Richard Smith testifies in Bishop Bancroft's 1598 visitation of St Paul's. He responds to a question about the custody and use of the 'lower Cloisters' and 'shrowdes.' Smith testifies that the shrouds house a small building erected by 'mr Heydon one of the petye Cannons,' at the consent of 'mr benbowe being then Alm[o]ner,' 'which house Raynold Chunnell Inioyethe by lycence of mr Gyles.' Scholars have used Smith's testimony to locate the playhouse in the lower shrouds, but Berry, 'Playhouse,' disputes this claim.