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

Abstract

John King deposes in Ellis Worth and John Blaney's suit against Susan Baskervile and William Browne. King says that he has been a hired actor with the company of actors now at the Red Bull for the past thirty years. He was contracted for a certain sum, but the amount paid in fact depended on how much the company brought in per week, and hired men were paid 'proportionally only to their [the company's] gettings.' He says that if payment were otherwise, he could recover more than £100 in wages.

Date Event Recorded

Date
From: 1623 (Source of claim: original)

Date Event Happened

Date
From: circa 1593 To: 1623 (Source of claim: original)

Venues

Name
Red Bull
Name
Boar's Head
Name
Curtain
Name
Rose
Name
Phoenix/Cockpit

People

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

Event Type

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