Viewing Event Record: James Burbage buys the Blackfriars parliament chamber and associated properties from Sir William More

Abstract

James Burbage buys the Blackfriars parliament chamber and associated properties from Sir William More for £600. The indenture describes the property in minute detail, and enumerates the tenants currently occupying the 'seven great upper rooms' of the chamber. The whole property is situated within the precinct of the 'late Blackfriars Preachers.' In addition to his rights in the property, the indenture also grants Burbage the use of the passage leading from Ludgate to the Thames, and liberty to unload and leave goods in the great yard 'for convenient time until the same may be taken and carried away.' He is not to block the passage to the houses and rooms which remain in More's possession.

Date Event Recorded

Date
From: 4 February 1596 (Source of claim: original)

Date Event Happened

Date
From: 4 February 1596 (Source of claim: original)

Venues

Name
Blackfriars (II)

People

Name Event Role(s) Document Role(s)
Austen, George attorney
Smith, Henry attorney
Cawarden, Elizabeth executrix
Cawarden, Thomas late property owner
Bonnetti, Rocco late tenant
Poole, Margaret leaseholder
Blagrave, Thomas overseer
Hawe, Thomas overseer
Burbage, James property buyer playhouse builder
More, William property holder
Birch, John property holder
Austen, John property holder
Chapman, Richard property holder
de Lawne, William tenant
Briskett, Thomas tenant
Carey, George tenant
Bradshawe, Charles tenant
Merry, Edward tenant
Johnson, Peter tenant
Brooke, William tenant

Event Type

  • playhouse context