BATESON, THOMAS, (BATSON or BETSON) (1570? - 1630)

an English writer of madrigals 
in the early 17th century. He is said to have been organist of Chester
cathedral in 1599, and is believed to have been the first musical graduate 
of Trinity College, Dubin. He is known to have written church music, 
but his fame rests on madrigals, which give him an important place 
among Elizabethan composers. He published a set of madrigals in 
1604 and a second set in 1618, and both collections have been
reprinted in recent years. He died in 1630.