Viewing Event Record: King's Bench, Kendall vs Cooke: The plea quotes the indenture according to which Abell Cooke was apprenticed to Thomas Kendall

Abstract

In 1606, Abel Cooke was apprenticed to Thomas Kendall, master of the children of the Revels at the Blackfriars. Cooke walked away from the contract only six months later. Kendall sued Cooke's mother, Alice, for having forfeited the indenture by which Cooke was bound in the service of the playhouse. The lawsuit at King's Bench quotes the original indenture according to which Cooke was bound to Kendall, and so provides insight into the terms of theatre apprenticeships during the period.

Date Event Recorded

Date

From: 1607 (Source of claim: original)

Date Event Happened

Date

From: 14 November 1606 (Source of claim: original)

Feast

Name

Michaelmas Term (Source of claim: original)

Venues

Name

Blackfriars (II)

Troupes

Name

Children of the Queen's Revels (1604-c1614)

People