Viewing Event Record: Chancery, Brayne v Burbage: Interrogatories for James and Cuthbert Burbage

Abstract

Margaret Brayne sues James and Cuthbert Burbage in Chancery over her share of the Theatre playhouse profits. Her interrogatories focus on the arbitrament between John Brayne and James Burbage on 12 July 1578. She raises questions about the physical confrontations and altercations that took place between the concerned parties after the court ordered the arbitrament to remain in force on 13 November 1590.

Date Event Recorded

Date
From: 16 February 1591 (Source of claim: original)

Date Event Happened

Date
From: 12 July 1578 To: 29 November 1590 (Source of claim: original)

Venues

Name
Theatre

People

Name Event Role(s) Document Role(s)
Hill, John arbitrator
Turner, Richard arbitrator
Harris, ––– attorney
Scott, ––– attorney
Burbage, James defendant playhouse manager
Burbage, Cuthbert defendant playhouse manager
Brayne, Margaret plaintiff widow
Brayne, John playhouse financier
Miles, Robert playhouse sharer
Bett, Henry witness

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Event Type

  • court case
  • dispute
  • playhouse business
  • public disturbance