The Library of Lincoln Cathedral is fortunate in still possessing a collection of some 150 choral part-books in manuscript, dating from the Restoration to the end of the 19th century. These copies were made mainly by lay clerks, and contain the anthems and settings in everyday use in the cathedral. Each manuscript is a unique performing copy; compiled over a number of years from various primary sources and in response to practical demands. What makes the collection significant is the practise of examination by the Succentor, the deputy to the Precentor (the canon in charge of music in the cathedral). Each examination is signed and dated, enabling one to form a full picture of the development of the Anglican liturgy and of the changes in musical taste in one of the great cathedral establishments.

The earliest 17th century manuscripts are of particular interest for they show the manner in which a regional cathedral centre built up a new repertoire after the devastations of the Commonwealth. The examination dates allow us to trace the speed with which the works of Restoration masters such as Purcell, Blow, Humfrey, Greene etc. with their court origins were taken up at Lincoln and added to the works of the Tudor period by Byrd and Gibbons. The part-books are also an important source for local composers such as Cutts and Hecht and examination dates can also be useful in dating uncertain works by Purcell and others.

By the beginning of the 19th century many Tudor and Restoration settings had been replaced by works by 18th century composers such as Croft and Kent, and in general there was a decline both in the standard of composition, and (as recorded by various contemporary commentators) in performance as well. The 1850s however saw a revival in interest in church music lead by T.A. Walmsley and S.S. Wesley and this is clearly reflected in the changing pattern of the Lincoln part-books. But aside from their musical importance, these manuscripts are also significant social documents, evidence in the history of taste; in the later period they provide a stimulating counterpoint to Trollope’s portrait of the kindly Precentor Harding of “Barchester Towers”.

Further information on this Collection is to be found in A. Lindsey Kirwan’s “The Music of Lincoln Cathedral”, London, 1973.

Each manuscript from this collection is a unique performing copy of a choral part-book, signed and dated by the examining Succentor, deputy to the Canon in charge of music at the Cathedral. Due to its chronological nature, this series enables the researcher to build up an idea of how musical taste and liturgy developed at the Cathedral.

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Contents

The manuscript numbers shown in this list all consist of a series of different manuscripts. The details of each piece are to be found on a list which precedes each item. The manuscript numbers are those allocated in 1985 updated Lincoln Catheral Library numbering system.

Reel Manuscript Number Title/Resume Of Contents
1 4 BASS DECANI: Compositions by Blow, Norris, Purcell and others, including many settings of the psalms, c. 180 items. 1685-1720’s
  3 BASS: Similar to Ms.4 Contains an additional section of services, c. 200 items. 1685-1760’s
  5 BASS: Compositions by Purcell, Norris, Blow and G. Holmes (Lincoln Organist), c. 80 items. 1701-1720’s
2 8 BASS DECANI: Various compositions including a selection by Blow and Humphries; also services by Blow, Ferabosco and King, c. 90 items. 1720-1739
  9 BASS CANTORIS: Compositions by Gibbons, Croft and Green, with a large selection of services by Farrant, Nares, Aldrich and Woodward. c. 130 items. 1726-1760’s
  11 TENOR: A large selection of services, including those found in Ms. 9, by Blow, King, Croft, Gibbons, and Tallis etc. c. 160 items. 1726-1770’s
3 10 BASS CANTORIS: Similar to 9, with anthems by Kent and settings by Bryan, c. 100 items. 1726-1770’s
  12 TENOR CANTORIS: Two volumes bound into one. Volume one contains a selection of anthems by Green, Croft, Kent etc. Volume two contains more anthems and services by Aldrich, Woodward, Nares etc. c. 190 items. 1730-1770’s
  13 BASS: A selection of anthems; reversed to include services by Hayes, Kent and Nares. c. 75 items. 1733-1770’s
4 14 BASS: A wider selection of anthems, by Purcell, Tye, Green, Blow, Humphries and Kent, c. 160 items. 1737-1770’s
