The Great Musicians: Purcell

by William Hayman Cummings

A very interesting official document, now preserved in the British Museum, of which the following is a copy, gives us information respecting the appointments held by Henry Purcell, the father, in Westminster Abbey:—

"Accounts of Richard Busby, D.D., 1664. The money computed by John Needham (Gent.) receiver of the college.

"Cantator in choro Henry Purcell £8 and 40s.

In ^re chorist Henry Purcell £10.

Cantator in choro per stipend et regard—

John Harding, Christopher Chapman,

Henry Purcell, Edwd. Braddock,

William Hutton, Owen Adamson,

Thomas Hughes, Peter Amblett, Thomas Shorter,

Thomas Condy, Thomas Finnell—each £8 and 40s.