Henry Machyn et al. in Westminster, and St Paul's churchyard, London - 29 October, 1561
from A London Provisioner's Chronicle, 1550-1563:
The twenty-ninth day of October the new mayor took his barge toward Westminster—my new lord mayor, Mr. Harper—with the aldermen in their scarlet, and all the crafts of London in their livery, and their barges with their banners and streamers of every occupation arms. And there was a goodly feast made with streamers, targets, and banners and arms and great shooting of guns and trumpets blowing. And at twelve o'clock my lord mayor and the aldermen landed at Paul's wharf and so into Paul's churchyard. And there … more >>
Henry Machyn, and Colette Moore, Marilyn Miller and Richard W. Bailey (ed.), A London Provisioner's Chronicle, 1550-1563. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1507470457143 accessed: 12 December, 2024
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hide composersPageant music | performed by Children |
Ceremonial music |
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Date/Time | 29 October, 1561 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, outdoors, in public |