Johannes Pocquetoy

fl. 1502-1510†

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Biography

Papal chapel, 1502-1510
Pocquetoy is first listed as a member of the papal chapel in February 1502 and is documented there in lists and beneficial documents until his death in September 1510. He was a cleric of the diocese of Rouen and was the rector of the parish church of Ste Helène in the village of Froberville with an estimated income of 24 gold cameral ducats and also held a canonry and prebend in the cathedral of Verdun, provided to him by the pope in 1507, with an income of 24 ducats (V-CVaav, RS 1262, fols. 256-256v). At his death, these benefices were claimed by papal singers activating the indult of Innocent VIII which allowed the magister capelle of the papal chapel to present current singers for the benefices of singers who had died (on the indult see Sherr 1998). The church in Froberville was claimed by the singer Michel Touppe* on 10 September 1510 (V-CVaav, RS 1356, f. 69) and the canonry in Verdun by Elzéar Genet on the same day (id., f. 71). From these supplications we learn that Pocquetoy had been a member of the household of Cardinal Giovanni de’Medici (the future Leo X) and that he had died less than two days journey or 40 Italian Miles (c. 60 kilometers) from Rome; for beneficial purposes this meant that he could be said to have died “apud sedem” which meant that the collation of all his benefices reverted to the Holy See. Both supplications were signed in Ancona: Julius II was on his second expedition to Bologna (September 1510-July 1511), and Pocquetoy had probably died en route, possibly while traveling to Montefiascone (about 80 kilometers north of Rome), the town from which Julius began his journey on 1 September 1510.

Sherr Richard

Information

  • Roles

    Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon)
    Member of a court chapel (musician)
    Member of a princely/private household
    Singer

  • Gender

    Male

Events

(YYYY-MM-DD)

4 in database

Geographical origins

Rouen (France)

Musical position

Member of a court chapel (musician)
1502/1510
Città del Vaticano (Vatican City State)


Patron: Julius II

Institution: Papal chapel, Città del Vaticano (Vatican City State)

Benefice

Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon)
1502/1510
Verdun (France)


Institution: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Verdun, Verdun (France)

Bibliography: Sherr 1975

Musical position

Member of a princely/private household
circa 1505
Città del Vaticano (Vatican City State)


Patron: Leo X

Institution: Household of Cardinal Giovanni de’ Medici (future Leo X, Città del Vaticano (Vatican City State)

Death

before 1510-09-10
Roma (Italy)


Comments: His death occurred in the vicinity of Rome, which allowed members of the papal chapel to claim his benefices.

Variant names

Pacquetoy ; Paquetoy ; Paucquetoy ; Pauquetoy ; Poquetoy ; Pouqueton ; Pouquetoy

Associated people

No associated person.

Bibliography

[Haberl 1887]

Haberl, F. X., 1887, Die römische ‘schola cantorum’ und die päpstlichen Kapellsänger bis zur Mitte des 16. Jahrhunderts, Vierteljahrsschrift für Musikwissenschaft, 3, p. 189‑296 http://lccn.loc.gov/68129303.

[Sherr 1975]

Sherr, R., 1975, The papal chapel, ca. 1492-1513, and its polyphonic sources, Thèse de doctorat soutenue à Princeton, 1975 http://www.sudoc.fr/051847728 (consulté le 22 janvier 2013).

[Sherr 1998]

Sherr, R., 1998, A Curious Incident in the History of the Papal Choir, dans R. Sherr (éd.), Papal music and musicians in late Medieval and Renaissance Rome, Oxford : New York, p. 224‑239 http://www.sudoc.fr/010749500.

[Sherr PCR]

Sherr, R., 2008, Contribution directe à la Prosopographie des chantres de la Renaissance / Direct contribution to the Prosopography of Renaissance Singers.

Archival references

[V-CVaav]

S. d., Archivio Apostolico Vaticano, Città del Vaticano (V-CVaav) https://rism.online/institutions/30077317 (consulté le 5 avril 2025).

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David Fiala - Project manager

Richard Sherr - Biography author

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