Viewing Event Record: Henry Lok petitions Cecil for the Mastership of the Bears

Abstract

After the death of Ralph Bowes, Henry Lok petitions Robert Cecil for the vacant office of the Master of the Bears, noting its lucrative nature and his preference to 'be a Beareherd then to be bayted dayly wth great exclamations for smal deptes.'

Date Event Recorded

Date

From: 8 June 1598 (Source of claim: original)

Date Event Happened

Date

From: 8 June 1598 (Source of claim: original)

Venues

Name

Bear Garden

Name

Court

People