[1][2] He was vicar-choral in the choir of Hereford Cathedral in 1741, custos of the vicars-choral in 1769, and chaplain to the Princess Dowager of Wales (Augusta of Saxe-Gotha).
Felton's gavotte, attained great popularity; it was introduced in Vincenzo Legrenzio Ciampi's opera Bertoldo in 1672.
Burney relates that Handel was asked, while in the barber's hands, to allow the mention of his name in the list of subscribers to Felton's Second Set.
He started up in a fury, and, with his face still in a lather,[1] cried with great vehemence: "Tamn yourseluf and go to der teiffel—a barson make concerto!
and Brown,[3] the leader of the queen's band, who had had the temerity to prefer the modest request, fled from Handel's presence.