Viewing Event Record: Queen Elizabeth drafts patents for Mastership of the Royal Game for Philip Henslowe, but they are not executed

Abstract

Letters of patent from Queen Elizabeth which grant Philip Hensley [Henslowe], esq., upon the surrender of a former patent to Raphe Bowes, the office of master 'of our games pastymes and sports', remain unexecuted. Alterations by Henslowe adapt the wording to the reign of James I, with the grant following the patent of John Dorrington.

Date Event Recorded

Date

From: before June 1598 (Source of claim: externally supplied)

Date Event Happened

Date

From: before June 1598 (Source of claim: externally supplied)

Venues

Name

Bear Garden

People