD (or MURGETROYD) was Organist in 1715. 
 (See under Lincoln.) 
 
 CHARLES QUARLES, Mus.B., Cantab., irae ... 1722 1 7%7 
 
 Probably son of Charles Quarles, the builder of the Organs at Pembroke and 
 
 Christ Colleges, Cambridge, in 1707. 
 
 Organist of Trinity College, Cambridge, 1688. A " Lesson for the Harpsi- 
 chord " by him was published by Goodison in 1788. 
 
 (?) EDWARD SALISBURY 1727 1734 
 
 Resigned his post at York. Afterwards (1737) Organist of Trinity College, 
 Cambridge. 
 
 JAMES NARES, Mus.D., Cantab., nsi ... ... 1734 *756 
 
 Born at Stanwell, 1715. Chorister in the Chapel Royal. Pupil of Dr. 
 Pepusch. Assistant Organist of St. George's Chapel, Windsor. Organist of 
 York Minster in succession to Edward Salisbury. Resigned at York and 
 was appointed Organist, Master of the Children, and Composer of the 
 Chapel Royal. Died in London, February 10, 1783. Buried in St. Mar- 
 garet's, Westminster. Composer of an Ode, Church Music, Organ pieces, 
 Harpsichord Lessons, Glees, &c. Author of two treatises on Singing and 
 one on the Harpsichord or Organ. Arranger of Six Choruses of Handel 
 for the Organ or Harpsichord. 
 
 He was an excellent trainer of boys' voices, and some of his Anthems are 
 said to have been written to display the fine voices of his young pupils.
 
 94 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 I am indebted to Mr. J. S. Bumpus for the following interesting anecdote 
 concerning Nares: 
 
 On the resignation of Salisbury in 1734, Nares was chosen to succeed 
 him as Organist of York Minster, being then only nineteen. It is 
 related, on undoubted authority, that when the old musician first 
 saw his intended successor, he said rather angrily : " What ! is that 
 child to succeed me ? " which being mentioned to the organist-elect, 
 he took an early opportunity, on a difficult service being appointed, 
 to play it throughout half a note below the pitch, which brought it into 
 a very remote key, and went through it without the slightest error. 
 Being asked why he did so, he said that he " only wished to show Mr. 
 Salisbury what a child could do." 
 
 JOHN CAMIDGE 1756 1803 
 
 Born about 1734. Chorister in York Cathedral. Pupil of Dr. Greene and 
 Handel. Organist of Doncaster Parish Church, 1755. Succeeded Nares 
 at York. Died at York, April 25, 1803. Buried in St. Olave's Churchyard, 
 York. Composer of Church Music, " Six Easy Lessons for the Harpsi- 
 chord," Glees, Songs, " The Duke of York's March," &c. 
 
 MATTHEW CAMIDGE 1803 1844 
 
 Son of the preceding. Born at York, 1764. Chorister in the Chapel Royal. 
 Pupil of Nares. Assistant Organist to his father at York, and afterwards 
 Organist. Died October 23, 1844. Buried in St. Olave's Churchyard. 
 Composer of Church Music, Sonatas, Marches for the Pianoforte, &c. 
 Compiler of a Collection of Tunes, set to Sandy's Version of the Psalms, 
 and Author of a " Method of Instruction in Music by Questions and 
 Answers,' 1 &c. 
 
 JOHN CAMIDGE, Mus.D., Cantab., iai9; et Can- 
 
 tuar.,i855 ... ... ... ... ... 1844 l &59 
 
 Son of the preceding and grandson of the John Camidge before mentioned. 
 Born at York, 1790. Pupil of his father. Was Acting Organist for his 
 father some > ears before being appointed his successor. Died September 
 21, 1859, having latterly been afflicted with paralysis. Composer of Church 
 Music, Glees, &c. 
 
 The large organ, by Hill, was built under his direction, the previous instru- 
 ment having perished when the Choir of the Minster was destroyed by fire 
 at the hands of a maniac, named Jonathan Martin, in 1829. 
 
 Dr. Camidge was first seized with paralysis on November 28, 1848, whilst 
 playing the Evening Service, and never afterwards touched the organ. 
 
 At the farewell Service for the Right Rev. Canon Charles E. Camidge, D.D., 
 after his consecration as Bishop of Bathurst, at York Minster, on October 
 19, 1887, the music included compositions from five generations of the 
 Camidge family, relatives of the Bishop. Such a circumstance is probably 
 unique in history. The processional hymn was to a tune adapted from a 
 short Anthem by John Camidge, Organist of York Minster, 1756-1803. 
 The Psalms and Canticles were sung to Chants composed by Matthew 
 Camidge, the son of the latter. The Anthem, " Sing unto the Lord," was 
 by Dr. Camidge, son of Matthew Camidge. The Kyrie, Creed, Sanctus, 
 and Gloria were by John Camidge, grandson of Dr. Camidge, and the 
 present Organist of Beverley Minster ; and during the Offertory was sung 
 " Be merciful after Thy power," by Thomas S. Camidge, son of Dr. 
 Camidge, his Deputy at the Minster, and father of Mr. J. Camidge, of 
 Beverley. (See Musical Times, November, 1887.)
 
 YORK. 95 
 
 EDWIN GEORGE MONK, Mus.D.,Oxon., IBM; F.R. A. S. 1859 1883 
 Born at Frome, December 13, 1819. Pupil of Henry and George Field, John 
 Hullah, Henry Phillips, and afterwards of Professor Macfarren. Organist 
 successively of Midsomer-Norton Parish Church, and Christ Church, Frome. 
 Organist and Precentor of St. Columba's College, Navan, Ireland, 1844. 
 Organist and Music Master of St. Peter's College, Radley, 1848. Organist 
 of York Minster, 1859. Retired from the latter post, 1883, and removed 
 to Radley. Composer of two Odes, Church Music, Part-songs, &c. Edito 
 of the " Anglican Chant Book," &c. Compiler of the libretti of two 
 Oratorios set to music by his friend Professor Macfarren. Author of " A 
 Descriptive Account of the York Minster Organ" (Novello, 1863). 
 Dr. Monk has also devoted considerable attention to the study of Astronomy, 
 and is a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. 
 
 JOHN NAYLOR, Mus.D., Oxon., un 1883 1897 
 
 Born at Stanningley, June 8, 1838. Chorister in Leeds Parish Church, and 
 afterwards Assistant Organist there. Organist of St. Mary's, Scarborough, 
 1856; All Saints', Scarborough, 1873 ; York Cathedral, 1883. Resigned at 
 York, owing to ill-health, 1897. Died May 15, 1897, during a voyage to 
 Australia. Composer of Church Cantatas, Services, Anthems, Part-songs, 
 &c. 
 
 THOMAS TERTIUS NOBLE 1898 
 
 Born at Bath, May 5, 1867. Organist, at the age of fourteen, of All Saints', 
 Colchester, 1881. Pupil of Edwin Nunn, and afterwards student of the 
 Royal College of Music, 1885. Organist of St. John's, Wilton Road, 
 
 e ^ London, 1889, and afterwards Assistant Organist of Trinity College, Cam- 
 bridge. Organist of Ely Cathedral, 1892, which post he resigned on his 
 appointment to York. Composer of Church Music, Organ pieces, Songs, 
 Comic Operas, Incidental Music to Cambridge " Plays," &c.
 
 96 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 COLLEGIATE CHURCHES AND 
 CHAPELS, &c. 
 
 CAMBRIDGE KING'S COLLEGE. 
 
 EDWARD GIBBONS, Mus.B., Cantab, et Oxon 1592 (?)i599 
 ^See under Bristol.) 
 
 JOHN TOMKINS, Mus.B., Cantab. 1606 I 
 
 (Of IO2I 
 
 His stipend on appointment was 503. a quarter as Organist and us. 8d. for 
 instructing the Choristers. The stipend as Organist was afterwards 
 augmented to 583. 4d. 
 
 According to the records his payment as Organist ceased in 1619; but his 
 name appears from time to time in the list of resident members of the 
 College who were entitled to allowances for Commons, until 1621. 
 (See under St. Paul's Cathedral.) 
 
 MATTHEW BARTON 1622 1624 
 
 His stipend on appointment was 503. a quarter ; afterwards augmented to 
 588. 4d. 
 
 GILES TOMKINS 1624 1626 
 
 His stipend on appointment was 505. a quarter ; afterwards augmented to 
 583. 4d. At Christmas, 1626, he received 303. as " nuper Organistae," his 
 successor, George Marshall, at the time receiving IDS. "pro pulsandis 
 organis." 
 
 (See under Salisbury.) 
 
 MARSHALL ... ... ... ... ... 1626 1627 
 
 He was appointed on the recommendation of the Earl of Sheffield, as 
 appears from a letter dated September 29, 1626. Soon afterwards, how- 
 ever, he was granted permission to travel abroad, and was furnished with a 
 protection, under the College Charter, against a press for the wars. 
 
 JOHN SILVER .. 1627 
 
 At Michaelmas, 1627, Mr. Silver, Organist, received 303. " pro expensis in 
 itinere de Winton." 
 
 (See under Winchester..) 
 
 HENRY LOOSEMORE, Mus.B., Cantab., MW ... 1627 1670 
 
 His stipend on appointment was 2 IDS. a quarter ; at Christmas, 1628, it 
 
 was 3 ; at Lady Day, 1629, 3 6s. 8d. ; and at Lady Day, 1634, 5. At 
 
 Christmas, 1627, he received 5 in payment for a new organ book. 
 
 He was not appointed Organist of Exeter Cathedral after the Restoration, as 
 
 has frequently been stated, but continued as Organist of King's College, 
 
 Cambridge, during the whole of the period from 1627 until his death at 
 
 Cambridge in 1670, his services and those of the Lay Clerks being retained 
 
 by the College throughout the time of the Commonwealth. Further evidence 
 
 bearing upon this point has'been supplied by the following extract from a
 
 CAMBRIDGE KING'S COLLEGE. 97 
 
 valuable paper on Organs and Organ building at Cambridge in 1606, by 
 T. Brocklebank (sometime Bursar and Vice-Provost of Knig's College, 
 Cambridge), which appeared in the Ecclesiologist for 1859 : 
 
 " The year after the Restoration the College set about reviving the Choral 
 Service, which had been grievously interrupted by the troubles of the times, 
 and we find Mr. Henry Loosemore, the Organist, lending his Chamber 
 Organ for use in the Chapel, 358. being charged for its removal thither 
 from his room by Lancelot Pease. It did not, however, remain there 
 long." 
 
 Compositions by him are included in the Tudway, Ely, and other Collections. 
 His pathetic Litany in D minor is published in Dr. Jebb's " Choral 
 Responses and Litanies" (1847), anc * ' s 8t '" infrequent use in Lichfield 
 Cathedral. 
 
 THOMAS TUDWAY, Mus.D., Cantab. ,"os ... ... 1670 1726 
 
 Born about 1650. Is said to have been a Chorister in the Chapel Royal and 
 afterwards a Lay Vicar of St. George's Chapel, Windsor. Organist of 
 King's College, Cambridge, 1670 ; also Organist to the University and 
 of Pembroke Hall. University Professor of Music, 1705. Composer and 
 Organist Extraordinary to Queen Anne, 1705. Deprived of his appoint- 
 ments owing to some remarks which he made being considered disloyal to 
 the Queen, 1706, but re-instated in all these posts the following year.* 
 Eventually resigned them in 1726, and spent the latter portion of his life in 
 forming, at the instigation of Lord Harley, the valuable collection of 
 English Music known as the " Tudway " Collection (British Museum, 
 Harleian MSS., 7337-7342). Died 1730. Composer of Church Music, 
 Songs, &c. 
 
 Tudway was an inveterate punster, and part of the offence which deprived 
 him of his appointments was a remark complaining of the paucity of the 
 patronage of the Chancellor, the Duke of Somerset : " The Chancellor 
 rides us all, without a bit in our mouths." 
 
 ROBERT FULLER, Mus.B., Cantab. ,1724 1727 1742 
 
 Also Organist to the University, 1731. Died 1743. Buried in All Saints' 
 Church. 
 
 JOHN RANDALL, Mus.D., Cantab. ,n56 1743 1799 
 
 Born 1715. Chorister in the Chapel Royal. Organist of King's College, 
 Cambridge, 1743 ; Trinity College, 1777 ; also Organist to the University 
 and Pembroke Hall. University Professor of Music, 1755. Died March 18, 
 1799. Buried in St. Benet's Churchyard, Cambridge. Composer of Church 
 Music, Songs, &c. One or two of his Chants are well known at the 
 present day. 
 
 JOHN PRATT 1799 1855 
 
 Son of Jonas Pratt, a music-dealer. Born at Cambridge, 1772. Chorister in 
 King's College, and afterwards pupil of Dr. Randall. Succeeded Randall as 
 Organist of King's College and to the University, 1799. Organist of St. 
 Peter's College, 1813. Died at Cambridge, March 9, 1855. Buried in the 
 Cemetery, Mill Road. Composer of Church Music. Compiler of a 
 Collection of Anthems in Score, selected from the works of Handel, 
 Haydn, Mozart, and others. 
 
 A_ Service by Pratt, in E flat, in triple time throughout, is still sung at Ely. 
 
 * John Bishop (see under Winchester) officiated as Organist during the vacancy. 
 
 H
 
 98 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 WILLIAM AMPS, M.A., Cantab. ... ... ... 1855 1876 
 
 Organist also of Peterhouse and Christ's College, Cambridge. Conductor 
 of the University Musical Society. Resigned the appointment at King's 
 College, 1876. Composer of Pianoforte Sonatas, Part-songs, &c. 
 
 ARTHUR HENRY MANN, Mus.D., Oxon., issz; 
 
 F.R.C.O ... ... 1876 
 
 Born at Norwich, May 16, 1850. Chorister in Norwich Cathedral, and 
 Assistant Organist there to Dr. Z. Buck. Organist of St. Peter's, 
 Wolverhampton, 1870; Tettenhall Parish Church, 1871 ; Beverley Minster, 
 1875 ; King's College, Cambridge, 1876. Organist to the University, 1897. 
 Composer of Church Music, Organ Music, Part-songs, &c. Editor of 
 Tallis's Motet for forty voices. One of the Compilers of the Music Catalogue 
 of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Musical Editor of Church of 
 England Hymnal, &c. 
 
 CAMBRIDGE ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE. 
 
 THOMAS WILLIAMS 
 
 was Organist in 1680. There is an Anthem by him, " Arise, arise," in the 
 Ely Collection. 
 
 WILLIAM TIREMAN, Mus.B., Cantab. ... Feb. 1777 March 1777 
 (See under Trinity College.) 
 
 JONATHAN SHARPE April 1777 1799 
 
 Probably a relative of Carter Sharpe, Organist of Peterborough Cathedral. 
 
 JOHN CLARKE-WHITFELD, Mus.D., Dub., Cantab. 
 
 et Oxon. ... ... ... ... ... 1799 1820 
 
 (See under Hereford.) 
 
 WILLIAM BEALE 1820 1821 
 
 (See under Trinity College.) 
 
 SAMUEL MATTHEWS, Mus.B., Cantab. ... 1821 (or 22) 1832 
 
 (See under Trinity College.) 
 
 THOMAS ATTWOOD WALMISLEY, M.A., Mus.D., 
 
 Cantab. 1833 l8 5 6 
 
 (See under Trinity College.) 
 
 ALFRED BENNETT (Junr.) June, 1856, Dec., 1856 
 
 Only son of Alfred Bennett, Mus.B., Oxon., Organist of New College, 
 Oxford. Atfred Bennett, Junr., afterwards became Organist of St. John's 
 Church, Calcutta.
 
 CAMBRIDGE TRINITY COLLEGE. 99 
 
 GEORGE MURSELL GARRETT, M.A., Cantab., urn. 
 
 Mus.D., Cantab., 1867; F.R.C.O. ... 1857 1897 
 
 Born at Winchester, June 8. 1834. Chorister in New College, Oxford. Pupil 
 of Dr. S. S. Wesley. Organist of St. Thomas's, Winchester, 1848 ; Holy 
 Trinity, Winchester, 1852; Madras Cathedral, 1854; St. John's College, 
 Cambridge, 1857. Organist to the University, 1873. M.A., propter 
 tiurita, 1878. University Lecturer in Harmony and Counterpoint, 1883. 
 Conductor of St. John's College Musical S >ciety. Died April 8, 1897. 
 Buried in the Cambridge Cemetery, Mill Road. Composer of Cantatas, 
 Church Music, Organ pieces, Pianoforte pieces, Part-songs, Songs, &c. 
 Lecturer on Musical Subjects, Editor of a Collection of Chants, &c. 
 
 EDWARD THOMAS SWEETING, Mus.D., Oxon. ... 1897 
 Born September 16, 1863. Scholar of the National Training School for 
 Music. Organist of St. Mary's, West Kensington, 1874. Music Master of 
 Rossall School, 1882. Organist of St. John's College, Cambridge, 1897. 
 Composer of a Choral Ballad for Men's voices, " The Burial of Dundee ; " 
 a Festal March for Orchestra, Madrigals, Part-songs, Songs, pieces for 
 Violin and Pianoforte, &c. 
 
 CAMBRIDGE TRINITY COLLEGE. 
 
 JOHN HILTON 1594 
 
 (See under Lincoln.) 
 
 GEORGE MASON 1612 (?)i62g 
 
 Composed, with John Earsden, " The Ayres that were sung and played at 
 Brougham Castle in Westmoreland, in the King's Entertainment, given by 
 the right honourable the Earl of Cumberland, and his right noble sonne the 
 Lord Clifford." 
 
 ROBERT RAMSEY, Mus.B., Cantab., MM 1628 1664 
 
 Was required to compose for his degree a " Canticum " to be performed at 
 St. Mary's Church. A Service in F by him is in the Tudway Collection. 
 There are also Services, Anthems, &c., at the British Museum, Ely, and 
 Peterhouse, Cambridge. 
 
 GEORGE LOOSEMORE, Mus.D., Cantab., 105 ... 1660 1682 
 Probably a son of Henry Loosemore, Organist of King's College, and a 
 Chorister there under his father. Anthems by him are to be found in the 
 Tudway and Ely Collections. 
 
 ROBERT WILDBORE 1682 1688 
 
 CHARLES QUARLES, Mus.B., Cantab 1688 1709 
 
 (See under York.) 
 
 H 2
 
 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 JOHN BOWMAN 1709 (?) 1730 
 
 THOMAS EBLYN ... ... ... ... ... 1730 1731 
 
 JAMES KENT 1731 1737 
 
 (See under Winchester.) 
 
 EDWARD SALISBURY 1737 1741 
 
 (See under York.) 
 
 WILLIAM TIREMAN, Mus.B., Cantab., MST ... 1741 1777 
 
 Organist of Doncaster Parish Church, 1739 ; Trinity College, Cambridge, 
 1741. Also Organist to the University; of St. John's College, Cambridge, 
 from February to March, 1777. Died March 16, 1777. Buried in All Saints' 
 Church, Cambridge. 
 
 JOHN RANDALL, Mus.D., Cantab. ... ... 1777 J 799 
 
 (See under King's College.) 
 
 JOHN CLARKE-WHITFELD, Mus.D., Dub., Cantab. 
 
 et Oxon. 1799 1820 
 
 (See under Hereford.) 
 
 WILLIAM BEALE 1820 1821 
 
 Born at Landrake, Cornwall, January i, 1784. Chorister in Westminster 
 Abbey. Pupil of Drs. Arnold and Cooke. Gentleman of the Chapel Royal, 
 1816. Organist, successively, of Wandsworth Parish Church and St. John's, 
 Clapham Rise. Organist of Trinity and St. John's Colleges, Cambridge, 
 1820. Afterwards returned .to London, where he died, May 3, 1854. 
 Composer of Glees, Madrigals, and one or two pieces of Church Music. 
 His Anthem, " Bow down Thine ear," has been edited by Dr. A. H. Mann. 
 
 SAMUEL MATTHEWS, Mus.B., Cantab., ma ... 1821 1832 
 Born 1769. Chorister in Westminster Abbey. Lay-Clerk of Winchester 
 Cathedral. Organist of Trinity and St. John's Colleges, Cambridge, 1821. 
 Died December q, 1832. Buried in St. Botolph's Churchyard, Cambridge. 
 Composer of a Service in D. Arranged and published four Anthems from 
 the works of Haydn, Mozart, and others. 
 
