Robert Cowper

Apparently much of Cowper’s work has been lost or destroyed . . . contemporary writing by Morley and Meres mention his skill, and a 1529 King’s College inventory mentions a book of mass settings by Cornyshe and Cowper, now lost.  It was at King’s College, Cambridge that Cowper served as a clerk in the choir in 1493, and received the MusD there in 1507.  After his ordination in 1498 he was priest at churches in Herefordshire, Gloucestershire and Kent.  We only have 3 sacred and 7 secular pieces of his \that have survived.