Cathedral organists, 1560-1977
/Paul Hale lists the Cathedral organists from the sixteenth century. Featured in a publication by The Friends of Rochester Cathedral.
Portraits of some of the Cathedral Organists. Rochester Cathedral Music Library.
James Plumley <- 1560 - >
Peter Rowle, ?-1577
Thomas Churchman, 1577-?1579
Thomas Hillye, 1579-?
Ropier Blundell, 1588-1599
John Williams, 1599-1609 sole organist, 1609-? with John Robinson
John Robinson, 1609-? with John Williams
John Heath, <- 1614 - 1633 perhaps briefly with his father, PhilipWilliam Rothwell, ?1663-1672
Charles Wren, 1672-1673
Daniel Henstridge, 1673-1698
Robert Bowers, 1699-1704
John Spain(e), 1704-1721
Charles Peach, 1721-1753
Joseph Howe, 1753-1780
Richard Howe, 1780-1792
Ralph Banks, 1792-1841
John Larkin Hopkins, 1841-1856
John Hopkins, 1856-1900
Bertram Luard Selby, 1900-1916
Charles Hylton Stewart, 1916-1930
Harold A. Bennett, 1930-1956
Robert J. Ashfield, 1956-1977
Barry Ferguson, 1977-
Paul Hale
Friends of Rochester Cathedral Annual Reports
The Friends of Rochester Cathedral were founded to help finance the maintenance of the fabric and grounds. The Friends’ annual reports have become a trove of articles on the fabric and history of the cathedral.
