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RCL18r10 An index of the musicians of Rochester Cathedral Archive Report A. Ashbee
Abstract: Archive report on the compilation of an index of the choristers, organists and lay-clerks at Rochester Cathedral from records of the Dean and Chapter of Rochester Cathedral.
To cite this report: Ashbee, A. (2018) An index of the musicians of Rochester Cathedral. Rochester Cathedral Research Guild archive report RCL18r10.
To link to this article: https://rochestercathedralresearchguild.org/reports/rcl18r10 Published online: 13th May 2018
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RCL18r10 An index of the musicians of Rochester Cathedral A. Ashbee 2018
Contents
Section Page 1. Introduction 1 2. Index of records 1 3. Data Delivery, Reporting & Archiving 1 4. Bibliography 26 5. Acknowledgements 26
1. Introduction 1.1
2. Index of records 2.1 Choristers
Number Earliest Latest Forename Surname Notes References 1679 William Davison Cooper (1956, 5) -1684 William Popsley Cooper (1956, 5) -1680 William Rolywell ( ?) Cooper (1956, 5) -1683 or 4 John Nash (?) Cooper (1956, 5) -1680 Edward Dayton Cooper (1956, 5) -1679 or Thomas Boothwell Cooper (1956, 5) 80 (Brockwell). 1680 1682 Richard Henman Cooper (1956, 5) 1680 1685 John Joy (Hoy) Cooper (1956, 5) 1681 1693 James Henstridge Cooper (1956, 5) 1681 Ullock Cooper (1956, 5) 1681 1682 James Cocks Cooper (1956, 5) 1681 1683 William Bates Cooper (1956, 5) 1682 1685 William Kidd Cooper (1956, 5) 1682- Thomas Rogers (?) Cooper (1956, 5) 1684- Thomas Goorge 1698 Cooper (1956, 5) 1698 (George) 1682- George Effidge 1691 Cooper (1956, 5) 1691 (Ffidge) Phillip Lomaker 1684- Cooper (1956, 5) (Honaker) 1684- Organist 1692 Robert Bowers Cooper (1956, 5) 1692 1698-1704. 1685- 1689 Joseph Wright Cooper (1956, 5) 1689 1686- Herbert Head (Hoad) Cooper (1956, 5) 1686- 1687 Roger Joanah (Joanes) Cooper (1956, 5) 1687 1687- 1690 Joseph Hix Cooper (1956, 5) 1690 1689- 1693 James George Cooper (1956, 5) 1693 Rochester Cathedral Research Guild Page 2 of 38 RCL18r10 An index of the musicians of Rochester Cathedral A. Ashbee 2018
1689- 1698 John Spain (Spayne) Cooper (1956, 5) 1698 1689- 1691 Morrill Thurston Cooper (1956, 5) 1691 1690- Richard Walford 1701 Cooper (1956, 5) 1701 (Wallford) 1691- 1692 G - Hoskins Cooper (1956, 5) 1692 1691- 1696 Morris Head (Hoad) Cooper (1956, 5) 1696 1692- Later a Lay- 1705 John Clarke Cooper (1956, 5) 1705 clerk. 1693- 1698 Xingsmill Walford Cooper (1956, 5) 1698 1694- Later a Lay- 1708 Thomas Clark(e) Cooper (1956, 5) 1708 clerk. 1694- Thomas Spain 1705 Cooper (1956, 5) 1705 (Spayne) 1696- 1701 Joseph George Cooper (1956, 5) 1701 1699- 1704 Henry Clarke Cooper (1956, 5) 1704 1699- 1706 Charles George Cooper (1956, 5) 1706 1699- 1706 John Harding Cooper (1956, 5) 1706 1701- 1703 William Bowers Cooper (1956, 5) 1703 1702- 1711 John Osmotherly Cooper (1956, 5) 1711 1704- George Davyson 1709 Cooper (1956, 6) 1709 (Davison) 1704-- Thomas Puckle 1712 Cooper (1956, 6) 1712 (Cucklo) 1705-1 1 708 William Legoe (Logoo) Cooper (1956, 6) 708 1706- 1713 John Puckle (Cucklo) Cooper (1956, 6) 1713 1705-17 17 19 Edward Springfield Cooper (1956, 6) 19 1705- 1708 William Stanley Cooper (1956, 6) 1708 1707- 1710 John Carnell Cooper (1956, 6) 1710 1708- 1719 Thomas Hull Cooper (1956, 6) 1719 1709- 1714 William Austin (Justin) Cooper (1956, 6) 1714 1711- 1722 Thomas Wills Cooper (1956, 6) 1722 1711- 1718 R. Davis Cooper (1956, 6) 1718
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1712- 1714 John Ffisher Cooper (1956, 6) 1714 1712- 1718 John Bonson Cooper (1956, 6) 1718 1713- 1714 William Scudder Cooper (1956, 6) 1714 1714- 1720 Paul Hull Cooper (1956, 6) 1720 1715- Later a Lay- 1727 Daniel Clark€ Cooper (1956, 6) 1727 clerk. 1715- 1716 William Gidley Cooper (1956, 6) 1716 1717- 1721 John Bullfinch Cooper (1956, 6) 1721 1719- 1724 Ffrancis Hull Cooper (1956, 6) 1724 1719- 1720 Joseph Shaw Cooper (1956, 6) 1720 1720- 1725 Richard Edwards Cooper (1956, 6) 1725 1720- 1722 John Clarke Cooper (1956, 6) 1722 1720- Peter Rommoy 1730 Cooper (1956, 6) 1730 (Romney, Rumney) 1720- Richard Couzens 1728 Cooper (1956, 6) 1728 (Cousins) 1721- 1722 Thomas Osmotherly Cooper (1956, 6) 1722 1721- 1722 John Morris Cooper (1956, 6) 1722 1723- 1726 Baldwin Choltenham Cooper (1956, 6) 1726 1723- 1725 William Taylor Cooper (1956, 6) 1725 1723- 1730 Thomas Clarke Cooper (1956, 6) 1730 1725- Arthur Gonnoll 1732 Cooper (1956, 6) 1732 (Pannall, Pennall) 1725- 1728 John James Cooper (1956, 6) 1728 1725- 1730 John Valours (Valance) Cooper (1956, 6) 1730 1726- 1729 William Davis Cooper (1956, 6) 1729 1727- 1730 George Clarke Cooper (1956, 6) 1730 1727- 1732 William Burr Cooper (1956, 6) 1732 1728- 1732 Daniel Clarke Cooper (1956, 6) 1732 1729- 1732 James Steward Cooper (1956, 6) 1732
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1730- 1734 William Holliday Cooper (1956, 6) 1734 1731- William Woodrow (W 1738 Cooper (1956, 6) 1738 oodrouse) 1731- 1734 John Eason Cooper (1956, 6) 1734 1731- 1732 William Hull Cooper (1956, 6) 1732 1731- 1732 Thomas Mangleman Cooper (1956, 6) 1732 1732- 1734 Daniel Glover Cooper (1956, 6) 1734 1732- 1737 James Walker Cooper (1956, 6) 1737 1732- 1740 George Woodrow Cooper (1956, 6) 1740 1732- George Ponnall 1740 Cooper (1956, 6) 1740 (Pennall) 1733- 1735 Robert Cole Cooper (1956, 6) 1735 1733- 1739 Thomas Puckle Cooper (1956, 6) 1739 1734- 1740 David Whitehart Cooper (1956, 7) 1740 1735- 1739 John Whiteharj Cooper (1956, 7) 1739 1735- 1740 John Lucy Cooper (1956, 7) 1740 1737- 1739 Stephen Hickman Cooper (1956, 7) 1739 1737- 1742 James Higgins Cooper (1956, 7) 1742 1739- 1746 Richard Edwards Cooper (1956, 7) 1746 1739- 1743 Robert Woodrow Cooper (1956, 7) 1743 1739- 1743 William Hoskins Cooper (1956, 7) 1743 1739- 1747 Parker Edwards Cooper (1956, 7) 1747 1740- 1743 Finias Lowry Cooper (1956, 7) 1743 1740- 1747 George Newland Cooper (1956, 7) 1747 1741- Later a Lay- 1753 Edward Clarke Cooper (1956, 7) 1753 clerk. 1741- 1747 John Higgins Cooper (1956, 7) 1747 1744- 1747 Thomas Wilford Cooper (1956, 7) 1747 1744- 1749 Abraham Fowle Cooper (1956, 7) 1749
