Faignient, Noel 'Noe' c1537-1578 Belgium, ?Cambrai - Antwerp
choirmaster, 23.jan.1561 music teacher and 17.feb.1576 sangmeester in Antwerp, a document of 1580 from the Onze Lieve Vrouwe Broederschap in 's-Hertogenbosch describing him as sangmeester in service of duke Erich von Braunschweig does not prove he was still alive at that time

[older sources give his death as 1595/1599 ; MGG2 gives evidence it was between 18.dec.1577 and 20.dec.1578]