we all know, as being a result, That the Leonard Abington who came to Ringstead is the one listed in A Musical Directory for the Year 1794 as his father had died only some many years after Leonard birth, over 1766, Of typhus temperature. His afflicted mother was a widow for 56 years, Although she 'enjoyed an adequate annuity', As her grandson lets us know later, Which came through her husband's membership of the Royal Society of Musicians. on the other hand, His father's early death must have had an impact on your beloved for Leonard, challenging son, Was apprenticed as a wood carver to a furniture maker from age 12 for seven years, which had been also sponsored by the Society.

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