Gentleman of the Chapel Royal
Title given to adult male singers of the choir of English monarchs
Gentleman of the Chapel Royal is the office of an adult male singer of the Chapel Royal, the household choir of the monarchs of England.[1]
Notable holders[a]
15th century
- Gilbert Banester
- Robert Fayrfax
- William Newark
16th century
- John Bull
- William Byrd
- Thomas Causton
- Richard Edwardes
- Richard Farrant
- Edmund Hooper
- William Hunnis
- William Mundy
- Thomas Palfreyman
- Robert Parsons
- John Sheppard
- Robert Stone
- Thomas Tallis
17th century
- Ralph Amner
- Elway Bevin
- John Blow
- William Child
- Henry Cooke
- Christopher Gibbons
- Orlando Gibbons
- John Gostling
- William Heather
- Pelham Humfrey
- Robert Jones
- Henry Lawes
- John Lenton
- Matthew Locke
- Francis Pigott
- Henry Purcell
- Thomas Day
- Thomas Tomkins
- William Turner
- Michael Wise
18th century
- Edmund Ayrton
- Richard Bellamy
- William Croft
- Richard Elford
- Luke Flintoft
- John Sale
- William Savage
- John Stafford Smith
- John Weldon
19th century
- William Beale
- William Hayman Cummings
- Charles Smart Evans
- William Hawes
- William Knyvett
- Edward Lloyd
- Henry Wylde Sr
20th century
- James Bowman
References
- ^ R O Bucholz (ed.). "The Chapel Royal: Gentlemen". Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 11 (Revised), Court Officers, 1660-1837. University of London. pp. 279–287.
Notes
- ^ by century first appointed