  16 A collection of services by Blow, King, Bryan, Tallis, Byrd, Gibbons, Child, Purcell, Nares, Aldrich etc.
  17 TENOR: Two volumes bound together. Volume one contains anthems and psalms by Kent, Croft. Volume two contains a very wide selection of anthems by Croft, Greene, Purcell, Humphries etc. c. 160 items. 1755-1790
5 18 ORGAN ANTHEM BOOK: Anthems by Croft, Gibbons, Harold etc. c. 40 items. 1763
  19 ORGAN: Services by Blow, Nares, Kent etc. c. 40 items. 1763-1780
  20 ORGAN: Possibly part of 19. More services by Tallis, Byrd, Patrick, King, Child, Gibbons, Bryan etc. c. 60 items. 1763-1772
  21 ORGAN: Similar to 20. Services by Tallis, Byrd etc. c. 80 items. 1763
6 22 TENOR SERVICES: Collection of services by Blow, King, Croft, Aldrich, Purcell, Child, etc. These include parts and complete services. c. 120 items. 1763
  23 TENOR: A collection of complete services, by Tallis, Farrant Gibbons, Child (in E), Blow (in A), Byrd, King (Bb), Nares (in F), and others. c. 25 items. 1773-1778
  24 TENOR: Selection of anthems by Croft, Purcell etc. and services by Dupuis, Greville and Boyce. c. 100 items. 1773-1792
7 25 TREBLE ANTHEMS: Anthems by Webbe, Nares, Beckwith, Boyce and others, c. 100 items. 1774-1809
  27 PRECENTOR SERVICE BOOK: A collection of complete services and some settings. Including Kent (in C), King (in F flat), Nares (in F), Gibbons (in G) and others. c. 11 items. 1777
  28 SENIOR VICARS CANTORIS: Complete services by Fussell, Porter and Nares and settings by Kent and others. Only part of a volume. c. 22 items. 1778
  30 ORGAN: Contains verse anthems by Webbe, Nares and Greene; and in reverse full anthems of Farrant, Croft and others. c. 55 items. 1781-1783
8 32 TENOR: A collection of anthems and psalms by Handel, Purcell Croft etc. and in reverse complete services as for 33. c. 50 items. 1784
  33 BASS CANTORIS: A collection of anthems and psalms by Purcell Mason etc., and in reverse complete services by Byrd, Rogers Gibbons, Child and Camidge. c. 50 items. 1784-1790
  34 PRECENTOR’S SERVICE BOOK: Complete and part of, services by Kent, Nares, Ebdon and Dupuis. c. 30 items. 1784-1788
9 36 NO TITLE: A varied collection of anthems, hymn and services by Mason, Handel, Farrant and others. c. 50 items. 1789-1790
  37 ORGAN: Anthems by Boyce and services by Dupuis, Aldrich, Nares and others. c. 60 items. 1790
  38 NO TITLE: A large collection of anthems and hymns by Kent, Purcell, Boyce, Hayes and others. c. 110 items. 1790-1807
10 39 TENOR CANTORIS: Complete services by Kent (in C and in D); King (in C); Boyce (in A): Hayes (in D); and in reverse parts of services by various composers, c. 120 items. 1790-1799
  40 ORGAN: Services by Gibbons and Child and in reverse anthems by Green, Boyce and Woodward. c. 30 items. 1791
  42 ALTO DECANI: Anthems by Greene, Kent, Handel, Croft, Hayes etc.; and in reverse parts of services by Skelton and Nares. c. 110 items. 1792-1799
11 43 ORGAN: Anthems by Boyce, Greene, Kent etc. and in reverse services by Boyce, Tallis and Child. c. 50 items. 1792
  44 TREBLE PARTS: Anthems and psalms by Webbe, Porter, Hayes and others, and in reverse services by Dupuis (in C) and various parts by other composers. c. 90 items. 1793-1806
  45 ORGAN: A selection of anthems and choruses and mainly Handel, from Judas Maccabeus and Saul. c. 70 items. 1793
12 47 BASS CANTORIS: A collection of services by Skelton, King and S. Wesley etc. and in reverse anthems by Croft, Hayes and Beckwith. c. 150 items. 1795-1827
  49 TREBLE CANTORIS: A large number of complete services by Kent (in D); Nares (in C and in F); Dupuis (in E flat); King (in C, in F and in B flat) and others. c. 90 items. 1798-1831
