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CONTENTS.-No. 144.

NOTES:-Old Church Music at Wimborne Minster, 41

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for sixty years. But, in the early spring o 1917, the Rev. Walter Slater, Minor Canon' Sacrist, and formerly Precentor of Winchester Cathedral, kindly went carefully through the whole of the music contained in these boxes, and subsequently gave 8 lecture on the subject, to the members of the Gild of St. Cuthberga.

But how came this music to be at Wimborne ? The Minster, which stands on the site of an old Roman church, or temple, the remains of which still exist beneath the floor of the nave, dates back to the year 705. It was first founded by St. Cuthberga, sister of Ina, as a Benedictine nunnery; but was destroyed by the Danes in the early slab which covered the remains of Ethelred, part of the eleventh century; although the the elder brother of Alfred the Great, who, as the A. S. Chronicle records, was buried there, still remains. The Minster was refounded as a secular foundation, with a Dean and Canons, by Edward the Confessor. It became a Royal Free Chapel, and so continued until the reign of Edward VI., when the College was dissolved. By letters patent of Queen Elizabeth it was refounded in 1563, and three priests and three clerks were to be provided to perform Divine service From that time, now in the church, &c. more than four hundred years ago (whatever may have been the case previous to the dissolution of the College in 1547), there appear to have been a surpliced choir and a choral service at the Minster. The earliest existing Minute Book of the Governors dates back to 1579. On Nov. 30 of that year there is a minute recording that orders were issued by the Governors to the effect

OLD CHURCH MUSIC AT WIMBORNE that "the servitors (i.e., 'secondaries,' or

MINSTER.

IN The Times of Saturday, Dec. 11, appeared a notice of William Byrd in connection with the recent publication of his works as vols. xiv. to xvi. of the " English Madrigal School "; and, in the following Thursday's issue, was a report of the " discovery of some of his music in manuscript at Wimborne Minster.

It was well known that there was a quantity of old Church Music put away in boxes which were stored in the room above the vestry, which was formerly the Treasury of the Minster, but which, for nearly two hundred and fifty years, has been the apartment in which the celebrated Library of Chained Books has been kept. In all prob

'reading-clerks ') are not to come into the choir without their surplices; but to go into the vestry and put them on and to come into the choir together." On the same day it was ordered that surplices were to be made for four "querister boys." And, a month later, it was enacted that Thomas Toogood, one of the "secondaries," should have 20s., in addition to the 41. which he already received as wages, for teaching the chorister boys and pricking the books needful for the choir." By a later charter, of Charles I., 1639, it was provided that there should be "four choristers, two singers and one organist, in addition to the three priests and three clerks, whom they were to assist in the services of the church." Although there had been choristers before, they were

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The Organ Books, numbered 5, 6, 7contain, in addition to services which are printed and easily accessible, works by former organists of the church, e.g., George Day, 1695-1713; John Fyler, 1713-43, and George Combes, 1743-56. The latter was afterwards Organist of Bristol Cathedral. An anthem of Day's, 'Haste Thee, O Lord,' seems to have escaped the notice of Mr. Myles Foster, in his 'Anthem and Anthem Composers."

containing the separate voice parts in different volumes, including Weelkes's (b. 1758), Verse Evening Service in G minor.' He was Organist of Winchester College, and afterwards of Chichester Cathedral.

Amongst other composers, whose works are in the Minster collection, are Thomas John Mudd (b. 1580, Organist of Peterborough Cathedral), Thomas Carter (b. 1735), Samuel Howard, and Hawkins.

In the Churchwardens' Account Books there are records of payments made in 1494-5 for repairs to the organ in the chapel of St. Mary and to another organ in the roodloft, and in 1496 mention is made of a payment to 'Richard Gilbert, keeper of the organs. From that time onwards there are constant records of payments for repairs, for organ blowing, and to the organ players. Enough has been said to show why it is not to be wondered at that some old Church music should be found at Wimborne. The There are also some interesting books collection contains an Organ Book in which are some Toccatas, or Voluntaries, by Girolamo Fescobaldi (born 1601), and two other organ pieces, viz., a Verse for ye . Double Organ' (apparently a two manual instrument), by Mr. Richard Portman (b. about 1610, a pupil of Gibbons, and Organist of Westminster Abbey in 1633); and a Verse for ye Single Organ' (or onemanual instrument), by Dr. Orlando Gibbons (b. 1583, and also Organist of Westminster Abbey). The Organ Book contains, too, many services and anthems by composers, some number of whom lived before the Civil War, when so much of the Church Music was destroyed. The Minster possesses what appears to be an unique setting of the Benedicite by Richard Farrant. It seems to have no connexion with the Alto part of a Benedicite, for men's voices by R. Farrant, which is in the British Museum, nor with his organ part which is in the Library at Christ Church, Oxford. There are half-a-dozen anthems by Michael Wise, who was Organist at Salisbury Cathedral, 1668-87; in particular two very beautiful ones, 'Prepare ye the way of the Lord,' and 'The ways of Sion do mourn.' There is also one for Christmas, 'Behold I bring you good tidings,' which seems not to be extant elsewhere. It is not given in Myles Foster's book, nor is it in the British Museum Catalogue of MSS. sacred vocal music. This Minster Book has six lined staves, and on the cover is the date 1670.

One of the MSS. books, written in score, contains the Creed, Sanctus, and Gloria in Excelsis, by Ebdon in C. It is remarkable because it omits the Kyrie, and because it seems to be the indication of Choral Celebration of the Holy Communion between the Restoration and modern times. It contains, also, in addition to known anthems, one by John Goldwin, 1670-1719, 'Come ye children, hearken unto me,' which is not in any other library.

The Minster MSS. ought to be useful for collating with other MSS., e.g., The Nicene Creed by Tallis, in one of the part-books at Wimborne, shows variations from his Creed in Boyce's (printed) Cathedral Music (Warren's Edition).

Enough has been said to show the interest of the old church music at Wimborne Minster, and why it is to be found there. I must add that I am indebted for what I have written about the music itself to the notes which were given to me by the Rev. Walter Slater, after his inspection referred to above. JAS. M. J. FLETCHER.

LETTERS OF 1720 FROM THE LOW
COUNTRIES AND HANOVER.

THE four letters which follow (recently
acquired from Mr. P. M. Barnard of Tun-
tour of the Low Countries and Germany
bridge Wells) were written during a lengthy
(lasting from 1720 to 1723) by one Robert
Whatley to a recipient whose name does not
indeed appear in the text of any of them;
but who is evidently Sir Peter King, later
Lord Chancellor and at this time Chief
Justice of the Common Pleas. This attribu-
tion is arrived at primarily by reason of the
fact that the cover of letter II has been
preserved and is addressed in Whatley's
hand to King, while the four letters obviously
form a series. If further proof were
needed, we might observe that the writer is

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