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Little is known about his life, but he was paid 8 pence per day by King Henry VII. [3] A surviving document from the accounts of the Treasurer of the Chamber records a payment of 20 shillings to "John Blanke the Blacke Trumpet" for wages on December 1507, with payments of the same amount continuing monthly through the next year. [4]
An African trumpeter, John Blanke served King Henry VII and King Henry VIII. Blanke is depicted on Westminster tournament roll in 1511, is said to have arrived in England with Catherine of Aragon in 1501, although a document from June 1488, lists a person named John Blank, a footman already in service of Henry VII.
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The roll is now to be found in the College of Arms collection, and its depictions include the trumpeter John Blanke. [3] [6] Jousting at Westminster took place on a tournament ground, or tiltyard, located just beyond the north door of Westminster Abbey. The 1511 event cost around £4,400 (equivalent to £4,750,533 in 2023).
Extract from the Westminster Tournament Roll probably showing John Blanke, a trumpeter of the 16th century blowing a clarion trumpet.. British Black music refers to music of the African diaspora, or music derived from the African diaspora which has been produced in Great Britain regardless of the ethnic background of the musicians.
Ellen More is featured in a short animation titled "The Tournament of the African Lady", [137] which also depicts John Blanke, a trumpeter at the English court, written and directed by Jason Young. [138] [139] The story of Ellen More forms the basis of a stageplay James IV: Queen of the Fight, written by Rona Munro for performance in 2022. [140 ...
The 1511 Westminster Tournament Roll is a painted roll of 36 vellum membranes sewn together. It is almost 60 feet long and 14 3 ⁄ 4 inches wide. The Roll depicts the joust called by Henry VIII in February 1511 to celebrate the birth of his son, Henry, Duke of Cornwall, to Catherine of Aragon, on New Year's Day of that year.
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