"Resolved and agreed that yᵉ place of organist of the Parish be and is declared vacant; agreed that the sallary of yᵉ organist of the Parish be settled. "Organist his duty.--That the salary of the organist shall for the future be £20 by the year, and that for his said salary he shall attend all Sundays in the year, and on all days whenever a sermon shall be preached, Fast-days excepted, and that on every Sunday throughout the year a voluntary shall be played after both morning and evening service." "Ordered, that an advertisement be published in the paper called the _Daily Advertiser_, that the place of Organist of this Parish is vacant, and that all persons who are willing to be candidates for the same may apply to Mr. Ch.-warden Barnard." "On the 22nd Sept., 1753, the candidates appeared separately before the Vestry, 'and a Vestry was held to choose an organist.' Candidates being-- MR. EDWARD HENRY PURCELL 9 Votes. MR. DAVID L. HEUREUX 6 " MR. WILLIAM WARD 2 " MR. RICHARD LOW 0 " MR. THOMAS ARCHER 1 " MR. MOSES PATENCE 0 " "The majority being for Mr. Ed. Hen. Purcell, he was declared Organist of this Parish till Easter next." The parish books show that he was re-elected annually down to Easter Tuesday, April 24, 1764, when there is an entry-- "Complaint having been made against Edward Henry Purcell the present organist. Resolved--That the Vestry Clerk do write to the said Edward Henry Purcell and acquaint him that the Vestry insists on his being regular in his attendance, and that he do give in the name of his Deputy to the Churchwardens, and also give notice from time to time to the Churchwardens for the time being when he shall charge him and who he shall appoint in his stead." "April 30, 1764. The Vestry Clerk acquainted the Vestry that he had wrote to Mr. Purcell the Organist agreeable to the Resolution of the last Vestry. Resolved that the choice of an organist be deferred until the next Vestry and that Mr. Purcell do officiate in the meantime." There is also an entry made by the Vestry Clerk, April, 1764: "N.B.--Wrote to him and he said he would name his deputy." On Easter Tuesday, April 8th, 1765, the Vestry minutes record the appointment of organ-blower, but no mention is made of the organist; we may therefore infer that Purcell was not continued in the post, as in the following year, 1766, we read-- "Resolved that David Lᵈ Heureux organist, Sarah Palmer organ-blower, Be and they are hereby continued in their respective offices at their annual Sallarys until Easter Tuesday next." FOOTNOTES: [Footnote 57: Purcell is named as one of the possessors of property in a map of Ireland made about the middle of the seventeenth century.] [Footnote 58: Cosyn usually meant nephew.]