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Members selected to perform at the Sons of the Clergy Festival rehearsal and performance on 5 and 7 May 1795

NameDatesInstruments listed on application form
Elisha Archer[ca 1760-1800]Cello; Viola; Violin
William Warren[4 May 1777-March 1839]Violin
John Gwillim[‘aged 73, March 1825’-before Dec. 1829]Violin
Martin Platts[‘aged 21, 4 Jan. 1784’-‘dead 1817’]Horn; Violin
John Mahon[‘about 35, 6 April 1782’-before 4 May 1834]Clarinett; Viola; Violin
George Nicholson[‘aged 31, 7 April 1782’-30 July 1815]French horn; Viola; Violin
William Rogers[‘aged 29, 5 August 1787’-Oct./Nov. 1799]Horn; Viola; Violin
Lewis Augustus Lavenu[2 March 1768-August 1848]Viola; Violin
John Francis Wood[bapt. 29 Oct 1760-before Dec. 1806]Organ; Violin
John Ambrose[bapt. 31 Jan. 1763-expelled 1807]Organ
John Howels[‘aged 23, 1 Feb. 1784’-before 3 Jan. 1813]Clarinet; Violin
Francois Cramer[12 June 1772-25 July 1848]Viola; Violin
James Henry Leffler[‘aged 21, 2 Jan. 1785’-17 March? 1819]Clarinet; Oboe; Viola; Violin
John Woodcock[‘aged 78, 7 Oct. 1832’-27 Jan. 1835]Violin
William Higgins[d. before December 1806]Violin
Thomas Lord[‘aged 23, 7 Dec. 1783’-before 2 April 1815]Horn; Violin
Vincent Thomas Leander[25 Feb. 1770-withdrew 1797]Cello; Horn; Viola
Lewis Henry Leander[28 Feb. 1769-before 5 Dec. 1830]Cello; Horn; Viola; Violin
John Norborn[‘aged 27, 6 Feb. 1785’-before midsummer 1804]Viola; Violin
Jacob Cubitt Pring[bap. 3 Nov. 1770-before 10 July 1799]Organ; Vocalist (Tenor)
Samuel Webbe[15 Oct. 1768-25 Nov. 1843]Organ
Charles Knyvett[23 March 1773-2 Nov. 1852]Piano; Vocalist (Tenor)
Jonathan Nield[‘aged 24, 1 Sept. 1793’-6 March 1843]Vocalist (tenor)
Thomas Greatorex[5 Oct. 1758?-18 July 1831]Harpsichord
John Hindmarsh[‘aged 24, 4 May 1783’-before 6 Nov. 1796]Clarinet; Viola; Violin
James Simpson[‘admitted 1776’-before 2 Feb. 1800]Viola; Violin
George Shutze[‘aged 30, 5 Oct. 1783’-fl.1799]Violin ; He plays all instruments
George Veale{‘aged 31, 2 March 1788’-1833]Viola; Violin
Griffith Jones[‘aged 21, 7 March 1779’-fl.1817]Clarinet; Organ; Violin
Joseph Major[23 Nov. 1771-1828]Organ; Viola
Christoph Friedrich Eley[July 1756-before March 1832]Cello; Clarinet; Flute; Violin
Charles Jane Ashley[1773?-29 August 1843]Cello
John Frederick Alexander Griesbach[2 June 1769-Jan. 1825]Cello; Oboe; Viola; Violin
William Sharp[‘aged 23, 6 Feb. 1785’-1827]Cello; Viola
James Blake Adams[‘about 35, 1 Feb. 1784-ca 1820]Cello; Viola; Violin
William Boyce[25 March 1764-10 July 1823]Double bass
John Corfe[30 July 1769-d. ?by 1799]Cello; Double bass
Thomas Bodley Francis[bapt. 4 Sep. 1768-before 5 Sep. 1802]Cello; Double bass; Viola; Violin
Joseph Woodham[8 Dec. 1767-25 Jan. 1841]Double bass; Horn; Trombone; Trumpet; Viola; Violin
James Holmes[‘aged 27, 3 Aug. 1783’-5 Dec. 1820]Bassoon; Clarinet; Violin
John Mackintosh[6 Feb. 1767-23 March 1844]Bassoon; Violin
George Thomas Taylor[30 April 1769-before 1804]Bassoon
Edmund Denman[‘{aged 68, 4 August 1822-1827]Bassoon; Clarinet; Horn
Johann August Kellner[‘aged 32, 7 Sep. 1788’-17 Sep. 1835]Bassoon; Cello; Trombone; Viola
William Jenkinson[August 1765-after Dec. 1827]Bassoon
John Frederick Alexander Griesbach[2 June 1769-Jan. 1825]Cello; Oboe; Viola; Violin
William Foster[‘admitted 1777’-before 7 July 1811]Oboe
James Aldwell Oliver[‘aged 24, 3 March 1782’-21 Sep. 1818]Clarinet; Oboe; Viola; Violin
James John Cornish[26 Feb. 1767-before 5 Jan. 1805]Clarinet; Oboe; Violin
Michael Sharp[ca 1773-5 Dec. 1840]Flageolet; Flute; Oboe; Viola; Violin
John Pope[‘aged 52, 5 Nov. 1786’-before 7 April 1799]Oboe
James Sarjeant[‘admitted 1769’-Sep. 1798]Trumpet
Laserre Purney[‘aged 22, 7 Oct. 1787’-before 5 Dec. 1802]Clarinet; Trumpet; Viola; Violin
Hezekiah Cantelo[played in 1784 Commemoration Concerts-before Oct. 1811]Bassoon; Trumpet
Thomas Hill[‘about 37, 7 Nov. 1784-before 2 March 1799]Horn; Trumpet
Richard Godfrey Ashley[8 Sep. 1774-11 Oct. 1836]Kettledrums; Organ; Viola; Violin
Christian Nicolai[‘about 60, June 1786’-before 5 Jan. 1800Trumpet

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