Viewing Event Record: 'Martin Marprelate' bequeaths his fooleries to John Laneham

Abstract

In the anti-Martinish tract 'Martin's Month's Minde,' the supposed Martin Marprelate bequeaths 'all my foolery to my good friend [John] Lanam' (an actor for the Queen's Men), 'of whom I first had it: which though it bee now outworne and stale, and farre inferiour to his, yet to him it belongeth of right, and may serue (perhappes) for yong beginners, if it be newe varnisth.'

Date Event Recorded

Date
From: 1589 (Source of claim: original)

Date Event Happened

Date
From: 1589 (Source of claim: original)

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Name
Queen's Men

People

Name Event Role(s) Document Role(s)
Laneham, John player

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  • cultural context
  • dispute
  • player context