 THOMAS ATTWOOD WALMISLEY, M.A.. Cantab., iui; 
 
 Mus.D., Cantab., i84 1833 1856 
 
 Born at Westminster, January 21, 1814. Pupil of his father, Thomas Forbes 
 Walmisley, and of his godfather, Thomas Attwood. Organist of Croydon 
 Church, 1830; Trinity and St. John's Colleges, Cambridge, 1833. University 
 Professor of Music, 1836, while he was still in residence for his B.A. degree. 
 It is said that about this time he was playing the organ at as many as 
 eight services every Sunday twice at each of the following places : King's 
 College, Trinity College, St. John's College, and the University Church. 
 Died at Caroline Place, Hastings, January 17, 1856. Buried in Fairlight 
 Churchyard. Composer of Odes, Church Music, Organ pieces, Songs, 
 Duets for Pianoforte and Oboe, &c. His Cathedral music was edited by 
 his father, T. Forbes Walmisley.
 
 CAMBRIDGE TRINITY COLLEGE. 101 
 
 It is said that his death was hastened by an unwise indulgence in lethal 
 remedies, taken as a sedative to an active brain and over-sensitive mind. 
 Inscription on the gravestone of Walmisley : 
 " Here lies the body of 
 Thomas Attwood Walmisley, 
 M.A. and Mus.D., 
 Professor of Music 
 in the University of Cambridge, 
 Born Jan. aist, 1814. Died Jan. i7th, 1856. 
 He fell asleep in the humble hope that when Christ, Who is our Life, shall 
 
 appear, then shall we also appear with Him in glory." 
 There is a memorial brass to him in the Ante-Chapel of Trinity College. 
 
 JOHN LARKIN HOPKINS, Mus.D., Cantab. ... 1857 1874 
 (See under Rochester.) 
 
 CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD, D.C.L., Durham ; 
 M.A., Cantab., m?; Mus.D., Oxon., IBB; et 
 Cantab., lass; F.R.C.O. ... ... 1874 1892 
 
 Born at Dublin, September 30, 1852. Pupil of Arthur O'Leary and Sir 
 Robert Stewart, and afterwards of Reinecke and F. Kiel. Matriculated at 
 Cambridge University, and, in 1873, succeeded Dr. J. L. Hopkins as 
 Organist of Trinity College, Cambridge,. For some years Conductor of 
 the Cambridge Amateur Vocal Guild and Cambridge University Musical 
 Society. Professor of Composition and Conductor of the Orchestra at the 
 Royal College of Music since its opening in 1883. Conductor of the Bach 
 Choir, 1885. University Professor of Music at Cambridge, 1887. Resigned 
 the post of Organist of Trinity College, Cambridge, 1892, and removed 
 to London. Elected Corresponding Member of the Societe des Compositeurs 
 de Musique, Paris, 1892. Conductor of Leeds Philharmonic Society, 1897. 
 Composer of Oratorios, Operas, Cantatas, Odes, Incidental Music to Plays, 
 Church Music, Orchestral Music, Chamber Music, Organ pieces, Songs, 
 Pianoforte pieces, &c. Editor of Irish Melodies. Writer and Lecturer 
 on Music, &c. 
 
 ALAN GRAY, LL.M., Cantab., isss-, Mus.D., Can- 
 tab. ,1889... ... ... ... ... ... 1892 
 
 Born at York, December 23, 1855. Studied for the legal profession. Pupil 
 (for music) of Dr. E. G. Monk. Organist and Music Master of Wellington 
 College, 1883. Organist of Trinity College, Cambridge, 1892. Conductor 
 of Cambridge University Musical Society. Composer of Cantatas, Odes, 
 Church Music, Orchestral Music, Chamber Music, Sonatas for Organ, 
 Songs, &c.
 
 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 ETON COLLEGE. 
 
 It is impossible to give a complete and reliable succession of the Organists 
 of Eton College, o%ving to the fact that for two hundred years or more previous 
 to 1867 the choir was supplied by that of St. George's Chapel, Windsor, and 
 the post of Organist was often held by either the Organist or one of the Lay 
 Clerks of the latter. In 1867 a separate Choral Establishment and Organist 
 were instituted at Eton, the holder of the latter office being designated 
 Precentor. 
 
 Much of the information given below is the result of a long and laborious 
 search through the College account books, for which I am greatly indebted to 
 Mr. Richard Cope, Clerk to the College. 
 
 JOHN MUNDY (MUNDAY, or MUNDIE), Mus.D., 
 
 Oxon. ... circa 1575 
 
 (See under St. George's Chapel, Windsor.) 
 
 WILLIAM ELLIS, Mus.B., Oxon 
 
 (See under St. John's College, Oxford.) 
 
 LEONARD WOODSON 1615 1641 
 
 (or later). 
 
 The accounts for 1642-1646 are missing. 
 
 There is a Te Deum in D minor by him in Barnard's Collection, and two 
 Anthems " Arise, O Lord God," and " Hear, O Lord, hear my prayer" 
 are included in a MS. collection of Church Music in the Library of the 
 Royal College of Music. 
 
 The words of the first-named Anthem are given in Clifford's " Divine Service 
 and Anthems," 1664 edition. 
 
 CHARLES PEARSE 1648 1653 
 
 (or later). 
 From 1654 till 1660 an Organist's salary was paid but no name is given. 
 
 BENJAMIN ROGERS, Mus.D., Oxon (?)i66i (?)i664 
 
 His name appears in the accounts, but he is not mentioned as Organist. In 
 fact, from this time until 1701, the word Organist is not to be found in the 
 books. 
 
 (See under Magdalen College, Oxford.) 
 
 BENJAMIN LAMB ... ... ... ... ... circa 1687 
 
 He also held the office of VergeT of St. George's Chapel, Windsor. 
 Composer of Church Music, Organ pieces, Songs, &c. His Single Chant in 
 F is included in most of the Collections of the present day. 
 
 JOHN WALTER circa 1690 
 
 He may have been Organist, but probably he was merely a Lay Clerk. One 
 of the musical instructors of John Weldon. Composer of Church Music. 
 
 FRANCIS PIGOTT (Junr.) (?) I 733 
 
 His name first appears as Organist in 1733. 
 
 (See under St. George's Chapel, Windsor.)
 
 ETON COLLEGE. 103 
 
 EDWARD WEBB ... ......... 1756 1788 
 
 (See under St. George's Chapel, Windsor.) 
 
 STEPHEN HEATHER ............ 1788 1831 
 
 Born 1748. Lay Clerk of St. George's Chapel, Windsor, and Organist of 
 Eton College. Died at Windsor, November 14, 1831. 
 
 JOHN MITCHELL ............... 1831 1867 
 
 Born at Eton, 1809. Chorister, and afterwards Lay Clerk of St. George's 
 Chapel, Windsor, and Organist of Eton College. Resigned the latter post 
 on the establishment of a separate Choir and Organist, 1867. Died at 
 Windsor, January 6, 1892. 
 
 Mitchell sang at the Coronations of George IV., William IV., and Queen 
 Victoria, and also at the Jubilee Service in Westminster Abbey, June 21, 
 1887. After the latter event Her Majesty the Queen presented him with 
 an engraved portrait of herself as a recognition of his long musical services. 
 
 LEIGHTON GEORGE HAYNE, Mus.D., Oxon.,iaeo 1867 1871 
 
 Born at Exeter, February 28, 1836. Organist of Queen's College, Oxford, 
 1857 ; Precentor ditto, 1860. Took Holy Orders, 1861. Coryphaeus of 
 Oxford University, 1863. Vicar of Helston, 1866. Precentor of Eton, 1867. 
 Rector of Mistley, 1871. Died at Bradfield (Essex), March 3, 1883. Com- 
 poser of Psalm Tunes, &c. Editor (with the Rev. H. W. Sargeant) of 
 "The Merton Tune Book." 
 
 The organ was his special hobby. He had a large instrument of five manuals 
 built in the music room of Eton College. This was eventually divided 
 between the churches of Mistley and Bradfield. 
 
 CHARLES DONALD MACLEAN, M.A., 
 
 Mus.D., Oxon., ises ............ 1872 1875 
 
 Born at Cambridge, March 27, 1843. Pupil of Ferdinand Hiller at Cologne. 
 Organist of Exeter College, Oxford, 1862. Organitt and Director of the 
 Music at Eton College, 1872. Resigned the post at Eton and was 
 for some years resident in India. Now living in London. Composer of 
 an Oratorio, " Noah," a Cantata, " Sulmala," a Requiem Mass, Church 
 Music, Orchestral Music, Chamber Music, Songs, Pianoforte pieces, &c. 
 
 SIR JOSEPH BARNEY, F.R.C.0 .......... 1875 1892 
 
 Born at York, August 12, 1838. Chorister in York Minster. Student of the 
 Royal Academy of Music. Organist of Mitcham Parish Church for a 
 short period, after which he returned to York for four years. Then 
 Organist successively of St. Michael's, Queenhithe ; St. James the Less, 
 Westminster; and (in 1863) St. Andrew's, Wells Street, London. Musical 
 Adviser to Messrs. Novello & Co. Conducted a performance of Bach's 
 Passion Music ("St. Matthew") at Westminster Abbey, April 6 (Maundy 
 Thursday), 1871. Director of the music at St. Anne's, Soho, 1871. 
 Founded " Mr. Joseph Barnby's Choir " in 1867, which afterwards gave its 
 performances under the title of " The Oratorio Concerts," and eventually 
 amalgamated with M. Gounod's Choir as The (Royal) Albert Hall Choral 
 Society. Precentor of Eton College, 1875-1892. Conductor of the Con- 
 certs of the Royal Academy of Music, 1886-1888. Principal of the Guildhall 
 School' of Music, 1892. Conductor of the Cardiff Musical Festivals, 1892 
 and 1895. Knighted in 1892. Died suddenly in London, January 28, 1896. 
 Composer of a Sacred Idyll, " Rebekah," a setting of Psalm 97, Church 
 Music, Part-songs, Trios, Songs, Carols, Organ pieces. &c. Musical Editor 
 of the Hymnary, &c.
 
 104 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 CHARLES HARFORD LLOYD, M.A. ; Mus.D.,Oxon. 1892 
 (See under Gloucester.) 
 
 LONDON CHAPEL ROYAL (FIRST AT WHITEHALL; 
 
 AFTERWARDS AT ST. JAMES'S) . 
 
 The Chapel Royal has generally possessed, until comparatively recently, two 
 or more organists at a time, the duties of the office being divided according to 
 certain arrangements. 
 
 In the " Orders for the Attendance of the Gentlemen of his Majestes Chapell," 
 about the year 1604, occur the following paragraphs concerning the attend- 
 ance of the organists: 
 
 " (8.) If ther be above two Organistes at once, two shall allwaies attend : 
 if ther be but two in all, then they shall wayte by course, one after another, 
 weekly or monethly, as they shall agree betwixt them selves, givinge notice 
 to the Subdeane and the Clark of the Check how they do dispose of their 
 waytinge, that therby it may be knowne who is at all tymes to be expected 
 for the service, and they shalbe subject to such orders, and to such checks, 
 in the same manner as the other gentlemen are. 
 
 " (9.) The check for absence from morning prayers, holy dayes, festivall tymes, 
 and sermon dayes, shalbe ^d., from evening prayer uppon such dayes and 
 their festivall eves 3d., from eveninge prayer 2d. 
 
 "(10.) The check for late cominge, viz., after the first Gloria Patri id., after 
 the first lesson ad., after the second as for absent from the whole service." 
 (" The Old Cheque Book of the Chapel Royal." Edited by E. F. Rimbault.) 
 
 The office of Composer to the Chapel Royal was created in 1699, Dr. Blow 
 being its first holder.* It has generally, though not always, been held by 
 one of the Organists of the Chapel. The holder of the office is expected 
 to compose music for the Services on State or other occasions when required 
 by the Sovereign. A second Composer's post was established in 1715 
 John Weldon was the first appointed second Composer, his initia 
 undertaking being a setting of the Sanctus and Gloria in E flat. 
 
 CHRISTOPHER TYE, Mus.D., Cantab, et Oxon.... 1562 1580 
 The first Lay Organist. 
 (See under Ely.) 
 
 THOMAS TALLIS (or TALLYS) before 1575 1585 
 
 Often called the Father of English Church Music. Born about 1520. Is 
 supposed to have been a Chorister in the Chapel Royal. Organist of Waltham 
 Abbey for some years, until its dissolution, 1540. Gentleman of the Chapel 
 Royal, and afterwards Organist of the same. Held letters patent, jointly 
 with Bird, for the exclusive right to print music. Died, November 23, 1585. 
 Buried in Greenwich Parish Church. Composer of a large number of works 
 
 * His salary as Composer was 40 per annum.
 
 LONDON CHAPEL ROYAL. 105 
 
 for the Church, some with Latin and others with English words. Known at 
 the present day chiefly by his harmonies to the old Plain-song Responses, 
 called " Tallis's Responses." 
 
 It is said that Tallis was in attendance upon Queen Elizabeth at Greenwich 
 Palace at the time when he died. There was an epitaph to him engraved 
 upon a brass plate in the chancel of the old church of Greenwich, where he 
 was buried. The church was pulled down during the last century, when 
 all trace of the brass plate was lost. 
 
 The epitaph occurs, however, in Strype's continuation of Stow's " Survey of 
 London," and is as follows: 
 
 " Enterred here doth ly a worthy wyght, 
 
 Who for long tyme in musick bore the bell ; 
 His name to shew was Thomas Tallis hyght, 
 In honest vertuous lyff he dyd excell. 
 
 He served long tyme in Chappel with grete prayse, 
 Power sovereygnes reignes (a thing not often scene), 
 
 I mean King Henry and Prince Edward's dayes, 
 Quene Marie, and Elizabeth our Quene. 
 
 He maryed was, though children he had none, 
 And lyv'd in love full three and thirty yeres 
 
 With loyal spowse, whos name yclept was Jone, 
 Who here entom'b, him company now bears. 
 
 As he dyd lyve, so also dyd he dy, 
 
 In myld and quyet sort, O happy man, 
 To God ful oft for mercy did he cry, 
 
 Wherefore he lyves, let Deth do what he can." 
 
 WILLIAM BIRD 1585 1623 
 
 (See under Lincoln.) 
 
 WILLIAM BLITHEMAN, Mus.B., Cantab., was ... 1585 1591 
 
 Master of the Choristers, Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, 1564. Organist of 
 
 the Chapel Royal, 1585. Died 1591. Buried in St. Nicholas Olave Church, 
 
 Queenhithe. Composer of Church Music and pieces for the Organ, 
 
 Virginals. &c. 
 
 JOHN BULL, Mus.D., Cantab, et Oxon 1591 (?)i6i3 
 
 (See under Hereford.) 
 
 WILLIAM RANDALL (or RANDOLL) ... ... (?)i62i 
 
 Organist in 1592 (according to the Chapel Royal Cheque Book). He was 
 previously a Chorister in Exeter Cathedral. Composer of Church Music. 
 
 ARTHUR COCK (or COCKE), Mus.B., Oxon. ... 1604 
 
 (See under Exeter.) 
 
 ORLANDO GIBBONS, Mus.B., Cantab. , is*; Mus.D., 
 
 Oxon., 1622 1604 1625 
 
 Son of William Gibbons, one of the " Wayts " of Cambridge. 
 
 Born at Cambridge, 1583. Chorister in King's College, Cambridge, under 
 his brother, Edward Gibbons. Organist of the Chapel Royal, 1604. Organist 
 of Westminster Abbey, 1623. Died at Canterbury, June 5, 1625, whilst 
 undertaking the commission of Charles I. to direct the music for the 
 reception of Henrietta Maria. Buried in the Nave of Canterbury Cathedral. 
 Celebrated composer of Church Music, Madrigals, pieces for Virginals, 
 Fantasias for Viols, &c.
 
 io6 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 Inscription to Orlando Gibbons on the wall of the North Aisle at Canterbury: 
 
 " Orlando Gibbons, Cantabridgiae inter Musas et Musicam 
 
 nato, sacrae R. Capellae Organistas, Sphaerarum 
 
 Harmoniae digitorum ; pulsu asmulo cantionum 
 
 complurium quaeque eum non canunt minus quam 
 
 Canuntor Canditori ; viro integerrimo et cujus 
 
 vita cum arte suavissimus moribus concordissime 
 
 certavit ad nupt : C. R. cum M. P. Doroberii 
 
 accito ictuque heu sanguinis crudo et crudeli 
 
 fato extincto, choroque caelesti transcripto 
 die Pentecostes A. D. N. MDCXXV. Elizabetha 
 
 conjux semptemque ex eo liberorum parens, 
 tanti vix doloris superstes merentissimo maerentissima posuit." 
 
 Dart's translation : 
 
 " To Orlando Gibbons of Cambridge, born among 
 
 the muses and music ; Organist of the Royal Chapel ; 
 
 emulating by the touch of his ringers the harmony 
 
 of the spheres; composer of many hymns which 
 
 sound his praise no less than that of his Maker ; 
 
 a man of integrity whose manner of life and 
 
 sweetness of temper vy'd with that of his art : 
 
 being sent for to Dover to attend the nuptials of 
 
 King Charles and Mary ; he died of the small pox,* and 
 
 was conveyed to the Heavenly choir on Whitsun 
 
 Day, anno 1625. Elizabeth his wife, who bore 
 
 him seven children, little able to survive such a 
 
 loss, to her most deserving Husband hath, with 
 
 tears, erected this monument." 
 This inscription is surmounted by a bust of the eminent musician. 
 
 EDMUND HOOPER ... ... ... ... ... (?)i62i 
 
 Is said to have succeeded Randall as Organist. 
 (See under Westminster Abbey.) 
 
 THOMAS TOMKINS, Mus.B., Oxon. 1621 1656 
 
 (See under Worcester.) 
 
 THOMAS WARWICK... ... ... ... ... 1625 
 
 Father of Sir Philip Warwick, Secretary to the Treasury in the reign of 
 Charles II. Was Lutenist to Charles I. Gentleman and Organist of the 
 Chapel Royal, 1625. Organist of Westminster Abbey, 1642. Composer of 
 Church Music, and a Song in forty parts, which is said to have been per- 
 formed before Charles I. 
 
 During his appointment as Organist of the Chapel Royal, he had (on March 
 29, 1630) to forfeit a month's salary " because he presumed to play 
 verses on the organ at service tyme, being formerly inhibited by the Deane 
 from doinge the same, by reason of his insufficiency for that solemn 
 service." 
 
 WILLIAM CHILD, Mus.D., Oxon., ieea 1632 1697 
 
 Born at Bristol, 1606. Pupil of El way Bevin. Appointed Lay Clerk and 
 Organist of St. George's Chapel, Windsor, 1632 ; Organist of the 
 Chapel Royal, 1632. During the Civil Wars be devoted himself to 
 composition, and at the Restoration he was re-appointed Organist of 
 
 * Dart's translation is rather free. He renders ictu sanguinis crtido " small-pox" (!!), and 
 other writers have copied him,
 
 LONDON CHAPEL ROYAL. 107 
 
 St. George's Chapel, Windsor, and made Private Musician to Charles II. 
 and Chanter of the King's Chapel. As Senior Gentleman, or " Father" of 
 the Chapel Royal he walked first in the procession at the Coronation 
 of James II. The Choir of St. George's Chapel, Windsor, was re-paved at 
 his expense.* Died March 23, 1697, aged ninety. Buried in the North 
 Choir Aisle of St. George's Chapel. Composer of Church Music, Catches, 
 Airs, &c. 
 
 His Service in D was a favourite of Charles I. It is more than usually 
 
 intricate for music of that period, and was supposed to have been written 
 
 as a "teaser" for his choir, who had previously ridiculed the simplicity 
 
 of his music. 
 