  50 ORGAN: Anthems by Handel and Hayes, services by King and Ebdon. c. 40 items. 1798
13 51 TENOR DECANI: Collection of anthems, a good number by Kent and Hayes. c. 110 items. 1798-1819
  52 TENOR DECANI: A large number of services, mostly complete, by King (in F and in O; Gibbons (in F); Kent (in D); Child (in F) and others. c. 130 items. 1800-1812
  54 TREBLE CANTORIS: Anthems and Psalms by Hayes, Green, and in reverse services by Jackson and S. Wesley, c. 110 items. 1803-1826
14 55 ALTO CANTORIS: Services by Kent, Dupuis and parts of others including the Service for the Dead; Anthem by Kant, Hayes etc. c. 100 item, 1804
  56 BASS CANTORIS: Services by Rogers (in D); Aldrich (in G) and Gibbons (in F flat) and anthem: by Kent, Handel and others. c. 80 items. 1805-1835
  57 ORGAN: Anthems by Beckwith, Hayes etc. and various parts of the service. c. 50 items. 1807-1822
15 60 BASS DECANI: Anthems by Farrant, Aldrich and Alcock. c. 55 items. 1812-1822
  61 NO TITLE: A collection of anthems by Hayes, Purcell, Wise, Handel and others. c. 90 items. 1816-1835
  63 NO TITLE: Anthems and hymns by Jackson and Pergolesi and in reverse services by Jackson and Wesley. c. 40 items. 1820-1827
  64 NO TITLE: Anthems and excerpts from settings of the Mass, by a very wide range of Italian and German composers, including Pergolesi, Haydn and Mozart. c. 130. 1820
  65 NO TITLE: A collection similar in range to Ms. 101. c. 110 items. 1821
16 67 DECANI: Anthems by Handel, Mendelssohn and Mozart, and in reverse services by Patrick and Nares. c. 90 items. 1821-1857
  68 BASS DECANI: Services by Jackson, Wesley and others and in reverse anthems by Jackson, Handel, etc. c. 90 items. 1822-1836
  69 ORGAN: Various parts of services by Jackson, Wesley and Edgcumbe. c. 20 items. 1822-1832
  73 TREBLE: Songs and choruses from various oratorios, Esther, Joseph, etc., and much material from Il Penseroso and The Creation. Also a collection of pieces from Catholic services: Agnus Dei, Kyrie eleison by Mozart for instance. c. 140 items. 1823-1825
17 70 TENOR: A collection of songs and settings including many from Haydn’s Creation; Handel’s Solomon, Israel in Egypt and The Seasons; and various Catholic services in settings by continental composers. c. 100 items. 1823
  71 BASS: Excerpts from the Mass by Haydn, Naumann, etc.; and songs from The Creation by Raphael; The Seasons, Haydn; Athalia and Il Penseroso by Handel. c. 120 items. 1823-1829
  72 NO TITLE: A further collection of excerpts from Catholic services, including works by Haydn, Pergolesi, Mozart etc. c. 60 items. 1823-1828
  74 NO TITLE: Excerpts from Mozart’s Requiem; Palestine by William Crotch, and four Masses by Haydn. c. 80 items. 1823-1830
18 77 BASS: Similar to Ms. 74. c. 80 items 1823-1830
  76 TENOR: Excerpts from Haydn’s four Masses; The Last Judgement by Spohr, Mount Sinai and the David oratorio by-Neukomm. c. 90 items. 1823-1830
  75 ALTO: Similar to Ms. 74 and 76. c. 90 items. 1823-1837
  78 NO TITLE: A wide range of sacred songs, from the Mass including four by Haydn; others by Mozart, Graun and Caldora. c. 110 items. 1825
19 79 SELECTION TREBLE SONGS, TENOR AND BASS: Songs by Haydn, The Seasons, and excerpts from various oratories, St. Cecilia, Saul etc. c. 20 items. 1828-1872
  82 NO TITLE: A selection of anthems by Beckwith, Greene etc. c. 40 items. 1831
  84 84 TENOR DECANI: A collection of services by Jackson, Croft, Cooke and Clarke; and in reverse anthems by Wesley, Handel and others. c. 100 items. 1833-1849
20 85 BASS CANTORIS: Various anthems, and in reverse services by Nares (in C); Attwood (in F); Croft (in A) and Clarke (in E). c. 120 items. 1835-1851
