Nathaniel Kynaston

Nathaniell Kynaston 1686-1757

Info from Andrew Kuntz's Traditional Tune Archive

"Although very little is known about him, Kynaston appears to have been active from 1705 to about 1722 in the Shropshire/Wales border area. Walsh published some 120 of Kynaston’s tunes and dances over several publications. The Selattyn parish register in Shropshire records that a “Nathaniel Kynaston, gent., & Mrs. Elizabeth Davies, both of Oswestry” married on August 25th, 1719—although whether this was the dancing master is unknown. Kynaston appears to have been a not uncommon name in Shropshire, and the family includes Sir Humphrey Kynaston, a notorious 16th century highwayman and Robin Hood figure, who preyed on the wool merchants of Shrewsbury."

Nick Barber has an index of tunes and PDFs of the following British Library tune/dance books on his website

• Twenty Four New Country Dances For the Year 1711 With proper new Tunes, & Figures, or Directions to each Dance.
• Twenty Four New Country Dances For the Year 1714 With proper new Tunes, & Figures, or Directions to each Dance.
• Twenty Four New Country Dances For the Year 1716 With proper new Tunes, & Figures, or Directions to each Dance.
• Twenty Four New Country Dances For the Year 1718 With New Tunes and Figures to each Dance

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