 In the Registers of St. George's Chapel, Windsor, occurs the following entry: 
 
 " Wm. Child, buried in woollen, March 26th, 1697." 
 EPITAPH ON DR. CHILD, at St. George's Chapel, Windsor: 
 " Heare lyes y bodye of Will. Childe, Doctor of Musick, one of y organists of 
 y Chappie Royale at Whitehall, & of His Majestie's Free Chapel at 
 Windsor 65 years. He was born in Bristol, and dyed heare y 23rd of 
 March, 169^, in y gist yeare of his age. He paved the body of the Quire " 
 " Go, happy soul, and in the seats above, 
 " Sing endless hymns of thy great Maker's love. 
 How fit, in Heavenlie Choirs to bear thy part, 
 Before well practised in y sacred art. 
 Whilst hearing us sometimes y Choir divine 
 Will sure descend, and in our concert join 
 So much y musick thou to us hast given, 
 Has made our earth to represent their Heaven. "f 
 
 CHRISTOPHER GIBBONS, Mus.D., Oxon.... 
 Chief Organist at the Restoration. 
 
 (See under Westminster Abbey.) 
 
 EDWARD LOWE 
 
 1660 1676 
 Joint Organists. 
 1660 1682 
 
 (See under Oxford.) 
 
 HENRY LAWES ... ... ... ... ... 1660 1662 
 
 Born at Dinton, Wiltshire, 1596. Pupil of Coperario. Epistoler to the Chapel 
 Royal, 1626 ; Gentleman, ditto, the same year. Clerk of the Cheque, 
 Musician in Ordinary and Organist to His Majesty at the Restoration. 
 Died October 21, 1662. Buried in the Cloisters, Westminster Abbey. 
 Composer of Church Music, Masques, Songs, &c. 
 
 JOHN BLOW, Mus.D., Cantuar. ... ... ... 1676 1708 
 
 Master of the Children, 1674. Organist, 1676. Composer, 1699. Blow 
 was the first Composer to the Chapel Royal, on the creation of that office. 
 (See under Westminster Abbey.) 
 
 HENRY PURCELL 1682 1695 
 
 (See under Westminster Abbey.) 
 
 * " While.he was at St. George's, the salaries of the officers were very much in arrears, and 
 Child, not expecting ever to see his, which amounted to some 500, said to one of the Canons 
 that he would be glad to take 5 and some bottles of wine for his arrears. The Canons accepted 
 this offer, and had sealed articles drawn up confirming the bargain. When James II. came to 
 the throne, the arrears in the official salaries were paid off ; but Dr. Child had lost all claim, 
 owing to his bargain. The Canons, however, released him, on condition of his promising to 
 pave the Choir of the Chapel, which he accordingly did, and it is recorded on his tombstone." 
 (" Dictionary of National Biography.") 
 
 t These lines were set as a Glee by Robert Hudson, Mus.B., Almoner of St. Paul's, 1773-1793.
 
 io8 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 FRANCIS PIGOTT, Mus.B., Cantab. 1697 I 74 
 
 (See under Magdalen College, Oxford.) 
 
 WILLIAM CROFT, Mus.D., Oxon.... \ ^1^ 1 7 2 7 
 
 Organist, 1704. Composer and Master of the J oint Organists. Croft was 
 
 Children, 1708.* appointed full Organist on 
 
 (See under Westminster Abbey.) 1 Jeremiah Clark's death 
 
 f (1707)- 
 JEREMIAH CLARK 1704 1707 
 
 Joint Organist with Croft. 
 
 (See under St. Paul's.) / 
 
 JOHN WELDON ... ... ... ... ... 1708 1736 
 
 Organist, 1708. Composer, 1715. (A second Composer's appointment was 
 
 created and Weldon was the first to hold it.) 
 
 Born at Chichester, January 19, 1676. Pupil of John Walter at Eton College, 
 and of Henry Purcell. Organist of New College, Oxford, 1694. Gentleman 
 Extraordinary of the Chapel Royal, 1701 ; Organist, ditto, 1708. Organist 
 of St. Bride's, Fleet Street. Composer (in the second place) to the Chapel 
 Royal, 1715. Organist of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, 1726. Died May 7, 
 
 1736. Buriedin the Churchyard of St. Paul's, Covent Garden. Composerof 
 Church Music, Operas, Songs, Airs for two Flutes and a Bass, &c. 
 
 MAURICE GREENE, Mus.D., Cantab. ... ... 1727 J 755 
 
 Organist and Composer. 
 
 (See under St. Paul's.) 
 
 JONATHAN MARTIN 1736 1737 
 
 Organist. 
 
 Born 1715. Chorister in the Chapel Royal. Pupil of Thomas Rosingrave. 
 Sometime Deputy-Organist of St. George's, Hanover Square. Organist of 
 the Chapel Royal, 1736. Died in London (of consumption), April 4, 
 
 1737. Buried in the Cloisters of Westminster Abbey. 
 
 JOHN TRAVERS 1737 1758 
 
 Organist. 
 
 Born about 1703. Chorister in St. George's Chapel, Windsor. Pupil ot 
 Dr. Greene and Dr. Pepusch. Organist of St. Paul's, Covent Garden, 
 1726, and afterwards of Fulham Parish Church. Organist of the Chapel 
 Royal, 1737. Died 1758. Composer of Church Music, Songs, Organ 
 pieces, &c. 
 
 JAMES NARES, Mus.D., Cantab 1756 1783 
 
 Organist and Composer, 1756. Master of the Children, 1757-1780. 
 (See under York.) 
 
 WILLIAM BOYCE, Mus.D., Cantab., ma 1758 1779 
 
 Composer, 1736. Organist, 1758. 
 
 Born in London, 1710. Chorister in St. Paul's Cathedral. Pupil of Dr. 
 Greene and Dr. Pepusch. Organist of Oxford Chapel, 1734; St. Michael's, 
 Cornhill, 1736. Composer to the Chapel Royal, 1736. Organist of All 
 Hallows' the Great and Less, Thames Street, 1749. Master of the Royal 
 Band of Music, 1755. Organist of the Chapel Royal, 1758. Died at 
 
 * At a salary of 80 more per annum" to teach them to read, write, and to cast accompts, 
 and to play upon the organs, and to compose music."
 
 LONDON CHAPEL ROYAL. log 
 
 Kensington, February 7, 1779. Buried in St. Paul's Cathedral. Com- 
 poser of Church Music, Masques, Odes, Sonatas, Concertos, and other 
 Instrumental Music, Songs, Duets, &c. 
 
 Compiler of Boyce's well-known Collection of Cathedral Music, which was 
 commenced by Dr. Greene, but upon the failure of the latter's health the 
 collected material was handed over by him to Dr. Boyce, with the request 
 that he (Dr. Boyce) would complete it. 
 
 THOMAS SANDERS DUPUIS, Mus.D., Oxon., irao 1779 1796 
 
 Organist and Composer. 
 
 Born, in London, of an old Huguenot family, November 5, 1733. Chorister 
 in the Chapel Royal. Pupil of Gates and Travers. Organist of Charlotte 
 Street Chapel, 1773. Organist and Composer to the Chapel Royal, 1779. 
 Died, through an overdose of opium, at King's Row, Park Lane, London, 
 July 17, 1796. Buried in the West Cloister, Westminster Abbey. Com- 
 poser of Church Music, Organ pieces, Pianoforte pieces, Songs, &c. 
 
 SAMUEL ARNOLD, Mus.D., Oxon. 1783 1802 
 
 Organist and Composer. 
 
 (See under Westminster Abbey.) 
 
 CHARLES KNYVETT ... ... ... ... ... 1796 1822 
 
 Organist. 
 
 Born February 22, 1752. Gentleman of the Chapel Royal, 1786. Organised, 
 with S. Harrison, the Vocal Concerts, 1791. Organist of the Chapel Royal, 
 1796. Died in London, January 19, 1822. Composer of Glees, Catches, 
 Rounds, &c. 
 
 JOHN STAFFORD SMITH ... 1802 1836 
 
 Organist, 1802. Master of the Children, 1805-1817. 
 
 Son of Martin Smith, Organist of Gloucester Cathedral. Born at Gloucester, 
 1750. Pupil of his father, and afterwards of Dr. Boyce. Gentleman 
 of the Chapel Royal, 1784. Organist at the Gloucester Festival of 
 
 1790. Lay Clerk of Westminster Abbey, 1794. Organist of the Chapel 
 Royal, 1802; Master of the Children and " Lutenist," ditto, 1805 until 
 1817. Died September 21, 1836. Composer of Church Music, Glees, &c. 
 Editor of " Musica Antiqua," Songs, &c. 
 
 Smith greatly assisted Hawkins in the compilation of his " History of Music," 
 by lending him old and rare MSS., of which he possessed a large and 
 interesting collection. His extensive and valuable Musical Library was 
 sold by auction in 1844. 
 
 SIR GEORGE THOMAS SMART 1822 1867 
 
 Organist, 1822. Composer, 1838. 
 
 Born in London, May 10, 1776. Chorister in the Chapel Royal. Pupil ot 
 Dupuis and Ayrton. Organist of St. James's Chapel, Hampstead Road, 
 
 1791. Knighted at Dublin, 1811. Conductor of the Philharmonic Society, 
 1813-1844. Organist of the Chapel Royal, 1822 ; Composer to the same, 
 1838. Conductor of the principal Musical Festivals of the time. Died 
 at 12, Bedford Square, London, February 23, 1867. Buried in the cata- 
 combs, Kensal Green Cemetery. Composer of Church Music, Glees, 
 Sonatinas for the Pianoforte. Editor of a Collection of Madrigals, &c. 
 
 THOMAS ATTWOOD 1836 1838 
 
 Composer, 1796. Organist, 1836. 
 (See under St. Paul's.)
 
 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 JOHN BERNARD SALE ... 1838 1856 
 
 Organist. 
 
 Born at Windsor, 1779. Chorister in St. George's Chapel, Windsor, and in 
 Eton College. Lay Vicar of Westminster Abbey, 1800. Gentleman of the 
 Chapel Royal, 1803. Organist of St. Margaret's, Westminster, 1809. 
 . Instructor in Music to H.M. the Queen. Organist of the Chapel Royal, 
 1838. Died in London, September 16, 1856. Editor of " Psalms and 
 Hymns for the Service of the Church," Glees, Songs, &c. 
 
 GEORGE COOPER (Junr.) 1867 1876 
 
 Organist. 
 
 Son of George Cooper (Senr.), Assistant Organist of St. Paul's and Organist 
 of St. Sepulchre's, Holborn. Born in London, July 7, 1820. Organist of 
 St. Benet's, Paul's Wharf, 1833; St. Anne and St. Agnes', 1836; St. 
 Sepulchre's, Holborn, 1843 ; Christ's Hospital, 1845 5 Chapel Royal, 1867. 
 Assistant Organist for a time at St. Paul's Cathedral. Died in London, 
 October 2, 1876. Buried in Kensal Green Cemetery. Composer of Part- 
 songs, Songs, Psalm Tunes, Chants, &c. Compiler of " The Organist's 
 Assistant " and " The Organist's Manual." 
 
 CHARLES SHERWOOD JEKYLL ... 1876 1891 
 
 Organist and Composer. 
 
 Born at Westminster, November 29, 1842. Chorister in Westminster Abbey. 
 Pupil of James Coward and Sir G. A. Macfarren. Organist of St. Paul's, 
 Kensington, 1857; Assistant Organist of Westminster Abbey, 1860-1875; 
 Organist of Acton Parish Church, 1860; St. George's, Hanover Square, 
 1861 ; Organist and Composer to the Chapel Royal, 1876. Retired 1891. 
 Composer of Church Music, Part-songs, Songs, Organ pieces, Pianoforte 
 pieces, &c. 
 
 WILLIAM CRESER, Mus.D., Oxon., uao; F.R.C.O. 1891 
 
 Organist and Composer. 
 
 Born at York, 1844. Chorister in York Cathedral. Pupil of Sir G. A. 
 Macfarren. Organist successively of Holy Trinity, Micklegate, York ; 
 St. Paul's, York; St. Andrew's, Grinton ; St. Martin's, Scarborough, 1875; 
 Leeds Parish Church, 1881. Organist and Composer to the Chapel Royal, 
 1891. Conductor of the Western Madrigal Society, 1896. Composer of 
 an Oratorio, " Micaiah," an Operetta, " Naxine," Cantatas, Church 
 Music, Orchestral Music, Organ pieces, Chamber Music, &c.
 
 LONDON TEMPLE CHURCH. in 
 
 LONDON TEMPLE CHURCH. 
 
 Cathedral Service was first established here on the Restoration of the Church 
 and removal of the organ from the West Gallery to its present position, in 
 1842. For the sake of completeness, however, a record is given of the 
 Organists from 1688, when Father Smith's organ was finally accepted by the 
 Benchers.* This record is based upon a list of the Organists given in Mr. 
 Edmund Macrory's interesting little book, entitled " A Few Notes on the 
 Temple Organ," where may also be found a long Agreement between the 
 Hon. Societies of the Inner and Middle Temple and the first mentioned 
 Organist, Francis Pigott. 
 
 FRANCIS PIGOTT, Mus.B., Cantab. ... .. 1688 1704 
 
 (See under Magdalen College, Oxford.) 
 
 J. PIGOTT 1704 
 
 Son of the preceding. 
 
 According to Hawkins' History of Music he came into a large fortune upon 
 the death of a relative Dr. John Felling, Rector of St. Anne, Westminster 
 (Soho) and either retired or performed his duties by deputy. Died 1726. 
 
 CHARLES JOHN STANLEY, Mus.B., Oxon., 1729 ... 1734 1786 
 
 The famous blind Organist. 
 
 Born in London, January 17, 1713, Became blind from an accident when 
 about two years old. Pupil of John Reading and Dr. Greene. Organist of 
 All Hallows', Bread Street, 1724 ; St. Andrew's, Holborn, 1726 ; and 
 Temple Church, 1734. Succeeded Dr. Boyce as Master of the Royal Band 
 of Music, 1779. Died in London, May 19, 1786. Composer of three 
 Oratorios, Cantatas, Songs, Concertos, &c., for Strings, Organ Voluntaries, 
 Concertos for Harpsichord or Organ, &c. 
 
 JAMES VINCENT! 1737 1749 
 
 Died 1749. 
 
 JOHN JONES! 1749 1796 
 
 (See under St. Paul's.) 
 
 RICHARD JOHN SAMUEL STEVENS 1786 (?)i837 
 
 (The well known Glee Composer). 
 
 Born in London, March 27, 1757. Chorister in St. Paul's Cathedral. 
 Organist of the Temple Church, 1786 ; Charterhouse, 1796. Gresham 
 Professor of Music, 1801. Died at Peckham, September 23, 1837. Com- 
 poser of Glees, Songs, &c. Compiler of a selection of Sacred Music. 
 
 Miss EMILY DOWDING ... 1796 1814 
 
 GEORGE PRICE 1814 1826 
 
 Died 1826. 
 
 * The circumstances of the competition between the two organ builders, " Fsther Smith " 
 and Renatus Harris, for supplying the Temple Organ at this period, are too well known to 
 need a description here. 
 
 t Colleagues of John Stanley.
 
 ii2 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 GEORGE WARNE 1826 1843 
 
 Born 1792. He was blind. Retired from the post, 1843. Died at Bath, 
 October 29, 1868. Composer of a " Set of Psalm Tunes, as sung at the 
 Temple Church, London" (1838), several Songs, and Piano pieces. 
 
 EDWARD JOHN HOPKINS, Mus.D., Cantuar., isw; 
 
 F.R.C.0 1843 l8 9 8 
 
 Brother of John Hopkins, of Rochester Cathedral, and cousin of Dr. J. L. 
 Hopkins, of Rochester and Trinity College, Cambridge. Born at 
 Westminster, June 30, 1818. Chorister in the Chapel Royal. Pupil of 
 Thomas Forbes Walmisley (the father of Dr. T. A. Walmisley). Organist 
 of Mitcham Parish Church, 1834; St. Peter's, Islington, 1838; St. Luke's, 
 Berwick Street, 1841 ; Temple Church, 1843. Retired from the latter post, 
 1898. One of the Founders of the (Royal) College of Organists. Granted 
 the honorary degree of Mus.D. by the Archbishop of Canterbury, 1882. A 
 testimonial was presented to him on attaining his Jubilee as an Organist 
 in 1884, and also on his completion of fifty years office as Organist to the 
 Temple Church in 1893. He has been for many years Professor of the Organ 
 at the Royal Normal -College for the Blind, Norwood. Composer of 
 Church Music, Organ pieces, Madrigals, Songs, Part-songs, &c. Arranger 
 of Organ Music. Editor of Madrigals, Organ pieces, Hymnals, Chant 
 Books, &c. Joint Author, with Dr. E. F. Rimbault, of " The Organ : its 
 History and Construction "; and Author of a similar work to be issued by 
 Messrs. Novello. Lecturer on various musical subjects. 
 
 HENRY WALFORD DAVIES, Mus.D., Cantab., ISM 1898 
 
 Born at Oswestry, September 6, 1869. Chorister in St. George's Chapel, 
 Windsor. Pupil of Sir Walter Parratt. Student of the Royal College of 
 Music. Assistant Organist of St. George's Chapel, Windsor; also Organist 
 of Park Chapel, Windsor. Organist of St. Anne's, Soho, 1890; Christ 
 Church, Hampstead, 1891 ; Temple Church, 1898. Associate and Professor 
 of the Royal College of Music. Composer of Cantatas, Church Music, 
 Orchestral and Chamber Music, Songs, &c. 
 
 LONDON WESTMINSTER ABBEY. 
 JOHN HOWE 1549 
 
 " Probably a monk, and the person called ' Father Howe,' whose name occurs 
 in the old parish accounts of Lambeth, St. Mary-at-Hill, St. Helen's, &c., 
 as ' mendyng,' and otherwise attending to the 'orgayns.'" (Dr. E. F. 
 Rimbault, in Notes and Queries, Sept. 8, 1866.) 
 
 Master WHITT (or WHITE ?) 1560 
 
 JOHN TAYLOR 1562 
 
 ROBERT WHITE, B.A., Mus.B., Cantab. ... 1570 
 
 (See under Ely.) 
 
 HENRY LEEVE 1575
 
 LONDON WESTMINSTER ABBEY. 113 
 
 EDMUND HOOPER , (Master of the Choristers 1588) 
 (Organist ... xoooj 
 
 Supposed to be the first regular appointment of Organist at the Abbey. 
 Born at North Halberton, Devon, and said to have been a Chorister in 
 
 Exeter Cathedral. Died July 14, 1621. Buried in the Abbey Cloisters. 
 
 Also Gentleman and Organist of the Chapel Royal. Composer of Church 
 
 Music. 
 His Patent (for life) from the Dean and Chapter as Organist of Westminster 
 
 Abbey bears the date May 9, 1606, one having previously been taken out 
 
 by him as Master of the Choristers on December 3, 1588. 
 According to the Abbey records he was occasionally employed in " mending 
 
 the organs" and "pricking new song-books." 
 
 JOHN PARSONS 1621 1623 
 
 His salary was 16 per annum as Organist and 36 133. 4d. for " teaching 
 and finding the children." Died July, 1623. Buried in the Abbey 
 Cloisters. A Burial Service by him is included in Ed. Lowe's " Review " 
 of his " Short Directions for the performance of the Cathedral Service." 
 Camden's " Remaines concerning Britain" (1657) contains the following 
 epitaph upon Parsons* : 
 
 " Death passing by and hearing Parsons play 
 Stood much amazed at his depth of skill, 
 And said, ' This artist must with me away,' 
 For death bereaves us of the better still ; 
 But let the quire, while he keeps time, sing on, 
 For Parsons rests, his service being done." 
 
 ORLANDO GIBBONS, Mus.B., Cantab. ; Mus.D., 
 
 Oxon 1623 1625 
 
 (See under Chapel Royal.) 
 
 THOMAS DAY 1625 1632 
 
 In 1612 he was one of the musicians to Prince Henry, and when Charles I. 
 came to the throne he served him in a similar capacity. Master of the 
 Children of the Chapel Royal, 1637. Died about 1654. 
 
 RICHARD PORTMAN ... ... ... ... ... 1633 1642 
 
 Pupil of Orlando Gibbons, and succeeded Thomas Day as Organist. He is said 
 to have lived some time in France with the then Dean of Westminster, 
 The Very Rev. Dr. Williams, who was a patron of music and musicians. 
 Composer of Church Music. One of the composers of Services in 
 Clifford's Collection. 
 