  86 ALTO CANTORIS: Complete services and parts by Kelway, Croft, Cooke, Young etc. and in reverse anthems by Handel, Mozart and others. c. 120 items. 1835-1850
  87 NO TITLE: Miscellaneous services: Croft and Cooke. c. 10 items. 1835
  88 ORGAN: Various anthems, and in reverse parts of services by Clarke and Croft. c. 30 items. 1836-1840
21 93 ALTO (PRINTED AND MANUSCRIPT): Anthems by Pergolesi, Haydn etc. c. 5 items. 1844/5
  94 TENOR (PRINTED AND MANUSCRIPT): Anthems and choruses by Handel, Haydn, Pergolesi and others. c. 15 items. 1845
  95 LINCOLN CATHEDRAL MUSIC SCHOOL. SELECTIONS 1st, 2nd, 3rd BASS. (PRINTED AND MANUSCRIPT): Anthems, psalms and choruses by Haydn, Pergolesi, Handel and Mozart. c. 20 items. 1844/5
  96 LINCOLN CATHEDRAL MUSIC. SCHOOL SELECTIONS 1st, 2nd, 3rd TENOR (PRINTED AND MANUSCRIPT): Similar to 95. Additional pieces by Beethoven and Graun. c. 20 items. 1844/5
  97 TENOR AND BASS: Anthems by Haydn, Handel and others, and in reverse services by Croft (in A); Clarke (in F) and others. c. 60 items. 1846-1850
  100 SENIOR VICARS CANTORIS: A selection of anthems by Handel, Spohr and many others, c. 40 items. 1847-1882
  106 ALTO DECANI: Parts of services by King, Nares, Ross and Walmesley. c. 50 items. 1851-1878
  111 TREBLE DECANI: Collection of anthems by Spohr, Hayes, Handel, Gibbons, Purcell etc. c. 70 items. 1851-1853
22 109 ALTO DECANI: Similar to 111 with additional material by Bond, Mendelssohn and others
  99 ALTO CANTORIS: Services, or parts of by King, Tallis, Clarke, Travers, Patrick, Byrd, and in reverse: anthems by Handel, Green, Byrd and others. c. 130 items. 1851
  112 ORGAN: Anthems, Psalms, choruses etc. by Handel, Mozart and others. c. 70 items. 1852-1865
  115 ORGAN1ST’S COPY: Services by Young, Clark and Haydn. c. 25 items. 1852
23 110 TREBLE CANTORIS: Collection of anthems by Spohr, Handel, Hayes, S. Wesley and Blow. c. 70 items. 1852
  114 ALTO CANTORIS: Anthems by Handel, Spohr, Mendelssohn, and others. c. 90 items. 1852-1866
  116 TREBLE DECANI. A selection of services, or parts, by Porter, Rogers, Jackson, Attwood and S. Wesley. c. 90 items. 1853
  124 BASS DECANI: A collection of anthems by Handel, Kent, King, Mendelssohn and others. c. 90 items. 1854-1866
  125 TREBLE CANTORIS: A collection of anthems by Greene, Handel, S. Wesley, Webbe etc. c. 70 items, 1854-1859
24 127 TENOR DECANI: A collection of anthems by Haydn, Kent, Mendelssohn and others. c. 80 items. 1854-1880
  120 TREBLE DECANI: Services, complete or in part, by Attwood, King, Nares, Walmsley, Cook and Young. c. 100 items
  126 TREBLE DECANI: A collection of anthems by Croft, Handel, S. Wesley and Kent. c. 60 items. 1855-1859
  128 TREBLE CANTORIS: A collection of anthems by Handel, Greene, Kent and others. c. 60 items. 1855
25 119 TREBLE DECANI: A collection of anthems by Greene, Kent, Webbe Handel and others. c. 80 items. 1857
  132 ORGAN: Anthems, mainly by Handel. c. 30 items. 1857-1865
  134 TREBLE DECANI: Collection of services, complete and in part by Clarke (in F); Attwood, Child, Walmsley, Croft and others. c. 120 items 1858
  141 TREBLE DECANI: A collection of anthems by Handel, Croft, Hayes, Mendelssohn etc. c. 60 items. 1859
26 137 TREBLE DECANI: Selection of services by Jackson, Rogers, Attwood, Porter and Clarke. c. 110 items. c. 1850
  138 TREBLE CANTORIS: Selection of services similar to 60 with additional material by Walmsley. c. 100 items. 1859
  139 TREBLE CANTORIS: Collection of services, complete and in part, by Attwood (in F), Walmsley; Farrant, Clarke etc. c. 110 items. 1859
