Henry Machyn et al. in On the River Thames to Westminster, and London - 29 October, 1556
from A London Provisioner's Chronicle, 1550-1563:
The twenty-ninth day of October the new mayor took his oath and so went by water to Westminster with trumpets and the waits royal and a gallant pinnace decked with streamers and guns and drums […] And there was a goodly pageant and the trumpets had scarlet capes—and the waits.
cite as
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/1507568685372 accessed: 20 April, 2024
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hide composers| Ceremonial and pageant music | performed by Waits |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 29 October, 1556 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, outdoors, in public |
Originally submitted by lcc5 on Mon, 09 Oct 2017 18:04:45 +0100
Approved on Fri, 01 Dec 2017 10:23:25 +0000