 THOMAS WARWICK 1642 1644 
 
 (See under Chapel Royal.) 
 
 CHRISTOPHER GIBBONS, Mus.D., Oxon. {Ku<*S} l6 6o 1665 
 
 Son of Orlando Gibbons. Born 1615. Chorister in the Chapel Royal. 
 
 Pupil of his uncle, Edward Gibbons, at Exeter. Organist of Winchester 
 
 Cathedral until about 1644, when he joined the Royalist Army. At the 
 
 Restoration he became Organist of Westminster Abbey and the Chapel 
 
 * Hawkins assigns this epitaph to Robert Parsons, but it more probably refers to John. 
 
 I
 
 ii4 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 Royal. Died October 20, 1676. Buried in the Abbey Cloisters. Composer 
 of Church Music, an Act Song (performed for his Degree), Music to a 
 Masque, &c. 
 
 According to Wood, he was " a grand debauchee. He would often sleep at 
 Morning Prayer when he was to play the organ." 
 
 It is said that he carried the 1,000 lent to the King by his uncle Edward. 
 (See under Bristol.) 
 
 The Royal Letter to the University of Oxford, directing them to confer the 
 degree of Doctor of Music on Christopher Gibbons, is as follows : 
 
 " Whereas the bearer, Christopher Gibbons, one of the Organists of our 
 Royal Chapel, hath from his youth, served our royal Father and ourselves, 
 and hath so well improved himself in musick as well in our judgement 
 as the judgement of all men well skilled in the science, as that he may 
 worthily receive the honor and degree of Doctor therein. We in con- 
 sideration of his merit and fitness thereunto, have thought fit by these our 
 Letters to recommend him unto you, and to signify our gracious pleasure 
 to you that he be forthwith admitted and created Doctor in Music." 
 
 ALBERTUS BRYAN (BRIAN or BRYNE) 1666 1669 
 
 (See under St. Paul's.) 
 
 JOHN BLOW, Mus.D., Cantuar (^ r 7 6 a ) 1669 1680 
 
 Born in Westminster, 1648. Chorister in the Chapel Royal. Pupil of 
 Kingston (Organist to Oliver Cromwell) and Dr. Christopher Gibbons. 
 Organist of Westminster Abbey, 1669. Gentleman of the Chapel Royal, 
 1673. Master of the Children of the Chapel Royal, 1674. Organist 
 of the Chapel Royal, 1676. Resigned the organistship of West- 
 minster Abbey in favour of his pupil, Henry Purcell, 1680. Member 
 of the Royal Band of James II., 1685. Almoner and Master of the 
 Choristers of St. Paul's Cathedral, 1687-1693. Re-appointed Organist 
 of Westminster Abbey on the death of Purcell, 1695. (See below.) 
 Composer of the Chapel Royal (the first appointed to that office), 1699. 
 Died October i, 1708. Buried in North Aisle of the Choir of the Abbey, 
 where a tablet is erected to his memory. On his tombstone is engraved an 
 open book, showing the " Gloria Patri " from his Service in Gamut. 
 Composer of Church Music (much of which unfortunately has never been 
 published), an "Ode for St. Cecilia's Day," an "Elegy on Queen Mary," 
 Lessons for the Harpsichord, &c. 
 
 When the late Emperor of Brazil visited Westminster Abbey some years 
 ago, the first thing he asked Dean Stanley to show him was Dr. Blow's 
 monument. 
 
 In the epistle dedicatory to his " Amphion Anglicus" (a collection of songs) 
 to the Princess Ann of Denmark, the author (Blow) informs her Royal 
 Highness that he was preparing to publish his Church Services and Divine 
 Compositions. It seems, however, that he did not live to carry out this 
 design. From some verses prefixed to this Collection, it appears that a 
 Canon composed by Blow had been much admired at Rome: 
 
 " His Gloria Patri long ago reach'd Rome ; 
 Sung and rever'd too in S. Peter's dome; 
 A Canon will outlive her jubilees to come." 
 
 This is the Canon in his Service in Gamut already referred to. That it 
 should be sung at Rome may seem strange, yet it is true ; as some com- 
 positions of Blow and Purcell had been sent to Cardinal Howard, at his 
 particular request, from Dr. Ralph Battell, Sub-dean of the Chapel Royal. 
 The Canon also was printed separately in the editions of Playford's 
 " Introduction " subsequent to the year 1700.
 
 LONDON -WESTMINSTER AH BEY. 115 
 
 HENRY PURCELL 1680 1695 
 
 Son of Henry Purcell, a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal. Chorister in the 
 Chapel Royal Pupil of his predecessor at Westminster Abbey, Dr. Blow, 
 who retired from the post in his favour. Previously held the appointment 
 of Copyist to the Abbey (1676-1678). Organist of the Chapel Royal, 
 1682. Appointed one of the Composers to the King, 1683. Appointed 
 with Dr. Blow to play on Father Smith's organ at the Temple Church, 
 during the latter's competition with Harris for supplying an organ there, 
 1684. Again Copyist to the Abbey, 1688. In 1689, engaged in a dispute 
 with the Dean and Chapter of Westminster concerning certain monies that 
 he had received for admission to the organ loft of spectators of the Coronation 
 of William and Mary, and which he considered as a perquisite arising 
 from his office as Organist. Died November 21, 1695. Buried in the 
 North Aisle of the Choir of the Abbey. Composer of Church Music, a 
 large number of Operas and other Dramatic pieces, Odes, Sonatas for 
 Strings, Lessons for the Harpsichord, Songs, &c. 
 
 The following is the inscription on Purcell's gravestone: 
 
 " Plaudite, felices superi, tanto hospite ; nostris 
 Prasfuerat, vestris additur ille choris : 
 Invida nee vobis Purcellum terra reposcat, 
 Questa decus sedi deliciasque breves. 
 Tarn cito decessisse, modos cui singula debet 
 Musa, prophana suos, religiosa suos, 
 Vivit, lo et vivat, dum vicina organa spirant, 
 Dumque colet numeris turba canora Deum." 
 
 Translated thus : 
 
 " Applaud so great a guest, celestial pow'rs, 
 Who now resides with you, but once was ours; 
 Yet let invidious earth no more reclaim 
 Her short-lived fav'rite and her chiefest fame ; 
 Complaining that so prematurely died 
 Good-nature's pleasure and devotion's pride. 
 Died ? No, he lives, while yonder organs sound 
 And sacred echoes to the choir rebound." 
 
 On a pillar near to the grave is a tablet with this inscription : 
 " Here lyes | HENRY PURCELL, Esq. | Who left this Life | And is gone to that 
 Blessed Place | Where only his Harmony | can be exceeded. Obijt 21 mo 
 die Novembris | Anno ^tatis suse 371110. | Annoq. Domini 1695." 
 The following are the concluding lines of an Ode, written by Henry Hall(Senr ), 
 a fellow pupil of Purcell under Dr. Blow, and afterwards Organist succes- 
 sively of Exeter and Hereford Cathedrals, " To the memory of my Dear 
 Friend, Mr. Henry Purcell": 
 
 " Hail ! And for ever hail, Harmonious shade, 
 I lov'd thee living, and admire thee Dead. 
 Apollo's harp at once our soul* did strike ; 
 We learnt together, but not learnt alike : 
 Though equal care our Master might bestow, 
 Yet only Purcell e're shall equal Blow : 
 For thou by Heaven for wondrous things design'd 
 Left'st thy companion lagging far behind. 
 Sometimes a Hero in an age appears, 
 But once a Purcell in a Thousand Years." 
 See " Purcell " (" The Great Musicians" Series), by W. H. Cummings. 
 
 JOHN BLOW, Mus.D., Cantuar. (Re-appointed) ... 1695 1708 
 See above.) 
 
 I 2
 
 n6 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 WILLIAM CROFT, Mus.D., Oxon., ma ... ... 1708 1727 
 
 Born at Nether Eatington, 1677. Chorister in the Chapel Royal and pupil 
 of Dr. Blow. Organist of St. Anne's, Westminster (Soho), 1700-1711. 
 Joint Organist of the Chapel Royal with Jeremiah Clark, 1704. Sole 
 Organist (on the death of Clark), 1707. Master of the Chapel Royal 
 Children and Composer to the Chapel Royal (in succession to Blow), 1708. 
 Tuner of the Regals, 1716. Died at Bath, August 14, 1727. Buried in the 
 North Aisle of the Choir of Westminster Abbey. Composer of Church 
 Music, Songs, Sonatas, Instrumental Act Music, &c. 
 
 His monument bears a Latin inscription, of which the following is a trans- 
 lation, taken from Dr. W. A. Barrett's "English Church Composers": 
 " Near to this place lies interred William Croft, Doctor in Music, Organist of 
 the Royal Chapel and of this Collegiate Church. His harmony he derived 
 from that excellent artist in modulation, who lies on the other side of him.* 
 In his celebrated works, which for the most part he consecrated to God, 
 he made a diligent progress ; nor was it by the solemnity of the numbers 
 alone, but by the force of his ingenuity and the sweetness of his manners, 
 and even his countenance, that he excellently recommended them. Having 
 resided among mortals for fifty years, behaving with the utmost candour 
 (not more conspicuous for any other office of humanity than a friendship 
 and love truly paternal to all whom he had instructed), he departed to the 
 heavenly choir on the fourteenth day of August, 1727, that, being near, he 
 might add his own Hallelujah to the Concert of Angels. ' Awake up my 
 glory, awake lute and harp, I myself will awake right early ! ' I: 
 
 JOHN ROBINSON 1727 1762 
 
 Born 1682. Chorister in the Chapel Royal, and pupil of Blow. Organist of 
 St. Lawrence, Jewry, 1710; St. Magnus, London Bridge, 1713, retaining 
 both these appointments until his death. Deputy-Organist at West- 
 minster Abbey for some years before succeeding Dr. Croft in the full office. 
 Died April 30, 1762. Buried in the North Aisle of the Choir of the Abbey, 
 in the same grave as Dr. Croft. His Double Chant in E flat, said to have 
 been the favourite of George III., is still very popular. 
 
 Boyce, in the biographical notes to his " Cathedral Music," describes 
 Robinson as " a most excellent performer on the organ." 
 
 From the following memorandum, in a MS. book at the Abbey, it appears 
 that during Robinson's time the organ was removed from its ancient posi- 
 tion in the North Choir Aisle to the Screen : 
 
 " The new organ built by Mr. Shrider and Mr. Jordan was opened on the ist 
 August, 1730, by Mr. Robinson ; the anthem, Purcell's 'O give thanks.' " 
 
 BENJAMIN COOKE, Mus.D., (Cantab., msj 
 
 ' (et Oxon., 1782) 
 
 Son of Benjamin Cooke, a musicseller in New Street, Covent Garden. 
 Born in London, 1734. Pupil of Dr. Pepusch. Appointed Deputy- 
 Organist to Robinson at Westminster Abbey at the age of twelve. 
 Conductor of Academy of 'Ancient Music, 1752. Lay Vicar of West- 
 minster Abbey, 1758; Master of the Choristers, 1759; Organist, 1762. 
 Organist of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, 1782. Died at Dorset Court, Cannon 
 Row, Westminster, September 14, 1793. Buried in the West Cloister. 
 Composer of Church Music, Glees, &c. 
 
 His Evening Service in G was composed for the re-opening of the Abbey 
 Organ after the addition of the Pedal Organ (by Avery). There is a tablet 
 to his memory on the wall of the West Cloister of the Abbey, on which is 
 engraved his fine Canon, three in one by augmentation, which he intended 
 to be sung as an appendix to Bird's " Non nobis.'' 
 
 * Dr. Blow.
 
 LONDON WESTMINSTER ABBEY. 117 
 
 SAMUEL ARNOLD, Mus.D., Oxon. ma i?93* 1802 
 
 Born in London, August 10, 1740. Chorister in the Chapel Royal. Composer 
 to Covent Garden Theatre, 1773, afterwards Proprietor of Marylebone 
 Gardens and Director of the music there. Organist and Composer of the 
 Chapel Royal, 1783. Conductor of the Academy of Ancient Music, 1789. 
 Organist (not Master of the Choristers) of Westminster Abbey, 1793.* 
 Died October 22, 1802. Buried in the North Aisle of the Choir of the 
 Abbey. Composer of Church Music, Oratorios, Operas, Burlettas, &c. 
 Editor of the "Arnold Edition " of Handel's works ; also of " Cathedral 
 Music '' in continuation of Boyce. 
 
 MURAL TABLET TO DR. ARNOLD. 
 
 To the beloved and respected Memory of SAMUEL ARNOLD, Doctor of Music. 
 Born July 30, o.s., 1740. Died Oct. 22, 1802. Aged 62 years and two 
 months. And is interred near this spot. This tablet is erected by his 
 affectionate widow. 
 
 Here lies of genius, probity, and worth 
 
 All that belongs to nature and to earth. 
 
 The hand that freely felt and warmly gave 
 
 The heart that pity stretched to help and save 
 
 The form that late a glowing spirit warmed 
 
 Whose spirit fled to Him, Who spirit gave, 
 
 Now smiles triumphant o'er the feeble grave 
 
 That could not chain it here, and joins to raise 
 
 With Heaven's own choir the song of prayer and praise. 
 
 Oh Shade revered ! Our nation's loss and pride 
 (For mute was harmony when ARNOLD died). 
 
 " Oh let thy ' still-loved son ' inscribe thy stone 
 
 " And with a ' mother's sorrow ' mix his own." 
 
 [These lines are by Arnold's son, S. J. Arnold (d. 1852), the dramatic author 
 and some time lessee of the English Opera House, now the Lyceum.] 
 
 ROBERT COOKE 1802 1814 
 
 Son of Dr. B. Cooke. Born 1768. Organist of St. Martin-in-the-Fields (in 
 succession to his father), 1793. Organist of Westminster Abbey, 1802. 
 Master of the Choristers, 1806. Committed suicide, owing to a love 
 affair, by drowning himself in the Thames, August 22, 1814. Buried 
 in the same grave as his father in the West Cloister. Composer of 
 Church Music. 
 
 GEORGE EBENEZER WILLIAMS ... ... ... 1814 1819 
 
 Born 1783. Chorister in St. Paul's Cathedral. For some time Assistant Organist 
 at the Temple and (to Dr. Arnold) at Westminster Abbey. Organist of the 
 Philanthropic Chapel, St. George's Road, 1805. Died April 17, 1819. 
 Buried in the South Cloister. Composer of Chants, Sanctuses, &c. Author 
 of " An I ntroduction to the Art of Playing on the Pianoforte,"," Exercises for 
 the Pianoforte," &c. 
 
 THOMAS GREATOREX ... ... ... ... 1819 1831 
 
 (See under Carlisle.) 
 
 JAMES TURLE 1831 1882 
 
 Born at Taunton, March 5, 1802. Chorister in Wells Cathedral. Pupil of 
 J. J. Goss and G. E. Williams. Appointed Deputy-Organist at Westminster 
 
 * The year of his appointment is wrongly given as 1789 on his tombstone in the Abbey.
 
 u8 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 Abbey, 1819. Organist of Christ Church, Southwark, 1819; St. James's, 
 Bermondsey, 1829. Music Master to the School for the Indigent Blind, 1829. 
 Succeeded Greatorex as Organist of Westminster Abbey, 1831. Retired from 
 active duties of the post, 1875. Died in London, June 28, 1882. Buried in 
 Norwood Cemetery. Composer of Church Music, Glees, &c. Joint Author, 
 with E. Taylor, of " The Art of Singing at Sight." Editor of Willbye's 
 First Set of Madrigals ; Single and Double Chants, composed for the use of 
 the Choral Service of Westminster Abbey. Joint Editor, with Dr. J. F. 
 (now Sir Frederick) Bridge, of the Westminster Abbey Chant Book, &c. 
 Compiler of Hymn and Chant Books, &c. 
 
 On the day of Turle's retirement, September 19, 1875, his Service in D was 
 sung at Westminster Abbey. 
 
 There is a memorial tablet to him in the West Cloister, and a window in the 
 North Aisle of the Choir. 
 
 SIR FREDERICK BRIDGE, Kn*- Mus.D., Oxon.,i874; 
 
 F.R.C.0 1882 
 
 Born at Oldbury, Worcestershire, December 5, 1844. Chorister in Rochester 
 Cathedral. Pupil of John Hopkins, Sir J. Goss, and Sir George Elvey. 
 Organist of Shorne Church, 1861 ; Parish Church, Strood, 1862 ; Holy 
 Trinity, Windsor, 1865 ; Manchester Cathedral, 1869 ; Lecturer on 
 Musical Composition, Owens College, Manchester, 1872. Appointed 
 Permanent Deputy-Organist, Westminster Abbey, 1875, succeeding Turle 
 in the full office, 1882. Conductor for some years of the Highbury 
 Philharmonic and Western Madrigal Societies. Director of the Music 
 at the Royal Jubilee Thanksgiving Service in Westminster Abbey, June 21, 
 1887. Appointed Gresham Professor of Music, 1890. Conductor of the 
 Purcell Commemoration Festival in Westminster Abbey, June 21, 1895. 
 Conductor of Royal Choral Society, 1896. Knighted in 1897. Professor 
 of Counterpoint and Composition at the Royal College of Music. Lecturer. 
 Composer of Oratorios, Cantatas, Church Music, Organ Music, Madrigals, 
 Part-songs, Songs, &c. Author of works on Counterpoint, Double 
 Counterpoint and Canon, Organ Accompaniment, Musical Gestures, &c. 
 Editor of various works. 
 
 The present Assistant Organist is WALTER GALPIN ALCOCK, Mus.B., Dunelm., 
 F.R.C.O., appointed in 1889. 
 
 OXFORD MAGDALEN COLLEGE. 
 
 (For CHRIST CHURCH COLLEGE, OXFORD, see under Cathedrals, p. 65.) 
 
 In Bloxam's " Registers of Magdalen College " will be found a complete list 
 of the Instructors of the Choristers and Organists of the College from the year 
 1483. It should be remembered, however, that at this early period the office of 
 Organist was not the department of a single individual, but of several of the 
 musical staff of the College Chapel in turn. 
 
 ROBERT PERROT ... ... ... ... ... 1530 
 
 Instructor of the Choristers and Organist. 
 
 A descendant of an ancient Pembrokeshire family. Born at Hackness, Yorks. 
 Was Instructor of the Choristers, 1510-1535. According to Wood's " Fasti " 
 he supplicated in 1615 for the degree of Mus.B., and the request was to 
 be granted on the condition that he composed a Mass and one Song.
 
 OXFORD MAGDALEN COLLEGE. ng 
 
 Whether he actually obtained the degree is not recorded. At one time 
 he was Principal of Trinity Hall, and in 1534 Receiver-General of the 
 Archdeaconry of Buckingham. He died in 1550 and was buried in 
 St. Peter's Church.* 
 
 JOHN SHEPPARD, (?)Mus.B., Oxon.f ... ... 1542 
 
 Instructor of the Choristers and probably also Organist. Fellow, 
 Chorister in St. Paul's Cathedral under Thomas Mulliner. He appears to 
 have supplicated, as a "student of music for the space of twenty years," 
 for the degree of Mus.D.. but it is not known whether he was admitted. 
 Admonished three times by his College for offences " contra formam 
 statuti." One of these was entrapping and carrying away a chorister 
 without the King's license for so doing. His music, some of which is 
 preserved in MS., is mentioned by Hawkins, Burney, and Morley (" Intro- 
 duction "). The words of some of his Anthems appeared in Clifford's 
 Collection. An Anthem by him, " I give you a new Commandment," was 
 printed in "The Parish Choir" (1848). 
 
 RICHARD NICHOLSON, Mus.B., Oxon., HWS ... 1595 
 Instructor of the Choristers, and probably also Organist. Afterwards became 
 the first University Professor of Music (or rather Choragus) under the 
 endowment of Dr. William Heather. Died 1639. Composer of Madrigals, 
 &c. Contributor to " The Triumphs of Oriana." Died 1639. In 1637 
 Nicholson appears to have had an assistant named Courteis or Curtis. 
 
 ARTHUR PHILLIPS, Mus.B., Oxon. ... ... 1639 
 
 (See under Bristol.) 
 
