Quo Fuit places 6 dated presences for William Byrd across 6 places, from 1572 to 1623.
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William Byrd (4 July 1623) was an English Renaissance composer.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where William Byrd was documented, and when
1572year
Englandattested“In 1572, following the death of the composer Robert Parsons, who drowned in the Trent near Newark on 25 January of that year, Byrd obtained the post of Gentleman of the Chapel Royal, the largest choir of its kind in England.”source: Wikipedia: William Byrd
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River Trentattested“In 1572, following the death of the composer Robert Parsons, who drowned in the Trent near Newark on 25 January of that year, Byrd obtained the post of Gentleman of the Chapel Royal, the largest choir of its kind in England.”source: Wikipedia: William Byrd
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Newark-on-Trentattested“In 1572, following the death of the composer Robert Parsons, who drowned in the Trent near Newark on 25 January of that year, Byrd obtained the post of Gentleman of the Chapel Royal, the largest choir of its kind in England.”source: Wikipedia: William Byrd
1577year
Harlington, Londonattested“Byrd's wife Julian was first cited for recusancy (refusing to attend Anglican services) at Harlington in Middlesex, where the family then lived, in 1577.”source: Wikipedia: William Byrd
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Middlesexattested“Byrd's wife Julian was first cited for recusancy (refusing to attend Anglican services) at Harlington in Middlesex, where the family then lived, in 1577.”source: Wikipedia: William Byrd
4 July 1623exact date
Stondon Masseyattested“Byrd remained in Stondon Massey until his death, due to heart failure, on 4 July 1623, which was noted in the Chapel Royal Check Book in a unique entry describing him as "a Father of Musick".”source: Wikipedia: William Byrd
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1563year
Lincoln Cathedralmentioned“Byrd's first known professional employment was his appointment in 1563 as organist and master of the choristers at Lincoln Cathedral.”source: Wikipedia: William Byrd
19 November 1569exact date
Lincoln, Lincolnshirementioned“His period at Lincoln was not entirely trouble-free, for on 19 November 1569 the Dean and Chapter cited him for 'certain matters alleged against him' as the result of which his salary was suspended.”source: Wikipedia: William Byrd
1570year
Englandmentioned“The two musicians used the services of the French Huguenot printer Thomas Vautrollier, who had settled in England and previously produced an edition of a collection of Lassus chansons in London (', 1570).”source: Wikipedia: William Byrd
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City of Londonmentioned“The two musicians used the services of the French Huguenot printer Thomas Vautrollier, who had settled in England and previously produced an edition of a collection of Lassus chansons in London (', 1570).”source: Wikipedia: William Byrd
1581year
Englandmentioned“Byrd's setting of the first four verses of Psalm 78 (Deus venerunt gentes) is widely believed to refer to the brutal execution of Fr Edmund Campion in 1581 an event that caused widespread revulsion on the Continent as well as in England.”source: Wikipedia: William Byrd
1588year
Englandmentioned“The first, Psalms, Sonnets and Songs of Sadness and Pietie (1588), contains the first madrigals published in England.”source: Wikipedia: William Byrd
11 September 1591exact date
St George's Chapel, Windsormentioned“On 11 September 1591 John Baldwin, a tenor lay-clerk at St George's Chapel, Windsor and later a colleague of Byrd in the Chapel Royal, completed the copying of My Ladye Nevells Booke, a collection of 42 of Byrd's keyboard pieces, which w…”source: Wikipedia: William Byrd
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