96:, something of a Catholic community. Byrd moved there in 1593, and it is thought most likely, though by no means certain, that Byrd wrote his Mass for Five Voices towards the beginning of his Stondon Massey years. No independent manuscripts of this Mass survive, and we are therefore dependent on the surviving copies of the published score. This, like his other Mass settings, was issued without title-page or any indication of the printer or date of publication, but bibliographical analysis by Peter Clulow has established that it was printed in 1594 or 1595. All of the extant copies are bound with Byrd's
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72:'s wage). Afterwards, executions of Catholic priests became more common, and in 1585, it became treason for a Catholic priest to enter the country, as well as for anyone to aid or shelter him. In this climate it is remarkable that Byrd should have ventured on writing and publishing any Latin Mass, but Byrd wrote three, for three,
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