 THEODORE COLEBY (or COLBY) 1661 1664 
 
 (See under Exeter.) 
 
 BENJAMIN ROGERS, Mus.B., Cantab., KM; Mus.D., 
 
 Oxon. .tees 1664 1685-6 
 
 " Informator Choristarum " and Organist. 
 
 Born at Windsor, 1614. Chorister in St. George's Chapel, Windsor, and 
 afterwards Lay Clerk there. Organist of Christ Church Cathedral, 
 Dublin, 1639. Returned to England owing to the Rebellion and 
 was again Lay Clerk of Windsor until 1644, when the Choir was 
 disbanded. After the Restoration he became Organist of Eton College 
 and, for the third time, Lay Clerk of Windsor, also Assistant 
 Organist there to Dr. Child. Organist and " Informator Choristarum " of 
 Magdalen College, Oxford, 1664, at a salary of 60 per annum and rooms 
 in the College. \ Was dismissed by the College, 1685-6, but was allowed a 
 pension of ,30, and lived in comparative obscurity at Oxford until his death 
 in June, 1698. Buried at St. Peter-le-Bailey, Oxford. Composer of much 
 
 * For further information concerning Perrot, see Bloxam's Magdalen Registers. 
 
 t According to Grove's " Dictionary of Music and Musicians." 
 
 t There was considerable opposition to this at first, in consequence of the salary being 
 larger than had been given to any previous organist at the College. But it was explained tha t 
 it " was little enough for a man of that quality, and at a time when organists were scarce. No 
 had any man there to object against it." (See Bloxam.)
 
 120 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 Church Music, Glees, and the Hymn " Te Deum Patrem colimus," which 
 is sung annually on May ist at early morning on the Magdalen Tower. 
 Some of his Anthems are in MS. at Magdalen and New Colleges.* 
 One cause of his dismissal was " his troublesome behaviour in the 
 Chapel, where usually he would talk so loud in the organ loft, that he 
 offended the company, and would not leave it off, though he hath been 
 sent to by the President not to make such a scandalous noise there. There 
 were frequent complaints of him from the Clerks, to whom, especially the 
 Chanter, he used to be very cross, in not playing Services as they were 
 willing and able to sing, but out of a thwarting humour would play nothing 
 but Canterbury Tune, wherein he minded not the honour of the College, 
 but his own ease and laziness." (See Bloxam.) 
 
 FRANCIS PIGOTT, Mus.B., Cantab,, leas 1685-6 1687 
 
 According to Dr. Clerk's MS. (see Bloxam) he appears to have been pre- 
 viously Organist of St. John's College, and to have " offered his service in 
 Dr. Rogers's place for ^40 per annum, and the reversion of ,20 more after 
 the decease of Dr. Rogers." Organist of the Temple Church, London, 
 1688. Gentleman of the Chapel Royal, 1695. Organist of the Chapel 
 Royal, 1697. Died 1704. Composer of Church Music, Airs for the 
 Harpsichord, &c. 
 
 DANIEL PURCELL 1688 1695 
 
 Brother of the great Henry Purcell (Organist of Westminster Abbey). Born 
 in London about 1660. Nothing is known of his early career. Organist of 
 Magdalen College, Oxford, 1688. Resigned this post, and went to London, 
 1695. Organist of St. Andrew's, Holborn, 1713. Died 1717. Composer 
 of Church Music, Operas, Masques, Odes, Songs, Sonatas, " A Lamenta- 
 tion for the Death of Mr. Henry Purcell," &c. 
 
 Burney says: "He was a wicked punster, and no less wicked composer." 
 His right to the second title is doubtful, but that to the first is recorded in 
 "Joe Miller," from which the following is a specimen of his "wonderful 
 replies " : 
 
 " Dr. Sewel and two or three more gentlemen, walking towards Hampstead 
 on a summer's day, were met by the famous Daniel Purcell, the punster, 
 who was very importunate with them to know upon what account they 
 were going thither. The Doctor merrily answered him ' To make hay,' 
 'Very well,' replied the other, 'you'll be there at a very convenient 
 season, the country wants rakes.' " (See Bloxam.) 
 
 THOMAS HECHT 1695 r 734 
 
 Son of Andrew Hecht, Organist of Lincoln Cathedral. Was admitted 
 Organist of Lincoln in succession to his father, but declined office. Ap- 
 pointed Organist of Magdalen College, Oxford, 1695. Matriculated 1714. 
 Died April 5, 1734. Buried in St. Ebbe's Churchyard. 
 
 He left 120 towards the enlargement of the College organ. According to 
 his will he was cousin to Edward Thom(p)son, Organist of Salisbury 
 Cathedral. 
 
 MATTHEW PHILLIPS was Organist for about three months during the 
 vacancy. Doubtless he was the Matthew Phillips to whom Hecht 
 bequeathed one of his spinets. (See his Will in Bloxam.) 
 
 * Mr. J. S. Bumpus has in his possession a volume containing the whole of Dr. Benjamin 
 Rogers's compositions for the Church, scored in the autograph of Dr. Phil. Hayes and tran- 
 scribed from the books of Magdalen and New Colleges.
 
 OXFORD MAGDALEN COLLEGE. 121 
 
 WILLIAM HAYES, Mus.D., Oxon 1734 1777 
 
 (See under Worcester.) 
 
 PHILIP HAYES, Mus.D., Oxon., im 1777 
 
 Son of the foregoing. Born at Shrewsbury, 1738. Chorister in the Chapel 
 Royal. Pupil of his father. (Is said to have been Organist of Christ 
 Church Cathedral, Oxford, 1763-1765, and to have been displaced by 
 Thomas Norn's.) Gentleman of the Chapel Royal, 1767. Organist of New 
 College, 1776. Organist of Magdalen College, and University Professor of 
 Music, 1777. Organist of St. John's College, Oxford, 1790. Died suddenly, 
 in London, March 19, 1797. Buried in St. Paul's Cathedral. Composer 
 of an Oratorio, " Prophecy," Odes, a Masque, Church Music, Glees, Songs, 
 Concertos for Organ or Harpsichord, &c. Author of " Memoirs of Prince 
 William Henry, Duke of Gloucester." 
 
 Dr. Philip Hayes was extremely corpulent, and was supposed to be the 
 largest man in England. His unusual bulk earned for him the name of 
 " Phil. Chaise."* Being of a very conceited and overbearing disposi- 
 tion, he made himself unpopular to his brother musicians on more than 
 one occasion. 
 
 " When the Grand Commemoration of Handel, which took place in May, 
 1784, was in contemplation, two very pompous gentlemen, Dr. Hayes 
 of Oxford and Dr. Miller of Doncaster, came to Town to give their 
 gratuitous assistance as conductors by beating time. After several 
 meetings and some bickerings, it was at length agreed that Dr. Hayes 
 should conduct the first act, and Dr. Miller the second. When the time of 
 performance had arrived, and Mr. Cramer, the leader, had just tapt his 
 bow, (the signal for being ready,) and looked round to catch the eyes of the 
 performers, he saw to his astonishment a tall gigantic figure with an immense 
 powdered toupee, full dressed, with a bag and sword, and a huge roll of 
 parchment in his hand. ' Who is that gentleman ? ' said Mr. Cramer. 
 ' Dr. Hayes,' was the reply. ' What is he going to do ? ' 'To beat time.' 
 ' Be so kind,' said Mr. Cramer, ' to tell the gentleman, that when he has 
 sat down I will begin.' The Doctor, who never anticipated such a set down 
 as this, took his seat, and Mr. Cramer did begin. 1 ' (Parke's " Musical 
 Memoirs," Vol. I., p. 39.) 
 
 WALTER VICARY, Mus.B., Oxon., lacs 1797 1845 
 
 Born 1770. Chorister in the Chapel Royal. Assistant Organist to Dr. P. 
 Hayes at Magdalen College; Organist, ditto, 1797. Lay Chaplain of New 
 College, Oxford, 1812-1844. Lay Clerk of St. John's College, Oxford, 
 1816-1828. Organist to the University, 1830. Died at Oxford, January 5, 
 1845. Buried in Holywell Churchyard. Composer of Church Music, 
 Songs, &c. 
 
 * At a time when the facilities of coach travelling were not very great, it was common to see 
 upon the chimney piece of the public room of an inn, an announcement of " the want of a 
 companion in a chaise." Dr. Philip Hayes, of Oxford (whose unwieldly person rendered his 
 travelling in one of the "sixinsides" of the time a matter of considerable inconvenience), 
 contemplating a journey to London, accepted the first companionship that offered at the Star; 
 and, to avoid the toil of a walk from his house in Holywell, it was arranged that he should be 
 taken up there. On the morning appointed, the enquirer for a companion jumped into the 
 chaise luggage all right and, dashing up to the Doctor's door, he saw a figure little less than 
 the great Daniel Lambert, supported by a servant on either side, slowly advancing from the 
 wall. In amazement, he hastily lowered the front glass, roaring out, " Post-Boy Hoy, is that 
 the gentleman we are to take up ? " " Ees, sir ; that be Dr. Phil. Hayes." " Fill chaise, 
 
 by ," replied the traveller, "he shan't come in here; drive on, drive on," thus leaving the 
 
 poor Doctor to get on his journey as well as he could.
 
 122 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 BENJAMIN BLYTH, M.A., Oxon 1845 1859 
 
 Son of Benjamin Blyth, Mus.D., Oxon. Born 1824. Chorister in Magdalen 
 College. Matriculated at the College, 1841. Clerk, 1842-1845. Organist, 
 1845. " A - D - I 845i Jan. 26to. In locum Gualteri Vicary (Choristarum 
 Informatoris atque Organistae) suffectus est Benjaminus Blyth, hujus 
 Collegii Clericus, et in arte musica peritissimus." (See Bloxam.) Died at 
 Whitchurch, Oxon., 1883. Composer of the Music to " Sicut Lilium," 
 sung before the Vacation at Magdalen College School. His uncle, Mr. 
 Blyth (of the firm Blyth and Sons, Organ Builders), is mentioned in the 
 Registers as the tuner and repairer of the old College organ. 
 
 (SIR) JOHN STAINER, M.A. and Mus.D., Oxon. ; 
 
 D.C.L. and Mus.D., Dunelm.; F.R.C.O. ... 1859 1872 
 (See under London St. Paul's Cathedral.) 
 
 (SiR) WALTER PARRATT, Mus.D., Oxon.; F.R.C.O, 1872 1882 
 (See under St. George's Chapel, Windsor.) 
 
 JOHN VARLEY ROBERTS, Mus.D., Oxon., 76 ; 
 
 F.R.C.O 1882 
 
 Born at Stanningley, near Leeds, September 25, 1841. Organist (when twelve 
 years old) of St. John's, Parsley. Organist of St. Bartholomew's, Armley, 
 1862 ; Halifax Parish Church, 1868 ; Magdalen College, Oxford, 1882 ; St. 
 Giles's, Oxford, 1885-1893. Conductor of the Oxford Choral and Philhar- 
 monic Society, 1885-1893. Founder and first Conductor of the University 
 Glee and Madrigal Society. Lecturer in Harmony and Counterpoint for 
 the University Professor of Music. One of the Examiners for University 
 Musical Degrees. Composer of Church Music, Organ pieces, Songs, 
 Part-songs, &c. Editor of the " Parish Church Chant Book," &c. 
 
 OXFORD NEW COLLEGE. 
 
 WILLIAM MEREDITH ... ... ... ... 1637 
 
 Died January 5, 1637. On his tombstone in the Cloisters he is described as 
 " Vir pius et facultate sua peritissimus." The following epitaph also upon 
 him is from Wood's " Hist, et Antiq. Univ. Oxon." : 
 
 " Here lyes one blowne out of breath, 
 Who liv'd a merry life, and dyed a merry death." 
 
 ROBERT PICKHAVER ... ... ... (?)i66o 1664 
 
 (See under Winchester College.)
 
 OXFORD NEW COLLEGE. 123 
 
 WILLIAM KING,* B.A., Oxon 1664 1680 
 
 Son of George King (Organist of Winchester Cathedral). Clerk of Magdalen 
 College, 1648-1652. Chaplain of Magdalen College, 1652-1654. Died 
 November 17, 1680. Buried in New College Cloisters. Composer of a 
 complete Service in B flat, containing a setting of the Litany still sung at 
 Lichfield Cathedral. It was published by John Bishop, of Cheltenham, 
 half-a-century ago. Composer also of Anthems, Songs, &c. 
 Inscription on his gravestone : " Hoc sub lapide obdormiscit quicquid 
 mortale reliquum est Gulielmi King, istius Collegii nuperrime Organistae, 
 cujus in Musica singularis eminentia ipsum angelorum consortii participem 
 fecit die mensis Nov. 17, 1680, astat 57." 
 
 RICHARD GOODSON (Senr.), Mus.B., Oxon. ... 1682 1694 
 (See under Oxford Christ Church Cathedral.) 
 
 JOHN WELDON 1694 1702 
 
 (See under Chapel Royal.) 
 
 SIMON CHILD 
 
 A MS. book of Anthems in score, by Weldon and others, in S. Child's auto- 
 graph, formerly belonging to Archdeacon Heathcote (who was a Fellow of 
 New College), is now in the possession of Mr. J. S. Bumpus. On the 
 fly-leaf of this book are some notes by Archdeacon Heathcote relating to 
 former Organists of the College, one of which says that Child was suc- 
 ceeded by Richard Church. On the same fly-leaf is scribbled in pencil, 
 " Simon Child, Ejus Liber. 1716." This interesting book contains several 
 unpublished Anthems by Weldon. 
 
 RICHARD CHURCH 1732 1776 
 
 (See under Oxford Christ Church Cathedral.) 
 
 PHILIP HAYES, Mus.D., Oxon 1776 1797 
 
 (See under Magdalen College.) 
 
 ISAAC PRING, Mus.B., Oxon., 1797 1799 
 
 Brother of Dr. Joseph Pring, of Bangor. Born at Kensington, 1777. Chorister 
 in St. Paul's Cathedral. Pupil of Dr. Philip Hayes, and afterwards succeeded 
 him as Organist. Died of consumption, at Oxford, October 18, 1799. 
 Composer of Church Music. 
 
 WILLIAM WOODCOCK, Mus.B., Oxon., IMS ... 1799 1825 
 
 Born at Canterbury, 1754. Chorister in Canterbury Cathedral. Assistant 
 Organist of the Cathedral and St. John's College, Oxford, 1778-1784. 
 Lay-Clerk of the Cathedral, and of Magdalen, New, and St. John's Colleges, 
 resigning the two latter appointments on becoming Organist of New 
 College. Died at Oxford, 1825. Composer of Church Music. 
 
 " When appointed to preside over the new organ at New College, the salary of his office 
 was raised to 50 per annum, and the following agreement was made with him by Dr. 
 Woodward, the Warden, viz. : That he should play the organ upon Surplice Days and Litany 
 Days only, unless he should be by some of the House desired at any other time." (MS.,Elvey.)
 
 124 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 ALFRED BENNETT, Mus.B., Oxon., 1825 1830 
 
 Son of Thomas Bennett and brother of H. Bennett, of Chichester Cathedral. 
 Born 1805. Pupil of his father. Organist of New College, Oxford, and of 
 the University Church, 1825. Died September 12, 1830, from injuries 
 sustained by a fall from the stage-coach " Aurora," whilst on his way to the 
 Worcester Musical Festival. Buried in the Cloisters of New College. 
 Composer of Church Music. Editor, with (Dr.) William Marshall, of a 
 Collection of Chants. Author of "Instructions for the Spanish Guitar," 
 "Vocalist's Guide," &c. 
 
 STEPHEN ELVEY, Mus.D., Oxon., isaa ... ... 1830 1860 
 
 Brother of Sir George Elvey, Organist of Windsor. Born at Canterbury, 
 June, 1805. Chorister in Canterbury Cathedral, and pupil of Skeats (Senr.). 
 Organist of New College, 1830; University Church, 1845; St. John's 
 College, 1846. University Choragus. 1848. Died at Oxford, October 6, 
 1860. Composer of Church Music. Editor of the work known as " Elvey's 
 Psalter." His Evening Service, in continuation of Croft's Morning Service 
 in A, is well known. 
 
 I am indebted to Mr J. S. Bumpus for the following particulars concerning 
 Dr. Stephen Elvey : 
 
 Very early in life Dr. Stephen Elvey lost his right leg by an accidental shot, but 
 with a wooden substitute he was enabled to manage the pedals. Not- 
 withstanding this disadvantage, few performers could give greater effect 
 to Handel's choruses in Wykeham's beautiful chapel. 
 
 His love for Handel's music was only exceeded by the way in which he 
 interpreted that music to others. At the opening of the Crystal Palace, at 
 Sydenham, in 1854, after listening to the " Hallelujah" Chorus, he turned 
 to a friend, saying, with tears in his eyes: "What will this be like in 
 Heaven ? " 
 
 Mr. Bumpus has in his possession a Kyrie, Credo, and Sanctus in E flat, 
 and Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in F, by Stephen Elvey (all unpublished). 
 The Kyrie is adapted from Handel's Minuet in " Berenice." 
 
 GEORGE BENJAMIN ARNOLD, Mus.D., Oxon. ; 
 
 F.R.C.0 1860 1865 
 
 (See under Winchester.) 
 
 JAMES TAYLOR, Mus.B., Oxon., tm-, Mus.D., 
 
 Oxon., honoris causa, ISM ... ... . 1865 
 
 Born at Gloucester, 1833. Pupil of G. W. Morgan. Organist of St. Mary- 
 le-Crypt, Gloucester, 1850. Organist of New College, Oxford, 1865. 
 Composer of Church Music, Organ pieces, Pianoforte pieces, Songs, &c.
 
 OXFORD ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE. 125 
 
 OXFORD ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE. 
 
 Very little information can be obtained of the early Organists of St. John's 
 College, owing to the fact that the College records were many years ago 
 destroyed by damp. 
 
 JOHN FRITH, Mus.B., Oxon., IBX ... 
 
 " He was required to compose a piece in seven parts for his degree." 
 
 (" Degrees in Music," by C. F. Abdy Williams.) 
 A Service in G by him is included in an old MS. Organ book in the possession 
 
 of Mr. J. S. Bumpus, who is of opinion that the book once belonged to 
 
 St. John's College. 
 
 ROBERT LUGG (or LUGGE), Mus.B., Oxon., MM... 
 
 His degree exercise was a Canticum in five parts, which was required to be 
 
 sung in the music school. (See " Degrees in Music.") 
 A Service in G and three Anthems by Robert Lugg are included in the Organ 
 
 book above mentioned. 
 According to the " Oxoniensis Alumni" he "changed his religion for that of 
 
 Rome, and went beyond the seas." 
 
 WILLIAM ELLIS, Mus.B., Oxon., teas (?)i646 
 
 (?) Re-appointed ... ... ... circa 1660 ^74 
 
 Previously Organist of Eton College. On being deprived of his appointment 
 at St. John's College, Oxford, during the Rebellion, he established weekly 
 meetings for the practice of music at his house in Oxford, which were 
 attended by some of the most notable musicians of the period. A detailed 
 account of these gatherings may be found in Hearne's " Life of Anthony 
 Wood," or in Hawkins's " History of Music." 
 
 At the Restoration it is supposed that Ellis was re-appointed Organist of 
 St. John's College. Died 1674. Some Rounds and Canons by him are 
 included in Hilton's Collection, " Catch who catch can " ( 1652). 
 
 The MS. Organ book above mentioned contains three Anthems by William 
 Ellis. Two of these, " Almighty God " and " This is the record of John," 
 were evidently composed for the Feast of the patron Saint of the College 
 St. John the Baptist's Day. 
 
 FRANCIS PIGOTT, Mus.B., Cantab. 
 
 (See under Magdalen College, Oxford.) 
 
 Nothing is known of the Organists of St. John's College during this period. 
 Probably the Choral Service was suspended. 
 
 THOMAS NORRIS, Mus.B., Oxon 1765 1790 
 
 (See under Oxford [Christ Church] Cathedral.) 
 
 PHILIP HAYES, Mus.D., Oxon 1790 1797 
 
 (See under Magdalen College, Oxford.) 
 
 WILLIAM CROTCH, Mus.D., Oxon. 1797 1807 
 
 (See under Oxford [Christ Church] Cathedral.) 
 
