PUREFOY, TOBIAS, son of Ralph Purefoy, Leicestershire; b.; adm.; KS (aged 15) 1661; did not secure election to either university 1664, but elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1665, adm. pens. 29 Jun 1665, scholar 1666, matr. 1667/8; BA 1668/9; MA 1672; ordained priest (Ely) 2 Jun 1672; Chaplain, Trinity Coll. 1671-2.
PURDON, ADAM, third son of Sir Nicholas Purdon, Kt, MP (I), Ballyclough, co. Cork, and Elizabeth, dau. of Henry Stephens, Broghill, co. Cork; bapt. 5 Jul 1647; adm.; left 1656 (School List 1656, first quarter); Trinity Coll. Dublin, adm. fellow commoner 18 Mar 1662/3, aged about 17 (as pupil of “Dr. Hill, Dublin”); Capt., Sir Edward Dering’s Regt. of Foot 8 Mar 1689, retd. 1 Jan 1690; m. 1st, 1674 Frances, widow of Sir Arthur Denny, Kt, Tralee Castle, co. Kerry, and formerly of --- Jephson, and dau. of Sir Richard Kyrle, Kt; m. 2nd, 1687 Mary, third dau. of Randolph Clayton, Mallow, co. Cork; d. before Nov 1706.
PURDEY, CHARLES TALAVERA; b. 5 Mar 1813; adm. 20 Jan 1826.
Founded in 1981 as a girl’s boarding house, Purcell’s settled on its current name in 1995 to celebrate the composer’s tercentenary.
Henry Purcell was the organist at Westminster Abbey and may have studied at Westminster.
PURCELL, HENRY; b.; adm.; BB 1678-80 (Chapter Muniments 33713-5). [It has been suggested that this was Henry Purcell, the composer (c. 1659-1695), whose elder brother Charles might have been BB 1670-7; but by 1678 Henry Purcell already held appointments in royal service as Assistant to Keeper of Wood and Keyboard Instruments (since 29 Sep 1673) and Composer for Violins (from 10 Sep 1677), and he appears to have been Organist of Westminster Abbey from as early as autumn 1679. He also seems to have married no later than autumn 1680, for his eldest son was bapt. 9 Jul 1681] [Another possibility is that the BB was Henry Purcell, son of Richard Purcell, bapt. Worthen, Shropshire 31 Oct 1670 (IGI)].
PURCEL, CHARLES; b.; adm.; BB 1670-7 (Chapter Muniments 33703-6, 33708-12). [Perhaps second son of Henry Purcell, Gentleman of the Chapel Royal, and Master of the Choristers, Westminster Abbey, and Elizabeth ---; d. 1695]
PURCEL, ---; b.; in under school list 1725.
PUNT, NICHOLAS; b. ; adm. ; KS 1544 (Chapter Muniments).