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John Chetham

Short Name: John Chetham
Full Name: Chetham, John, 1665-1746
Birth Year: 1665
Death Year: 1746

Baptized: Feb­ru­a­ry 4, 1665, Ash­ton-un­der-Lyne, Lan­ca­shire, Eng­land.
Buried: 1746, Skip­ton, York­shire, Eng­land.

After at­tend­ing Deck­er­field School, then tak­ing or­ders, Che­tham be­came Cur­ate of Skip­ton, North York­shire. His col­lection A Book of Psalmody was first pub­lished in 1718, and had at least ele­ven edi­tions, through 1787.

Music:
BARRAGH
MARLOW
WIRKSWORTH

--www.hymntime.com/tch/

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