27 144 SENIOR VICARS CANTORIS: Anthems by Handel, Mendelssohn, Aldrich and others. c. 50 items. 1861-1880
  147 TREBLE DECANI: Selection of services, in parts, by Walmsley, Dearie, Kent, King, Attwood etc. c. 100 items. 1862-1873
  149 ALTO DECANI: Anthems by Mendelssohn, Hayes, Boyce and many others, c. 50 items. 1863-1881
  146 TREBLE DECANI: A selection of anthems by Handel, Mendelssohn and others. c. 60 items. 1862
28 148 TREBLE DECANI: Anthems by Croft, Mendelssohn and others. c. 70 items. 1863-1880
  153 SENIOR VICARS DECANI: Collection of anthems by Hayes, Wesley, and Handel. c. 40 items. 1864-1866
  154 TREBLE CANTORIS: Anthems by Handel, Mendelssohn, Spohr and Mozart. c. 60 items. 1864
  157 TREBLE CANTORIS: Selection of services in parts by Child, Dearie, Farrant, Walmsley, Travers, Clarke, and Attwood etc. c. 80 items. 1865-1869
29 155 TREBLE CANTORIS: Collection of anthems by Greene, Kent, Handel and others, c. 70 items. 1865-1888
  159 SENIOR VICARS DECANI: Selection of parts of services by Child, Kent and Young and a few anthems by Kent. c. 50 items. 1866-1872
  145 TREBLE CANTORIS: A large collection of anthems by Handel, Purcell, Clarke, Aldrich amongst others, c. 100 items. 1866
30 161 Miscellaneous selection of services and anthems by Young, Mason, Clarke and others. c. 20 items. 1866-1888
  152 NO TITLE: Parts of services by King, Kent, Wesley, Young and Clarke. c. 50 items. 1866-1878
  162 ALTO CANTORIS: Collection of anthems by Kent, Croft, Greene, Boyce etc. c. 50 items. 1867-1881
  164 TENOR CANTORIS: Anthems by Clarke, Kent, Handel, Crotch and many others. c. 70 items. 1868-1882
31 165 TENOR DECANI: Anthems by Spohr, Boyce and others. c. 50 items. 1871-1882
  168 BASS DECANI: Collection of anthems by Wesley, Webbe, Nares, Wise and Blow. c. 50 items. 1872-1881
  169 TREBLE CANTORIS: Services by Attwood, Young and Hopkins. c. 20 items. 1873-1875
  170 TREBLE: Selection of anthems by Attwood, Spohr etc. c. 20 items. 1876-1881
  171 TREBLE CANTORIS: Services, in part, by Kent, Clarke and Gibbons, c. 20 items. 1876
  177 TREBLE CANTORIS: Anthems by Young, Crotch and others. c. 30 items. 1881-1897
32 178 TREBLE DECANI: Similar to 177, with additional anthems. c. 40 items. 1881-1901
  176 TREBLE CANTORIS: Similar to 177 and 178. c. 30 items. 1881-1901
  179 TREBLE DECANI: Similar to 176 etc. c. 30 items. 1881-1901
  180 TREBLE DECANI: Identical to 176. c. 30 items. 1881-1901
  181 TREBLE CANTORIS: Selection of anthems by Young, Crotch and others. c. 20 items. 1881-1897
  182 TREBLE DECANI: Anthems by Young, Handel, Purcell and some services. c. 30 items. 1881-1901
  183 TREBLE DECANI: Selection of anthems by Young, Handel etc. c. 30 items. 1881-1897
  184 ALTO DECANI: Similar to 183. A few additions. c. 30 items. 1881-1901
33 204 ORGAN: A small selection of chants and anthems by Croft, Mozart and others. c. 15 items. 1893-1901
  205 ORGAN: Parts of services by Bennett and Frost. c. 10 items. 1894-1898
  211 TREBLE: Songs from Handel’s Messiah, Acis and Galatea, Dryden’s Ode on St. Cecilia’s Day, Samson, Judas, Maccabeus and Saul, c. 70 items. No date
  212 ORGAN: Parts of services by Kent, Nares and others. c. 10 items. No date
  213 ORGAN: Small selection of anthems by Jackson, Bond and others, c. 10 items. No date
  214 MEN’S VOICE PARTS: Anthems by Greene, Purcell, Clark etc. c. 20 items. No date
34 215 ORGAN: Collection of anthems by Greene, Humphries, Purcell and others. c. 40 items. No date
  216 FULL ANTHEMS: Collection of anthems by Croft, Tye, Kent and Humphries. c. 30 items. No date
  217 TREBLE CANTORIS: A collection of anthems, mainly by Handel and Kent, others by Jackson, Mendelssohn etc. c. 70 items. No date