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1744- 1751 William Edwards Cooper (1956, 7) 1751 1746- 1753 George White Cooper (1956, 7) 1753 1747- 1749 Gregory Wilford Cooper (1956, 7) 1749 1747- 1752 John Longley Cooper (1956, 7) 1752 1747- 1752 George Hickman Cooper (1956, 7) 1752 1747- 1751 Richard Stidstone Cooper (1956, 7) 1751 1749- 1756 Claudius Hogsflesh Cooper (1956, 7) 1756 1749- 1757 Thomas Newland Cooper (1956, 7) 1757 1751- John (Edward) 1760 Cooper (1956, 7) 1760 Edwards 1751- 1753 John Wilford Cooper (1956, 7) 1753 1752- 1757 Edward Randall Cooper (1956, 7) 1757 1752- 1755 John Loach (Louch) Cooper (1956, 7) 1755 1753- Richard Bumott Later a Lay- 1761 Cooper (1956, 7) 1761 (Burnett) clerk. 1753- 1759 Esau Randall Cooper (1956, 7) 1759 1754- 1760 William Hogsflesh Cooper (1956, 7) 1760 1756- Andrew Robics 1761 Cooper (1956, 7) 1761 (Robbins) 1757- 1766 Richard How (Howe) Cooper (1956, 7) 1766 1757- 1762 William James Jones Cooper (1956, 7) 1762 1757- 1761 Matthew Webb Cooper (1956, 7) 1761 1759- 1766 George Brand Cooper (1956, 7) 1766 1760- 1764 George Cheshire Cooper (1956, 7) 1764 1761- 1769 Joseph How Cooper (1956, 7) 1769 1762- Thomas Robins 1764 Cooper (1956, 7) 1764 (Robbins) 1762- 1766 Richard Goodsall Cooper (1956, 7) 1766 1762- 1768 William Brand Cooper (1956, 7) 1768 1763- William Robins 1768 Cooper (1956, 7) 1768 (Robbins)
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1764- 1772 John Church ward Cooper (1956, 7) 1772 1765- Henry Robins 1768 Cooper (1956, 7) 1768 (Robbins) 1767- 1772 Thomas Brown Cooper (1956, 7) 1772 1767- George Boyman 1772 Cooper (1956, 7) 1772 Sampson 1768- 1772 George Reed Cooper (1956, 7) 1772 1769- 1776 Robert Bristow Cooper (1956, 7) 1776 1769- 1772 George Frager Cooper (1956, 7) 1772 1772- 1776 Andrew Vigeon Cooper (1956, 8) 1776 1772- 1776 William McCloud Cooper (1956, 8) 1776 1772- Claudius Hogsflesh, 1779 Cooper (1956, 8) 1779 Jnr. 1772- 1772 John Gorham Cooper (1956, 8) 1772 1773- 1776 John Golding Cooper (1956, 8) 1776 1773- George Osbourn 1777 Cooper (1956, 8) 1777 (Osborne) 1773- Alexander Lovett 1777 Cooper (1956, 8) 1777 (Luffett) 1773- 1776 Owen Brand (Bland) Cooper (1956, 8) 1776 1777- 1779 Christopher Brand Cooper (1956, 8) 1779 1777- 1779 John Clark Cooper (1956, 8) 1779 1777- 1779 Daniel Bunce Cooper (1956, 8) 1779 1777- 1781 William Bromley Cooper (1956, 8) 1781 1780- 1783 John (James) Webb Cooper (1956, 8) 1783 1780- 1783 Samuel Payne Cooper (1956, 8) 1783 1780- 1781 Richard Burnett Cooper (1956, 8) 1781 1780- 1781 Benjamin Collins Cooper (1956, 8) 1781 1780- 1785 Samuel Smith Cooper (1956, 8) 1785 1780- 1785 Richard Middleton Cooper (1956, 8) 1785 1781- 1785 Charles How (Howe) Cooper (1956, 8) 1785
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1782- 1783 Edward Hall Cooper (1956, 8) 1783 1783- 1785 William Smith Cooper (1956, 8) 1785 1783- 1789 George Clark Cooper (1956, 8) 1789 1784- 1788 David Bradley Cooper (1956, 8) 1788 1784- 1786 Moses Roots Cooper (1956, 8) 1786 1784- 1785 James Haite Cooper (1956, 8) 1785 1785- 1786 Samuel Lightbody Cooper (1956, 8) 1786 1785- 1790 William Downs Cooper (1956, 8) 1790 1786- 1789 William Simcock Cooper (1956, 8) 1789 1786- 1787 Thomas Cable Cooper (1956, 8) 1787 1786- 1789 Henry Pluckwell Cooper (1956, 8) 1789 1786- Thomas (John) 1789 Cooper (1956, 8) 1789 Kennard 1786- 1787 Stephen Goodwin Cooper (1956, 8) 1787 1787- 1788 James Weekes Cooper (1956, 8) 1788 1787- 1789 Peter Brames Cooper (1956, 8) 1789 1788- 1794 Thomas Bathurst Cooper (1956, 8) 1794 1789- 1794 John Dawson Cooper (1956, 8) 1794 1789- 1790 James Titmis Cooper (1956, 8) 1790 1789- 1795 Thomas Downs Cooper (1956, 8) 1795 1789- 1790 James Wilkie Cooper (1956, 8) 1790 1789- 1794 William Turner, Jnr. Cooper (1956, 8) 1794 Son of R. 1790- 1796 Richard Burnett, Jnr. Burnett Cooper (1956, 8) 1796 (1753-61). 1791- 1795 Thomas Dawson Cooper (1956, 8) 1795 1791- 1797 William Robinson, Jnr. Cooper (1956, 8) 1797 1791- 1794 John Robinson Cooper (1956, 8) 1794 1794- 1796 Joseph Pearce Cooper (1956, 8) 1796 Rochester Cathedral Research Guild Page 8 of 38 RCL18r10 An index of the musicians of Rochester Cathedral A. Ashbee 2018
1795- 1797 Charles Carter Cooper (1956, 8) 1797 1795- 1797 Josiah Carter Cooper (1956, 8) 1797 1795- 1800 Henry Smith Cooper (1956, 8) 1800 1796- 1800 William Hodge Cooper (1956, 9) 1800 1796- 1801 John Turner Cooper (1956, 9) 1801 1797- 1798 John Downs Cooper (1956, 9) 1798 1797- 1798 Thomas Downs Cooper (1956, 9) 1798 1797- 1800 Edward Coney Cooper (1956, 9) 1800 1797- 1804 Thomas mith Cooper (1956, 9) 1804 1798- 1802 Richard Dickinson Cooper (1956, 9) 1802 1798- Died while a 1801 Edward Blackfield Cooper (1956, 9) 1801 chorister. 1798- 1799 Joseph Pearce Cooper (1956, 9) 1799 1799- 1804 Charles Hedgecock Cooper (1956, 9) 1804 1801- 1805 John Broad Cooper (1956, 9) 1805 1801- 1805 George Peal Cooper (1956, 9) 1805 1801- 1808 William Blackwell Cooper (1956, 9) 1808 1801- 1807 Thomas Winterton Cooper (1956, 9) 1807 1802- James (William) 1807 Cooper (1956, 9) 1807 Winterton 1803- 1808 John Miles Cooper (1956, 9) 1808 1803- 1810 Thomas Blackwell Cooper (1956, 9) 1810 1805- 1806 Edward Godden Cooper (1956, 9) 1806 1805- 1807 Thomas Fletcher Cooper (1956, 9) 1807 1806- 1812 Abraham Relf (Ralph) Cooper (1956, 9) 1812 1806- 1807 Henry How Cooper (1956, 9) 1807 1808- 1816 William Broad Cooper (1956, 9) 1816 1808- 1818 George Noakes Cooper (1956, 9) 1818
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1808- 1814 James Miles Cooper (1956, 9) 1814 1808- 1810 George Cronk Cooper (1956, 9) 1810 1809- 1812 Charles Binder Cooper (1956, 9) 1812 1810- 1819 Robert Cox Cooper (1956, 9) 1819 1811- 1815 William Hudson Cooper (1956, 9) 1815 1811- 1819 Henry Howard Cooper (1956, 9) 1819 1812- 1821 James Timms Cooper (1956, 9) 1821 1813- 1820 William Timms Cooper (1956, 9) 1820 1815- John Thomas David 1820 Cooper (1956, 9) 1820 Whiffen 1815- 1819 Henry Wickenden Cooper (1956, 9) 1819 1816- 1823 Edward Noakes Cooper (1956, 9) 1823 1818- 1825 George Cox Cooper (1956, 9) 1825 1819- 1825 Thomas Down, Jnr. Cooper (1956, 9) 1825 1820- 1831 Thomas Whiffen, Jnr. Cooper (1956, 9) 1831 1820- 1825 Henry Smith, Jnr. Cooper (1956, 9) 1825 1821- 1826 William Howard Cooper (1956, 9) 1826 1821- 1829 Charles Burnett, Jnr. Cooper (1956, 9) 1829 1822- 1827 George Chambers Cooper (1956, 9) 1827 1823- 1825 Thomas French, Jnr. Cooper (1956, 9) 1825 1826- 1826 Henry Bourne Cooper (1956, 9) 1826 1826- 1832 John Balcomb Cooper (1956, 9) 1832 1826- 1833 James Balcomb Cooper (1956, 9) 1833 1826- 1832 William Miles Cooper (1956, 9) 1832 1827- 1833 James Down Cooper (1956, 9) 1833 1827- 1835 William Smith Cooper (1956, 9) 1835 1827- 1834 Alfred Clarke Cooper (1956, 10) 1834
