NAME DATE John Taylor 1562 Robert White 1574 Henry Leeve 1575 Edmund Hooper 1585 John Gibbs 1605 John Parsons 1613 Thomas Day 1623 Richard Portman 1633 James Trye 1637 Walter Porter 1639 Henry Purcell (senior) 1661 Christopher Gibbons 1664 Thomas Blagrave 1666 Edward Braddock 1670 John Church 1704 Bernard Gates 1740 MUSIC COPYISTS OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY. NAME DATE Henry Purcell (senior) 1661 Christopher Gibbons 1664 Stephen Byng 1673 Henry Purcell (junior) 1676 William Tucker 1678 Charles Taylour 1684 Henry Purcell 1688 Edward Braddock 1690 John Church 1710 John Buswell 1761 Thomas Vanderman 1763 Thomas Barrow 1782 FOOTNOTES: [Footnote 71: Mr. Turle having retired from active duty, Dr. J. F. Bridge is now appointed permanent deputy organist.] CHRONOLOGICAL MEMORANDA. 1658. Henry Purcell, the composer, born. 1659. Meeting of Purcell's father, Matthew Locke, and Pepys. 1661. Charles the Second crowned. Henry Purcell, the father, and Thomas Purcell, the uncle of the composer, attend the coronation as gentlemen of the Chapel Royal. 1663. Purcell's father appointed a member of the Royal Band. 1664. The father died. Purcell entered the Chapel Royal under Captain Cooke. 1667. Purcell's three-part song, "Sweet Tyraness," published. 1669. Purcell composed "An Address to the King." 1672. Purcell's master, Captain Cooke, died; succeeded by Pelham Humphreys.