 WILLIAM CROSS 1807 
 
 (See under Oxford [Christ Church] Cathedral.)
 
 126 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 WILLIAM MARSHALL, Mus.D., Oxon 1825 1846 
 
 (See under Oxford [Christ Church] Cathedral.) 
 
 STEPHEN ELVEY, Mus.D., Oxon 1846 1860 
 
 (See under New College, Oxford.) 
 
 THOMAS GRIZZELLE 1860 1868 
 
 ROBERT PORTER 1868 1875 
 
 Born 1839. Organist of St. Paul's, Oxford, at the age of 14. Afterwards 
 Assistant Organist to Dr. S. Elvey. Succeeded his father as Organist of 
 St. Martin's ("Carfax"), 1857. Organist of St. John's College, 1868. 
 Was also Assistant Organist of New College. Died of consumption, 
 January, 1875. Buried on January 13 in Holywell Cemetery. 
 
 WILLIAM THOMAS HOWELL ALLCHIN, Mus.B., 
 
 Oxon., lass ... ... ... ... 1875 1883 
 
 Born 1843. Conductor of the Oxford Choral Society, 1869. Organist of 
 St. John's College, Oxford, 1875. Local Examiner for R.A.M., iS8i. Died 
 at Oxford, January 8, 1883. Composer of a Sacred Cantata, " The 
 Rebellion of Korah," Songs, &c. 
 
 FREDERICK ILIFFE, M.A., Mus.D., Oxon., ma ... 1883 
 
 Born at Smeeton-Westerby, Leicestershire, February 21, 1847. Organist 
 successively of St. Wilfred's, Kibworth, and St. Barnabas', Oxford. 
 Organist of St. John's College, Oxford, 1883. Conductor of the Queen's 
 College (Eglesfield) Musical Society, 1883. Composer of an Oratorio, 
 " The Visions of St. John the Divine," Cantatas, Church Music, Orchestral 
 Music, Organ pieces, Pianoforte pieces, &c. Author of a critical analysis 
 of Bach's " Das Wohltemperirte Clavier" (Novello & Co., 1896). 
 
 RATHFARNHAM-ST. COLUMBA'S COLLEGE. 
 
 Founded in 1843 at Stackallan, the mansion of Lord Bojne, near Navan. 
 Removed to Rathfarnham, near Dublin, 1849. The first public school 
 established upon strictly Church principles in Ireland. 
 
 EDWIN GEORGE MONK, Mus.D., Oxon., F.R. A. S. 1844 1846 
 (See under York.) 
 
 JOHN BAPTISTE CALKIN, F.R.C.O. ... ... 1846 1852 
 
 Born in London, March 16, 1827. Pupil of his father, James Calkin. 
 Organist and Precentor of St. Columba's College, Navan (afterwards 
 Rathfarnham), 1846; Organist of Woburn Chapel, London, 1853; Camden 
 Road Chapel, 1863; St. Thomas's Church, Camden Town, 1870-1884. 
 Professor at the Guildhall School of Music. Composer of Church Music, 
 Chamber Music, Part-songs, Songs, Organ pieces, Pianoforte pieces, &c. 
 
 GEORGE BENJAMIN ARNOLD, Mus.D., Oxon., 
 
 F.R.C.O 1853 1856 
 
 (See under Winchester Cathedral.)
 
 RATHFARNHAMST. COLU MBA'S COLLEGE. 127 
 
 HERBERT STEPHEN IRONS ... ... ... 1856 1857 
 
 (See under Southwell.) 
 
 ALEXANDER SAMUEL COOPER, F.R.C.0 1857 1859 
 
 Born in London, April 30, 1835. Organist of St. Columba's College, 
 Rathfarnham, 1857. Afterwards Organist successively of St. John's, 
 Putney, and St. Paul's, Covent Garden. Composer of Church Music, 
 Part-songs, Songs, &c. Editor of "Parochial Psalter" and "Parochial 
 Chant Book." 
 
 EDWARD MURLESSE CLARKE 1859 1862 
 
 Born 1827. Organist of St. Columba's College, Rathfarnham, 1862. 
 Afterwards Inspector of Choral Union, 1863-1882, for the Diocese of 
 Canterbury. Died at Ringmore, Devon, March 15, 1887. 
 
 FREDERICK CAMBRIDGE, Mus.B., Dunelm., ww ... 1862 1865 
 
 Born at South Runcton, Norfolk, March 29, 1841. Chorister in Norwich 
 Cathedral. Pupil of Dr. Z. Buck, and afterwards of Molique. Organist of 
 St. Columba's College, Rathfarnham, 1862 ; St. Mary's, Leicester, 1866 ; 
 Parish Church, Croydon, 1868. Conductor of theCroydon Vocal Union, &c. 
 Composer of Church Music, Glees, Organ pieces, Pianoforte pieces, &c. 
 
 THEODORE EDWARD AYLWARD May, 1866 Dec.,i8f.6 
 
 (See under Chichester.) 
 
 FREDERICK WILLIAM HOGAN, M.A., Dub. ... 1866 1868 
 
 Born at Reichill, Armagh, August 23, 1845. Pupil of Robert Turle, at 
 Armagh, and Dr. J. C. Marks, at Cork. Choirmaster to the Llandaff 
 Diocesan Choir Union, 1866. Organist of St. Columba's College, 
 Rathfarnham, in November of the same year. Took Holy Orders, and held 
 several Curacies from 1870. Vicar of All Saints', Eglantine, Co. Down, 
 1883. Composer of Church Music, &c. 
 
 GEORGE HARDACRE ... ... ... ... 1869 1870 
 
 Present Organist of the Parish Church, Daventry. 
 
 W. KEELING 1870 1871 
 
 J. HEIGHTON May, 1871 July, 1871 
 
 R. NASH Aug., 1871 1872 
 
 E. HARDING, B. A., Oxon 1872 1872 
 
 A nephew of Dr. Pusey. 
 
 Afterwards became a Master at the Priory School, Bath. 
 
 CHARLES LEE WILLIAMS, Mus.B., Oxon., F.R.C.O. 1872 1875 
 (See under Gloucester.) 
 
 E. C. OWSTON 1875 1877 
 
 WALTER LANGLEY APPLEFORD, M.A., Dub. Feb., 1877 Apr., 1877 
 One of the Masters. Took duty for two months, until Mr. Hyde succeeded 
 him in April. Now Chaplain of Ripley Hospital. Lancaster.
 
 128 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 C. F. HYDE 1877 1886 
 
 Pupil of Sir F. Ouseley, at St. Michael's College, Tenbury. Organist of 
 St. Paul's, Old Charlton, Kent, and afterwards of St. Columba's College, 
 Rathfarnham. Died 1894, at Giggleswick School, where he was Music- 
 master. 
 
 HARRY CRANE PERRIN, Mus.B., Dub.; F.R.C.O. 1886 1888 
 (See under Canterbury.) 
 
 DONALD WALLACE LOTT ... ... ... ... 1888 1890 
 
 Son of J. B. Lott, Mus.B., the present Organist of Lichfield Cathedral. 
 Born at Canterbury, March 18, 1868. Pupil of his father, H. Walters, 
 Mus.B., and Sir Robert Stewart. Organist of the Chapel of St. John's 
 Hospital, Lichfield, 1885 ; Assistant Organist of Lichfield Cathedral, 1885 ; 
 Organist of St. Columba's College, Rathfarnham, 1888; Organist and 
 Music Master of St. Chad's College, Denstone, 1890 ; Organist of the 
 Parish Church, Lancaster, 1892 ; Holy Trinity, Broadstairs, 1893 ; Holy 
 Trinity, Swansea, 1895-1898. Composer of College Grace (MS.). Lecturer 
 on Music. 
 
 JOSHUA N. BRYANT, B.A., Dunelm. ... ... 1890 1891 
 
 Born, June 4, 1864. Pupil of Sir Robert Stewart. Organist of King Alfred's 
 School, Wantage, and afterwards of St. Columba's College, Rathfarnham. 
 Now Organist and Choirmaster to the Countess of Craven. 
 
 MYLES CECIL BERKELEY, M.A., Cantab. ... 1892 1894 
 
 Born at Secunderabad, August 7, 1866. Chorister in Manchester Cathedral. 
 Student at the Royal Academy of Music, under T. Westlake, F. Walker, 
 F. Davenport, and H. Rose. Afterwards pupil of Drs. A. H. Mann and 
 C. Wood, at Cambridge. Since 1894 Precentor and Organist of Forest 
 School, Walthamstow. 
 
 FREDERIC WILLIAM ATTWOOD ... ... ... 1894 
 
 Born at Onderton, near Tewkesbury, August 9, 1869. Pupil of Drs. C. J. 
 Frost and J. V. Roberts. Successively Organist of Bow Parish Church, 
 London ; Assistant Organist of St. Peter's, Brockley ; and Organist and 
 Choirmaster at " The Philberds," Maidenhead. Organistof St. Columba's 
 College, Rathfarnham, 1894. 
 
 TENBURY ST.. MICHAEL'S COLLEGE. 
 
 Founded in 1856 by the Rev. Sir Frederick A. Gore Ouseley, Bart., mainly 
 for the education of boys in music. 
 
 JOHN CAPEL HANBURY, M.A., Oxon, iwa 1856 (?)i857 
 
 Subsequently took Holy Orders and became Curate of Pipe and Lyde, and 
 Second Classical Master of Hereford Cathedral School, 1858. Divinity 
 Lecturer and Chaplain of Wadham College, Oxford, 1872. Rector 
 successively of Lower Bromley, Essex, 1880 ; and Bourton-on-the- Water, 
 Gloucestershire. 1884. Hereford Chaplain at Wiesbaden, 1888.
 
 TENBURYST. MICHAEL'S COLLEGE. 129 
 
 (SiR) JOHN STAINER, M.A., and Mus.D., Oxon. ; 
 
 D.C.L., and Mus.D., Dunelm ; F.R.C.O. ... 1857 1859 
 (See under London St. Paul's Cathedral.) 
 
 LANGDON COLBORNE., Mus.B., Cantab. ; Mus.D., 
 
 Cantuar. ... 1860 1874 
 
 (See under Hereford.) 
 
 ALFRED ALEXANDER ... ... ... ... 1874 ^77 
 
 Born at Rochester, May 6, 1844. Chorister in Rochester Cathedral. Pupil 
 of and Assistant to John Hopkins. Organist of Shorne Church (in 
 succession to Sir F. Bridge), 1862 ; Strood Parish Church, 1865. Sub- 
 sequently Organist to the Earl of Mar and Kellie. Organist successively of 
 St. Michael's College, Tenbury, 1874; Wigan Parish Church, 1877; American 
 Church, Nice, 1891 ; and St. Andrew's, Sputhport. Composer of Cantatas, 
 Church Music, Chamber Music, Organ pieces, Songs, Part-songs, &c. 
 
 WILLIAM CLAXTON, M.A., Oxon., iras; Mus.B., 
 
 Oxon., 1882 1877 1886 
 
 Subsequently took Holy Orders and became Curate of Hartley Wintney, 
 1887; Curate of Woolston, Hants, 1893 ; and Vicar of Navestock, Essex, 
 1897. Composer of Church Music, Part-songs, Songs, &c. 
 
 WALTER J. LANCASTER, Mus.B., Viet. ; F.R.C.O. 1886 1889 
 
 Born 1860. Chorister in St. George's Chapel, Windsor (for six months only). 
 Pupil of T. E. Jones, Dr. Longhurst, and Dr. E. J. Hopkins. Organist of 
 Dover Parish Church, 1878; All Saints', Kingston-on-Thames, 1883. 
 Organist and Music Master of St. Michael's College, Tenbury, 1886. 
 Organist of the Parish Church, Bolton, 1889. Composer of Church Music, 
 Songs, &c. 
 
 ALLAN PATERSON, Mus.B., Dub., isss; F.R.C.O. 1889 1893 
 
 Born August 3, 1865. Assistant Organist of Hereford Cathedral, 1884 ; 
 Organist of St. Michael's College, Tenbury, 1889 ; Priory Church, Malvern, 
 1893 ! Govan Parish Church, 1895; St. Paul's Church, Cannes, 1898-1899. 
 Composer of Church Music, &c. 
 
 JAMES LYON... ... ... ... ... ... 1893 1896 
 
 Born October 25, 1872. Pupil of Drs. T. W. Dodds and Herbert'Botting. 
 Sub-Organist of Bangor Cathedral, 1892. Organist of St. Michael's 
 College, Tenbury, 1893 ; St. Mark's, Surbiton, 1896. Organist and Music 
 Master of Warwick School, 1897. Composer of Church Music, Organ 
 Music, Songs, Pianoforte pieces, Violin pieces, &c. 
 
 During the latter part of 1893 Mr. C. H. MOODY, the present Organist of 
 Holy Trinity Church, Coventry, shared the duty with Mr. Lyon. 
 
 EDGAR C. BROADHURST 1896 
 
 Born at Lympstone, Devon, June 10, 1876. Chorister in Hereford Cathedral. 
 Pupil of G. R. Sinclair, and Assistant Organist of Hereford Cathedral. 
 For some time Accompanist to the Hereford Choral and Orchestral 
 Societies and to the Hereford Festival Choir. Organist of St. Michael's 
 College, Tenbury, 1896.
 
 130 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 WINCHESTER COLLEGE. 
 
 In William of Wykeham's Statutes of 1400 there is no provision for an 
 Organist, and for more than a century one of the Lay Clerks appears to have 
 taken the duty. The first mention of a regular Organist occurs in 1542, when, 
 according to the Bursar's book, 
 
 ROBERT MOSE 
 
 held the appointment at a salary of 5 per annum. This seems to have 
 continued to be the amount of the Organist's salary until the time of John 
 Reading. 
 
 HAWKYNS was Organist in 1548. 
 
 His name appears in the Computus Roll for that year. 
 
 THOMAS WEELKES 
 
 (See under Chichester.) 
 
 WILLIAM EMES 1637 
 
 Succeeded Weelkes. Died 1637. 
 
 GEORGE KING (?)i66i 1665 
 
 Organist at the Restoration. 
 
 (See under Winchester Cathedral.) 
 
 ROBERT PICKHAVER 1665 1678 
 
 Previously Organist of New College, Oxford. In 1665 " he received 4 gs. 6d. 
 
 in payment for an instrument of music called ' le harpselen ' (the 
 
 harpsichord ?) " (Kirby's " Annals of Winchester College.") Died 1678. 
 Two Anthems by him, " Consider and hear me " and " Sing unto the Lord," 
 
 are included in the MS. Organ book in the possession of Mr. J. S. Bumpus, 
 
 mentioned on p. 125. 
 
 GEFFRYS (JEFFRIES?) 1678 1681 
 
 JOHN READING ... ... ... ... ... 1681 1692 
 
 (See under Winchester Cathedral.) 
 During Reading's time the salary was increased from 5 to 50 per annum. 
 
 JEREMIAH CLARK ... 1692 (?)i695 
 
 (See under London St. Paul's Cathedral.) 
 
 JOHN BISHOP 1695 1737 
 
 (See under Winchester Cathedral.) 
 
 JAMES KENT ... . 1737 1774 
 
 (See under Winchester Cathedral.) 
 
 PETER FUSSELL ... . 1774 1802 
 
 (See under Winchester Cathedral.)
 
 WINDSOR ST. GEORGE'S CHAPEL (ROYAL). 131 
 
 GEORGE WILLIAM CHARD, Mus.D., Cantab. ... 1802 1849 
 (See under Winchester Cathedral.) 
 
 SAMUEL SEBASTIAN WESLEY, Mus.D., Oxon. ... 1849 1865 
 (See under Gloucester.) 
 
 WILLIAM HUTT 1865 
 
 Born August 25, 1843. Chorister in Westminster Abbey. Pupil of James 
 Turle, James Coward, and Professor G. A. Macfarren. Organist successively 
 of St. Michael's, Queenhithe ; Berkeley Chapel, Mayfair ; and the Parish 
 Church, Mitcham. Organistand Music Master of Winchester College, 1865. 
 
 WINDSOR ST. GEORGE'S CHAPEL (ROYAL). 
 
 JOHN MARBECK (or MERBECK), Mus.B., Oxon.,isao (J > ) 1 5^5 
 
 Born 1523. Chorister in St. George's Chapel, Windsor, 1531. Condemned 
 to the stake, for his adherence to the Protestant faith, about 1544, but 
 escaped through the intervention of Gardiner. Bishop of Winchester. 
 Died about 1585. Adapter of the ancient Plain-Song to the English 
 Service, published in 1550 as " The booke of Common Praier Noted." 
 Composer of Church Music. Author of a Concordance, " The Lives of 
 the Holy Sainctes, Prophets, Patriachs, and others, contained in Holy 
 Scripture," 1574, &c. 
 
 In the dedication, to Edward VI., of his " Concordance," he describes himself 
 as " destitute bothe of learnyng and eloquence, yea, and suche a one as in 
 maner never tasted the swetnes of learned Letters, but altogether brought 
 up in your highnes College at Wyndsore in the study of musike and 
 plaiyng on organs, wherin I consumed vainly the greatest part of my life." 
 According to the " Injunctions newly given by the Kinges Mats Com- 
 missioners for the reformation of certain abuses " (4 Edward VI., 
 October 26, 1550), GEORGE THEXTON was evidently a Joint Organist with 
 Marbeck at that time : 
 
 " And whereas we understand that John Merbeck and George Thexfon, hath 
 of your graunt, ffees appointed them severally for playing upon organs. 
 We take ordre that the sayd John and George shall enjoy their severall 
 offices during their Lyves, ii they continue in that Colledge, in as large 
 and ample maner as if organ plaing had still continued in the Church." 
 (Ashmolean MS., No. 1123, f. 38b-4ib.) 
 
 RICHARD FARRANT 1564 (?)i585 
 
 Master of the Choristers and probably a Joint Organist with Marbeck. 
 
 Born about 1530. Gentleman of the Chapel Royal until 1564. Master of 
 the Choristers and probably Organist of St. George's Chapel, Windsor, 
 1564. Re-appointed a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal, 1569. Died at 
 Windsor, November 30, 1585. Composer of Church Music. The well-known 
 Anthem, " Lord, for Thy tender mercies' sake," attributed to R. Farrant, is 
 more probably the work of John Hilton. 
 
 Farrant had an allowance of 81 6s. 8d. as Master of the Choristers of St. 
 George's Chapel, for their board and education. He resided in a house 
 within the Castle, called Old Commons. 
 
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 132 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 JOHN MUNDY (MUNDAY, or MUNDIE), Mus.D., 
 
 Oxon., IBM 1586 1630 
 
 Is said to have succeeded Marbeck as Organist. Pupil of his father, William 
 Mundy, and for some time Organist of Eton College. Organist of St. 
 George's Chapel, Windsor, 1586. Died 1630. Buried in the Cloisters, 
 St. George's Chapel. Composer of Church Music, Madrigals, " Songs and 
 Psalms," &c. 
 
 NATHANIEL GILES (or GYLES), Mus.D., Oxon., 1522 1595 (?)i633 
 
 Son of Thomas Giles, Organist of St. Paul's Cathedral. Born about 1550 
 Chorister in Magdalen College, Oxford, and afterwards Clerk of the same. 
 Organist and Master of the Choristers of St. George's Chapel, Windsor, 
 1595. Master of the Children of the Chapel Royal, 1597. Died January 
 24, 1633. Buried in St. George's Chapel, Windsor. Composer of Church 
 Music, Madrigals, &c. 
 
