Viewing Event Record: The Globe burns: John Chamberlain

Abstract

John Chamberlain writes to Ralph Winwood from London, 8 July, 1613, of the burning of the Globe: 'which fell out by a peale of chambers … the tampin or stoppell of one of them lighting in the thatch that covered the house, burned yt downe to the ground in lesse then two howres.' It is a marvel, he observes, that the people therein came to so little harm, 'having but two narrow doores to get out.'

Date Event Recorded

Date
From: 8 July 1613 (Source of claim: original)

Date Event Happened

Date
From: 29 June 1613 (Source of claim: original)

Venues

Name
Globe (I)

People

Name Event Role(s) Document Role(s)
Chamberlain, John correspondent
Winwood, Ralph correspondent

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Event Type

  • fire
  • playhouse context