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The World of William Byrd: Musicians, Merchants and Magnates

  • Author: Harley, John
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Contents

  • Contents: Preface
  • Part 1 Musicians 1: The Byrd family and St Paul's Cathedral
  • St Paul's: the petitions
  • City churches and St Mary-at-Hill
  • John Heywood
  • Byrd the apprentice musician. Part 2 Merchants: The world of commerce
  • William Burd the Mercer
  • Thomas Smythe
  • Symond Byrd
  • John Byrd
  • Philip Smyth
  • Robert Broughe
  • Robert Dow the elder
  • Ferdinando Heybourne (alias Richardson) and Richard Candelar. Part 3 MusiciansA*2: William Byrd, Gentleman of the Chapel Royal
  • The Byrd household and recusancy
  • Byrd the established musician
  • Landowner and publisher
  • Byrd's later years. Part 4 Magnates: Social networks
  • Sir Ralph Bosville
  • James Good
  • John Lumley, 1st Baron Lumley
  • Thomas Paget, 3rd Baron Paget
  • John Petre, 1st Baron Petre
  • William and Anthony Roper
  • Raphe Sheldon
  • Appendices
  • Bibliography
  • Index.