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1829- 1836 William Blackwell Cooper (1956, 10) 1836 1831- 1838 Thomas Smith Cooper (1956, 10) 1838 1832- Swann Whiffin 1836 Cooper (1956, 10) 1836 (Whiffen) 1832- 1837 Charles Down Cooper (1956, 10) 1837 1833- 1838 Alfred Sole Cooper (1956, 10) 1838 1833- 1838 Charles Ford Cooper (1956, 10) 1838 1834- 1838 Robert Smith Cooper (1956, 10) 1838 1835- 1842 Edward Blackwell Cooper (1956, 10) 1842 1836- Charles (Edward) 1842 Cooper (1956, 10) 1842 Frewch 1836- 1845 Robert Cox Cooper (1956, 10) 1845 1837- George Whiffin 1843 Cooper (1956, 10) 1843 (Whiffen) 1838- 1843 Alfred Staton Cooper (1956, 10) 1843 1838- 1843 Thomas Blackwell Cooper (1956, 10) 1843 1838- 1846 William Cox Cooper (1956, 10) 1846 1838- 1845 Henry Miles Cooper (1956, 10) 1845 1842- 1847 Thomas Stokes Cooper (1956, 10) 1847 1842- Thomas Whiffen, the 1850 Cooper (1956, 10) 1850 younger 1843- 1848 George Cox Cooper (1956, 10) 1848 1843- 1847 John Hills (Hill) Cooper (1956, 10) 1847 1843- 1845 Jabez Garrett Cooper (1956, 10) 1845 1844- 1847 James Whiting Cooper (1956, 10) 1847 1844- 1849 James Startup Cooper (1956, 10) 1849 1844- 1846 Thomas Rice Cooper (1956, 10) 1846 1844- 1848 Thomas Lewis Cooper (1956, 10) 1848 (Lay-clerk) 1845- 1887 William Makepeace Headmaster Cooper (1956, 10) 1887 Choir School 1846- 1850 John William Cole Cooper (1956, 10) 1850 Rochester Cathedral Research Guild Page 11 of 38 RCL18r10 An index of the musicians of Rochester Cathedral A. Ashbee 2018
1846- 1851 Frederick Stroud Cooper (1956, 10) 1851 1846- 1848 William Oram Cooper (1956, 10) 1848 1846- 1847 Athelstan Lewis Cooper (1956, 10) 1847 1847- 1852 John Gregory Bartlett Cooper (1956, 10) 1852 1847- 1848 Richard Hunt Cooper (1956, 10) 1848 1847- 1848 Edward Greenfield Cooper (1956, 10) 1848 1847- 1851 Jesse Watson Cooper (1956, 10) 1851 1848- 1853 William Stone Cooper (1956, 10) 1853 1848-1 49 1 49 Alfred Cox Cooper (1956, 10) 1848- 1854 James Pearce Cooper (1956, 10) 1854 M.A.: Mus. Doc.: F.R.C.O. Chorister at Norwich Cathedral prior to Rochester. Son of P. Armes, Lay- clerk. Asst. to J. L. Hopkins. 1849- 1851 Philip Armes Organist, Cooper (1956, 10) 1851 Chichester Cathedral, 1861-62 and of Durham Cathedral - 1862-1907. Died 10th February, 1908. Tablet in Durham Cathedral. 1849- 1851 Stephen Austin Pearce Cooper (1956, 10) 1851 1849- 1852 William Sweet Cooper (1956, 10) 1852 1849- 1850 George Cole Cooper (1956, 10) 1850 1849- 1850 Joseph Wilkinson Cooper (1956, 10) 1850 1850- Edward John 1856 Cooper (1956, 10) 1856 Buckingham
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1850- William Humphries 1854 Cooper (1956, 10) 1854 (Humphreys) 1850- 1851 James Makepeace Cooper (1956, 10) 1851 1850- 1856 Gideon Cockaday Cooper (1956, 10) 1856 1851- Thomas Benjamin Son of a 1857 Cooper (1956, 11) 1857 Bottle verger. 1851- 1858 Edwin John Crow Cooper (1956, 11) 1858 1851- 1853 William Skinner Cooper (1956, 11) 1853 1851- 1857 Jabez Read Cooper (1956, 11) 1857 1851- 1852 John William Newman Cooper (1956, 11) 1852 C.V.O., Mus. Doc., F.R.C.O. Son of John Bridge, Lay- clerk. Organist Manchester Cathedral 1869-75 and of 1852- Westminster 1859 John Frederick Bridge Cooper (1956, 11) 1859 Abbey 1882- 1918. Knighted 1897. Died 18th March, 1924. Memorial tablet in Cloisters, Westminster Abbey. 1852- Thomas Samuel 1858 Cooper (1956, 11) 1858 Buckingham 1852- 1859 George Jarrett Cooper (1956, 11) 1859 1853- 1858 Charles Cox Cooper (1956, 11) 1858 1853- 1860 Richard Walter Crow Cooper (1956, 11) 1860 1854- Edward Henry 1859 Cooper (1956, 11) 1859 Williams Mus. Bac. : Asst. to John 1854- 1861 Alfred Alexander Hopkins. Cooper (1956, 11) 1861 Organist, St. Michael's Rochester Cathedral Research Guild Page 13 of 38 RCL18r10 An index of the musicians of Rochester Cathedral A. Ashbee 2018
College, Tenbury, 1874-77, and of St. John's Episcopal Church 1 Edinburgh, 1896-1914. 1856- 1859 William Miles, Jnr. Cooper (1956, 11) 1859 1856- 1858 Richard Mount Coles Cooper (1956, 11) 1858 1857- 1861 James Miles Cooper (1956, 11) 1861 1857- 1861 Joseph Maas Cooper (1956, 11) 1861 1858- 1862 William Killick Cooper (1956, 11) 1862 1858- 1861 William Terry Cooper (1956, 11) 1861 1858- 1861 William John Crow Cooper (1956, 11) 1861 1858- Charles William 1862 Cooper (1956, 11) 1862 Chapman 1859- 1862 Henry Killick Cooper (1956, 11) 1862 1859- Charles William 1865 Cooper (1956, 11) 1865 Raymont 1860- George Arrago 1860 Cooper (1956, 11) 1860 Edwards 1860- 1864 John Miles Cooper (1956, 11) 1864 1860- 1865 James Edward Killick Cooper (1956, 11) 1865 1860- 1865 Bernard John Waghom Cooper (1956, 11) 1865 1861- 1866 Joseph Hamden Cooper (1956, 11) 1866 1861- 1864 Thomas Ruck Cooper (1956, 11) 1864 1861- 1864 Daniel Joseph Wood Cooper (1956, 11) 1864 1861- 1864 Henry William Swan Cooper (1956, 11) 1864 1861- William Henry 1866 Cooper (1956, 11) 1866 Mumford William Charles 1862- 1865 Woodward Cooper (1956, 11) 1865 Makepeace 1862- 1866 Thomas Harcourt Cooper (1956, 11) 1866
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Brother of J. F. Bridge. Asst. to John Hopkins. Organi t Exeter College, Oxford, 1875- 76 and of Chester Cathedral, 1877-1925. M.A., Mus. Doc., F.S.A., 1862- F.R.C.O. Died 1867 Joseph Cox Bridge Cooper (1956, 11) 1867 at St. Albans, 29th May, 1929. Memorial tablet in Chester Cathedral. There is a fund to his memory which helps the further education of Chester ex- choristers. 1864- 1868 Alfred Kingsford Cooper (1956, 11) 1868 1864- Walter Stubbs 1866 Cooper (1956, 11) 1866 Woodger 1865- 1868 Bevil George Waghom Cooper (1956, 11) 1868 1865- 1868 Henry Miles Cooper (1956, 11) 1868 1865- 1868 John H. Hooper Cooper (1956, 11) 1868 1866- 1872 Samuel Phillips Cooper (1956, 11) 1872 1866- 1867 Thomas Tenant Cooper (1956, 11) 1867 1866- 1870 George Sturla Cooper (1956, 11) 1870 1866- Arthur Alfred 1870 Cooper (1956, 11) 1870 Saunders 1866- 1870 John Newsome Cooper (1956, 11) 1870 1867- 1871 William King Cooper (1956, 11) 1871
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1867- 1869 Henry Nye Cooper (1956, 11) 1869 1867- 1870 Thomas Cuckney Cooper (1956, 11) 1870 1867- 1871 Richard Edward Miles Cooper (1956, 11) 1871 1868- 1871 George Hackney Cooper (1956, 12) 1871 1868- 1873 Albert John Seager Cooper (1956, 12) 1873 1869- 1873 Richard William Jones Cooper (1956, 12) 1873 1869- 1871 Charles Jesse Pritchard Cooper (1956, 12) 1871 1869- 1873 Walter Cuckney Cooper (1956, 12) 1873 1870- 1874 Edward Milton Small Cooper (1956, 12) 1874 1870- 1873 Ernest Edward Banes Cooper (1956, 12) 1873 1871- 1873 Richard Denton Cooper (1956, 12) 1873 1871- George Robert 1873 Cooper (1956, 12) 1873 Bannister 1871- 1873 Walter Joseph Tomey Cooper (1956, 12) 1873 Chairman 1871- O.C.A., 1920- 1874 Thomas Brooks Cooper (1956, 12) 1874 1933. Died May, 1934. 1871- 1876 Harry FO\ le Small Cooper (1956, 12) 1876 1872- 1876 Edward Taffs Cooper (1956, 12) 1876 1873- 1875 George Tennant Cooper (1956, 12) 1875 1873- 1878 William Cuckney Cooper (1956, 12) 1878 1873- 1877 Alfred Thomas Skinner Cooper (1956, 12) 1877 1873- 1875 Henry George Best Cooper (1956, 12) 1875 1874- 1874 William Muggeridge Cooper (1956, 12) 1874 1874- 1878 Charles Anstey Broad Cooper (1956, 12) 1878 1874- Ernest John Pierce 1878 Cooper (1956, 12) 1878 Orpin 1874- 1876 John Charles Scullard Cooper (1956, 12) 1876 1875- 1877 Henry Kingsford Cooper (1956, 12) 1877