  220 FOUR PARTS: Services by Gibbons, Farrant, Blow, Nares, Aldrich and Rogers. c. 50 items. No date
35 1 BASS: Anthems by Rogers, Cutts, Hecht, Child, Blow, Croft, Gibbons and others; services by Rogers and Blow, c. 90 items. 1685-1723
  2 TENOR DECANI: Anthems by Turner, Blow, Humfrey, Wise, Tucker, Cutts, Hecht, Norris, Purcell, Hawkins, Holmes, Croft, Green and others; services by Norris, King, Ferrabosco, Aldrich and Blow. 162 items. 1685-1762
  6 TENOR: Anthems by Blow, Purcell, Norris, Wise, Croft and others. 68 items. 1701-1729
     
36 7 NO TITLE. Services by Bow & Aldrich. 4 items. No date
  15 ORGAN: Anthems by Tallis, Byrd, Tye, Croft, Gibbons, Purcell, Blow, Aldrich, Wise, Green and others; services by King, Goodson, Wise, Rogers, Aldrich, Child, Tudway and Purcell. c. 75 items. 1737-1754
  26 ALTO DECANI: Services by Kent, Nares, Ebdon, King, Rogers, Jackson, Edgcumbe and others; anthems by Kent, Nares, Woodward, Alcock, Handel, Mozart, Clari and others, c. 70 items. 1776-1848
37 29 TENOR CANTORIS: Anthems by Kent, Handel, Boyce, Jackson and others; hymns and psalm settings; services by Nares, Boyce, Kent, Ebdon, Porter, King, Camidge, Greville, Dupuis, Wesley and others, c. 90 items. 1780-1827
  31 BASS DECANI: Services by Dupuis, Ebdon, Greville, King, Rogers and others; anthems by Bond, Boyce, Kent, Mason and others. c. 70 items. 1779-1822
38 35 ALTO DECANI: Anthems by Croft, Holmes, Kent, Mason, Purcell and others; services by Camidge, Aldrich, Nares, Dupuis and others, c. 90 items. 1786-1792
  41 TENOR CANTORIS: Services by Dupuis, Boyce, King and others; anthems by Croft, Hayes, Mason and others. c. 75 items. 1791-1805
39 46 PRECENTOR’S SERVICE BOOK: Services by Boyce, Child, Farrant, King, Porter, Rogers, and Wise. 8 items. 1794-1795
  48 BASS DECANI: Anthems by Croft, Hayes and others; psalm settings and hymns; full services by Fussell, Skelton, Hayes, Kent, Boyce and Nares, and part services by others. c. 70 items. 1795-1822
40 53 ORGAN: Anthems by Mason, Beckwith, Kent and others; psalm settings by Hayes; parts of a service by Aldrich. Some pages missing. c. 55 items. 1800-1808
  58 ALTO DECANI: Services by Jackson, Attwood, Clark, Dearie, Barrow and others; anthems, and psalm settings and hymns by Purcell, Handel, Mozart, Clarke, Kent, Croft, Jackson and others. c. 100 items. 1806-1851
41 59 TENOR CANTORIS: Services by Jackson, Attwood, Wesley, Clark, Cooke Dearie and others; anthems by Kent, Jackson, Handel and others
  62 TREBLE: A collection of anthems by Handel, Hayes, Purcell, Wise, Mason, Child etc. c. 100 items. 1816-1835
42 66 ALTO CANTORIS: Services by Camidge, Jackson, Wesley, Edgcumbe and others; anthems by Hayes, Jackson, Beckwith, Bond, Handel, Mozart, Clark, Clari and others. c. 60 items. 1820-1834
  88 SENIOR VICARS CANTORIS: Services by Jackson, King, Boyce, Nares, Kent and others; anthems by Kent and others. c. 33 items. 1828-1832
  81 NO TITLE: Anthems, mainly by Boyce, Green, Kent and Bond. c. 70 items. 1846
43 83 SENIOR VICARS CANTORIS: Services by Edgcumbe, Sutton, Soaper; anthems by Kent, Beckwith, Hayes, Croft and others. c. 50 items. 1832-1839
  89 SENIOR VICARS CANTORIS: Services by Attwood, Clarke, and Croft etc. and in reverse complete services by Croft (in D); Cooke (in G); Clarke (in E) and others. Also a selection of anthems, c. 190 items. 1839-1853
  90 BASS DECANI: Services by Clarke, Mendelssohn, Young & others. c. 30 items. Anthems by Boyce, Handel, Hayes, Purcell, Spohr & others, c. 40 items. No date
44 91 ORGAN: Services by Croft, Cooke, Clarke and others; anthems by Handel, Battishill, Crotch and others. c. 20 items. 1842-1866
