Henry Machyn in St Clement's without Temple Bar, London - 28 October, 1557
from A London Provisioner's Chronicle, 1550-1563:
The twenty-eighth day of October was the Mass of Requiem sung and a goodly sermon. And after Mass, Her Grace [Mary Fitzallen, the Countess of Arundel] was buried and all her head officers with white staffs in their hands and all the heralds waiting about her in their coats of arms. And my lord abbot of Westminster preached there a goodly sermon and my Lord of London sang the Mass. The bishop of … sang the Mass of the … and there was a … Mass said. And after, to my lord's place to dinner, for there was a great dinner.
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/1507548721484 accessed: 28 November, 2024
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hide composersRequiem mass | performed by Bishop of London |
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Date/Time | 28 October, 1557 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |