Welde

DATE: c1600

Page measurements: 339 x 222 mm

Scribal publication in upright folio format. The book is not accessible to the general public, and examination relies on photocopies and photographs of the book in the possession of Robert Spencer together with his notes.[1] Pages of an account book dated 1581 were used by the binder as paste-downs. The name John Welde is stamped on the cover on either side of the centre-stamp, and his name and that of Dorothy Weld [sic], his sister, appears on one of the end-papers. The book is sometimes described as 'Dorothy Weld's lute book', probably because of these jottings, but it seems clear from the cover stamping that it originally belonged to John.

Detailed description of provenance and the physical properties of the book are givenin Spencer 1959. Spencer re-discovered the book in the library Lord Forester, from whose family the Welds came.

The date of the copying and the makeup of the book are confirmed by the watermarks and concordances for many of the pieces, all of which imply thatthe book must have been copied between about 1598 and 1603.

Bibliography: Spencer 1959 (incl. plates)

Poulton 1975A

folio	original ascription	title	composer	cons. & cogs.
1	The Spanish Pauane	Spanish Pavan	Francis Pilkington	31392 25v Sampson 3v/2 Dallis 162 Dd.4.22 3 Dd.9.33 82v-83 Dd.2.11 66v/2 Nn.6.36 23v Dallis 162 Robinson 1603 22v-23 408/2 112/1 Mynshall 5/2-5v/1 Wemyss 23/3-24/1 Wickhambrook 14v-15/1 Cosens 20v-21 Folger 1v-2 (frgmt) Pickeringe 11/2 & 11v-12 (dt pts) Dd.3.18 14v-15/1 (dt) cf: Thysius 142/2 Stobaeus 22v/2 Dolmetsch 23v-25 and 25v-26 Valerius1626 258-260 Vallet1615 57 Vallet1616 6/2 Vilnius 27
1v-2/1	Pauane Mr Anthony Holborne	Pavan	Anthony Holborne	Trumbull 12v-13/1 31392 17v-18 Dd.2.11 41v-42/1 Euing 36v-37
2/2	Fortune Mr Dowland	Fortune My Foe, consort part	John Dowland [62]	cf: Stobaeus 79v Vilnius 20v/2 and 27v Folger 57v [inv] Beckmann 13v/2 Brahe 14/2 Vallet 1616 8/1 Valerius 1626 132-133 408/2 111/1 Thysius 387v Barley 1596 45-46 Dd.4.22 11v Euing 27/2 Mynshall 9v/1 Vilnius 7v/1 Ballet 14 (cnst) Dd.9.33 89 (dt tr.) Dd.2.11 56/2 (dt) Nn.6.36 15/3 (l.v.) Thysius 185v/2 Vilnius 60/1 Herhold 18v/2-21/1 Dallis 71/2 (dvns) Schele 20-24/1 (dvns) Hove 1601 106v/1 (dvns) Dallis 49/2-50/1 Richard 22 Eijsertt 33 and 37 FWVB no.65 (Byrd)
2v/1	Pauane Lauecha	Lavecchia Pavan		ML 7 Mynshall 12 Sampson 9v cf:Dd.3.18 61v (cnst) Dallis 85/2 (solo) Vilnius 7 and 40/1 (solo) Wickhambrook 15v/1 (dt) John Johnson Ballet 45 [inv] (dt) Brogyntyn 28/2-29/1 (dt) Pickeringe 4/1 (dt) Wickhambrook 15v/2 [inv] (dt) Wickhambrook 14/2 Folger 12 Schele 143-144/1 Dd.2.11 36v-37/1 (band.)
2v/2-3	Pauane Mr Phillips	Pavan	Peter Phillips	Wickhambrook 12/1 Dd.2.11 98v-99/1 Board 5v-6/1 Dallis 254-255 Hove 1601 92-92v Valerius 1626 137-138 Montbuysson 79v-80 Eijsertt 10 Dlugoraj no.80-82 Bautzen 39 cf: Dallis 82, 83/1 and 124-125 FWVB no.85
3v-4/1	Pauane Delight Mr Johnson	Delight Pavan	John Johnson	408/2 92-94/1 Marsh 164-165/1 Dallis 84-85/1 Mynshall 7v/1 Wickhambrook [9v]- 10/1 Waissel 1591 L4/1 Thysius 147v Willoughby 25v-27v Folger 14v-15 (dt) Board 6v-7/1 & 14v-15 (dt) Brogyntyn 13/1 (dt) Dallis 84-85/1 (gr) Dd.3.18 20v-21 and 59v-60 (cnst) Trumbull 4v-5 (cnst) Vilnius 62v-63/1 (cnst)