 "The Dean and Canons of St. George's Chapel, Windsor, by Deed dated ist 
 October, 1595, nominate Nathaniel Gyles, B.M., to be Clerk in the Chapel, 
 and one of the Players on the Organs there, and also to be Master, 
 Instructor, Tutor, and Creansor, or Governor of the ten Choristers, 
 agreeing to give him an annuity of 81 6s. 8d. and a dwelling-house 
 within the castle, called the Old Commons, wherein John Mundie did 
 lately inhabit, with all appurtenances, as one Richard Farrante enjoyed 
 the same. The stipend to be paid monthly by the Treasurer, over and 
 beside all other gifts, rewards, or benevolence that may be given to the 
 Choristers for singing of Ballads, Plays, or the like : also such reasonable 
 leave of absence as the statutes allow, except when Her Majesty shall 
 be present, or an Installation or Funeral of any noble person shall be 
 solemnized, on condition that the said Nathaniel Gyles shall procure meet 
 and apt Choristers within the space of three months after avoidance, (Her 
 Majesty's Commission for the taking of children being allowed unto him,) 
 and that he shall instruct them in Singing, Pricksong, and Descant, and 
 bring up such as be apt to the Instrument ; and that he shall find them 
 sufficient meat and drink, apparel, bedding and lodging at his own costs 
 within the New Commons lately appointed for them ; and that he shall find 
 a sufficient deputy during the times of sickness and absence." (Ashmolean 
 MS., No. 1125, 33). 
 
 " Nathaniel Giles, Dr. of mewsicke died y e 24th of Janewary & was 
 bewryed the 2gth of the same munneth, 1633." (Extract from the Registers 
 of St. George's Chapel.) 
 
 WILLIAM CHILD, Mus.D., Oxon 1632 1697 
 
 (See under Chapel Royal.) 
 
 [The Choral Service and Organ were suppressed from 1644 until the 
 Restoration.] 
 
 JOHN GOLDWIN (or GOLDING) ... ... ... 1697 1719 
 
 Born 1670. Pupil of Dr. Child. Organist of St. George's Chapel, Windsor, 
 1697 ; Master of the Choristers there, 1703. Died at Windsor, November 7, 
 1719. Composer of a Service in F, a few Anthems, and some " Lessons " 
 for the Harpsichord (MS.). 
 
 FRANCIS PIGOTT (Junr.) 1756 
 
 Probably grandson of Francis Pigott (Senr.), and son of J. Pigott (Organists 
 of the Temple Church). The year of his appointment to St. George's 
 Chapel is not known.
 
 WINDSOR ST. GEORGE'S CHAPEL (ROYAL). 133 
 
 EDWARD WEBB ............... 1756 1788 
 
 Died 1788, through loss of blood, after undergoing an operation for the 
 removal of a wen from the nostril. Buried in the Cloisters. 
 
 THEODORE AYLWARD, Mus.D., Oxon., mi ... 1788 1801 
 
 Born 1730. Organist of Oxford Chapel, London, W., about 1760 ; St. 
 Lawrence, Jewry, 1762; St. Michael's, Cornhill, 1768; St. George's Chapel, 
 Windsor, 1788. Was also Private Organist to Queen Charlotte. Gresham 
 Professor of Music, 1771. Died in London, February 27, 1801. Buried in 
 St. George's Chapel, Windsor. Composer of Church Music (in MS-). 
 Musical Dramas, pieces for the Harpsichord, Glees, Songs, &c. 
 
 Epitaph (by the poet Hayley) on Dr. Aylward, in the Rutland Chapel, North 
 Aisle of St. George's Chapel : 
 
 " Aylward, adieu ! my pleasing, gentle friend, 
 Regret and honour on thy grave attend : 
 Thy rapid hand harmonious skill possest, 
 And moral harmony enriched thy breast; 
 For heaven most freely to thy life assign'd 
 Benevolence, the music of the mind ; 
 Mild as thy nature all thy mortal scene, 
 Thy death was easy, and thy life serene." 
 
 WILLIAM SEXTON ............... 1801 1824 
 
 Born 1764. Chorister in St. George's Chapel, Windsor, and in Eton College. 
 Pupil of Edward Webb. For some years Assistant Organist of St. George's 
 Chapel. Organist, Sub- Precentor, and Master of the Choristers, 1801. 
 Died 1824. Composer of Church Music, Glees, Songs, &c. 
 
 KARL FRIEDRICH HORN ............ 1824 1830 
 
 Born at Nordhausen, Saxony, 1762. Pupil of Schroter. Came to London 
 as valet to the Marquis of Stafford, 1782. Afterwards became a teacher of 
 music, and was Music Master to Queen Charlotte until 1811. Organist 
 of St. George's Chapel, Windsor, 1824. Died August 5, 1830. Composer of 
 Sonatas for the Pianoforte, Twelve Themes with variations for the Pianoforte, 
 with an accompaniment for the Flute or Violin. Author of a Treatise on 
 Thorough Bass. Collaborated with Samuel Wesley in the preparation of 
 an English edition of J. S. Bach's " Wohltemperirte Clavier," which was 
 published in 1810-12. 
 
 His son, Charles Edward Horn, was a celebrated Singer and Composer, 
 whose songs "Cherry Ripe" and "I know a bank " have taken a place 
 among our national ballads. 
 
 HIGHMORE SKEATS (Junr.) ... ... .. 1830 
 
 Born at Canterbury, 1786. Presumably a pupil of his father, whom he 
 succeeded as Organist of Ely Cathedral, 1804. Organist of St. George's 
 Chapel, Windsor, 1830. Died at Windsor, February 24, 1835. Buried in 
 the Cloisters of St. George's Chapel. Composer of Church Music. 
 
 SIR GEORGE JOB ELVEY, Kn 1 -- Mus.D., Oxon., iwo 1835 
 
 Born at Canterbury, March 27, 1816. Chorister in Canterbury Cathedral. 
 Pupil of Highmore Skeats (Senr.); also of his brother, Stephen Elvey, and 
 afterwards, at the Royal Academy of Music, of Cipriani Potter and Dr. 
 Crotch. Lay Clerk of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, 1833. Organist of 
 St. George's Chapel, Windsor, 1835. Private Organist to Her Majesty, 1837.
 
 134 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 Knighted 1871. Conductor of the Windsor Glee and Madrigal Society and 
 of the Windsor and Eton Choral Society. Retired from the post at 
 Windsor, 1882. Died at Windlesham, Surrey, December 9, 1893. Buried 
 outside the West Front of St. George's Chapel, Windsor. Composer of 
 Oratorios, Odes, Church Music, Glees, Part-songs, Music for Orchestra, 
 Organ, Pianoforte, Violin, Songs, &c. 
 
 SIR WALTER PARRATT, Kn*-> Mus.D., Oxon., isa*-, 
 
 F.R.C.0 1882 
 
 Born at Huddersfield, February 10, 1841. Pupil of his father, Thomas 
 Parratt (Organist of Huddersfield Parish Church), and George Cooper. 
 Appointed Organist of Armitage Bridge Church, 1852 ; St. Paul's, 
 Huddersfield, 1854; Witley Court (Private Organist to Earl Dudley), 
 1861 ; Wigan Parish Church, 1868 ; Magdalen College, Oxford, 1872 ; 
 St George's Chapel, Windsor, 1882. Conductor of the Windsor and 
 Eton Madrigal Society, 1882. Sometime Conductor of the Windsor 
 and Eton Choral Society. Founder and Conductor of the Windsor and 
 Eton Orchestral Society. Professor of the Organ at the Royal College of 
 Music, 1883. Knighted 1892. Master of the Music to Her Majesty the 
 Queen, 1893. Composer of Music to " Agamemnon," " Story of Orestes," 
 " Elegy to Patroclus," Church Music, Organ pieces, Songs, Pianoforte 
 pieces, &c. Lecturer and Writer on Music.
 
 INDEX OF ORGANISTS' NAMES. 
 
 When more than one page number is given against an Organist's name, that 
 in the larger type indicates where the biographical notes concerning that 
 Organist are to be found. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 90 
 
 61 
 
 45 
 
 118 
 
 129 
 
 A. 
 
 Abbott, John 
 
 " Adam the Organist " 
 
 Alcock, John 
 
 Alcock, Walter G. 
 
 Alexander, Alfred.. 
 
 Allchin, William Thomas Howell 126 
 
 Allen, John 12 
 
 Allen, Hugh Percy 
 
 Allinson (or Allanson), Thomas 
 
 Amner, John 
 
 Amott, John 
 
 Amps, William 
 
 Angel, Alfred 
 
 Appilby, Thomas. 
 
 Appleford, Walter Langley 
 Armes, Philip 
 
 31- 75 
 . 48 
 . 30 
 . 37 
 . 98 
 . 34 
 . 47 
 . 127 
 17, 28 
 
 Arnold, George Benjamin 89, 12 4. 126 
 
 Arnold, Samuel 
 Atkins, Ivor Algernon . . 
 Atkins, Robert Augustus 
 Atkinson, Frederick Cook 
 Attwood, Frederick William 
 Attwood, Thomas 
 Ayleward Richard 
 Aylward, Theodore 
 
 109, 117 
 92 
 75 
 64 
 128 
 55, i9 
 62 
 133 
 
 Aylward, Theodore Edward 18 
 Ayrton, Edmund 
 Ayrton, Thomas .. 
 Ayrton, William 
 
 52, 127 
 . 80 
 . 70 
 . 70 
 Ayrton, William Francis Worrall 70 
 
 B. 
 
 Badham, John 
 Bailey, Edward . . 
 Bailey, John 
 Baker, Edmund . . 
 Baker, Henry 
 Banks, Ralph 
 Barcrofte, George. . 
 Barcrofte, Thomas 
 Barnby, Sir Joseph 
 Barnes, Robert 
 Barrett, John 
 Barton, Matthew . . 
 Barneys, Thomas.. 
 Batchelor, Chappell 
 
 . 41 
 
 14, 75 
 14 
 14 
 61 
 73 
 29 
 29 
 103 
 1 
 
 77 
 96 
 12 
 81 
 
 Bates, Frank 
 
 Bates, George .. .. 
 Bateson, Thomas. . . . 
 Batten, Adrian 
 Beale, George Galloway.. 
 Beale, William .. 
 Beckwith, John Charles .. 
 Beckwith, John Christmas 
 Bedsmore, Thomas 
 Bennett, Alfred (Senr.) . . 
 Bennett, Alfred (Junr.) . . 
 Bennett, George John 
 Bennett, Henry R. 
 Bennett, Thomas 
 Berkeley, Myles Cecil 
 Bettridge, Samuel 
 Belts, Edward 
 Bevin, El way 
 Bishop, John 
 Bishop, William 
 Black, George 
 Blair, Hugh 
 Blitheman, William 
 Blow, John 
 Blundell, Roper .. 
 Blyth, Benjamin . . 
 Bolton, Thomas . . 
 Bond, John Henry 
 Booth, John Stocks 
 Booth, Richard 
 Bowers, Robert .. 
 Bowman, John 
 Boyce, Daniel 
 Boyce, William .. 
 Boys, William 
 Bramston, Richard 
 Brewer, Alfred Herbert 
 Bridge, John Frederick (Sir Frederick) 
 
 60, 118 
 
 Bridge, Joseph Cox 
 Brimley (or Brimlei), John 
 Brind, Richard 
 Broadhurst, Edgar C. 
 Broadway, Edward 
 Broadway, Richard 
 Broderip, John 
 Broderip, William 
 Brooksbank, Hugh 
 
 PAGB 
 
 .. 04 
 .. 71 
 12, 21 
 .. 53 
 .. 52 
 98, ioo 
 .. 63 
 .. 63 
 .. 46 
 .. 124 
 .. 98 
 .. 50 
 .. 17 
 .. 17 
 .. 128 
 1 
 
 .. 59 
 .. 6 
 87, 130 
 .. 77 
 .. 14 
 .. 91 
 .. 105 
 107, 114, "5 
 .. 71 
 .. 122 
 .. 2 
 .. 70 
 .. 74 
 .. 58 
 .. 72 
 .. 100 
 .. 89 
 .. 108 
 .. 47 
 .. 83 
 .. 39 
 
 15 
 26 
 54 
 129 
 19 
 25 
 84 
 84 
 52
 
 136 
 
 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Brown, Richard . . . . 83, 90 
 
 Cooke, Benjamin 
 
 .. 116 
 
 Brown, William . . . . . . 46 
 
 Cooke, Robert 
 
 .. 117 
 
 Browne, William . . . . . . 24 
 
 Cooper, Alexander Samuel 
 
 .. 127 
 
 Browne, William (Senr.) . . 27 
 
 Cooper, George (Junr. ) . . 
 
 56, 110 
 
 Browne, William (Junr.).. . . 27 
 
 Cooper, James 
 
 .. 63 
 
 Bryan (Brian or Bryne), Albertus 
 
 Corfe, Joseph 
 
 .. 79 
 
 53, "4 
 
 Corfe, Arthur Thomas . . 
 
 .. 79 
 
 Bryant, Joshua R. . . . . 128 
 
 Corfe, Charles William . . 
 
 .. 67 
 
 Buck, Percy Carter .. ..7,85 
 
 Corfe, John Davis. . 
 
 .. 7 
 
 Buck, Zechariah 63 
 
 Cotton, Humphry 
 
 .. 63 
 
 Bucknall, Cedric 81 
 
 Coyle, Miles 
 
 .. 42 
 
 Bull, John 40, i5 
 
 Creser, William .. . . 
 
 .. 110 
 
 Bullis, Thomas . . . . . . 30 
 
 Croft, William 
 
 108, 116 
 
 Burstall, Frederick Hampton . . 50 
 
 Cross, William 
 
 67, 5 
 
 Butler, Thomas 47 
 
 Crotch, William .. 
 
 67, 125 
 
 Byrcheley, John . . . . 12 
 
 Crow, Edwin John 
 
 .. 71 
 
 Byrd (or Bird), William .. 47, 5 
 
 Crowe, James 
 
 .. 47 
 
 c. 
 
 D. 
 
 
 Calah, John 69 
 
 Daniell, 
 
 .. 89 
 
 Calkin, John Baptiste .. .. 126 
 
 Dare, Charles James 
 
 .. 42 
 
 Cambridge, Frederick . . . . 127 
 
 Davies, Henry Walford . . 
 
 .. 112 
 
 Camidge, John . . . . . . 94 
 
 Davies (or Davis), Hugh.. 
 
 .. 41 
 
 Camidge, Matthew . . . . 94 
 
 Davies, Richard (or William) 
 
 .. 90 
 
 Camidge, Dr. John .. ..94 
 
 Davies, William .. 
 
 .. 90 
 
 Campyon, William . . . . 16 
 
 Davies, William . . . . 
 
 .. 13 
 
 Capell, Thomas 17 
 
 Davis, Thomas Henry . . 
 
 .. 85 
 
 Carr, George . . 51 
 
 Davy, John 
 
 .. 46 
 
 Carter, William 518 
 
 Day, Thomas 
 
 .. 113 
 
 Chard, George William . . 88, 131 
 
 De La Maine, Henry 
 
 .. 19 
 
 Charles, J 93 
 
 Demonticall, John 
 
 .. 13 
 
 Cheese, Griffith James . . . . 60 
 
 Dobinson, Abraham 
 
 .. 11 
 
 Cherington, R 90 
 
 Dodson, 
 
 .. 27 
 
 Cherry, Richard 26 
 
 Done, Michael 
 
 .. 12 
 
 Child, Simon 123 
 
 Done, William 
 
 .. 91 
 
 Child, William . . . . 106, 132 
 
 Dowding, Emily 
 
 .. Ill 
 
 Chipp, Edmund Thomas . . 31 
 
 Doyle, Langrishe 
 
 ..i. 22 
 
 Chomley, Richard . . . . 8 
 
 Dupuis, Thomas Sanders 
 
 .. 109 
 
 Church, Richard . . . . 66, 123 
 
 
 
 Clack, Richard 42 
 
 E. 
 
 
 Clansay, John 83 
 
 Ebdon, Thomas .. .. 
 
 .. 28 
 
 Clark, Jeremiah . . 54, i8, 130 
 
 Eblyn, Thomas 
 
 .. 100 
 
 Clarke, Charles E. J. ... 28, 9i 
 
 Edge, Edward 
 
 .. 59 
 
 Clarke, Edward Murlesse . . 127 
 
 Elbonn, John 
 
 .. 30 
 
 Clarke, James Hamilton Siree . . 51 
 
 Elliott, Thomas 
 
 .. 76 
 
 Clarke, Jeremiah . . . . 91 
 
 Ellis, William 
 
 102, 125 
 
 Clarke-Whitfeld, John i, 42, 98, 100 
 
 Elvey, Sir George Job 
 
 .. 133 
 
 Claxton, Robert '30 
 
 Elvey, Stephen 
 
 124, 126 
 
 Claxton, William .. .. 129 
 
 Ernes, William 
 
 .. 130 
 
 Clerk, John 83 
 
 Este, Michael 
 
 .. 44 
 
 Cobbold, William 61 
 
 Evans, William . . 
 
 .. 84 
 
 Cock (or Cocke), Arthur . . 32, 105 
 
 
 
 Codner, D. John D 77 
 
 F. 
 
 
 Cogan, Philip 25 
 
 Fairfax, Robert 
 
 .. 74 
 
 Colborne, Langdon . . 43, '29 
 
 Farrant, Richard 
 
 .. 131 
 
 Coleby (or Colby), Theodore 33, 9 
 
 Farrant, John 
 
 29,4i,78 
 
 Collinson, Henry Thomas . . 28 
 
 Fermor, John 
 
 .. 21 
 
 Combes, George 7 
 
 Ferrabosco, John 
 
 .. 30
 
 INDEX. 
 
 137 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Ferrer, . . . . . . 8 
 
 Fidow, John .. .. ..41 
 
 Finell, Thomas .. .. 22,24 
 
 Ford, Henry Edmund .. ..11 
 
 Foster, John . . . . . . 27 
 
 Fox, William ...... 29 
 
 Frith, John ...... 125 
 
 Fuller, Robert ..... .97 
 
 Fussell, Peter . . . . 88, 130 
 
 G. 
 
 Gaffe, George ...... 74 
 
 Galway, Richard ...... 1 
 
 Garland, Thomas ...... 63 
 
 Garrett, George Mursell . . . . 99 
 
 Garton, Frederick S ..... 77 
 
 Geffrys, ........ 130 
 
 George, John ...... 84 
 
 Gerard, J ......... 75 
 
 Gerard, Alexander . . . . 75 
 
 Gerard, . . . . . . . . 75 
 
 Gibbes, Thomas ...... 8 
 
 Gibbons, Edward . . . . 6, 32, 96 
 
 Gibbons, Ellis ...... 78 
 
 Gibbons, Orlando . . . . 105, "3 
 
 Gibbons, Christopher . . 85, 107, 113 
 Gibbs. ........ 41 
 
 Gibbs, Thomas ...... 63 
 
 Gibbs, Richard ...... 62 
 
 Gilbert, John ...... 47 
 
 Giles (or Gyles), Thomas . . 53 
 
 Giles, Nathaniel ...... 132 
 
 Gladstone, Francis Edward 18, 52, 64 
 Godfrey, Thomas . . . . 21, 24 
 
 Godwin, Matthew .. ..8,32 
 
 Goldwin (or Golding), John . . 132 
 Goodson, Richard (Senr.) 65, 123 
 
 Goodson, Richard (Junr.) .. 66 
 
 Goss, Sir John ...... 56 
 
 Gray, Alan ........ 101 
 
 Greatorex, Thomas . . 11, 117 
 Greene, Maurice . . . . 54, 108 
 
 Greene, R ......... 89 
 
 Greggs, William ...... 27 
 
 Grizzelle, Thomas . . . . 126 
 
 Gunn, Barnabas .. .. ..36 
 
 Gunton, Frederick . . 15, 81 
 
 Hall, Henry (Senr.)' .. 33, 41 
 
 Hall, Henry (Junr.) .. ..41 
 
 Hall, Richard ...... 17 
 
 Hampton, John ...... 89 
 
 Hanbury, John Capel . . . . 128 
 
 Hardacre, George . . . . 127 
 
 Harding, E. ...... 127 
 
 Hardy, Joseph Naylor . . . . 82 
 
 Harris, Joseph John . . . . 60 
 
 PAGE 
 Harwood, Basil .. .. 3'- 67 
 
 Hasted, John 49 
 
 Hawkins, James (Senr.) .. .. 80 
 Hawkins, James (Junr.) . . . . 68 
 
 Hawkins, John 70 
 
 Hawkshaw, John (Senr.) 21, 24 
 
 Hawkshaw, John (Junr.).. ' 24 
 
 Hawkyns, 130 
 
 Hayden, William 75 
 
 Hayes, Philip .. 66,121,123,125 
 Hayes, William .. .. 90, 121 
 
 Haylett, Thomas 14 
 
 Hayne, Leighton George . . 103 
 
 Hayter, Aaron Upjohn . . . . 42 
 
 Hay ward, Robert 20 
 
 Heath, John 72 
 
 Heathcote, Edward .. .. 81 
 
 Heather, Stephen 103 
 
 Hecht (or Hight), Andrew .. 48 
 Hecht, Thomas .. .. 48,120 
 
 Heighten, J 127 
 
 Henman, Richard .. ..33 
 
 Henshaw, William .. ..28 
 Henstridge, Daniel . . 9, 35, 72 
 
 Herbit, William 24 
 
 Hesletine, James 27 
 
 Higgins, Edward 7 
 
 Hill, Thomas 11 
 
 Hilton, John .. . 47,99 
 
 Hinde, Henry .. . ..44 
 
 Hine, William 36 
 
 Hoddinott, John . . . . . 90 
 
 Hodge, John . . . . . 40 
 
 Hodge, Robert . . . 24, 84 
 
 Hodge, William 57 
 
 Hodge, William (Junr.) . . . 1 
 Hogan, Frederick William . . 127 
 Holland, James .. .. ..58 
 
 Hollister, Thomas . . . . 19 
 
 Holmes, George . . . . . . 49 
 
 Holmes, John .. .. 78,85 
 
 Hooper, Edmund .. .. 106,113 
 
 Hopkins, Charles . . . . . . 90 
 
 Hopkins, Edward John . . . . 112 
 
 Hopkins, John Larkin .. 73, ii 
 Hopkins, John .. .. ..73 
 
 Horan, John 23 
 
 Horn, Karl Friedrich . . . . 133 
 Horncastle, Frederick William . . 1 
 
 Hosier, Philip 34 
 
 Howe, John .. .. ..11 
 
 Howe, Thomas .. .. ..11 
 
 Howe, Joseph 72 
 
 Howe, Richard . . . . . . 73 
 
 Howe, John 112 
 
 Hughes, Thomas 75 
 
 Hugo, Richard 83 
 
 Hunt, John 43
 
 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 
 PAGE 
 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Huntley, George Frederick 
 
 .. 61 
 
 Lamb, George 
 
 .. 44 
 
 Husbands, Charles 
 
 .. 65 
 
 Lancaster, Laurence .. 
 
