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Henry Abyngdon
Henry Abyngdon, Abingdon or Abington (c. 1418 – 1 September 1497) was an English ecclesiastic and musician, perhaps the first to receive a university degree in music. Biography He may have been connected with the village of Abington in Cambridgeshire.P. G. Bietenholz and, T. B. Deutscher, ''Contemporaries of Erasmus: A Biographical Register of the Renaissance and Reformation'' (University of Toronto Press, 2003), p. 3. As a cleric at Eton College in 1444 he received a life annuity from Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, and was a member of the household chapel of the Duke from 1445 to 1447. He then succeeded John Bernard as ''succentor'' of Wells Cathedral on 24 November 1447 (holding that post until his death) and was a ''canon'' from 1458. He was admitted a Bachelor of Music at Cambridge on 22 February 1463, this being the first musical degree recorded at any university. In addition to the succentorship at Wells, Abyngdon held the office of Master of the Children of the Chapel Roy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs.) is a Counties of England, county in the East of England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the north-east, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west. The city of Cambridge is the county town. Following the Local Government Act 1972 restructuring, modern Cambridgeshire was formed in 1974 through the amalgamation of two administrative counties: Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely, comprising the Historic counties of England, historic county of Cambridgeshire (including the Isle of Ely); and Huntingdon and Peterborough, comprising the historic county of Huntingdonshire and the Soke of Peterborough, historically part of Northamptonshire. Cambridgeshire contains most of the region known as Silicon Fen. The county is now divided between Cambridgeshire County Council and Peterborough City Council, which since 1998 has formed a separate Unitary authorities of England, unita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
