John Angel (chaplain)

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John Angel (d 1568), was an English priest. He sang as a lay clerk in the Choir of King's College, Cambridge after which he was appointed a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal [1] and was present at the funeral of Edward VI, the coronation and funeral of Mary I and the coronation of Elizabeth I. [2]

By 1561 he was appointed sub-Dean of the Chapel Royal, which he held unto his death on 17 August 1568, after which he was buried in St Mary le Strand. [2]

He published a work on the Real Presence under the title The agreement of the holye fathers and doctours of the churche upon the chiefest articles of the Christain religion, 1555. [2] [3]

References

  1. ↑ Roger Bowers (2014). "XII:Chapel and Choir, Liturgy and Music, 1444-1644". In Jean Michel Massing; Nicolette Zeeman (eds.). King's College Chapel 1515-2015. Harvey Miller Publishers. p. 263. ISBN   9781909400214.
  2. 1 2 3 David Lasocki (1998). A biographical dictionary of English court musicians, 1485-1714, Volumes I and II. ISBN   9781315097817.
  3. ↑ "A Catalogue of the 'Unlawful' Books found in John Stow's Study on 21 February 1568/9". British Catholic History. 20 (1): 1–30. 1990. doi:10.1017/S0034193200006099.

"Angel, John (fl.1555)"  . Dictionary of National Biography . London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.


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