[929]In tempore Jacobi one Mr. George Ferraby was parson of Bishops Cannings in Wilts: an excellent musitian, and no ill poet. When queen Anne came to Bathe, her way lay to traverse the famous Wensdyke, which runnes through his parish. He made severall of his neighbours good musitians, to play with him in consort, and to sing. Against her majestie's comeing, he made a pleasant pastorall, and gave her an entertaynment with his fellow songsters in shepherds' weeds and bagpipes, he himself like an old bard. After that wind musique was over, they sang their pastorall eglogues (which I have, to insert in to liber B.).
He was one of the king's chaplaines. 'Twas he caused the 8 bells to be cast there, being a very good ringer.
He hath only one sermon in print that I know of, at the
funerall of Mr.
He was demy, if not fellow, of Magdalen College, Oxon.
[930]Thomas[931]Ferraby, formerly a demy or fellow of Magdalen College, Oxon, minister of Bishops Cannings, Wilts, was an ingeniose man and a good musitian and composer.
He treated queen Anne at Wednsdytch in his parish with a pastorall of his owne writing and composing and sung by his neighbours clad in shepherds' weeds, whom he brought-up to musique.
He gave another entertayment in Cote-field to kingJames, with carters singing, with whipps in their hands; and afterwards, a footeball play.
This parish would have challenged all England for musique, ringing, and footeball play.
He was one of his Majestie's chaplaines. One sermon
is among my grandfather Lyte's old bookes in the country,
at the funerall of