London Acquaintance/ Stratford Kinsfolk and Friends

Previously unpublished; © the estate of eric sams

 

a) London Acquaintance; b) The Stratford kinsfolk and friends; c) The later Stratfordians

    

Abbreviations:

 

A Shr: The Taming of A Shrew

BM: The Birth of Merlin

CromThomas Lord Cromwell

Eur: Eurolus and Lucretia

Loc: Locrine

LP: The London Prodigal

MDE: The Merry Devil of Edmonton

OldcSir John Oldcastle

PW: The Puritan Widow

TNK: The Two Noble Kinsmen

York/Lanc: Yorke and Lancaster

YT: A Yorkshire Tragedy

[Abbreviations other than the above are as in The Real Shakespeare II, pp. 10-11]

 

 

a) LONDON ACQUAINTANCE

 

Edward Allde (printer Titus 1611)

Edmund Alleyn (Ham Titus Shr 1594, Malone 1596)

? Allott (assigned 1630 Tmp 3H6 TGV H8 MM Cor Err Tim AYL JC AWW Mac TN Ant WT Cym, F2 1632)

Mrs Allott (assigns Allott's titles)

Anon. (Parnassus allusion 1599, 1601)

Anon. (1603)

Anon. (1623)

Anon. (F2 1632)

Robert Armyn (actor 1603, F 1623)

William Aspley (Ado 2H4 1600, sells Sonn 1609, F 1623, F2 1632, warden TNK 1634)

C.B., (allusion 1614)

I.B. (?John Benson printer Luc 1624)

Richard Bacon (Blackfriars property 1615)

George Badger (apprenticed son to Short 1602-10)

R. Badger (Luc 1632)

William Barksted (allusion 1607)

William Barley (sells R3 1594)

?Barlowe (warden R3 1597)

Richard Barnefield (allusion 1598)

William Barrett (allowed Crom 1616, Luc 1617)

Mrs. Barrett (sells Crom 1626)

William Basse (allusion 1616)

Gabriel Beadell (with Mrs Meighen assigned from Meighen MWW 1646)

Christopher Beeston (actor 1598)

Jane Bell (printer Lr 1655)

Stephen Belott (1604, 1612)

Thomas Bendishe (Blackfriars property 1615)

Robert Benfield (actor F 1623)

Richard Bentley (sells Oth 1681, Ham 1683, JC 1684-91, Oth 1685, JC 1691, Oth 1696, Ham 1695)

T. Bennet (sells Ham 1695)

John Benson (sells Poems 1640)

Robert Bird (assigned H5 Titus Oldc etc. 1626, H5 Oldc Titus York/Lanc Agincourt Per YT 1630, sells Per 1630)

Edward Blount (PT 1601, Per 1608, Ant 1608, F 1623, see Allott 1630)

John Bodenham (allusion 1600)

Edmund Bolton (allusion 1616)

Richard Bonion (entered Tro 1609)

Sir Harry Bourchier (R. James epistle c.1626)

R. Bradock (printer YT 1608)

Edward Brewster (assigned 1626 H5 Titus Oldc etc.)

John Browne (entered Crom 1611)

Richard Burbage (actor 1594, 1598, 1603, 1603, 1604, 26s/8d ring will 1616)

Peter Brooke (York King-of-Arms 1599)

George Bryan (actor F 1623)

Sir George Buck (warden PW 1607, Lr 1607, Per 1608, Oth 1621)

Cuthbert Burby (publisher A Shr 1594, 1596, LLL 1598, Rom 1599)

John Busby (sells H5 1600, entered MWW 1602, entered Lr 1607)

Nathaniel Butter (H8 1605, LP 1605, Lr 1607, Lr 1608)

William Camden (Clarenceux King-of Arms 1602, allusion 1605)

Archbishop of Canterbury (Ven 1693)

George Carey, 2nd Lord Hunsdon (Hunsdon's vii/96 - d.iii/1597, R2R3Rom 1597, licence MV 1598, Oldc 1600,H5 Ado 2H4 MND NV 1600, MWW Ham Crom 1602, Tro 1603, d.1603)

Richard Carew (allusion 1614)

Henry Carey, 1st Lord Hunsdon (HamTitusA Shr 1594, d.1596)

