NICHOLAS LANIER AND LUCREECE BASSANO

NICHOLAS BORN ROUEN,FRANCE DIED JAN 31,1611 EAST GREENWICH,ENGLAND
LUCREECE, PERHAPS DAUGHTER OF ITALIAN MUSICIAN IN ROYAL ORCHESTRA. BORN SEP 24, 1555, ITALY, DIED JAN 4, 1634 IN EAST GREENWICH,ENGLAND
MARRIED FEB 13, 1634

NICHOLAS LEFT PARIS FOR LONDON 1561,LIVING IN PARISH OF ST OLAVE. LATER MOVED TO EAST GREENWICH, KENT COUNTY. HE WAS ONE IF THE MUSICAIANS O THE COURT OF KING UNTIL HIS DEATH. HE WAS VERY WEALTHY, HAVING MANY HOLDINGS IN BLACKHEATH AND SURROUNDING AREA. IN THE AREA SOUH OF THE THAMES, ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF LONDON BRIDGE. ONE OF MANY PALACES, ROYAL HOSPITAL, WITH MANY MORE IMPORTANT BUILDINGS.
HIS HOME WAS SET UP AS A THEATER. HE WAS IN THE COURT OF KING HENRY II OF FRANCE, COURT OF QUEEN ELIZABETH AND KING JAMES OF ENGLAND. HE WAS THE FOUNDER OF THE LANIER FAMILY MUSICIANS. IN 1561 EARL OF HERFORD WAS VISITNG PARIS AND ASKED NICHOLAS TO COME TO ENGLAND TO REPLACE PETER GILLAUME , WHO AHD DIED.
1561 HE ARRIVED IN ENGLAND.
NICHOLAS WAS A SOBER AND HONEST MAN.
ALL OF THEIR SONS WERE MUSICIANS OF KINGS AND QUEENS, TWO OF THEIR DAUGHTERS MARRIED MUSICIANS. 3GENERATIONS SERVED THE ROYAL FAMILY.HE WAS NAMED MUSICIAN OF THE FLUTES

CHILDREN
JOHN BORN 1565 DIED DEC,1616
MARRIED FRANCES GALLIARDELLO

ALPHONSE DIED NOVE, 1613
MARRIED AMELIA /EMILIA BASSANO
SHE WAS THE MISTRESS OF HENRY CAREY, THE FIRST LORD OF CHANBERLIAN. SHE BECAME PREGANT BY HENRY AND WAS OFF TO ALPHONSE. SHE WAS THE DARK LADY OF THE SONNETS BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, WHOM SHE HAD AN AFFAIR WITH. SHE WAS A MUSICAN AND POET.

INNOCENT BORN 1573 DIED 1625

JEROME DIED DEC 1, 1659
MARRIED PHRISDISWITH GRAFTON
2ND ELIZABETH WILLIFORD


CLEMENT BORN 1590 DIED NOV 6, 1661
MARRIED HANNAH COLLETT


ANDREA DIED NOV 2, 1660
MARRIED JOYCE PERRY

ELLEN DIED AUG 3, 1638
MARRIED ALPHONSE FERRABOSCO

FRANCES
MARRIED THOMAS FOXE

MARY DIED OCT 13,1676

KATHERINE BORN 1583
MARRIED DANIEL FERRAND

JOHN BORN 1565

LURETIA/LUCREECE DAUGHTER OF ANTINIO BASSANO AND ELINA DE NAZZI