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1875- 1877 Frank Lander How Cooper (1956, 12) 1877 1875- 1880 Robert William Colbert Cooper (1956, 12) 1880 1875- Henry Lawrence 1878 Cooper (1956, 12) 1878 Stevens 1875- 1879 Richard Thomas Collar Cooper (1956, 12) 1879 1876- 1880 William Kingsford Cooper (1956, 12) 1880 1876- 1880 Ernest Edward Neaves Cooper (1956, 12) 1880 1876- 1879 William Ford Cooper (1956, 12) 1879 1877- Robert William 1882 Cooper (1956, 12) 1882 Tuffnell 1877- William Thomas 1879 Cooper (1956, 12) 1879 Mantell 1877- William Joseph 1881 Cooper (1956, 12) 1881 Lovering 1877- William Edward 1881 Cooper (1956, 12) 1881 Colbert 1878- 1882 William John Collins Cooper (1956, 12) 1882 Died 25th 1878- 1884 Percy William Broad December, Cooper (1956, 12) 1884 1950. 1879- 1881 Ernest Albert King Cooper (1956, 12) 1881 1879- 1881 William Bradley Cooper (1956, 12) 1881 1879- 1884 Henry Matthews Cooper (1956, 12) 1884 1879- 1883 Charles George Gibson Cooper (1956, 12) 1883 1880- 1884 Henry Kidd Cooper (1956, 12) 1884 1880- 1884 Alfred Stanley Dale Cooper (1956, 12) 1884 1880- John Brindley Parker 1885 Cooper (1956, 12) 1885 Hopkins 1881- Frederick Ernest 1884 Cooper (1956, 12) 1884 Daniels 1881- George Frederick 1883 Cooper (1956, 12) 1883 Hopkins 1881- 1887 Ernest James Newman Cooper (1956, 12) 1887 1887- 1895 Percy W. Talbot Headmaster Cooper (1956, 12) 1895 1881- 1885 William John Hitterley Cooper (1956, 12) 1885 1882- 1887 Arthur u kney Cooper (1956, 13) 1887 Rochester Cathedral Research Guild Page 17 of 38 RCL18r10 An index of the musicians of Rochester Cathedral A. Ashbee 2018
1883- 1886 Ern t Fillbrook Smith Cooper (1956, 13) 1886 1883- 1887 Harold ymour Ring Cooper (1956, 13) 1887 1884- N e1 on William 1888 Cooper (1956, 13) 1888 Colegate 1884- 1887 John George Cooper (1956, 13) 1887 1884- 1889 Ernest Dal Cooper (1956, 13) 1889 1884- 1887 William Frank Caddy Cooper (1956, 13) 1887 1884- 1889 Charl Thoma Outram Cooper (1956, 13) 1889 1884- 1888 William John Usborn Cooper (1956, 13) 1888 1885- 1888 Ro r Chari s Edwards Cooper (1956, 13) 1888 1885- 1886 La wr nc Stanley Butler Cooper (1956, 13) 1886 1886- L vi John Thomas 1888 Cooper (1956, 13) 1888 Millhouse 1886- 1888 Rob rt George Cooper (1956, 13) 1888 1887- 1889 Samu 1 Tong Cooper (1956, 13) 1889 1887- 1890 Chari P el .. H Cooper (1956, 13) 1890 1887- 1888 William Hobbs Cooper (1956, 13) 1888 1887- 1891 Robert Henry Cooper Cooper (1956, 13) 1891 1887- William Glanville 1892 Cooper (1956, 13) 1892 Hopkins 1888- 1892 Alb rt Davey Cooper (1956, 13) 1892 1888- 1889 Albert Jarvis Cooper (1956, 13) 1889 1888-189i 189i Percy Alfred Talbot Cooper (1956, 13) 1888- 1892 Cyril H. Neaves Cooper (1956, 13) 1892 1888- 1893 William Phipps Cooper (1956, 13) 1893 1888- 1892 Frank William Johnson Cooper (1956, 13) 1892 1889- 1893 Arthur Taylor Cooper (1956, 13) 1893 1889- 1893 Alfred John Nash Cooper (1956, 13) 1893 1889- Arthur Wyatt 1893 Cooper (1956, 13) 1893 Matthews 1890- Thomas Philip 1892 Cooper (1956, 13) 1892 Whiston Rochester Cathedral Research Guild Page 18 of 38 RCL18r10 An index of the musicians of Rochester Cathedral A. Ashbee 2018
1890- Ralph William Henry 1895 Cooper (1956, 13) 1895 Taylor 1891- 1894 Harry James Peach Cooper (1956, 13) 1894 1892- 1895 Henry West Cooper (1956, 13) 1895 1892- Charles Dressler 1894 Cooper (1956, 13) 1894 Hopkins 1892- 1895 Henry Hollins Cooper (1956, 13) 1895 1892- 1895 Walter J. Cornford Cooper (1956, 13) 1895 1892- Henry (Harry) S. 1897 Cooper (1956, 13) 1897 Hopkins 1893- 1895 George Tufhell Mallam Cooper (1956, 13) 1895 1893- 1897 Norman Johnson Cooper (1956, 13) 1897 1893- 1896 Ernest A. Auste Cooper (1956, 13) 1896 1893- 1897 Robert Way Cooper (1956, 13) 1897 1894- 1897 William Edward Nash Cooper (1956, 13) 1897 1894- 1899 Archibald Henry Prior Cooper (1956, 13) 1899 1894- 1895 Edward Stevens Cooper (1956, 13) 1895 1895- 1897 David Nye Cooper (1956, 13) 1897 1895- Rev. Edward Jackson 1907 Headmaster Cooper (1956, 13) 1907 Nash 1895- 1900 Leonard Keene Cooper (1956, 13) 1900 1895- 1899 Harry Tong Cooper (1956, 13) 1899 1896- 1899 Sidney Turner Cooper (1956, 13) 1899 1896- 1900 Sidney Alfred Ruck Cooper (1956, 13) 1900 1896- 1899 George Ellis Cooper (1956, 14) 1899 1800- William George 1899 Cooper (1956, 14) 1899 Weldon Burch 1897- 189 Leslie Andrews Cooper (1956, 14) 189w 1897- Frederick Norman Brother of L. 1899 Cooper (1956, 14) 1899 Scholfield Andrews Andrews. 1897- Edward Hubert Cecil 1002 Cooper (1956, 14) 1002 Scoones 1898- 1899 Eustace Vernon Leney Cooper (1956, 14) 1899
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1898- Thomas Henry 1903 Cooper (1956, 14) 1903 Robinson 1899-- Died 6th 1901 George Bell Cooper (1956, 14) 1901 March, 1950. 1899-19ru 19ru Harry William Hewitt Cooper (1956, 14) 1899- 1902 Sidney Keene Cooper (1956, 14) 1902 1899- 1902 Frank Jepson Cooper (1956, 14) 1902 1899- 1902 Cyril Mitchell Cooper (1956, 14) 1902 1899- 1903 Laurence Arthur Leech Cooper (1956, 14) 1903 1899- 1902 Edgar Hartnell Hayter Cooper (1956, 14) 1902 1899- 1902 James H, Kidd Cooper (1956, 14) 1902 1900- 1904 Edgar Walter Hoar Cooper (1956, 14) 1904 1900- 1904 Edwin Sidney Forster Cooper (1956, 14) 1904 1900- 1904 Harold George Cooper Cooper (1956, 14) 1904 1901- Cyril Herbert Bates 1902 Cooper (1956, 14) 1902 Dibley 1902- 1902 Stanley Charles Dibley Cooper (1956, 14) 1902 1902- Samuel Reynolds 1903 Cooper (1956, 14) 1903 Atwood 1902- Frederick Gunton 1907 Cooper (1956, 14) 1907 Robinson 1902- 1903 Charles John Lambkin Cooper (1956, 14) 1903 1902- Brother of G. 1904 Harry Bell Cooper (1956, 14) 1904 Bell. 1902- 1905 Ernest Vivian Scoones Cooper (1956, 14) 1905 1902- 1904 Frank Simmows Cooper (1956, 14) 1904 1902- 1906 Amos Herbert Scoones Cooper (1956, 14) 1906 1903- 1905 Bertie Turney Cooper (1956, 14) 1905 Killed on 1903- Active Service 1905 Howard Castle Cooper (1956, 14) 1905 at Gallipoli, 1915. Killed on Active Service 1903- 1914-18 War, 1909 Harold Albert Brand Cooper (1956, 14) 1909 9th September, 1916. Name Rochester Cathedral Research Guild Page 20 of 38 RCL18r10 An index of the musicians of Rochester Cathedral A. Ashbee 2018
