Viewing Event Record: Requests, King's Men vs Brend: Archer, Chiswell and Page depose

Abstract

In a Court of Requests suit between the King's Men and Sir Matthew Brend, owner of the Globe playhouse property, witnesses George Archer, John Chiswell, and John Page depose for Brend. They answer to interrogatories regarding John Bodley's extension of the Globe lease, the time and place of Brend's baptism, and details of the players' occupation of the property.

Date Event Recorded

Date
From: 22 November 1632 (Source of claim: original)

Date Event Happened

Date
From: 6 March 1599 To: 22 November 1632 (Source of claim: transcription)

Venues

Name
Globe (II)

Troupes

Name
King's Men (1625-1642)

People

Name Event Role(s) Document Role(s)
Brend, Matthew defendant landowner
Archer, George deponent yeoman
Chiswell, John deponent haberdasher
Page, John deponent
Bodley, John lessor leaseholder

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Event Type

  • company business
  • company context
  • playhouse business
  • playhouse context

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