4/2	The galiard to yt	Delight Galliard	John Johnson	Board 7v/1 Vilnius 61 Marsh 166 Pickeringe 32/2 Willoughby 28-29/1 Wickhambrook 10/2 cf: Naples 365
4v	Pauane Lachrimæ Mr Dowland	Lachrimae Pavan	John Dowland [15]	see separate list
5/1	Galliard Mr Dowland	Lady Rich's Galliard/ Dowland's Bells	John Dowland [43]	Dowland 1610B 25 Schele 146/2-147/1 Marsh 190 Dd.5.78.3 9/1 Dd.9.33 91v Pickeringe 18/2 Mynshall 8/3 Brahe 25v-26/1 Thysius 21v/1 and 392v Dlugoraj 147 Vilnius 21/3, 21v/2 and 56v/4 cf: Vilnius 21/2 Marsh 381 Nürnberg 2
5/2	Sick sick and Veary sick	The Sick Tune		Dd.5.78.3 39/2 Dd.9.33 73-72v/2
5/3	Almayne Dowland	Lady Laiton's Almain	John Dowland [48]	Schele 145/2-146/1 2764(2) 10v Dd.2.11 48/3 Mynshall 10/1 Besard 1603 139v Thysius 492/1 Folger 11v Wickhambrook 17/3 Fuhrmann 1615 80/2 Hove 1612 59/2 Richard 59v/2-60 cf: Vilnius 66v/2 Dlugoraj 367 Eijsertt 27 Cologne 59v-60
5v	The Battle Galliard	Battle Galliard/King of Denmark's Galliard /Mr Mildmay's Galliard	John Dowland [40]	Dowland 1610B 22v-23 Dd.9.33 23 &94v ML 12v-13/1 Pickeringe 17v-18/1 Board 17v-18 Sampson 7v Folger 10v-11 Vilnius 22v/2 and 22v/3-23/1 Fuhrmann 1615 112-113/1 Brahe 33
6	Browne Besse, Sweete Besse, com ouer to me	Over the Broom Bessy		Dd.2.11 80v/2
6v/1	Almaine Mr Holborne	Night Watch Almain	Anthony Holborne
6v/2	Away I have forsworne her Company	Away, I have Forsworn her Company
6v/3	Galliard Antho: Holborne	Galliard HeighHo Holiday	Anthony Holborne	Dd.5.78.3 34v/1 Board 20v/1
6v/4	Mr Holbornes Playfellow	Playfellow Jig	Anthony Holborne	Dd.2.11 32v/1-33/2 (band.) and 66/4 Dd.5.78.3 51/2 cf: Dd.9.33 67/2 Dd.5.78.3 49v/2
7/1	Pauane Alphonso Ferrabosco	Pavan	Alfonso Ferrabosco
7/2	Nowells Delighte	Sir Edward Noel's Delight
7/3	Galliard Dowlande	Earl of Derby's Galliard	John Dowland [44]	Schele 142 Dowland 1610B 24v Dd.5.78.3 38/2 Euing 21/3 Sampson 13v Nn.6.36 1 and 2 Herhold 39v/2-40v
7v/1	Galliard. Daniell Bacheler	To Plead My Faith Galliard	Daniel Bacheler	ML 15v/1 Euing 21/2 Ballet 17 Dd.9.33 4 Board 16/1 Dd.2.11 99v/1 Besard 1603 120v Dd.4.22 6v-7 Dolmetsch 95v-96 Nürnberg 16
7v/2	Pauane Mr Wm Birde	Pavan	William Byrd arr.
7v/3		[not tabl.]
8/1	The Galiard Mr Birde	Galliard	William Byrd arr.	Hirsch2/2 Dd.2.11 101v/2 Dd.9.33 59v-60/1
8/2	Watkins ale / Watkins ale	Watkin's Ale		41498 38
8v-9/1	The Medley MrJohnson	The Old Medley	John Johnson	31392 18v-19v/1 Marsh 270-271 and 272 Adriansen 1584 Brogyntyn 16-17/1 Dallis 53 2764(2) 3v-5/1 Dd.2.11 88v-89/1 Thysius 192-193 Valerius 1626 99-100 Waissel 1591 L2v
9/2	The Maye Galliard Mr Collard	May Galliard	Edward Collard	Dd.5.78.3 33v/1
9v/1	Paradizo Mr Antho: Holborne	Countess of Pembroke's Paradise Pavan	Anthony Holborne	Dd.9.33 70
9v/2	Galiard Daniell Bacheler	Galliard	Daniel Bacheler
9v/3-10	As I went to Wallsingam Mr Collard	Walsingham	Edward Collard	Cosens 9v Dd.2.11 96v-97/1 cf: ?JD: Bautzen 35/1 Vilnius 24 Wickhambrook 17/4 Nn.6.36 19 (l.v.) and 20v-21/1 (l.v.) JD [31]: Dd.5.78.3 37/2 Dd.2.11 82v/1 (band.) Anthony Holborne: Dd.5.78.3 12/2 Francis Cutting: Barley 1596 73-75 (orph.) Dd.2.11 96 Dd.5.78.3 50v-51/1 Euing 43v-44/1 JD [67]:Dd.9.33 67v-68 John Johnson: Dd.2.11 98/1 Marchant: Dd.9.33 26v-28/1 Dd.2.11 29/2 Dd.9.33 21
10v-11	A Treble	John Come Kiss me Now, duet treble		Cosens 69v-70v ML 11v-12
11v/1		Trenchmore, duet ground	John Johnson

