Viewing Event Record: Chancery, Worth and Blaney vs Baskervile and Browne: Clark deposes

Abstract

The hired man Roger Clark deposes in the Chancery suit of Ellis Worth and John Blaney v. Susan Baskervile and William Brown. Clark testifies that he has been a hired player with the Red Bull company for the last two years at a wage of six shillings a week. When receipts were low, however, 'he was paid after the rate of their gettings,' which sometimes came to no more than two shillings sixpence, or even twelve pence. Clark adds that servants in the theatre are frequently at the mercy of the company's fortunes.

Date Event Recorded

Date
To: 1623 (Source of claim: original)

Date Event Happened

Date
From: circa 1621 To: 1623 (Source of claim: original)

Venues

Name
Red Bull

People

Name Event Role(s) Document Role(s)
Baskervile, née Shawe, Susan defendant
Browne, William (III) defendant
Clarke, Roger deponent hired man
Worth, Ellis plaintiff
Blaney, John plaintiff

Event Type

  • company business
  • company context
  • court case
  • player context
  • playhouse business
  • playhouse context