 
 
 
An  ad  dated  1 Sept 1762 
for  Five Concertos, by  Henry Hargrave.
Shows  Francis Sharp, of  Stamford, as one of the agents.
 Francis Sharp, Stamford, was also one of the subscribers to this work.
From 
p.431
of 
The London Chronicle,
  Volume 12, 1762. 
See another copy
from here.
Neither copy is great quality.
 
 
Mr. F. Sharp   subscribed to
Six Lessons for the Harpsichord,
by  Samuel Wise, published c.1763 or c.1765. 
See  [Fleming, RMA, 2019]. 
 
 
  Francis Sharp, Stamford,
 subscribed to
 Sei Madrigali  (1765 edn) 
by  Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari.
 
Ad  in   Stamford Mercury,
 17 January 1765.
Shows Francis Sharp  running  a forthcoming  "Second Subscription Concert", 22 January 1765.
See transcript
in 
  [Fleming,   2017, p.65].
Fleming says the location is
  the Assembly Rooms,
 St George's Square, which survives.
See street view.
 
From Stamford Mercury, 6 June 1765.
 
Mr. Sharpe, of Stamford,
 is listed among the subscribers to
 
Six Trios for two German Flutes or two Violins
 by
Giovanni Giacomo Androux.
UVA library
says    it   was published  1766.
  
 
From Stamford Mercury, 26 March 1767.
 
 
From Stamford Mercury,
4 June 1767.
 
From Stamford Mercury,
9 June 1768.
 
From Stamford Mercury,
8 March 1770.
 
"Mr. F. Sharpe" of Stamford in a forthcoming concert in
Nottingham,
to be held on  13 Oct  1772.
From  The   Leicester and Nottingham Journal,
 3 Oct  1772.
 
From Stamford Mercury,
11 June 1778.
 
 
From Stamford Mercury,
28 December 1780.
 
"Three Minuets by Francis Sharp of Stamford".
 Performed in 2022 by the Baroque Ensemble 
of 
Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College, 
  Darlington,  Durham.
(This is run by
 Simon Fleming.)
These are, we think, the 1772 minuets.
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