John PLAYFORD (publisher) born 1623, Norwich apprenticed 1639/40 to John BENSON Shop near Temple Church 1641 Clerk to Temple Church 1653 Lived Arundel Street 1650-1656 First published "The English Dancing Master" 1651 Lived Islington 1656-80 Died December 1686 Buried in Temple Church Will: dated Nov 5th 1686, proved Aug 1694	= 1653 =	Hannah ALLEN Kept boarding school in Upper Street, Islington Died 1679, Buried Oct 8th at Islington
Samuel PLAYFORD "Son of John PLAYFORD, clerk of the Temple Church an infant dyed in the Temple but was buried at St Dunstans" 5th January 1655	Henry PLAYFORD (publisher) Born May 5th 1657 Baptised May 14th at Temple Church Lived in Arundel Street 1687-1706 Shop near Temple Church 1685-1695 Shop in Temple Change 1695-1704 Shop (room) over against Middle Temple Gate 1706 Died between 1706 and 1721 when will proved	John PLAYFORD Baptised Oct 5th 1665 at Islington buried August 1667 at Islington (?plague)	Hannah PLAYFORD Baptised 1669 at Islington	Mary PLAYFORD Baptised 1670 at Islington

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Typed in from notes by E J Nichol "Family Tree of John PLAYFORD" in the EFDSS VWML at Cecil Sharp House.
Also information in Grove's dictionary of Music and Musicians, the Dictionary of National Borgraphy and an article in the Musical Society Quarterly 4, 1918 by Frank Kidson.
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