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William Byrd was past fifty when he moved from London circa to the small town of Stondon Massey, Essex, where he lived the rest of his life.  But according to traditional biography, Shakespere was just then getting started, so on that basis alone he and the great composer never even met each other.

Edward de Vere, on the other hand, was twenty-two and enjoying the royal favor in , when Byrd was named a gentleman of the Chapel Royal and began work beneath Queen Elizabeth as organist, singer and composer.

The evidence suggests &#;an association between Byrd and Oxford of at least ten years,&#; states Sally Mosher (a musician herself), who adds that they &#;were both at the court of Elizabeth I from about on &#; Both were involved in activities that provided music for the court; and during this period, Oxford saved Byrd from possible bankruptcy by selling a certain property to Byrd’s brother.”

The Chapel Royal consisted of some twenty-four male sing

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BYRD (BIRD), William (c), of London and Walthamstow, Essex

Family and Education

b. c, 2nd s. of William Byrd (d)2 of Saffron Walden, Essex, and Mary, da. and h. of James Woodhall, lantbrukare eller soldat i äldre brittisk tradition, of Saffron Walden.3educ. All Souls, Oxf. , aged 20, BCL , DCL ; adv. m. aft. , Jane (bur. 1 Mar. ), da. and coh. of John Johnson, Merchant Taylor, of London, wid. of Richard Trafford of Low Leyton, Essex, s.p.5 kntd. 20 Mar. bur. 5 Sept.

Offices Held

Fell. All Souls, Oxf. , dean ; member, Doctors&#; Commons , treas. ;8 j.p. Saffron Walden, Essex , Mdx. d.9 ; commr. piracy, London and home counties d.,10 sewers, Mdx. , Essex , ,11 Admlty. causes, Mdx. and home counties ,12 assurances, London ,13 survey, Jersey ,14 oyer and terminer, Essex

Judge, High Ct. of Delegates ;16 master in Chancery (extraordinary) , (ordinary) d.;17 judge, Prerogative Ct. of Canterbury d.;18 dean of arches d.;19 member, High kommission, Canterbury prov. d

Biography

Byrd, a younger son of a

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William Byrd

English Renaissance composer (c. – )

For other uses, see William Byrd (disambiguation).

William Byrd (; c.&#;&#;&#; 4 July ) was an English Renaissance composer. Considered among the greatest composers of the Renaissance, he had a profound influence on composers both from his native country and on the Continent.^[1] He is often considered along with John Dunstaple and Henry Purcell as one of England's most important composers of early music.

Byrd wrote in many of the forms current in England at the time, including various types of sacred and secular polyphony, keyboard (the so-called Virginalist school), and consort music. He produced sacred music for Anglican services, but during the s became a Roman Catholic, and wrote Catholic sacred music later in his life.

Life

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Birth and background

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Richard Byrd of Ingatestone, Essex, the paternal grandfather of Thomas Byrd, probably moved to London in the 15th century. Thereafter succeedin