Following Margaret Brayne’s death, Robert Miles takes up her Chancery suit against the Burbages. The bill of complaint summarizes the original terms of James Burbage's contract with Giles and Sarah Allen and details the transactions between Burbage and John Brayne, including the arbitrament made by Richard Turner and John Hill and the mortgage agreement entered into with John Hyde. Miles complains that Hyde, contrary to the original terms of the agreement, conveyed the lease of the Theatre to Cuthbert Burbage alone, since which time Burbage has taken all the profits of the lease. Miles claims that he has asked Cuthbert Burbage and Giles and Sara Allen for permission to to take the the Theatre and other buildings to that he may recover his moiety of the value of the timber. Miles notes that all his other attempts to recover any money at law have failed, and blames this failure on 'the connyng practyzes of the' Burbages.
| Name | Event Role(s) | Document Role(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Brayne, Margaret | administratrix | playhouse sharer, widow |
| Burbage, Ellen | administratrix | playhouse sharer, widow |
| Turner, Richard | arbitrator | |
| Hill, John | arbitrator | |
| Scott, ––– | attorney | |
| Burbage, Cuthbert | defendant | |
| Allen, Giles | defendant | gentleman, lessor |
| Hyde, John | mortgage holder | |
| Miles, Robert | plaintiff | |
| Brayne, John | playhouse builder | |
| Burbage, James | playhouse builder | |
| Allen, Sara | wife |