Ralph Battell

(1649-1713)

English church musician. Cambridge University 1665-69. BA (Cambridge) 1670. Took Holy Orders 1671. MA (Cambridge) 1673. Sub-dean of the Chapel Royal 1689. DD (Cambridge) 1705. Published The Lawlessness and Expediency of Church Music 1694.





VIIA: Henry Purcell and his Contemporaries