Jerome Lanier was an English musician, sackbut

Sackbut

The sackbut is a trombone from the Renaissance and Baroque eras, i.e., a musical instrument in the brass family similar to the trumpet except characterised by a telescopic slide with which the player varies the length of the tube to change pitches, thus allowing them to obtain chromaticism, as...

 player, son of Nicholas Lanier the Elder

Nicholas Lanier the Elder

Nicholas Lanier the Elder was a French musician who played the flute and the cornett.He was born in Rouen, France, and died in England. He served as a court musician to King Henry II of France in France . During the Protestant persecutions in France, the Lanier family fled as Huguenots to England...

, hence uncle of Nicholas Lanier

Nicholas Lanier

Nicholas Lanier, sometimes Laniere was an English composer, singer, lutenist and painter....

, the artist-musician. Jerome Lanier was appointed in 1599 musician to court of Elizabeth I as Musician in Ordinary on woodwinds and sackbut replacing Mark Anthony Bassano, a post he held until 1643. Lived in Greenwich

Greenwich

Greenwich is a district of south London, England, located in the London Borough of Greenwich.Greenwich is best known for its maritime history and for giving its name to the Greenwich Meridian and Greenwich Mean Time...

. He was married twice—first to Phrisdewith Grafton, daughter of William Grafton, who died in 1625. Their children included William Lanier (born 1618; a musician); second to Elizabeth Willeford in 1627.

Jerome Lanier purchased several paintings acquired for the King (Charles I

Charles I of England

Charles I was King of England, King of Scotland, and King of Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649. Charles engaged in a struggle for power with the Parliament of England, attempting to obtain royal revenue whilst Parliament sought to curb his Royal prerogative which Charles...

) by his nephew Nicholas Lanier, in order to save them-- Clement Lanier

Clement Lanier

Clement Lanier was an English musician and recorder player.He was the son of Nicholas Lanier, the Elder and Lucretia Bassano, and hence uncle of Nicholas Lanier, the artist-musician. Clement Lanier was born circa 1590/92 in England, and either died or was buried 06 Nov 1661 in East Greenwich,...

 also bought several; John Evelyn

John Evelyn

John Evelyn was an English writer, gardener and diarist.Evelyn's diaries or Memoirs are largely contemporaneous with those of the other noted diarist of the time, Samuel Pepys, and cast considerable light on the art, culture and politics of the time John Evelyn (31 October 1620 – 27 February...

, in his Diary

John Evelyn's Diary

The Diary of John Evelyn, a gentlemanly Royalist and virtuoso of the seventeenth century, was first published in 1818 under the title Memoirs Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, in an edition by William Bray. Bray was assisted by William Upcott, who had access to the Evelyn family...

, noted seeing at "Old Jerome Laniere's, Greenwich, some pictures which surely had been the King's." Jerome Lanier died in 1659, mentioning in his will his "poor little estate," most of which had been lost in the Civil War. Evelyn, in his "Memoires," noted him in the household of Elizabeth I, as a man "skilled in painting and carving."

See also

• Lanier family tree
  Lanier family tree
  The Lanier family tree contains a number of musicians in the British royal court. This tree is not complete but is focused on showing the relationship of the well-known members of the family.-Sources:***...