 .. 70 
 
 Husbands, William 
 
 .. 65 
 
 Lancaster, Walter J. .. 
 
 .. 129 
 
 Hutchinson, John 
 
 .. 93 
 
 Langdon, Richard .. i 
 
 31,33 
 
 Hutchinson, Richard 
 
 .. 27 
 
 Lant, Bartholomew 
 
 . 65 
 
 Hutt, William .. 
 
 .. 131 
 
 
 85 
 
 Hyde, C. F. 
 
 .. 128 
 
 Larkin, Edmund 
 
 . 69 
 
 
 
 Lavington, Charles Williams 
 
 . 84 
 
 1. 
 
 
 Lawes, Henry 
 
 . 107 
 
 Iliffe, Frederick .. 
 
 .. 126 
 
 
 . 75 
 
 Ingleton, John 
 
 .. 46 
 
 Lee, William 
 
 . 80 
 
 Ingham, Richard .. 
 
 .. 11 
 
 Leeve, Henry 
 
 . 112 
 
 Inglott, William .. 
 
 .. 62 
 
 Leigh, John 
 
 . 58 
 
 Ions, William Jamson . . 
 
 .. 61 
 
 Lichfield, Robert 
 
 . 34 
 
 Irons, Herbert Stephen . . 
 
 81, 127 
 
 Liddle, Robert William . . 
 
 . 82 
 
 Isaac, Elias 
 
 .. 91 
 
 Litster, Thomas 
 
 . 70 
 
 Isaac(ke), Peter .. 
 
 21,79 
 
 Lloyd, Charles Harford . . 39 
 
 , 67, 104 
 
 Isaac, William 
 
 .. 24 
 
 Lloyd, Thomas 
 
 .. 3 
 
 
 
 Lloyd, Llewelyn 
 
 .. 75 
 
 J. 
 
 
 Long, Benjamin 
 
 .. 89 
 
 Jackson, John .. .. 
 
 .. 84 
 
 Longdon, Richard 
 
 .. 69 
 
 Jackson, William 
 
 .. 33 
 
 Longhurst, William Henry 
 
 .. 10 
 
 Janes, Robert 
 
 .. 31 
 
 Loosemore, Henry 
 
 32,96 
 
 Jarred (or Gerard), Richard 
 
 .. 3 
 
 Loosemore, George .. 
 
 .. 99 
 
 efferies, John Edward . . 
 
 .. 61 
 
 Lott, John Browning 
 
 .. 46 
 
 effries (or Jefferies), Stephen 
 
 .. 35 
 
 Lott, Donald Wallace . . 
 
 .. 128 
 
 Jekyll, Charles Sherwood 
 
 .. 110 
 
 Love, William . . , . 
 
 .. 18 
 
 Jewitt, Randall (or Randolph) 
 
 Lowe, Edward . . . . 
 
 65, 107 
 
 i*. 
 
 21, 24. 86 
 
 Lowe, Thomas . . . . 
 
 .. 35 
 
 Jones, Dr. John 
 
 1 
 
 Lugg (or Lugge), Robert 
 
 .. 125 
 
 Jones, John .. .. 
 
 .. 75 
 
 Ly on, James .. .. 
 
 .. 129 
 
 Jones, John 
 
 55, i 
 
 
 
 Jones, Thomas .. 
 
 .. 12 
 
 M. 
 
 
 Jones, Thomas Evance . . 
 
 .. 10 
 
 Maclean, Charles Donald 
 
 .. 103 
 
 Juglott, William .. 
 
 .. 41 
 
 Macpherson, Charles .. 
 
 .. 57 
 
 
 
 Maddox, Matthew .. 
 
 .. 77 
 
 K. 
 
 
 Mann, Arthur Henry 
 
 .. 98 
 
 Kay (Key, or Keys), William 
 
 .. 13 
 
 Marbeck (or Merbeck), John 
 
 .. 131 
 
 Kay (or Keys), 
 
 .. 75 
 
 Marchant, Charles George 
 
 .. 26 
 
 Keeling, W 
 
 127 
 
 Marks, James Christopher 
 
 .. 19 
 
 Keeton, Haydn 
 
 . 69 
 
 Marks, Thomas Osborne.. 
 
 2 
 
 Kelway, Thomas 
 
 . 16 
 
 Marriott, Arthur .. .. 
 
 .. 82 
 
 Kemp, Joseph 
 
 . 7 
 
 Marshall, 
 
 .. 96 
 
 Kempton, Thomas 
 
 . 30 
 
 Marshall, William 
 
 67, "6 
 
 Kenge, William 
 
 . 91 
 
 Martin, Sir George Clement 
 
 .. 56 
 
 Kent, James 
 
 88, 130 
 
 Martin, Jonathan 
 
 .. 108 
 
 Keys, William 
 
 58, 75 
 
 Mason, George 
 
 .. 99 
 
 King, George . . . . 
 
 85, 130 
 
 Mason, Thomas .. 
 
 .. 40 
 
 King, William 
 
 .. 123 
 
 Masterman, Robert 
 
 .. 27 
 
 Kingston, Thomas .. 
 
 .. 47 
 
 Mathews, John 
 
 .. 25 
 
 Kirby (or Kirkby), .. 
 
 .. 92 
 
 Matthews, Samuel 
 
 98, 100 
 
 Knight, Thomas . . 
 
 .. 69 
 
 Meredith, William 
 
 .. 122 
 
 Knyvett, Charles .. 
 
 .. 109 
 
 Merrifield, John 
 
 .. 90 
 
 
 
 Middlebrook, William .. 
 
 .. 49 
 
 L. 
 
 
 Mineard, Samuel 
 
 .. 7 
 
 Lamb, Benjamin .. 
 
 .. 102 
 
 Mitchell, John .. 
 
 .. 103 
 
 Lamb, (Senr.l 
 
 .. 44 
 
 Monk, Edwin George 
 
 95, 126 
 
 Lamb, (Junr.) , 
 
 .. 44 
 
 Monk, Mark- James .. 
 
 .. 82
 
 INDEX. 
 
 139 
 
 
 PAGE 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Mordant, R. . . 
 
 76 
 
 Pigott, Francis .. 108, in, 120, 5 
 
 Mordant, Henry . . 
 
 76 
 
 Pigott, Francis (Junr.) 
 
 102, 132 
 
 Morgan, Thomas . . 
 
 21 
 
 Pigott, J 
 
 111 
 
 Morgan, Tom Westlake 
 
 5 
 
 Pitt, Thomas 
 
 91 
 
 Morley, James 
 
 7 
 
 Pleasants, Thomas 
 
 63 
 
 Morley, Thomas . . 
 
 53 
 
 Plomer, Francis . . 
 
 8 
 
 Morris, Herbert C. 
 
 77 
 
 Plomley, James .. 
 
 71 
 
 Mose, Robert .. 
 
 130 
 
 Popely, William . . 
 
 80 
 
 Mudd, John 
 
 68 
 
 Porter, Robert 
 
 126 
 
 Mudd, .. 
 
 48 
 
 Porter, Samuel 
 
 9 
 
 Mundy (Munday, or Mundie), John 
 
 Portman, Richard 
 
 113 
 
 
 102, 132 
 
 Pratt, John 
 
 97 
 
 Murgatroyd (or Murgetroyd), Charles 
 
 Preston, Thomas (Senr.) 
 
 70 
 
 
 49,93 
 
 Preston, Thomas (Junr.) 
 
 70 
 
 Murphy, Samuel .. 
 
 22, 25 
 
 Price, George 
 
 111 
 
 Murphy, William.. 
 
 .. 26 
 
 Priest, Nathaniel . . 
 
 3, 7 
 
 Mutlow, William .. 
 
 .. 37 
 
 Pring, Isaac 
 
 123 
 
 
 
 Pring, Joseph 
 
 3 
 
 N. 
 
 
 Pring, James Sharpe 
 
 4 
 
 Nares, James 
 Nash, R 
 
 93, 108 
 127 
 
 Propert, William Peregr 
 Purcell, Daniel 
 
 e 77 
 120 
 
 Naylor, John .'." 
 Newbold, Richard 
 
 95 
 12 
 
 Purcell, Henry 
 Pyne, James Kendrick 
 
 107, 115 
 i8,60 
 
 Nicholson, Richard 
 
 119 
 
 
 Nixon, 
 
 51 
 
 Q. 
 
 Noble, Thomas Tertius 
 Norman, John.. .. 
 
 31,95 
 .. 76 
 
 X 
 
 Quarles, Charles .. .. 93,99 
 
 Norris, Thomas . . 
 
 66, 125 
 
 
 
 
 R. 
 
 o 
 
 
 Ramsey, Robert 99 
 
 %^B 
 
 Olive, Edmund 
 Oker (or Okeover), John 
 Orme, Edward .. 
 Ouseley, Sir Frederick 
 Owston, E. C. 
 
 .. 3 
 
 35,83 
 .. 14 
 .. 67 
 .. 127 
 
 Randall, John . . . . 97, I0 
 Randall (or Randoll), William .. 105 
 Rathbone, John . . . . . . 3 
 Rathbone, Thomas .. .. 3 
 Raylton, William 9 
 Raynor, Lloyd . . . . . . 49 
 
 
 
 Read, Frederick John . . . . 18 
 
 . 
 
 
 Reading, John .. .. ..16 
 
 Paddon, James 
 
 .. 34 
 
 Reading, John .. .. 86,130 
 
 Parratt, Sir Walter 
 
 122, 134 
 
 Redford, John 52 
 
 Parry, Robert .. 
 
 79,84 
 
 Rese (or Rees), .. ..51 
 
 Parsons, John .. 
 
 .. 113 
 
 Richardson, Arthur . . . . 77 
 
 Pasmore, Peter . . 
 
 .. 33 
 
 Richardson, 90 
 
 Paterson, Allan .. 
 
 .. 129 
 
 Richardson, Alfred Madeley .. 57 
 
 Patrick, Nathaniel 
 
 .. 89 
 
 Richardson, John Elliott.. .. 79 
 
 Peach, Charles 
 
 .. 72 
 
 Richardson, Vaughan . . . . 87 
 
 Pearse, Charles .. 
 
 .. 102 
 
 Ringrose, William Weaver . . 81 
 
 Pepir, Leonard 
 
 .. 47 
 
 Riseley, George . . . . . . 7 
 
 Perkins, Dodd 
 
 .. 84 
 
 Roberts, 24 
 
 Perkins, William . . 
 
 .. 84 
 
 Roberts, John Varley . . . . 122 
 
 Perrin, Harry Crane 
 
 10, 128 
 
 Roberts, Robert . . . . . . 5 
 
 Perrot, Robert 
 
 .. 118 
 
 Roberts, Thomas .. .. .. 2 
 
 Perry, William 
 
 .. 42 
 
 Robinson, Francis James 23,25 
 
 Phillips, Arthur . . 
 
 6, "9 
 
 Robinson, John .. .. 23,25 
 
 Phillips, Matthew.. 
 
 .. 120 
 
 Robinson, John 116 
 
 Philpott, Matthew 
 
 .. 77 
 
 Roche, James . . . . 19 
 
 Pick, Charles 
 
 .. 11 
 
 Rodgers, James . . . . 69 
 
 Pickhaver, Rpbert . 
 
 122, 130 
 
 Rogers, Benjamin .. 21,102, 119
 
 140 
 
 CATHEDRAL ORGANISTS. 
 
 Rogers, James 
 Rogers, Roland . . 
 Rooke, Edward . . 
 Rosingrave, Daniel 
 Rosingrave, Ralph 
 
 PAGE 
 
 ..31 
 5 
 
 .. 7 
 
 22, 24, 35, 79, 87 
 22, 25 
 
 8. 
 
 Sale, John Bernard .. .. 110 
 Salisbury, Edward .. 93, 100 
 
 Sandys, Michael 25 
 
 Selby, 9 
 
 Selby, Bertram Luard . . . . 80 
 Senny, John . . . . . . 6 
 
 Sexton, William 133 
 
 Sharpe, Carter 68 
 
 Sharpe, Jonathan 98 
 
 Shaw, 70 
 
 Shaw, Alexander .. .. ..27 
 
 Sheppard, John .. .. .. 119 
 
 Shrubsole, William . . . . 3 
 
 Silver, John . . . . 86, 96 
 
 Silvester, John 33 
 
 Sinclair, George Robertson 43, 82 
 Skeats, Highmore (Senr.) . . 9, 3* 
 
 Skeats, Highmore (Junr.) 31, 133 
 
 Skelton, George 49 
 
 Smart, Sir George Thomas . . 109 
 
 Smith, 3 
 
 Smith, 90 
 
 Smith, 58 
 
 Smith, Elias 34 
 
 Smith, George Townshend . . 43 
 
 Smith, Martin 36 
 
 Smith, John Stafford . . . . 109 
 
 Smyth, William 19 
 
 Smyth, William 27 
 
 Smyth, Edward 27 
 
 Sorrell, William 70 
 
 South, Charles Frederick .. 80 
 
 Spain, John 72 
 
 Speechly, John 69 
 
 Spence, Charles 75 
 
 Spofforth, Thomas .. ..81 
 
 Spofforth, Samuel . . 46, 69 
 
 Stainer, Sir John . . . . 56, 122, 129 
 
 Standish, David 68 
 
 Standish, Roger .. .. .-.68 
 Standish, William . . . . 68 
 
 Stanford, Charles Villiers . . 101 
 
 Stanley, Charles John .. .. Ill 
 Stephens, James Brealsford . . 19 
 
 Stephens, John 79 
 
 Stevens, Richard John Samuel . . Ill 
 Stevenson, Robert .. .. 12 
 
 Stewart, Charles Henry Hylton 18 
 Stewart, Sir Robert Prescott 23, 26 
 Stimpson, James .. .. ..11 
 
 Stonard, William 65 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Storey, Richard 68 
 
 Stringer, Peter . . . . 12, 58 
 
 Stringer, John 13 
 
 Sudlow, William 60 
 
 Swarbrick (or Schwarbrook), Henry 41 
 Sweeting, Edward Thomas . . 99 
 
 Tallis (or Tallys), Thomas . . 104 
 
 Targett, James 17 
 
 Taverner, John . . . . . . 65 
 
 Taylor, James 124 
 
 Taylor, John 112 
 
 Tetlow, Edward 58 
 
 Thexton, George 131 
 
 Thompson, Edward . . . . 79 1 
 Thome, Edward Henry . . . . 17 
 
 Thorne, John 92 
 
 Tiller, Richard 68 
 
 Tireman, William . . 98, 10Q 
 
 Tomkins, Giles . . . . 78, 9& 
 
 Tomkins, John .. .. 53,96 
 
 Tomkins, John . . . . . . 89- 
 
 Tomkins, Richard . . . . 7& 
 
 Tomkins, Thomas . . 89, i6 
 
 Tomson (or Thomson), Edmund 41 
 
 Toole, William i, 19 
 
 Travers, John . . . . . . 108 
 
 Tremaine, Thomas . . . . 17 
 
 Tucker, Edward 78 
 
 Tudway, Thomas 97 
 
 Turle, James 117 
 
 Turle, Robert 2 
 
 Turner, William 58 
 
 Tye, Christopher . . . . 29, i4 
 
 Vicar Choral, A 
 Vicary, Walter 
 Vincent, George 
 Vincent, James 
 
 V. 
 
 2 
 
 121 
 
 80 
 
 111 
 
 w. 
 
 Wainwright, John . . . . 59 
 
 Wainwright, Robert . . . . 59 
 Wainwright, Richard . . . . 59 
 Walkeley, Anthony . . . . 79 
 Walmisley, Thomas Attwood 98, 100 
 
 Walond, William 17 
 
 Walsh, George . . . . 22, 25 
 
 Walsh, Henry 25 
 
 Walter, John 102 
 
 Wanlass, 70 
 
 Wanless(e), John 48 
 
 Wanless(e), Thomas .. ..93 
 
 Warne, George 112 
 
 Warren, William .. .. 22,25 
 Warrock (or Warwick), Thomas 40* 
 Warryn, Walter 76
 
 INDEX. 
 
 141 
 
 FAOB 
 
 Warwick, Thomas .. 106, 3 
 Wasbrough, Rice .. .. .. 7 
 
 Wasbrough, John .. .. 7 
 
 Webb, Bartholomew .. .. 16 
 
 Webb, Edward . . . . 103, 133 
 
 Webb, Robert 35 
 
 Weelkes, Thomas . . 16, '3<> 
 
 Weldon, John .. .. f08, 123 
 Wesley, Samuel Sebastian 
 
 34, 37, 43, 89, 131 
 
 White, Edmund 13 
 
 White, John 33 
 
 White, Matthew 65 
 
 White, Robert . . . . 29, "2 
 White, William Henry . . . . 26 
 White (or Whyte), . . . . 12 
 Whitt (or White), . . . . 112 
 
 Wildbore, Robert 99 
 
 Wilkes, John Bernard . . . . 51 
 Williams, Charles Lee . . 39, 52, 127 
 Williams, George Ebenezer . . 117 
 
 Williams, Henry 77 
 
 Williams, John 72 
 
 MM 
 
 Williams, Thomas .. .. 8 
 
 Willis (or Wilkes), Anthony . . 24 
 
 Wilson, Archibald Wayet . . 76 
 
 Wilson,.. .. ..70 
 
 Wise, Michael .. ..76 
 
 Wise, Samuel . . . . 49 
 
 Woffington, John . . 1 
 
 Wood, Daniel Joseph 18, 34 
 
 Wood, David . . . . 30 
 
 Woodcock, William . . 123 
 
 Woodson, Leonard . . 10.J 
 
 Woodward, Richard . . 22 
 
 Wootton, Nicholas .. 8 
 
 Worrall, Benjamin . . 13 
 
 Wren, Charles . . 35, 72 
 
 Wren, Robert .. ..8 
 
 Wrench, Berkeley .. 34 
 
 Wright, George . . . . 68 
 
 Wyrnal, John . . . . 92 
 
 Y. 
 
 Young, John Matthew Wilson . . 50
 
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