Dudley Carleton (LLL 1605)

Henry Chettle (allusion 1592, 1603)

William Cademan (sells Ham 1673)

? Cawood (warden Luc 1594, R3 1594)

Sir Robert Cecil (performance ?R2 1595, LLL 1605)

John Chamberlain (LLL 1605)

? Cole (warden F 1623)

Henry Condell (actor 1598, 1603, 26s/8d ring will 1616, F 1623)

Alexander Cooke (actor 1603, F 1623)

Richard Cotes (assigned 1627 H5 Oldc Titus York/Lanc Agincourt Per YT, assigned to Martin/Herringman 1674 H5Tmp 3H6 Oldc TGV H8 Titus Eur MM Cor York/Lanc Err Tim Agincourt AYL JC Per AWW Mac Ham TN Ant YT WTCym)

Thomas Cotes (assigned 1627, F2 1632, printer TNK 1634, printer Per 1635, Poems 1640)

? Cotton (passes on Crom 1616)

Francis Coulis (sells Ven 1630)

William Covell (allusion 1595)

Richard Cowley (actor 1603, F 1623)

Thomas Creede (printer Cont 1594, TTR3 1594, Loc 1595, Rom 1599, H5 1600, MWW 1602, R3 1598, 1602, 1605, LP 1605, R3 1612)

Andrew Crooke (entered Allotts titles 1637)

Samuel Crosse (actor F 1623)

George Daniel (allusion 1647)

John Danter (printer Titus 1594, Rom 1597)

Robert Davenant (godson, b.1603)

William Davenant (1590-1600, James letter 1603)

John Davies (allusion 1610)

? Dix (warden H4 MV 1598)

Sir William Dethick (Garter King of Arms 1602)

Thomas Dewe (sells TR 1622)

Leonard Digges (F 1623, Poems 1640)

Robert Dormer (Blackfriars property 1615)

Marie Dormer (Blackfriars property 1615)

Michael Drayton (meets 1616)

John Duke (actor 1598)

Sir William Drummond (allusion 1614)

William Ecclestone (actor F 1623)

George Eld (entered PW 1607, printer PW 1607, printer Tro 1609, printer Sonn)

Queen Elizabeth I (sees LLL 1597, R2 1601, allusion 1603)

Nathan Field (actor F 1623)

Richard Field (vs printer Ovid 89, Ven 1593, Ven 1596, Luc 1594, PT 1601)

Thomas Fisher [Fyssher] (MND 1600)

? Flessher [sic] (assigned Lr from Butter 1639, assigned Ham A Shr Rom LLL from Smethwick 1642)

John Fletcher (collaborated TNK 1634)

Lawrence Fletcher (actor 1603, 1604)

Thomas Freeman (allusion 1614)

J.G. (printer Luc 1655)

Thomas Fuller (allusion 1655, 1662)

William Gilbertson (assigned Luc from Harrison 1655, assigned MDE from Falconer 1655, sells Luc 1655)

Samuel Gilburne (actor F 1623)

Robert Greene (1592, 1599)

Henry Gosson (sells Per 1609)

Robert Gough (actor F 1623)

T. Harper (printer MWW 1630)

John Harrison snr. (Luc 1594)

John Harrison (sells Luc 1632)

Gabriel Harvey (allusion c.1598)

J. Haviland (printer Ven 1630, assigned Crom 1638)

Richard Hawkins (assigned Oth 1628, sells Oth 1630, F2 1632)

Ursula Hawkins (assigned Oth 1638)

Lawrence Hayes (entered [from father Thomas] MV 1619, sells MV 1637, assigns MV 1657)

Thomas Hayes (MND 1600)

Iohn Helme (sells TR 1611)

John Heminges (m. 1578, actor 1598, 1603, 1604, co-buys 1613, sued

by Ostler 1615, 26s/8d ring will 1616, F 1623)

Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (Titus 1594, [ContTTRDY 1595)

Sir Henry Herbert (warden TNK 1634)

Philip Herbert, Earl of Montgomery (F 1623)

William Herbert, 3rd Earl (F 1623)

H.H. jun (printer JC 1684)

Henry Herringman (assigned from Cotes 1674 H5 Tmp 3H6 Oldc TGV H8 Titus Eur MM Cor York/Lanc Err Tim Agincourt AYL JC Per AWW Mac Ham TN Ant YT WT Cym, sells Ham 1683, sells JC 1684, 1691)

