Jerome Lanier was an English musician,

sackbut A sackbut is an early form of the trombone used during the Renaissance music, Renaissance and Baroque music, Baroque eras. A sackbut has the characteristic telescopic slide of a trombone, used to vary the length of the tube to change Pitch (m ...

player, son of Nicholas Lanier the Elder, hence uncle of

Nicholas Lanier Nicholas Lanier, sometimes Laniere (baptised 10 September 1588 – buried 24 February 1666) was an English composer and musician; the first to hold the title of Master of the King's Music from 1625 to 1666, an honour given to musicians of great ...

, the artist-musician. Jerome Lanier was appointed in 1599 musician to court of

Elizabeth I Elizabeth I (7 September 153324 March 1603) was List of English monarchs, Queen of England and List of Irish monarchs, Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603. She was the last and longest reigning monarch of the House of Tudo ...

as Musician in Ordinary on woodwinds and sackbut replacing Mark Anthony Bassano, a post he held until 1643. He lived in

Greenwich Greenwich ( , , ) is an List of areas of London, area in south-east London, England, within the Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county of Greater London, east-south-east of Charing Cross. Greenwich is notable for its maritime hi ...

, and was married twice: 1) Phrisdewith Grafton, daughter of William Grafton, who died in 1625; their children included William Lanier (born 1618; a musician). 2) Elizabeth Willeford in 1627. Jerome Lanier purchased several paintings acquired for the King (

Charles I Charles I may refer to: Kings and emperors * Charlemagne (742–814), numbered Charles I in the lists of Holy Roman Emperors and French kings * Charles I of Anjou (1226–1285), also king of Albania, Jerusalem, Naples and Sicily * Charles I of ...

) by his nephew Nicholas Lanier, in order to save them-- Clement Lanier also bought several;

John Evelyn John Evelyn (31 October 162027 February 1706) was an English writer, landowner, gardener, courtier and minor government official, who is now best known as a diary, diarist. He was a founding Fellow of the Royal Society. John Evelyn's Diary, ...

, in his ''

Diary A diary is a written or audiovisual memorable record, with discrete entries arranged by date reporting on what has happened over the course of a day or other period. Diaries have traditionally been handwritten but are now also often digita ...

'', noted seeing at "Old Jerome Laniere's, Greenwich, some pictures which surely had been the King's." Jerome Lanier died in 1657, mentioning in his will his "poor little estate,"TNA PROB 11/271/396 most of which had been lost in the Civil War. Evelyn, in his "Memoires," noted him in the household of Elizabeth I, as a man "skilled in painting and carving."

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lanier, Jerome English people of French descent Year of birth missing Year of death missing British classical musicians Place of birth unknown Place of death unknown Sackbut players

See also

References