Henry Ferrabosco (died 1658?) was a court musician before and during the

First English Civil War The First English Civil War took place in England and Wales from 1642 to 1646, and forms part of the 1639 to 1653 Wars of the Three Kingdoms. They include the Bishops' Wars, the Irish Confederate Wars, the Second English Civil War, the Ang ...

and died a captain in the parliamentary army in Jamaica during the Caribbean expedition.

Biography

Ferrabosco, was the youngest son of

Alfonso Ferrabosco II Alfonso Ferrabosco the younger (c. 1575 – March 1628) was an English composer and viol player of Italian descent. He straddles the line between the Renaissance and Baroque eras. Biography Ferrabosco was born at Greenwich, the ille ...

and his wife Ellen (d. 1638) (daughter of

Nicholas Lanier Nicholas Lanier, sometimes Laniere (baptised 10 September 1588 – buried 24 February 1666) was an English composer and musician; the first to hold the title of Master of the King's Music from 1625 to 1666, an honour given to musicians of great ...

(c.1523–1612) and his second wife Lucretia). On 24 October 1625 Henry and his maternal uncle Andrea Lanier were jointly appointed as musicians to the court and played wind instruments. On his father's death in 1628 his father's court four positions were shared by Henry and his brother

Alfonso Ferrabosco III Alfonso Ferrabosco (junior) (died 1652) was an English composer and court musician. Biography Alfonso was the son of Alfonso Ferrabosco the younger (d. 1628), who was probably the 'Master Alphonso Ferrabosco’ who sang in ‘ a Hymenœi’ o ...

, although one position was as "composer", there are no known compositions by Henry, however he did continue to play wind instruments at court. During the

he may have played for Charles I at his court in Oxford. Not much is known of his movements after Oxford, he was in London in 1651 and was probably killed in 1658, while serving as a captain in the Parliamentary army engaged in the Caribbean expedition during the Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660)."He is presumed to be the 'Capt. Henry Ferribosco, lately slain by the enemy’ in Jamaica in 1658 "

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ferrabosco, Henry Year of birth unknown 1658 deaths English people of Italian descent Woodwind musicians People of the English Civil War