Thomas Heywood (allusion 1612, 1635)

Sir Edward Hoby (sees ?R2 1592)

Hugh Holland (F 1623)

Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham (Lord Admiral, Ham Titus A Shr 1594)

Edmund Howes (allusion 1615)

? Jackson (warden Crom 1602)

John Jackson (co-buys 1613)

Roger Jackson (rights Luc 1614, sells Luc 1624)

Isaac Jaggard (F 1623)

William Iaggard (publisher PP 1599, 1612, printer Whole Cont 1619, F 1623)

Mrs. Jaggard (assigned 1627)

King James I (Ham 1603, letter 1603+, Lr 1607, YT 1608, Lr 1608, R2 1608, Tro 1609, Per 1609, Rom 1609,Per 1611, R3 1612, R2 1615, verses in works 1616, Shr 1631, TNK 1634)

Richard James (allusion c.1626)

Arthur Johnson (entered MWW 1602, sells MWW 1619, estate assigns 1630)

Joan Johnson (maid 1604, 1612)

Thomas Johnson (printer BM 1662)

William Johnson (vintner 1613 co-buys)

William Jones (sells Crom 1602)

Ben Jonson (acts in 1598, purge 1601, meets 1616, F 1623, 1630)

William Kemp (actor 1594, F 1623)

Francis Kirkman (sells BM 1662)

Joseph Knight (sells JC 1684-91)

Matthew Lawe (entered R3 R2 1H4 1603, 1604, R3 1605, 1H4 1608, sells R3 1612, 1H4 1613, R2 1615, R31622, lH4 1622, R3 1629)

William Leake (Ven 1599, PP 1599, Ven 1602, transfers Luc 1617, assigned from Hawkins Oth 1639, sells MV1652, sells Oth 1655, assigned MV 1657, publisher Oth 1681)

Anne Lee (sues 1596)

? Legatt (entered Allott’s titles 1637)

Nicholas Ling (sells Ham 1603, 1604-5, 1605, entered Rom LLL A Shr 1607)

John Lowin (actor 1603, actor F 1623)

? Lownes (warden TC 1609, Sonn 1609)

J.M. (allusion 1615)

I.M. (F 1623)

M Magnes (sells Oth 1681)

S. Magnes (sells Oth 1687)

? Man (warden R2 R3 1597, H4 MV 1598)

Francis Manners, 6th Earl of Rutland (impresario 1613)

John Manningham (diary 1602)

Christopher Marlowe (1592)

Henry Marsh (sells BM 1662)

John Marston (allusion 1598)

John Martin (assigned from Cotes H5 Tmp 3H6 Oldc TGV H8 Titus Eur MM Cor York/Lanc Err Tim Agincourt AYL JC Per AWW Mac Ham TN Ant YT WT Cym 1674)

Aug. Mathewes (printer TR 1622, printer Pth 1630)

? Mead (entered Oth 1638)

Richard Meighen (assigned MWW 1630, sells 1630, F2 1632)

Mrs. Mercy Meighen (assigned MWW 1646)

Sir John Mennis (c.1599)

? Meredith (entered Oth 1638)

Francis Meres (allusion 1598)

Thomas Millington (publisher Titus 1594, Cont 1594, TTRDY 1595 H5 1600, Cont TTRDY 1600)

John Milton (allusion F2 1632)

? Mosely (entered MDE by W.S. 1653)

Christopher Mountjoy (landlord 1604, 1612)

Mary Mountjoy (1604, 1612)

Thomas Nashe (1589)

Edward Newport (Blackfriars property 1615)

Daniel Nicholas (1604, 1612)

John Norton (printer R3 1629, Per 1630, 1H4 1631, R2 1634, R3 1634, 1H4 1639)

N. Okes (printer Oth 1622)

William Ostler (actor 1608, sued by Heminge 1615, F 1623)

John Parker (sells Ven 1620, assigns Crom 2)

M. Parsons (printer MV 1637)

? Pasfield (warden Ham 1602)

Thomas Pavier (printer Oldc H5 1600, Cont TTRDY Titus H5 1602, entered YT 1608, sells H5 1608, Whole Cont1619, Per 1619, YT 1619)

