In the Court of Requests suit between the King's Men and the owner of the property of the Globe playhouse, Sir Matthew Brend, the King's Men and their counsel submit a bill of complaint outlining their claims regarding the renewal of the playhouse lease. They recount the terms of the original lease with Nicholas Brend and the cost of building the first Globe, which they claim was 'One Thowsand pounds of lawfull English money at the least.' They further describe how the playhouse was 'by Casualty of fire vtterly ruinated burnt downe and Consumed.' The young Matthew Brend had agreed at the time to extend the terms of the lease by six years to 'inhable and incourage' the lessees to rebuild the structure. This extension, drafted by Brend's uncle Sir John Bodley, also contained a provision to renew the lease, at the charge of ten pounds, when 'Sr Mathewe Brend hath accomplished his age of one and Twenty yeeres.' Burbage and the other plaintiffs now claim that Brend 'doth threaten when the said lease made by the said Sr John Bodley is ended to dispossesse' them of the property.
| Name | Event Role(s) | Document Role(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Burbage, Richard | deceased | |
| Brend, Nicholas | deceased | |
| Bodley, John | guardian | |
| Brend, Matthew | landlord | defendant |
| Shakespeare, William | lessee | |
| Phillips, Augustine | lessee | |
| Pope, Thomas | lessee | |
| Kemp, William | lessee | |
| Condell, Henry | lessee | |
| Burbage, Cuthbert | plaintiff | |
| Robinson, Richard | plaintiff | |
| Robinson, Winifred | plaintiff | |
| Heminges, William | plaintiff | |
| Heminges, John | plaintiff | |
| Lowin, John | plaintiff | |
| Taylor, John | plaintiff | |
| Maunsell, Samuel | plaintiff's counsel | |
| Burte, Thomas | tenant | |
| Morris, Isbrand | tenant | |
| Roper, Lactantius | tenant | |
| Roberts, John | tenant | |
| Ditcher, Thomas | tenant | |
| Zinzan, Margaret | witness | |
| Strelly, Henry | witness |