Skip navigation

Roger Hill

If you would like to write a summary for this topic, email phil [at] gyford [dot] com

Annotations

  • N David Quidnunc on Wed 29 Oct 2003, 04:54am. Flag this

    A singer and composer

    Hill was appointed “Gentleman” of the Chapel Royal in 1661, according to the L&M Companion volume, although a footnote for 28 October 1660 (p. 276, L&M Vol. 1) indicates that Hill is already a “musician of the Chapel Royal.”

    Does that mean there were musicians in that organization longside “Gentlemen”? Or is either the footnote or the Companion volume entry simply wrong?

    The L&M Index lists Roger Hill as appearing in the diary only twice (once in 1660, again in 1661). Both index references indicate that it is uncertain if Roger Hill is the person to whom Pepys refers.

  • N David Quidnunc on Wed 29 Oct 2003, 05:33am. Flag this

    Pepys also knows these “Chapel Royalists”:

    Thomas Blagrave
    Chapel Royal “clerk of the cheque” as of 1662
    http://www.pepysdiary.com/p/539.php

    William Child
    Chapel Royal organist as of 1660
    http://www.pepysdiary.com/p/1253.php

Post an annotation

Before posting an annotation please read the annotation guidelines.
If your comment isn't directly relevant to this page, try the discussion group for other Pepys-related topics or the social group for general chat.

(required)

(required)

(optional)


No HTML in annotations. URLs will be turned into links. About copyright

References in the diary

A graph of all the references in the diary

1660
Oct: 28
1661
Nov: 7