intbl Dd.3.18 12v-13 (dt)

Lodge 10/2-10v/1 (dt) and 12/1

Marsh 139/1 (dt) and 139/2-141 (dt)

Nn.6.36 33v-34 (dt)

Pickeringe 51v/3 <88v> [inv.]

Welde 11v/2-12 (dt)

11v/2-12	Trenchmore	Trenchmore, duet treble	John Johnson

intbl Dd.3.18 12v-13 (dt)

Lodge 10/2-10v/1 (dt) and 12/1

Marsh 139/1 (dt) and 139/2-141 (dt)

Nn.6.36 33v-34 (dt)

Pickeringe 51v/3 <88v> [inv.]

Welde 11v/1 (dt)

12v-13/1	Fantazia Alphonso Ferrabosco	Fantasia	Alfonso Ferrabosco	Dd.2.11 16v-17/1 Hirsch 13v-14/1
13/2-14/1		The New Hunt's Up, duet treble	John Johnson	Marsh 183-186/1 Trumbull 15v-16 Dd.3.18 13v-14
14/2	Galliard	Lord Burgh's Galliard /Johnson's Jewel Galliard	Johnson	Dd.2.11 99/2 Board 21/2 Thysius 32v cf: Dd.4.23 5 and 18 (citt.)
14v/1	Semper dolens	Semper Dowland Semper Dolens	John Dowland [9]	Euing 25 Pickeringe 31v/1 Hove 1612 39v [39l]
14v/2-15	Mounsieurs Almane	Mounsieur's Almain, duet part	Daniel Bacheler	Dd.3.18 35v(dt) Euing 19v (dt) Mynshall 10/2 (dt) 2764(2) 12v/2 (dt/cnst) cf: Wickhambrook 17/2 Folger 13 Dd.4.22 12 Dd.9.33 38v-40, 47 & 53v Genoa 139v-140 Dowland 1610B 27-28v Marsh 18 Thysius 484 Valerius 1626 286-287 Schele 147/2-148/1 (cnst) Vilnius 1/3 (cnst band.) GB-Lbl Add.Ms.30342 31v different settings: Cosens 15v-17 and 44v-46 Dd.2.11 33v-34/1 Hove 1601 99v and 108v Dd.5.78.3 70v/2-71/1
15v/1	Galliard sett forth by J: R	Galliard	J. R.
15v/2-16	My Lady Mildemays delighte	Galliard, My Lady Mildmay'sDelight	Robert Johnson	Nn.6.36 11 Mynshall 12v Folger 22 ML 16v/1 Vilnius 20v/1 cf: Nürnberg 11
16v-17	Pauane	Pavan	Mathias Mason	Pickeringe 14/3 Dd.9.33 22v Marsh 385

[1] I ammost grateful to Robert Spencer for his help and generosity in allowing me to examine all his source material.

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