Mrs. Pavier (assigns 1626)

George Peele (Edward I 1590)

Hugh Perry (sells Lr 1639)

Augustine Philips (actor 1598, 1603, 1603, 1604, legacy 1605, F 1623)

Thomas Pope (actor 1598, F 1623)

Thomas Porter (allusion 1615)

Thomas Purfoot (printer R3 1H4 1622, warden MWW 1630)

Robert Radcliffe, 5th Earl of Sussex (Titus 1594)

John Rice (actor F 1623)

James Robert[e]s (MV 1598, warden MND 1600, printer Titus 1600, entered Ham 1602, Tro 1603, Ham 1604-5, 1605)

Richard Robinson (actor F 1623)

? Rodes (warden MND 1600)

William Rowley (co-author BM 1662)

E. Rumball (sells Ham 1703)

Francis Sa[u]nders (sells JC 1684-91, Ham 1695)

Anthony Scoloker (allusion 1604)

Robert Scott (assigned from Martin works listed qv)

? Segar (Bucke deputy Tro 1609)

? Seton (warden YT 1608, Per 1608)

John Shancke (actor F 1623)

W. Sheares (printer Shr 1631, sells 1H4 1632)

John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham (1603+)

Peter Short (printer A Shr 1594, 1596, TTRDY 1595, H4 1598)

Valentine Sim[me]s (printer R2 1598, R3 1597, Ado 2H4 1600, Cont 1600, 1H4 1604, printer TR 1611)

William Sly[e] (actor 1598, 1603, 1603, F 1623)

Francis Smethwick (assigned from Smethwick snr. Ham A Shr Rom LLL 1642)

John Smethwick ? also 'I. Smithweeke' F 1623 (entered Ham A Shr Rom LLL 1607, printer Per 1609, Ham1611, ?F 1623, sells Ham 1630, Shr 1631, LLL 1631, F2 1632, Rom Ham 1637)

T. Snodham (publisher Luc 1616)

Dorothy [John] Soer (sues 1596)

John Speed (allusion 1613)

Edmund Spenser (Muses 1590, Clout 1591)

John Stafford (assigned Luc from Harrison 1655, sells Luc 1655)

Simon Stafford (printer 1H4 1599, Leir 1605, Per 1611)

Ferdinando Stanley, Lord Strange, 5th Earl of Derby (Titus 1594)

W. Stansby (printer Ham c.1630, printer Shr 1631)

J. Stovell (family lawyer 1597)

Abraham Sturley (loan 1598)

? Swinhoe (warden Oth 1621)

John Taylor (allusion 1620)

Joseph Taylor (actor F 1623)

William Tetherton (solicitor 1604)

William Thoresbie (Blackfriars property 1615)

Thomas Thorpe (entered Sonnets 1609)

J. Tonson (sells Ham 1695)

Nicholas Tooley (actor F 1623)

John Trundell (sells Ham 1603)

John Underwood (actor F 1623)

Henry Walker (sells 1613)

Thomas Walkley (entered Oth 1621, publisher 1622, assigned 1628)

Henry Walleys (entered Tro 1609)

Earl of Warwick (granted manor of Stratford 1562)

? Waterson (warden Ham Crom 1602)

John Waterson (entered and sells TNK 1634)

William Wayte (d.1603, sues 1596)

John Webster (allusion 1612)

John Weever (allusion 1699)

R. Wellington (sells Ham 1703, Oth 1705)

Edward White (printer Titus 1594, LLL 1598, sells Titus 1600, R2 1608, Titus 1611)

Robert White (assigned from Gilbertson MDE 1666)

William White (printer TTRDY 1600, 1H4 1613)

? Wilson (warden YT 1608, Sonn YT 1609)

Andrew Wise [Wyse] (publisher R2 R3 1597, 1598, 1H4 1598, 1599, Ado 2H4 1600)

? Worrall (warden F 1623)

Iohn Wreitton (Ven 1627)

Iohn Wright (sells Sonnets 1609)

John Wright (assigned Crom 1638)

Henry Wriothesley 2nd Earl of Southampton (patron c. 1590, Ven 1593, Luc 1594, performance LLL 1605)

R. Young (printer Rom Ham 1637).