Nothing is known of Swynford's life, though the coincidence of names with Catherine Swynford (stepmother to Henry IV and third wife of John of Gaunt) tempts conjecture. He is known only from a four-part Credo in Old Hall (no.86).

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Literature

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EDITIONS

  1. The Old Hall Manuscript, edited by Alexander Ramsbotham, completed by H.B. Collins and Dom Anselm Hughes, 3 vols, Nashdom Abbey, Burnham, Buckinghamshire: Plainsong and Medieval Music Society, 1933-1938 .