Jeronimo Bassano was an Italian musician in the Republic of Venice who is notable as the patriarch of a family of musicians: five of his sons, Anthony, Alvise, Jasper, John (Giovanni), and Baptista Bassano, moved from Venice to England to serve in the court of King Henry VIII.
Jeronimo Bassano never moved, and he was listed in Venice as a "Maestro of the trumpets and shawms."
[1] Jeronimo was the son of Baptista "Piva" of Bassano del Grappa, a town 35 miles from Venice.
Andrea, Baptista, and Jeronimo were all described as musicians and musical instrument makers.
[4] Roger Prior claimed in a 1995 book co-authored with Dr. David Lasocki that the family were converted Jews.