The first recorded meeting of the Madrigal Society took place on 16 July 1744; three people were present: Mr Sells, Samuel Jeacocke and John Immyns.
However, for one whom Hawkins suggests was such an intimate friend to Pepusch, Immyns is conspicuous by his absence from Pepusch's will: at his death in 1752, Pepusch bequeathed his library to be 'divided up between . .