1563–1640

Introduction

Born: 1563, Tru­ro, Corn­wall.

Died: No­vem­ber 1640, Lon­don, Eng­land.

Buried: No­vem­ber 25, 1640, St. Giles Crip­ple­gate church­yard, Lon­don.

Biography

Giles was the son of Tho­mas Far­na­by, and hus­band of Ka­ther­ine Roane (mar­ried May 28, 1587).

He gra­du­at­ed with a BMus de­gree from Christ Church, Ox­ford, July 7, 1592.

He and his wife Kath­er­ine first lived in St. Hel­en’s par­ish, Bi­shops­gate, Lon­don. In 1602, the family moved to Ais­thorpe, Lin­coln­shire, and by 1611, he was liv­ing in Lon­don.

Works

He com­posed sev­er­al doz­en piec­es for the key­board, psal­ter, and can­zo­nets.

Sources

Music

  1. High Dutch Tune

Help Needed

If you know where to get a good pic­ture of Far­na­by (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),