Viewing Event Record: Exchequer, Rutland v Allen and Burbage: An interrogatory refers to 'the late greate howse called the Theatre'

Abstract

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.'

Date Event Recorded

Date
From: 23 June 1602 To: 12 October 1602 (Source of claim: transcription)

Date Event Happened

Date
From: 23 June 1602 To: 12 October 1602 (Source of claim: transcription)

Venues

Name
Theatre

People

Name Event Role(s) Document Role(s)
Burbage, Cuthbert correspondent
Allen, Giles defendant
Manners, Roger plaintiff

Event Type

  • court case
  • playhouse context