on one of the bells and on King's School Memorial in Lady Chapel. 1904- Stanley James 1907 Cooper (1956, 14) 1907 Eastmead 1904- Norman Henry William 1909 Cooper (1956, 14) 1909 Farr 1904- Charles Cyril 1909 Cooper (1956, 14) 1909 Newnham 1904- 1905 Walter Turney Cooper (1956, 14) 1905 1905- George Frederick 1907 Cooper (1956, 14) 1907 William Cook 1905- 1910 John Archibald Durling Cooper (1956, 14) 1910 1905- Eric Jonathan Winfield 1911 Cooper (1956, 14) 1911 Tully 1906- 1907 Kenneth Coombs Cooper (1956, 14) 1907 1906- 1910 Archibald P. Philpot Cooper (1956, 14) 1910 1906- 1909 Stanley Burt Spillett Cooper (1956, 14) 1909 1907- 1909 Cyril B. Peters Cooper (1956, 14) 1909 1907- 1911 Alfred Victor Oxford Cooper (1956, 14) 1911 1907- William George 1908 Cooper (1956, 14) 1908 Trueman 1907- Rev. Hamilton Smyth 1909 Headmaster Cooper (1956, 14) 1909 Cobb. 1908- 1911 Hubert George Collins Cooper (1956, 14) 1911 1908- 1913 Albert Edward Lemon Cooper (1956, 14) 1913 1908- Frederick Cuthbert 1912 Cooper (1956, 14) 1912 Hickson 1909- Stuart Thomas James 1911 Cooper (1956, 14) 1911 Cuckney 1909- 1911 Cecil Wood Cooper (1956, 15) 1911 1909- 1913 Rev. Oscar Hardman Headmaster Cooper (1956, 14) 1913 1910- 1914 Bertram Platts Cooper (1956, 14) 1914 1910- Frederick William 1913 Cooper (1956, 14) 1913 Salmon 1910- Charles Walter 1914 Cooper (1956, 14) 1914 Edwards 1910- 1911 Frank Belsey Cooper (1956, 14) 1911 Rochester Cathedral Research Guild Page 21 of 38 RCL18r10 An index of the musicians of Rochester Cathedral A. Ashbee 2018
1911- 1913 George Cecil Reed Cooper (1956, 14) 1913 1911- Charles Edward 1913 Cooper (1956, 14) 1913 Durling 1911- 1916 Cyril Bes Cooper (1956, 14) 1916 1911- 1914 Kenneth John Moyse Cooper (1956, 14) 1914 1911- 1912 Hugh Hickson Cooper (1956, 14) 1912 1911- 1915 Reginald Jam Costen Cooper (1956, 14) 1915 1911- John Norman D. 1915 Cooper (1956, 14) 1915 Thorpe 1912- Edward Charles 1914 Cooper (1956, 14) 1914 Alexander Firman 1913- Harvey Albert Henry 1917 Cooper (1956, 14) 1917 Coles 1913- Arnold Thomas 1916 Cooper (1956, 14) 1916 Maxted 1913- Percy William 1918 Cooper (1956, 14) 1918 Whitlock 1914- 1916 Cecil Wilson Emms Cooper (1956, 14) 1916 1913- Rev. William Edgar 1918 Headmaster Cooper (1956, 14) 1918 Morgan M.B.E. Chief Commissioner 1914- 1916 Arthur Brown for Scouts, Cooper (1956, 14) 1916 Nigeria, 1937- 61 1914- Died July, 1918 John Edwin Allchin Cooper (1956, 14) 1918 1924. 1914- 1917 Frank John Wood Cooper (1956, 14) 1917 1915- Alfred George Stephen 1917 Cooper (1956, 14) 1917 Spinks 1915- 1916 Francis Douglas Jeffery Cooper (1956, 14) 1916 1915- Cyril Richard 1916 Cooper (1956, 14) 1916 Thompson 1915- 1919 Ronald Clifford Darby Cooper (1956, 14) 1919 1915- Rev. George Acting 1916 Cooper (1956, 14) 1916 Barrington-Baker Headmaster 1916- Ronald Charles Albert 1917 Cooper (1956, 14) 1917 Bolt 1916- 1918 William Smith Cooper (1956, 14) 1918 1916- Frederick Percy 1919 Cooper (1956, 14) 1919 Marchant 1916- 1919 Leslie Gordon Farr Cooper (1956, 14) 1919 Rochester Cathedral Research Guild Page 22 of 38 RCL18r10 An index of the musicians of Rochester Cathedral A. Ashbee 2018
1916- 1920 Leslie George Denniss Cooper (1956, 14) 1920 1917- 1922 Leonard Trotter Cooper (1956, 14) 1922 1917- 1919 Laurence Davis Coe Cooper (1956, 14) 1919 1917- 1919 Donald James Pharoah Cooper (1956, 14) 1919 1917- Joseph Herbert 1918 Cooper (1956, 14) 1918 Freestone 1918- Reginald Herbert 1922 Cooper (1956, 14) 1922 Langdon 1918- 1922 Ernest Mathew Butter Cooper (1956, 14) 1922 1918- 1919 Gerald Cuckney Cooper (1956, 14) 1919 1918- 1921 Thomas Guy Hindell Cooper (1956, 14) 1921 1918- Headmaster 1919 Rev. Fred Harrison Cooper (1956, 14) 1919 to Yor 1918- Ian Stuart Cranfield 1921 Cooper (1956, 14) 1921 Swoffer 1918- 1924 Leslie Eric Wood Cooper (1956, 14) 1924 1919- 1923 James Alfred Levett Cooper (1956, 14) 1923 1920- 1925 William John Wright Cooper (1956, 14) 1925 1919- 1937 Rev. Rupert Johnstone Headmaster Cooper (1956, 14) 1937 1920- 1928 John Hemy Coe Cooper (1956, 14) 1928 1920- Bernard Arthur 1925 Cooper (1956, 15) 1925 Goodwin 1920- 1922 Guy Philip Chater Cooper (1956, 15) 1922 1920- 1925 Stanley Butter Cooper (1956, 15) 1925 1921- Gordon Douglas 1925 Cooper (1956, 15) 1925 Robinson 1921- 1923 Gerald Sidney Smart Cooper (1956, 15) 1923 1922- 1924 Sidney Sefton Moore Cooper (1956, 15) 1924 1922- 1926 Robert Percy Tong Cooper (1956, 15) 1926 1922- 1924 John William Ruffell Cooper (1956, 15) 1924 1922- Ernest Frederick 1927 Cooper (1956, 15) 1927 Marsh 1923- Stuart Bertram 1925 Cooper (1956, 15) 1925 Blackman
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1923- 1926 Kenneth Frederick Day Cooper (1956, 15) 1926 1923- Francis John Stone 1926 Cooper (1956, 15) 1926 Kendall 1924- 1925 Harry Gale Cooper (1956, 15) 1925 1924- 1928 Frank Victor Smith Cooper (1956, 15) 1928 1924- 192S Jack Wright Cooper (1956, 15) 192S 1925- 1928 .Arnold Hewitt Buck Cooper (1956, 15) 1928 1925- 1926 Arthur Ernest Faster Cooper (1956, 15) 1926 1925- 1927 Eric Davies Faster Cooper (1956, 15) 1927 1925- 1929 James Peter Burney Cooper (1956, 15) 1929 1925- 1929 Roy George Walter Cooper (1956, 15) 1929 1926- 1930 Victor Henry Yates Cooper (1956, 15) 1930 1926- Sidney Charles Mason 1927 Cooper (1956, 15) 1927 Warne 1926- 1928 Ronald Swaisland Cooper (1956, 15) 1928. 1926- 1228 Hugh Reginald Taylor Cooper (1956, 15) 1228 1926- 1929 Reginald Littlejohn Cooper (1956, 15) 1929 1927- 1930 Allen Robert Treacher Cooper (1956, 15) 1930 1927- 1931 Cyril Percival Worsley Cooper (1956, 15) 1931 1928- 1930 Stuart Fletcher Cooper (1956, 15) 1930 1928- 1931 Philip Faulkner Nichols Cooper (1956, 15) 1931 1928- Cyril Herbert Newman 1931 Cooper (1956, 15) 1931 Brooker 1928- Frederick Charles 1931 Cooper (1956, 15) 1931 Taylor 1928- Stanley Albert 1931 Cooper (1956, 15) 1931 Simpson 1928- Norman Alan Thomas 1931 Cooper (1956, 15) 1931 Tanner 1929- 1932 Roy John Trett Cooper (1956, 15) 1932 1929- 1930 Frank Charles Kemp Cooper (1956, 15) 1930 1929- George James Gould 1934 Cooper (1956, 15) 1934 Phillips
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1930- 1938 John Gilpin Cooper (1956, 15) 1938 Son of G. Bell. 1930- King's 1933 Edwin Bell Cooper (1956, 15) 1933 Scholarship 193$. 1930- 1934 Joseph Harold Chater Cooper (1956, 15) 1934 1930- 1932 Alfred Richardson Cooper (1956, 15) 1932 1931- 1931 Louis Arthur Thomas Cooper (1956, 15) 1931 1931- Charles Douglas 1934 Cooper (1956, 15) 1934 Brooker F.R.C.O. Organ 1931- George Henry James 1933 scholarship. Cooper (1956, 15) 1933 Blackmore Cinema organist. 1931- Roy Frederick 1932 Cooper (1956, 15) 1932 Whattler 1931- Allen Edward 1935 Cooper (1956, 15) 1935 Matthews 1931- 1934 Dennis John Cook Cooper (1956, 15) 1934 1931- 1934 Herbert Chiles Cooper (1956, 15) 1934 1931- 1935 Donald Whattler Cooper (1956, 15) 1935 1932- 1935 Raymond Morris Cooper (1956, 17) 1935 1932- 1935 Cyril Larkin Cooper (1956, 17) 1935 1932- 1935 James Souter Cooper (1956, 17) 1935 1932- 1935 Oliver John Russell Cooper (1956, 17) 1935 1933- 1936 Alan Bruce Carden Cooper (1956, 17) 1936 1934- 1936 Cyril Herbert Yeomans Cooper (1956, 17) 1936 1934- 1936 Gordon Ross Walter Cooper (1956, 17) 1936 1934- 1936 Trevor Lee Cooper (1956, 17) 1936 1934- 1938 Peter Kennedy Hopper Cooper (1956, 17) 1938 1934- 1937 John Robert McLaren Cooper (1956, 17) 1937 1935- Alexander Graham 1936 Cooper (1956, 17) 1936 Clark 1935- Maurice George 1937 Cooper (1956, 17) 1937 Llewellyn Rochester Cathedral Research Guild Page 25 of 38 RCL18r10 An index of the musicians of Rochester Cathedral A. Ashbee 2018
