In a Court of Requests suit between the King's Men and the owner of the property of the Globe playhouse, Sir Matthew Brend, counsel for the defense John White submits an answer to the plaintiffs' bill. The defense contends that, according to the original lease for the Globe property, the lessees were responsible for 'all such edifices and buildings whatsoeuer' to be delivered to the lessor upon the expiration of the lease, and that this provision corresponds to the low rent to which Nicholas Brend agreed. The defense also contends that any damage due to 'negligence or ill keepeinge of theire fire' remains the responsibility of the lessees, and has no bearing on the term of the lease. The answer states that Brend does not believe any agreement settled by Sir John Bodley or any other of his family prior to his reaching the age of maturity 'to be materiall... or to binde him att all,' and that the cost of the playhouse could not exceed 'ffiue hundred poundes.' The defense concludes by stating that any extension of the lease would be a disadvantage to his inheritance, and that the property would find more profit with tenements than a playhouse.
| Name | Event Role(s) | Document Role(s) |
|---|---|---|
| White, John | counsel for the defense | |
| Brend, Matthew | defendant | |
| Bodley, John | leaseholder | |
| Burbage, Richard | lessee | |
| Shakespeare, William | lessee | |
| Phillips, Augustine | lessee | |
| Pope, Thomas | lessee | |
| Heminges, John | lessee | |
| Kemp, William | lessee | |
| Burbage, Cuthbert | plaintiff | |
| Robinson, Richard | plaintiff | |
| Robinson, Winifred | plaintiff | |
| Heminges, William | plaintiff | |
| Lowin, John | plaintiff | |
| Taylor, John | plaintiff |