Viewing Person Record: Lord William Cecil, first Baron Burghley

Name, as appears in Primary Sources

Lord Treasurer
Event: Plays are banned, and the Curtain and Theatre are to be pulled down
Lord Threasurer
Event: Plays are to be censored by a committee
Lord Treasorer
Event: Disobedient players are to cease performing at Newington Butts
the L. high Tre[asure]r of England
Event: The lord mayor of London asks Burghley to stop construction of a new theatre and close all ...
the Rt. Honbl. Ld Secretary
Event: Henry Lok petitions Cecil for the Mastership of the Bears
Burghley
Event: The riverside environs of Paris Garden are dark and 'shadowed with trees'
your L.
Event: The Gentlemen of the Four Inns may not perform a joint masque, but the Gentlemen of Gray's ...

Role(s)

Lord Chamberlain
Event: Richard Topcliffe reports to Cecil on 'the seditious play called The Isle of Dogs'
Lord Chancellor
Event: Plays are to be censored by a committee
Lord Chancellor
Event: The riverside environs of Paris Garden are dark and 'shadowed with trees'
Lord Treasurer
Event: The plague threatens: Theatres must close until Michaelmas
Lord Treasurer
Event: Plays are banned, and the Curtain and Theatre are to be pulled down
Lord Treasurer
Event: The Lord Mayor of London asks Burghley to forbid plays at playhouse in the liberties and in ...
Lord Treasurer
Event: The lord mayor of London asks Burghley to stop construction of a new theatre and close all ...
Lord Treasurer
Event: Fleetwood assures Burghley that playhouses are closed during the plague
Lord Treasurer
Event: The Lord High Treasurer writes to the Lord Mayor about Sunday performances
Lord Treasurer
Event: The Lord Mayor of London writes to Burghley about the collapse of the Bear Garden
Lord Treasurer
Event: Henry Lok petitions Cecil for the Mastership of the Bears
Lord Treasurer
Event: Lord Mayor to Privy Council: Lord Strange's Men play at Cross Keys in defiance of a city-wide ...
correspondent
Event: A 'brabble' over the Theatre erupts during dinner at the lord mayor's residence
correspondent
Event: The lord mayor asks the privy council to pull down the Theatre and Curtain but Burbage resists; ...
correspondent
Event: Feltmakers' apprentices riot in Southwark

Active Dates

Dates
From: January 1571 To: 9 August 1597

Other info

Notes
(1520/1–98)