Henry Machyn in Westminster Abbey - 6 October, 1554

from A London Provisioner's Chronicle, 1550-1563:

The sixth day of October was buried at Westminster a great man, a Spaniard, with singing, both English and Spaniards, with a handbell before ringing, and every Spaniard having green torches and green tapers, to the number of a hundred. And there buried in the abbey.

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/1507200184998 accessed: 31 October, 2024

location of experience: Westminster Abbey

Listeners

Henry Machyn
Provisioner
90's-1563

Listening to

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Singing at a funeral

Experience Information

Date/Time 6 October, 1554
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors, in public

Originally submitted by lcc5 on Thu, 05 Oct 2017 11:43:05 +0100
Approved on Thu, 30 Nov 2017 13:04:35 +0000