  92 ALTO: Lincoln Cathedral Music School selections, 1st, 2nd and 3rd. Anthems and choruses by Haydn, Handel, Neukomm and others, c. 20 items. 1844-1845
  98 SENIOR VICARS CANTORIS: Services by Clarke, Dearie, Barrow and others, c. 20 items. 1846-1853
45 101 TENOR CANTORIS: Services by Barrow, Tallis, Young, Travers King, Nares, Kent, Turley, Hopkins, Walmesley, Attwood and other’s; anthems by Purcell, Mozart, Sarti, Spohr, Handel, Hayce, Hummel, Wesley and others, c. 100 items 1850-1882
  102 TENOR DECANI: Services by Child, Barrow, Kind, Kent Nares, Patrick, Ross, Travers, Tallis, Wesley, Young and others; anthems by Boyce, Clari, Crotch, Hayes, Handel, Jackson, Mozart, Purcell, Spohr and others. c. 90 items 1850-1880
46 103 NO TITLE (Two volumes bound together): A Wide selection of parts of services by Clarke, Tallis, King, Ebdon, Patrick etc. and volume two; anthems by Handel, Spohr, Gibbons etc. c. 250 items. 1852/73
  104 TREBLE DECANI: Services by Travers, King, Tallis, Blow, Purcell, Ebdon, Boyce, Farrant, Byrd, Attwood, Nares, Dearie, Gibbons, Kent and others, c. 50 items. 1852-1855
  105 ALTO CANTORIS: Services by Nares, Kent, Walmesley, Reay, Ross, Young and others. c. 30 items. 1853-1880
47 107 BASS CANTORIS: Services by Boyce, Child, Kent, King, Nares, Walmesley and others, c. 32 items. 1852-1873
  108 BASS CANTORIS: Anthems by Attwood, Boyce, Crotch, Handel, Hayes, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Purcell, Spohr and others. 64 items. 1851-1863
  113 NO TITLE: A collection of choruses from Handel’s Samson, Saul Athalia and the Dettingen te Deum. c. 60 items. 1852
  117 TREBLE CANTORIS: Services by Attwood, Byrd, Ebdon, Farrant, King, Kent, Nares, Young and others. c. 25 items. 1853-1854
48 118 SENIOR VICARS CANTORIS: Services by Young, Nares, Dearie, Kent, Wesley, Creighton, Walmesley. c. 13 items. 1853-1859
  121 BASS DECANI: Services by Boyce, Child, Bridgewater, Kent, King, Walmesley and others, c. 26 items. 1854-1866
  122 Services by Hayes, Kent, Boyce, King, Nares, Hall, Hine, Child, Camidge, Young and others, c. 25 items. 1854-1871
  123 SENIOR VICARS CANTORIS: Anthems by Handel, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Wesley and others. 28 items. 1854-1859
  129 Anthems by Boyce, Crotch, Farrant, Goldwin, Handel, Haydn, Mason and others. 17 items. 1855-1857
49 130 TENOR CANTORIS: Services by Boyce, Child, Clarke, King, Nares, Walmesley and others, c. 30 items. 1857-1875
  131 TENOR CANTORIS: Anthems by Aldrich, Croft, Elvey, Handel, Haydn, King, Mason, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Spohr and others. 55 items. 1857-1880
  133 NO TITLE: Services, complete or in part, by Walmesley, Bennett etc-, and in reverse is selection of anthems by Mendelssohn, Handel, Wesley etc. c. 110 items. 1858-1863
50 135 TREBLE CANTORIS: Anthem by Webbe, Handel, Purcell, Kent and others, c. 60 items. 1858
  136 PRECENTOR: Anthems by Aldrich, Clari, Handel, King, Mendelssohn, Mozart and others. 25 items. 1858-1868
  140 TREBLE DECANI: Services by Bridgewater, Clarke, Jackson, Rogers, Walmesley, Wesley and others, c. 20 items. (185-?)-1865
  142 TREBLE DECANI: Anthems by Greene, Handel, Haydn, Jackson, Mendelssohn, Nares, Purcell, Wesley, Webbe and others. 66 items. (185-?)-1859
51 143 SENIOR VICARS CANTORIS: Services by Child, Hopkins, Nares, Ross, Walmesley. 9 items. 1861-1875
  150 BASS CANTORIS: Anthems by Aldrich, Boyce, Croft, Greene, Handel, King, Kent, Mendelssohn, Nares, Spohr, Young and others. 52 items. 1863-1880