1935- Anthony Vance 1937 Cooper (1956, 17) 1937 Galloway 1935- Stephen Franklin 1938 Cooper (1956, 17) 1938 Roberts 1935- 1939 David John Bradley Cooper (1956, 17) 1939 1935- 1939 Cecil Thomas Latham Cooper (1956, 17) 1939 1936- Leslie Charles 1939 Cooper (1956, 17) 1939 Springett 1936- 1939 Cyril John Baker Cooper (1956, 17) 1939 1936- 1939 Harry Gaston Cooper (1956, 17) 1939 1936- Norman Henry 1937 Cooper (1956, 17) 1937 Maxwell Organ scholarship 1940. Singing 1936- 1940 Geoffrey Hugh Briggs scholar. St. Cooper (1956, 17) 1940 John's· College, Cambridge. 1937- 1940 Alan McLeod Nash Cooper (1956, 17) 1940 Ernest Edmund 1937-198 198 Cooper (1956, 17) Richard Williams 1937- 1940 Eric Edwin Bell Cooper (1956, 17) 1940 1937- 1939 Cecil G. Roberts Cooper (1956, 17) 1939 1937- 1939 Ian Benjamin Bishop Cooper (1956, 17) 1939 1938- 1940 Kenneth E.T. Jury Cooper (1956, 17) 1940 1938- 1940 Ker..neth L. Moss Cooper (1956, 17) 1940 1939- 1940 Brian Herbert Latham Cooper (1956, 17) 1940 1939- 1940 Aubrey Coombes Cooper (1956, 17) 1940 1939- 1941 John Harpum Cooper (1956, 17) 1941 1942- John Michael Douglas 1944 Cooper (1956, 17) 1944 Anderson 1942- 1946 Bernard G. Brush Cooper (1956, 17) 1946 Killed in road accident 1942- while a 1944 John A. Clarke Cooper (1956, 17) 1944 chorister, 12th March, 1944. Rochester Cathedral Research Guild Page 26 of 38 RCL18r10 An index of the musicians of Rochester Cathedral A. Ashbee 2018
1942- Christopher de P. 1944 Cooper (1956, 17) 1944 Henriques 1942- Norman Kenneth 1944 Cooper (1956, 17) 1944 Horwood 1942- 1947 Peter John Lloyd Cooper (1956, 17) 1947 1942- 1946 George Richard Nelson Cooper (1956, 17) 1946 1942- 1945 Neville N. Palmer Cooper (1956, 17) 1945 1942- 1940 David Gerald Robinson Cooper (1956, 17) 1940 1942- 1947 Cyril John Rye Cooper (1956, 17) 1947 1942- 1948 Eric Alan Blatchly Cooper (1956, 17) 1948 1942- 1945 Ian K. Prince Cooper (1956, 17) 1945 1944- Michael William 1949 Cooper (1956, 18) 1949 Perrymal) 1944- 1949 Stuart John Robbie Cooper (1956, 18) 1949 1944- 1946 Frank E. Smith Cooper (1956, 18) 1946 1944- John Robert 1949 Cooper (1956, 18) 1949 Hammond 1945- Christopher Francis 1948 Cooper (1956, 18) 1948 Richard Cheshire 1945- 1948 John Alec Medhurst Cooper (1956, 18) 1948 1945- 1946 Colin W. Riley Cooper (1956, 18) 1946 1946- 1947 Edward Royston Harris Cooper (1956, 18) 1947 1946- 1949 Thomas David Gurney Cooper (1956, 18) 1949 1946- 1948 Michael Leslie Nye Cooper (1956, 18) 1948 1947- 1949 Roland Horace Taylor Cooper (1956, 18) 1949 1947- Douglas Brian 1948 Cooper (1956, 18) 1948 Kirkpatrick 1947- 1950 Robert Graham Gagg Cooper (1956, 18) 1950 1947- 1950 John Norman Price Cooper (1956, 18) 1950 1948- 1949 Lionel Medhurst Cooper (1956, 18) 1949 1948- 1951 David George Howlett Cooper (1956, 18) 1951 1948- Richard Alfred 1951 Cooper (1956, 18) 1951 Bosworth
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1948- Kenneth Paul 1952 Cooper (1956, 18) 1952 Frederick Butcher 1948- 1950 Paul Harrington Cooper (1956, 18) 1950 1949- Gerald Anthony Evans 1952 Cooper (1956, 18) 1952 Holt 1949- Malcolm J am.es 1954 Cooper (1956, 18) 1954 McLaren 1949- John Raymond 1953 Cooper (1956, 18) 1953 Ashdown 1950- 1953 Robert George Dacey Cooper (1956, 18) 1953 1950- Anthony Wm. Joseph 1952 Cooper (1956, 18) 1952 Reeves 1950- 1952 James Frederick Strike Cooper (1956, 18) 1952 1950- 1951 Colin Yates Cooper (1956, 18) 1951 1950- 1954 Howard Neville Taylor Cooper (1956, 18) 1954 1951- Christopher John 1952 Cooper (1956, 18) 1952 Griffith Lewis 1951- Richard Anthony 1953 Cooper (1956, 18) 1953 Parrett 1951- 1954 Glyn Stewart Davis Cooper (1956, 18) 1954 1951- Anthony Richard 1955 Cooper (1956, 18) 1955 Johnson 1952- Thomas Climo 1953 Cooper (1956, 18) 1953 Lowman 1952- 1955 Arthur Neville Watson Cooper (1956, 18) 1955 1952- Francis Henry George 1953 Cooper (1956, 18) 1953 Coomber 1952- Richard Dudley 1957 Cooper (1956, 18) 1957 Waldron 1952- 1955 Clifford John Parrett Cooper (1956, 18) 1955 1953- Richard Andrew 1956 Cooper (1956, 18) 1956 Huntley 1953- Christopher George 1956 Cooper (1956, 18) 1956 Saunders 1953- 1956 Richard Jeremy Castle Cooper (1956, 18) 1956 1953- 1956 Ian James Henderson Cooper (1956, 18) 1956 1953- Roger William 1957 Cooper (1956, 18) 1957 Cranmer 1954- 1958 Colin Whyman Cooper (1956, 18) 1958 1954- William Nigel Gibbon 1957 Cooper (1956, 18) 1957 Proctor
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1954- Richard Frederick 1957 Cooper (1956, 18) 1957 Webb 1954- 1960 Laurence John Rose Cooper (1956, 18) 1960 1955- 1957 Roger Alan Farman Cooper (1956, 18) 1957 1955- 1957 David Martin Holloway Cooper (1956, 18) 1957 1955- 1959 Alan David Pope Cooper (1956, 18) 1959 1956- Peter Anthony 1961 Brown (1981, 1) 1961 Henderson 1956- 1958 Graham Eric Mitchell Brown (1981, 1) 1958 1956- 1957 Jeremy Simon Gadd Brown (1981, 1) 1957 1957- John William Harry 1961 Brown (1981, 1) 1961 Cramp 1957- 1959 Anthony Brooker Brown (1981, 1) 1959 1957- Christopher Jonathon 1960 Brown (1981, 1) 1960 Guy Elphick 1957- 1959 Mark Laming Brown (1981, 1) 1959 1957- 1958 Christopher Lodge Brown (1981, 1) 1958 1957- Michael Howard 1961 Brown (1981, 1) 1961 Victor Chance 1957- Roger Valentine 1960 Brown (1981, 1) 1960 Warren 1958- Richard Alan 1962 Brown (1981, 1) 1962 Humphrey Self 1958- 1961 John Edwin Porter Brown (1981, 1) 1961 1959- Ian Roger Maclean 1964 Brown (1981, 1) 1964 Black 1959- Stephen David 1963 Brown (1981, 1) 1963 Michael Potts 1959- 1961 John Vincent Austin Brown (1981, 1) 1961 1959- 1964 Favid Alan Littlejohn Brown (1981, 1) 1964 1960- Thomas Hugh John 1962 Brown (1981, 1) 1962 Gough 1960- 1962 Christopher Pell Brown (1981, 1) 1962 1960- 1963 David Jeremy Horner Brown (1981, 1) 1963 1961- Andrew Christopher Head 1964 Brown (1981, 1) 1964 Potts Chorister 1961- 1964 Stephen George May Brown (1981, 1) 1964
