John Badnall was a fletcher (an arrow maker) who lived in Bristol in the 16th century. He was married and in October 15??, he and his wife Lucy took John Hycman of West Bromwich, Staffordshire, to be their apprentice for 11 years [1]. At the end of his apprenticeship John was to have 13s 4d, a sum worth, based on the retail price index, £162 today [2]. John Badnall may be the man who in 1548, lived in a tenement in Bristol that had formerly belonged to the Fraternity of the Chapel of the Assumption of St. Mary the Virgin, on the bridge in St. Nicholas' Parish, Bristol [3].
Sources
[1] Calendar of Bristol Apprentices Book 1532-1565. by
D. Hollis, Elizabeth Ralph, Nora M. Hardwick. Bristol Record Society
1949 p.1, 5.
[2] Lawrence H. Officer, "Purchasing Power of British Pounds from 1264 to
2007." Measuring Worth, 2008.
[3] Calendar of Patent Rolls, UK Public Record Office, Edward VI,
Vol. 2 1548-1549, Henry Churchill, Maxwell Lyte, PRO London 1924, page 102.
Matthew Bednall was a lay clerk of St. George's Chapel, Windsor, from 1485 until 1504 and possibly later. The records show that he was also an organist [1] [2]. He may be the man admitted to the Bede Roll of the Fraternity of St Nicholas, London in 1477 and might be related to Alice Bednale who was also admitted to the Bede Roll 3 years later.
Sources
[1] The Bede Roll of the Fraternity of St. Nicholas, by
N.W.James, Guildhall Library, London, London Record Society 2004 page 301.
[2]Organists and Choristers of St. George's Chapel,
Windsor Castle by Edmund Horace Fellowes, Published
for the Dean and Canons of St. George's Chapel, Windsor by the Society For The
Promotion Of Christian Knowledge 1939. page 10.
[3] Bednall, [Mr.]. English musician. 148(9)-9(3):
Clerk of St Georges Chapel (Windsor). 148(9)-9(3): Joint organist of St Georges
Chapel (Windsor). "Early Renaissance 1420-1461 The Age of Dunstable", http://www.exlibris.org/eem/eem_dunstable.html
and "Cathedral College Organists: The
Queen’s Free Chapel of St. George, Windsor Castle.1489" Tuke, Bell,
Bowyer, Bednall and Rede (acted jointly) http://www.cathedralmusiclinks.org.uk/
A.W.Bednall Macclesfield 2008