A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Henley, Phocion

HENLEY, Rev. Phocion, nephew of Lord Chancellor Henley, was born at Wootton Abbots, 1728, matriculated at Oxford (Wadham) May 7, 1746, where he spent a great part of his time in the cultivation of music in company with his friend Jones, afterwards of Nayland. In 1759 he was presented to the rectory of St. Andrew by the Wardrobe, and St. Anne's, Blackfriars. He composed several chants—one of which in still in use—and anthems, and a set of 6 hymns entitled 'The Cure of Saul.' He died Aug. 29, 1764, of a contagious fever caught whilst visiting a sick parishioner.

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