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1961- 1964 John George Arran Brown (1981, 1) 1964 1961- 1964 Derek Grant Sayer Brown (1981, 1) 1964 1961- 1964 Malcolm Dennis Rye Brown (1981, 1) 1964 1962- Jonathon Anthony 1964 Brown (1981, 1) 1964 Rose 1962- Trevor Raymond 1966 Brown (1981, 1) 1966 Oliver Selby 1962- 1966 Geoffrey Pell Brown (1981, 1) 1966 1963- Derek Edward Trevor Head 1967 Brown (1981, 1) 1967 Carden Chorister 1963- Christopher William 1966 Brown (1981, 1) 1966 Royall 1964- 1967 Roger Adrian Pond Brown (1981, 1) 1967 1964- Andrew Gordon 1966 Brown (1981, 2) 1966 Dungate 1964- Head 1968 David Graeme Poulter Brown (1981, 2) 1968 Chorister 1964- Nigel John Patrick Head 1968 Brown (1981, 2) 1968 Carden Chorister 1964- Head 1968 Peter John Shotter Brown (1981, 2) 1968 Chorister 1964- Timothy Richard 1968 Brown (1981, 2) 1968 Green 1964- Bruce William Henry Head 1969 Brown (1981, 2) 1969 Arnold Chorister 1964- 1967 Nigel Woolcott Morley Brown (1981, 2) 1967 1966- Roger Michael Colin Head 1970 Brown (1981, 2) 1970 Carden Chorister 1966- 1967 Nigel Gareth Francis Brown (1981, 2) 1967 1966- 1968 Julien Joyce Brown (1981, 2) 1968 1966- Timothy Mark 1970 Brown (1981, 2) 1970 Newman 1967- Michael Frederick Head 1971 Brown (1981, 2) 1971 Wenman Pollock Chorister 1967- Jonathon Devereux 1969 Brown (1981, 2) 1969 Watkins 1967- Jeremy Richard 1970 Brown (1981, 2) 1970 Allington Smith 1967- Head 1971 Timothy Gerald Royall Brown (1981, 2) 1971 Chorister 1968- Anthony Graham 1969 Brown (1981, 2) 1969 Wheeler 1968- Robert John Dart Head 1972 Brown (1981, 2) 1972 Arnold Chorister
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1968- Geaeme Charles 1972 Brown (1981, 2) 1972 Shotter 1968- 1972 Peter David Mulberry Brown (1981, 2) 1972 1968- Head 1973 Martin Clive Warner Brown (1981, 2) 1973 Chorister 1969- James Anthony Denall 1972 Brown (1981, 2) 1972 Staddon 1969- Head 1974 David John Cordier Brown (1981, 2) 1974 Chorister 1969- Jonathon Charles 1971 Brown (1981, 2) 1971 Large 1970- Quentin Patrick 1971 Brown (1981, 2) 1971 Vincent Brown 1970- Head 1975 Leopold Kroll Brown (1981, 2) 1975 Chorister 1970- 1972 Nicholas Edward Potts Brown (1981, 2) 1972 1971- 1973 Ian Michael Wilks Brown (1981, 3) 1973 1971- 1974 Andrew James Clifford Brown (1981, 3) 1974 1971- Owen Daniel Parry Head 1975 Brown (1981, 3) 1975 Williams Chorister 1971- 1976 Alun David Grafton Brown (1981, 3) 1976 1971- Edmund Max Preston 1976 Brown (1981, 3) 1976 Bell 1971- Mark William 197? Brown (1981, 3) 197? Anderson 1971- Head 1976 Robin Howard Cooke Brown (1981, 3) 1976 Chorister 1972- 1973 Alun John Buddin Brown (1981, 3) 1973 1972- Nicholas Christian Roy Head 1977 Brown (1981, 3) 1977 Davis Chorister 1972- 1977 David McCree Brown (1981, 3) 1977 1972- George Nicholas Head 1978 Brown (1981, 3) 1978 Duncan Robey Chorister 1972- 1977 Timothy Stables Brown (1981, 3) 1977 1972- 1977 Richard John Parsons Brown (1981, 3) 1977 1973- Donald Charles 1978 Brown (1981, 3) 1978 Howard McLean 1973- Rupert John Preston Head 1978 Brown (1981, 3) 1978 Bell Chorister 1973- 1978 Julian Richard Oakley Brown (1981, 3) 1978 1974- Philip Markham 1978 Brown (1981, 3) 1978 Chesterfield
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1974- Mark McGing (Mark 1975 Brown (1981, 3) 1975 Sheer) 1975- Alistair Peter Berkley 1978 Brown (1981, 3) 1978 Murdock 1975- 1981 Timothy John Wooton Brown (1981, 3) 1981 1976- Iain Wallace Lawson 1980 Brown (1981, 3) 1980 Murdoch 1976- Andrew James 1977 Brown (1981, 3) 1977 Chamberlain 1976- Head 1980 Robert Louis Moore Brown (1981, 3) 1980 Chorister 1976- Duncan Richard Amos Head 1981 Brown (1981, 4) 1981 McCree Chorister 1977- Richard Edward 1978 Brown (1981, 4) 1978 Dominic John Mose 1977- Christopher Andrew 1980 Brown (1981, 4) 1980 McCleod 1977- Head 1982 John Benedict Moore Brown (1981, 4) 1982 Chorister 1977- Ranald Robin Head 1981 Brown (1981, 4) 1981 Heffernan Chorister 1978- Head 1983 Jeremy Adam Ashbee Brown (1981, 4) 1983 Chorister 1978- 1982 Paul Kennedy Martin Brown (1981, 4) 1982 1978- Jonathon Martin 1983 Brown (1981, 4) 1983 Mackenzie 1978- Richard John Patrick 1980 Brown (1981, 4) 1980 Hastings 1978- Adrian Richard 1980 Brown (1981, 4) 1980 Parsons 1978- 1983 John Paul Phillips Brown (1981, 4) 1983 1979- Philip Nicholas Giles Head 1983 Brown (1981, 4) 1983 Bond Chorister 1980- Christopher Stephen Head 1983 Brown (1981, 4) 1983 Hugh Corp Chorister 1980- Benjamin Timothy Head 1984 Brown (1981, 4) 1984 Frederick Dean Chorister 1980- Lindsay Michael 1985 Brown (1981, 4) 1985 Galliers 1980- Julian Stewart Ellis Head 1984 Brown (1981, 4) 1984 Holland Chorister 1981- Head 1984 Peter Dixon Brown (1981, 4) 1984 Chorister Neil Michael Head 1981- Brown (1981, 4) (McGuire) Bull Chorister 1981- Head 1985 Edward Stevenson Brown (1981, 4) 1985 Chorister 1981- Oliver Justin Campbell- 1984 Brown (1981, 4) 1984 Smith
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1981- Andrew David James 1985 Brown (1981, 4) 1985 Baker 1981- 1984 Adrian Mark Wall Brown (1981, 4) 1984 1982- 1985 Nigel Leslie Parker Brown (1981, 5) 1985 1982 - Mathew Paatrick Ford Brown (1981, 5) 1983 - Timothy Roger Newlyn Brown (1981, 5) Richard Duncan 1983 - Brown (1981, 5) Atkinson 198.3 - Christopher John Hill Brown (1981, 5) 1984 - Ian Moore Brown (1981, 5) Paul Alexander 1984 - Brown (1981, 5) Gazzard 1984 - Peter John Copping Brown (1981, 5) 1984 - John Llewelyn Evans Brown (1981, 5) Christopher Charles 1985 - Brown (1981, 5) Roberts Robert Norman John 1985 - Brown (1981, 5) Crumbie 1985 - James Ashley Rogers Brown (1981, 5) Martin Charles 1985 - Brown (1981, 5) Ridgway Nicholas Jonathon 1985 - Brown (1981, 5) Wakelin [Incomplete]
2.2 Organists
Earliest Latest Forename Surname Notes References 1588 Roper Blundell Schindler (1892, 93) 1599 John Williams Schindler (1892, 93) 1614 John Heath Schindler (1892, 93) 1672 Charles Wren Schindler (1892, 93) 1674 Daniel Henstridge Schindler (1892, 93) 1699 Robert Bowers Schindler (1892, 93) 1704 John Spain Schindler (1892, 93) 1721 Charles Peach Schindler (1892, 93) 1753 Joseph Howe Schindler (1892, 93) 1781 Richard Howe Schindler (1892, 93) 1790 Ralph Banks Schindler (1892, 93) 1841 John Larkin Hopkins Schindler (1892, 93) 1856 John Hopkins Schindler (1892, 93) Later organist of Chester 1868 1868 Joseph Bridge Schindler (1892, 93) Cathedral. 1900 Bertram Luard-Selby Schindler (1892, 93) 1916 Charles Hylton Stewart Schindler (1892, 93) 1930 Harold Aubie Bennett Schindler (1892, 93) Rochester Cathedral Research Guild Page 33 of 38 RCL18r10 An index of the musicians of Rochester Cathedral A. Ashbee 2018
