Flintoft, Rev. Luke

FLINTOFT, Rev. Luke, was appointed Gentleman of the Chapel Royal in 1715, having been Priest-Vicar of Lincoln Cathedral from 1704 to 1714. In July 1719 he was appointed Reader in Whitehall chapel. He was also a minor canon of Westminster Abbey. He died Nov. 3, 1727. He is presumed to have invented the double chant, his beautiful chant in G minor being the earliest known.