Lawrence, Caleb

Gender: Male

Caleb Lawrence, a carpenter and hurdle maker, was the youngest of four brothers at Chedworth, all of whom were leading lights in the mummers, village and brass bands, although not the Church Band as they were Primitive Methodists. His tune was noted by a local antiquarian (with help from the vicar). She rather worryingly volunteered the information that “I have been in Persia and can recognise the quarter tones”: mercifully, none of them appear to feature in her transcription.

Note by Paul Burgess