The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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Richard Davy (1465 - 1521?)

church musician, composer, and instructor of the choristers at Magdalen College, Oxford. His work is well represented in the Eton choirbook, a manuscript collection of English sacred music composed during the late 15th century. Dictionary of National Biography entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Davy Other biography: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/41181 Relevant locations: Workplace or place of business Magdalen College (Oxford), Oxford University
 References in Documents:
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713) 18. A Book of Musical Compositions pointed to Tunes in four Parts, by Robard Fairfax Doctor in Musick (d);(d) d Wood's Fasti Oxon, I Vol. pag. 652. Sir Tho. Phelyppis, Will. Newarke, Gilbert Banastir, Will. Cornysh jun. Ric. Davy, Sherringham Browne, and Edm. Turgess.