Humfray

Humfray was an English composer of the early fifteenth century, about whom very little is known. His name, also written as Humfraus, survives solely through the attribution of a Credo, the opening of which is preserved in a manuscript held at Trinity College, Cambridge (shelfmark B.11.34, formerly B.10.5).

Music of this period appears to have been closely tied to the royal court, and Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, brother of Henry V, is a name worth not overlooking when considering the milieu of these authors. In addition, an attribution bearing the indication "quod d.h." appears alongside a Sanctus in British Library manuscript Lansdowne 462, although it cannot be asserted with certainty that the two refer to the same person.