1463.

Mus. Bac.—Henry Habyngton, Abyngton, or Abyngdon, was admitted February 20, and was allowed to proceed to the degree of Doctor in Music on condition of his remaining one year in Cambridge after receiving the Baccalauriat. Why this condition was imposed is not clear, unless it was that the University wished to retain for a period the services of so eminent a musician. Whether he fulfilled the condition is not stated. He was a friend of Sir Thomas More, who wrote two Latin epitaphs on him (in Cayley's “Life of More,” I., 317). He is called in these “Nobilis,” as was a contemporary, John Atkins, Fellow of Merton, who is styled in the album of that house “Nobilis Musicus.” He was appointed Succentor of Wells Cathedral in 1447, Master of the Song of the Chapel Royal in 1465, at a salary of forty marks, and Master of St. Catherine's Hospital, Bristol, in 1478. The following extract from one of More's epitaphs shows that he was of great reputation as a singer and organist:

He died in 1497, and was succeeded in his post at Wells (which he held together with his other appointments) by Robert Wydow.

Mus. Doc.—Thomas Saintwix, Saintvist, or Saint Just, who had previously received the degree of Doctor in Music, was this year made Master of King's Hall by Edward IV., whose Chaplain he was. He died in 1467.

1470.

Mus, Bac.—Lessy, a member of the Duke of York's Chapel.