I have not space to chronicle all Deering's musical works. But I must conclude this notice by some account of his secular music, and, more particularly, his remarkable _Humorous Fancy, The Crycs of London_. This is the third of these interesting Fancies which I have had the opportunity of recovering from oblivion. I have {61} already in the case of Weelkes and Gibbons explained the circumstances attending this recovery. Deering's _Fancy_ is the most elaborate of the three, and, besides a number of _Cryes_ which the other musicians omitted, he has preserved to us some most interesting and charming Tradesmen's Songs--those of the Swepe, the Blacking-seller, the Vendor of Garlick, the Rat-catcher, and the Tooth-drawer. The whole _Fancy_ is full of life, and shows Deering to be both dramatic and humourous. This work (and a similar one on _Country Cryes_) were written before he left England for Brussels, as the copy in the British Museum was made 1616. There are a few Anthems scattered about in various Libraries, but as a Catholic his contributions to English Cathedral music would, no doubt, be few. Some are to be found in Durham Cathedral Library. On the marriage of Charles I, he was appointed Organist to the Queen Henrietta Maria. On July 11th, 1628, his name appears in a list of musicians in ordinary to the King, and he was evidently a member of the King's Private Band. Most historians have stated that he lived to 1657, but this is just as incorrect as their other statements concerning Deering and his music. I have devoted much time to the elucidation of {62} the history and the reproduction of his work, and feel in doing this I have helped to restore to his rightful place one of the greatest English musicians of the 17th, or indeed of any, century. [1] Sir William Stanley was a Roman Catholic and a very extraordinary man. I think the following account from the _Dictionary of National Biography_ will be of interest.