Histories

Three sons of this family and two grandsons are shown in census returns to have been professional musicians. Musicality seems to have been a family trait.

Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 11 (revised) lists a George FLEXNEY as a boy chorister at the Chapel Royal, a position he had vacated by 21 Sep 1664.

Writing in 1695, Oxford historian Anthony Wood recalled a meeting in 1654 attended by "William Flexney, who had belonged to a choire before the [civil] warr. He was afterwards a gent. or singing-man of Ch. Ch. He playd well upon the bass viol and somtimes sung his
part. He died 6 Nov. 1692 aged 79 or thereabouts."

FLEXNEY, [Mr.] ("Dominus") was from 1660-61 Informator and from 1660 also Vicar Choral of New College, Oxford. One source says he was the College organist from 1662.

Thomas FLEXNEY of Oxford was in 1689 an early non-London-resident member of the bell ringing Society of College Youths.

William Flexney (17th century) was known as a good bass-violist, who "sometimes sang his part".