  151 SENIOR VICARS DECANI: Services by Attwood, Boyce and others; anthems by Aldrich, Handel, King, Mendelssohn and others. 25 items. 1864
52 156 TREBLE DECANI: Anthems by Beethoven, Boyce, Greene, Gibbons, Hayes, Handel, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Nares, Spohr, Wesley, Young and others. 93 items. (186-?)-1881
  158 TREBLE DECANI: Anthems by Boyce, Clarke, Greene, Handel, Kent, Nares and others. 64 items. 1865-1873
  160 BASS DECANI: Anthems by Blow, Boyce, Croft, Gibbons, Handel, Mason, Wesley and others. 57 items. 1866-1882
53 163 BASS DECANI: Services by Aldrich, Clarke, Cooke, Gibbons, Nares, Rogers, Tallis and others. 25 items. (186-?)-1868
  166 TENOR DECANI: Services by Ross, Walmesley, Turle and Young. 7 items. 1872-1881
  167 TENOR DECANI: Services by Cooke, Clarke and Young, c. 5 items. 1872-1881
  172 TREBLE DECANI: Services by Creighton, Travers, Novello, Bennett, Porter, Barrow, Attwood and Young. 12 items. 1877-1878
  173 TENOR CANTORIS: Anthems by Stephens, Wesley, Spohr, Crotch and others. 1877-1882
  174 TENOR CANTORIS: Services by Creighton, Travers, Novello, Bennett, Porter, Barrow, Attwood and Young. 12 items. 1877-1878
54 175-197 A set: services by Young: anthems by Crotch, Decius, Battishill, Stevenson, Handel and others, c. 25 items. Some volumes have later additional anthems
  175 BASS CANTORIS. 1880-1897
  185 No title. 1881-1902
  186 TREBLE CANTORIS. 1881-1901
  187 TREBLE CANTORIS. 1882-1897
  188 ALTO CANTORIS. 1881-1897
  189 ALTO DECANI. 1881-1897
  190 TENOR CANTORIS. 1883-1897
  191 TENOR DECANI. 1881-1901
  192 TENOR CANTORIS. 1884-1889
  193 TENOR DECANI. 1888-1897
55 194 BASS DECANI. 1883-1901
  195 BASS DECANI. 1883-1888
  196 SENIOR VICARS. 1896-1897
  197 SENIOR VICARS CANTORIS, n.d
56 198-207 A set: services by Frost, Irons, Pierson, Tinney, Ford and Martin; anthems by Barcroft, Calkin, Ford, Gibbons, Lacy, Martin, Page, Pooley, Tinney and Witt. 18 items
  198 BASS CANTORIS. 1885-1888
  199 PRECENTOR. 1885-1897
  200 ALTO CANTORIS. 1890
  201 ALTO DECANI. 1890
57 202 TENOR CANTORIS. 1890
  203 TENOR DECANI. 1885-1890
  204 BASS DECANI. 1884-1898
  205 ALTO DECANI. 1885-1890
58 206 TENOR CANTORIS. 1885-1901
  207 BASS DECANI. 1885-1899
  210 NO TITLE: Miscellaneous sacred pieces, Mozart, Crotch etc. c. 5 items. No date
  218 NO TITLE: Choruses from Handel’s Acis and Galatea; Ode to St. Cecilia’s Day; Alexander’s Feast; Judas Maccabeus; Samson; Joshua and Jephthah. (c. 90 items). No date
  219 NO TITLE: Recites and Songs in Joshua; Recites and Songs in Jephthah; Israel in Egypt, (Handel); Mozart’s Requiem. c. 100 items. No date
59 A BITS AND PIECES: Hymns, Psalms and Anthems by Beckwith and others, c. 20 items. 1808-47
  B BITS AND PIECES: Choruses from the Dettingen Te Deum; Acis and Galatea; Alexander’s Feast and Ode to St. Cecilia’s Day. c. 6 items. No date
  C ORGAN: Services by Jackson (in E flat), Nares and Dupuis. c. 20 items. 1833-45
  D TREBLE: Parts of services by Creyghton, Hayes and Novello. c. 5 items. No date
  E ORGAN: Anthems and psalms by Handel and others, c. 20 items. 1828-34
  F SERVICES: Services by King, Ebdon and Bridgewater. c. 30 items. No date
  G-K ORGAN: Various services by Attwood, Hayes etc. c. 20 items. No date
  L ALTO: Miscellaneous services and anthems, c. 15 items. 1876
  N TREBLE: Anthems by S. Wesley, Handel and others, c. 20 items. 1853
60 0 BITS AND PIECES: Selection of anthems by Handel, Nares and others, c. 20 items. 1866-96
  P-R BITS AND PIECES: Miscellaneous services and anthems by Witt, Frost, Ford etc. c. 30 items
  S-T BITS AND PIECES: Anthems by Jackson, Mozart and services Paddon, Greene and others. c. 40 items. 1845