The World of William Byrd Musicians, Merchants and Magnates

Contents: Preface; Part 1 Musicians 1: The Byrd family and St Paul's Cathedral; St Paul's: the petitions; City churches and St Mary-at-Hill; John Heywood; Byrd the apprentice musician. Part 2 Merchants: The world of commerce; William Burd the Mercer; Thomas Smythe; Symond Byrd; John Byrd; Philip Smyth; Robert Broughe; Robert Dow the elder; Ferdinando Heybourne (alias Richardson) and Richard Candelar. Part 3 Musicians·2: William Byrd, Gentleman of the Chapel Royal; The Byrd household and recusancy; Byrd the established musician; Landowner and publisher; Byrd's later years. Part 4 Magnates: Social networks; Sir Ralph Bosville; James Good; John Lumley, 1st Baron Lumley; Thomas Paget, 3rd Baron Paget; John Petre, 1st Baron Petre; William and Anthony Roper; Raphe Sheldon; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.