2014 2014 Claire Innes-Hopkins 2015 2015 Ben Bloor Schindler (1892, 93) 2016 2016 James Norrey Assistant Sub-Organist. 1559 1588 James Plomley Schindler (1892, 93) Later organist of Durham 1850 1865 Philip Armes Schindler (1892, 93) Cathedral. Later Sir Frederick 1859 1865 Frederick Bridge Bridge organist Schindler (1892, 93) of Westminster Abbey. 1899 1901 Glanville Hopkins 1902 1908 Hector E. Shallcross 1919 1921 Alfred H. Allen Later organist of St 1921 1930 Percy Whitlock Stephen's Church, Bournemouth. 1930 1976 James Alfred Levett 1956 1977 Robert Ashfield Schindler (1892, 93) Subsequently Director of Music at Coventry 1976 1981 David Poulter Cathedral, Chester Cathedral, and Liverpool Cathedral. 1977 1994 Barry Ferguson Schindler (1892, 93) Later organist and rector 1982 1989 Paul Hale chori of Southwell Minster. 1989 1994 Roger Sayer Cathedral Organist 2008 1994 2013 Roger Sayer Schindler (1892, 93) to 2013. 1994 1998 William Whitehead 1998 2001 Sean Farrell 2001 2002 James Eaton (acting) 2002 2006 Edmund Aldhouse 2006 2010 Dan Soper 2008 Scott Farrell Schindler (1892, 93) 2010 2014 Samuel Rathbone 2014 2015 Adrian Bawtree Schindler (1892, 93) Henry Edmund Ford Schindler (1892, 93) Alfred Alexander Schindler (1892, 93)
2.3 Lay-Clerks
Number Earliest Latest Forename Surname Notes References L.001 1545 d.1545 Peter Bolde will DRb/Pwr 10, f.87 L.002 1545 d.1546 Richard Butcher will DRb/Pwr 10, f.131 1547 1549 John Wattes DRc/A00.1 1547 1549 Francis Colyn DRc/A00.1 1551 Walter Hayte DRc/A00.1
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1577 Thomas Churchman DRc/Ac.1 on dismissal 1577 John Gilbert of John King DRc/Ac.1 Gentleman of Chapel 1578 [d.1621/2] Anthony Harrison Royal? DRc/Ac.1 1579 1591-2 John Shaw DRc/Ac.1 1580 1591-2 Casey Bedlowe DRc/Ac.1 made a clerk 1581 1614 Phillip Heath/Hayte 1581 DRc/Ac.1 1591-2 Walter Symekins DRc/FTb/6 1591-2 Philp Symonson DRc/FTb/6 1591-2 1609 John Williams the younger DRc/FTb/6 Laud visitation 1591-2 1634 John Rowle(s) reference? DRc/FTb/6 1591-2 William Streadell DRc/FTb/6 1614 Edward Browne DRc/FTb/8 1614 Martin Cotes DRc/FTb/8 Master of the 1614 John Robinson Choristers DRc/FTb/8 1614 John Chapman DRc/FTb/8 1614 John Fowkes DRc/FTb/8 1614 Williian Herne DRc/FTb/8 1614 1673 John Heath Organist DRc/FTb/8 1634 [ ] Kirk Laud visitation Gentleman of Chapel 1634 d.1636 John Stephens Royal Laud visitation Gentleman of Chapel 1634 d.1643 William West Royal Laud visitation
Edward 1660 Brimton/Brimpton son of John DRc/Arb.1 1660 John Brimton/Brimpton DRc/Arb.1 d.1661 Richard Holden Register 1665 Thomas Leather DRc/Arb.2 d.1667 Anthony Hogg Register 1669 Richard Pearson DRc/Arb.2 <1672 John Hogg DRc/FTb/8 <1672 1675/1 Richard Marchant DRc/FTb/8 <1672 John Wimshurst DRc/FTb/8 <1672 John Heath junior? DRc/FTb/8 1669 Anthony Heardson 2 places DRc/FTb/8 1673 d.1676 Thomas Exon DRc/FTb/8 replaced Richard 1675/2 1676/1 Charles Cresswell Marchant DRc/Arb.2 Rochester Cathedral Research Guild Page 35 of 38 RCL18r10 An index of the musicians of Rochester Cathedral A. Ashbee 2018
replaced Charles 1676/2 John White Cresswell DRc/FTb/11 replaced Anthony 1676/1 James Thurstone Heardson DRc/Arb.2 replaced 1674/2 William Head John Heath DRc/Arb.2 1677/2 1680/2 Luke Goodwyn replaced Luke 1680/3 Thomas Huggins Goodwyn
3. Data Delivery, Reporting & Archiving 3.1 Report is available in PDF format on the Rochester Cathedral Research Guild website at www.rochestercathedralresearchguild.org. 3.2 A PDF version of this final report has been supplied to the following parties: 3.3 Digital copies of the report, photographs and tracings will be provided to Kent Historic Environment Record.
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8. Bibliography
8.1 Documents
KHLC: DRb Pwr 10, f.87 will of Richard Butcher
KHLC: DRb Pwr 10, f.131 will of Peter Bolde
TNA, PROB 11/1952, q.[check] will of Ralph Banks, 1834
TNA, PROB 11/2205, vol. 2, q.90 will of Thomas Whiffin, 1855
8.2 Books and articles
AR49 Anthems as used in Rochester Cathedral Selected and arranged in Chronological order, by J. L. Hopkins, Mus. Bac., Organist and S. Shepherd, M.A. Precentor, J. Alfred Novello, 1849
BDECM Andrew Ashbee and David Lasocki, assisted by Peter Holman and Fiona Kisby, A Biographical Dictionary of English Court Musicians 1485-1714, Ashgate, 1998 (2 vols.)
Bridge John Frederick Bridge, A Westminster Pilgrim, Novello, 1918
CBCR Andrew Ashbee and John Harley, The Cheque Books of the Chapel Royal, Ashgate, 2000 (2 vols.)
Crosby Brian Crosby, Durham Cathedral Choristers and their Masters, Dean & Chapter, Durham, 1980
CRS Charles Roach Smith, Retrospections, Social and Archaeological, vol. 3 1891
EECM Early English Church Music
SECM Ralph T. Daniel and Peter le Huray, The Sources of English Church Music 1549-1660, British Academy, 1972
Foster Joseph Foster, Alumni Oxoniensis: the Members of the University of Oxford, (a) 1500- 1714; (b) 1715-1886
Le Huray Peter le Huray, Music and the Reformation in England 1549-1660, London, 1967
MT Musical Times
Vol. 41, no. 684 (Feb. 1, 1900, pp.81-86: Philip Armes
Vol. 41, No. 692 (Oct 1, 1900), p.684: Obituary: John Hopkins
Vol. 49, No. 781 (Mar. 1, 1908), pp.149-159: Rochester Cathedral
Payne Ian Payne, The Provision and Practice of Sacred Music at Cambridge Colleges and Selected Cathedrals c.1547-c.1646: A Comparative Study of the Archival Evidence, Garland Publishing Inc., New York and London, 1993
PCC Prerogative Court of Canterbury [wills and administrations]
RECM Andrew Ashbee (ed.), Records of English Court Music, Ashgate/Scolar Press, 1986- 1996 (nine vols.)
RMARC (Smith) Alan Smith, ‘The Gentlemen and Children of the Chapel Royal of Elizabeth I; An Annotated Register’, Royal Musical Association Research Chronicle 5 (1965), 13-46 Rochester Cathedral Research Guild Page 37 of 38 RCL18r10 An index of the musicians of Rochester Cathedral A. Ashbee 2018
Shindler Thomas Shindler (ed.), The Registers of the Cathedral Church of Rochester (1657- 1837), privately printed, Canterbury, 1892
Spink Ian Spink, Restoration Cathedral Music 1660-1714, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1995
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WAM (LV) Westminster Abbey Muniment Room: MS card index of Lay Vicars
WAM (MC) Westminster Abbey Muniment Room: MS card index of Minor Canons
Windsor CA Shelagh Bond (ed.), The Chapter Acts of the Dean and Canons of Windsor, 1430, 1523- 1672, Oxley, Windsor, 1966
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8.3 Websites
Ancestry Ancestry.co.uk
BNA British Newspaper Archive
CityArk Medway Archives
Clergydb The Clergy Database
FS Family Search and International Genealogical Index
REPOSITORIES
CCA Canterbury Cathedral Archives (from June 2018 at KHLC)
KHLC Kent History and Library Centre (formerly Kent Archives Office)
LMA London Metropolitan Archives
MAC Medway Archives centre (formerly MALSC)
YMA York Minster Archives
9. Acknowledgments
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