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By the beginning of the 19th century many Tudor and Restoration settings had been replaced by works by 18th century composers such as Croft and Kent, and in general there was a decline both in the standard of composition, and (as recorded by various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 – 1720s |
| 3 | BASS: Similar to Ms.4 Contains an additional section of services, c. 200 items. 1685 – 1760s | |
| 5 | BASS: Compositions by Purcell, Norris, Blow and G. Holmes (Lincoln Organist), c. 80 items. 1701 – 1720s | |
| 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 – 1760s | |
| 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 – 1770s | |
| 3 | 10 | BASS CANTORIS: Similar to 9, with anthems by Kent and settings by Bryan, c. 100 items. 1726 – 1770s |
| 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 – 1770s | |
| 13 | BASS: A selection of anthems; reversed to include services by Hayes, Kent and Nares. c. 75 items. 1733 – 1770s | |
| 4 | 14 | BASS: A wider selection of anthems, by Purcell, Tye, Green, Blow, Humphries and Kent, c. 160 items. 1737 – 1770s |
| 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 – 1847 |
| 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 – 1845 | |
| 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 – 1834 | |
| 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 – 1896 |
| 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 |