Roger Manners, fifth earl of Rutland, sues Giles Allen and Cuthbert Burbage in the court of Exchequer. The dispute concerns property in Holywell, Middlesex, the site of the former monastery of St John the Baptist, and until recently the location of the Theatre playhouse. One of the interrogatories in the case refers to the playhouse as 'the late greate howse called the Theatre.'
Name | Event Role(s) | Document Role(s) |
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Burbage, Cuthbert | correspondent | |
Allen, Giles | defendant | |
Manners, Roger | plaintiff |