Willoughby

GB-Nottingham University Library, Mi LM 16

DATE: c1560-85

Page measurements: 155 x 208 mm

Household or personal anthology in oblong quarto format. The book is described in detail in Spencer1978, with detail about the Willougby family and household. A resident musician was paid [sterling]5 p.a. and may have been responsible for teaching Francis, the owner of the book, the lute. From 1573 the household musicianwas John Edlin, who was paid for strings in 1574. Richard Grene, also a family servant played the lute, and was responsible for finding Francis a treble lute in London in 1575. This is another source that has remained in the family of theoriginal owner, and is extremely well-preserved.

The lengthy date-span for this book is given because of the evidence provided by jottings on the end-papers despite Spencer's overall dating of c1575.

The fact that Francis gives Elizabeth Lyttelton's maiden name on the front endpaper suggests a possible initial date some time before 1564, the year of their marriage. The opening few pieces date from the 1540s, but the list of building materials on the front endpaper suggests that entries continued to occur throughout the early period of Wollaton Hall's construction,between 1580 and 1585. It seems clear that the manuscript was compiled over a significant period of time, probably 1560-85. Richard Grene clearly had a lute book of his own, from which Francis copied, as the ascription on f.11 describes the piece as 'not of grenes Booke.'[1]

Thirty-eight of the 47 pieces of music in the book are for lute (one for two lutes), eight for cittern and one for keyboard. Willoughby seems to have been responsible for thefoliation of leaves 1-80, and he omitted a leaf between folios 42 and 43, now numbered 42a. This foliation appears to post-date the removal of a leaf between what are now folios 23 and 24, but pre-date the removal of folios 78 and 79. Folio 80 has recently been re-numbered 78, and the remaining folios numbered following this sequence.

Bibliography:

folio	original ascription	title	composer	cons. & cogs.
1v-2	Fantaci de narboyes	Fantasia	Luys de Narvaez	Phalèse 1546 4v-5/1
2v-3	Fantacy	Fantasia
3v-5	ye trebledonn down	Goodnight, duet treble	John Johnson	80 408/2 85/3-86/1 (dt) Brogyntyn 7/5 (dt) Dallis 16/1 (dt) Dd.2.11 8v-9/1 & 86/2 (dt) Dd.3.18 15v-16 (dt) Marsh 26-27, 158-160, 362-363 (dt) and 397/2 Willoughby 5v (dt)
5v	The grounde	Goodnight, duet ground	John Johnson	80408/2 85/3-86/1 (dt) Brogyntyn 7/5 (dt) Dallis 16/1 (dt) Dd.2.11 8v-9/1 & 86/2 (dt) Dd.3.18 15v-16 (dt) Marsh 26-27, 158-160, 362-363 (dt) and 397/2
6v-7v	F	Fantasia	Francesco da Milano	Osborn 7v/2-9/1
8-9/1	F	Fantasia	Francesco da Milano	Osborn16/2-17 Marsh 94
9/2-10v/1	por voz aymes / ye latter ind tyse	Pour Vos Amis	Philip van Wilder
10v/2-11	a pauyn Bruzter owt of grenes Booke pag 7	Pavan	Brewster	Dallis 104
11v-12/1	Pauyon phillips	Pavan	Philip van Wilder
12/2-12v/1		Galliard
12v/2-14	T A Quadropauyn	Quadran Pavan	T.A.
14v-15/1	Anthony Pauyn	Pavan	?Anthony Holborne/Anthony de Countie
15/2-17	A new Almaine	New Almain
17v-18	Alman	Almain
17v-19/1	grenes allman	Almain	Richard Greene	Marsh 123
19/2-20		Galliard
20v-21/1		E Lume Alta Galliard		408/2 97 Marsh 79
21/2	gallyard	Galliard		Marsh 124-5
21v-22v/1	Quadro pavyan	Quadran Pavan
22v/2-23	Galiard Labandala shotta	Labandalashot Galliard		Dallis 14 Marsh 103 and 368 Mynshall 6v/3
23v-25		Pavan
25v-27v	A paven to 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 Welde 3v-4/1 Waissel 1591 L4/1 Thysius 147v 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)
28-29/1	The galiard to the paven / Mr Johnson	Delight Galliard	John Johnson	Welde 4/2 Board 7v/1 Vilnius 61 Marsh 166 Pickeringe 32/2 Wickhambrook 10/2 cf: Naples 365
29/2-30v	A galiard / Mr petro.	Galliard	Peter van Wilder
31-31v	Johnsones gallyard.	Galliard	John Johnson	Marsh91 and 365
32-32v/1	a Galliard	Galliard		Marsh 89
32v/2-33v	Hawles Galliard sett owt p[er] Ry: Grene	Hall's Galliard	Richard Greene
34-35/1	Quadropaven	Quadran Pavan		Marsh 225
35/2-36v	Quadro pavion	Quadran Pavan
37-37v	the quadro galluard	Quadran Galliard		Marsh 358
38-39v	<Quande charo> Qande claro folio 22	Conde Claro by Guillaume Morlaye		Marsh 61/2 and 232-233 Dd.5.78.3 73v-74 408/2 108/2-109
40v		Galliard [frgmt]		Marsh 80-81
78-80/1	folio 4 B pavyon <galyerd>	Galliard		Marsh 62-63 408/2 105/2
80/2	Nusqua[m]	Nusquam Galliard		Marsh 35 408/2 106-107/1
80v-81	galyard	Galliard
81v-82v	fansie	Fantasia
83v-84	Qui passa in the lowest key	Chi Passa, second part of duet		Dallis 1
84v-85/1	Qui passa in the hygher keye these tow qui passa agre one tow lutes, the one set foure notes aboue the other.	Chi Passa, first part of duet
85/2	Qui passa	Chi Passa
87v-88/1	Qui passa.	Chi Passa [citt.]
88/2	passmeasures pavyon	Passamezzo Pavan [citt.]
88v/2-89/1	the goddes of love	Turkeylony/The Gods of Love [citt.]
88v/1	passmeasures galiard	Passamezzo Galliard [citt.]
89/2		Chi Passa [citt.]
89v-90/1	Quadro pavyon	Quadran Pavan [cittern]
90/2	Qui passa	Chi Passa [citt.]
90v	Churches galliard	Sinkapace Galliard [citt.]		cf: Vilnius 25/3 and 58/1 Mulliner 126v-127 Marsh 126 408/2 95/2 Stobaeus 44/2 Wemyss 22v/2-23/1 Willoughby 90v Dlugoraj 189

Willoughby f.2 -- Scribe A -- ?Richard Grene
Willoughby ff.5 and 8 -- Scribe B -- ?Francis Willoughby
Willoughby f.11 -- Scribe C
Willoughby f.12 -- Scribe D
Willoughby f.14v -- Scribe E -- ?JohnEdlin
Willoughby f.17 -- Scribe F
Willoughby f.21v -- Scribe G -- ?Richard Grene
Willoughby f.18 -- Scribe H
Willoughby f.35 -- Scribe J

[1] Spencer 1978, introduction.

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