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University of Cambridge.
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Henry Abyngdon
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He may have been connected with the village of Abington in Cambridgeshire. He then succeeded John Bernard as succentor of Wells Cathedral on 24 November 1447 (holding that post till 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.
He was also made Master of Saint Catherine"s Hospital, Bedminster, Bristol, in 1478.
Two Latin epitaphs on Abyngdon by Sir Thomas More have been preserved. In these he himself is styled "nobilis", and his office in London "cantor".
One of them calls him
The best singer among thousands,
and besides this the best organist too. (Millibus in mille cantor fuit optimus ille,
Praeter et haec ista fuit optimus orgaquenista).
Membership
Our earliest records of him state that he was a member of the household chapel of Duke of Gloucester from 1445 to 1447.
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1497 (aged 79) -
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United Kingdom