The Itineraries of Leicester's Men
This
itinerary draws upon the collaborative research of the many editors associated
with the Records of Early English Drama project. Without their commitment and
generosity, it would not have been possible at this time to assemble the
details which follow. Their individual collections are listed below, together
with the documentary sources, many of which I have had access to in reproduced
form at the REED office in Toronto. In instances where REED research is
not yet under way, I have consulted original manuscripts in key locations.
The dates in the date column are as
precise as possible, representing the date or approximate period of payment
within the accounting year of the MS. Where no date is given, the usual civic
accounting year of Michaelmas to Michaelmas should be assumed. Alternative
account years are provided in square brackets (eg, Lydd, [22 July-21 July]).
Wherever possible, I have attempted to narrow the date range of payment within
the accounting year by consulting the MS reproductions available to me.
Sources
REED Volumes
Bristol, ed. Mark C. Pilkinton, (Toronto, 1997)
Cambridge, ed. Alan H. Nelson, 2 vols (Toronto, 1988)
Chester, ed. Lawrence M. Clopper (Toronto, 1979)
Coventry, ed. R.W. Ingram (Toronto, 1981)
Cumberland/Westmorland/Gloucestershire, ed. Audrey Douglas and Peter Greenfield (Toronto, 1986)
Devon , ed. John M. Wasson (Toronto, 1986)
Dorset/Cornwall, ed. Rosalind Conklin Hays and C. E. McGee/Sally L. Joyce and Evelyn S. Newlyn (Toronto, 1999)
Herefordshire/Worcestershire, ed. David N. Klausner (Toronto, 1990)
Kent: Diocese of Canterbury, ed. James M. Gibson, 3 vols (Toronto, forthcoming 2002)
Lancashire, ed. David George (Toronto, 1991)
Newcastle upon Tyne, ed. J. J. Anderson (Toronto, 1982)
Norwich 1540-1642, ed. David Galloway (Toronto, 1984)
Shropshire, ed. J.A.B. Somerset, 2 vols (Toronto, 1994)
Somerset including Bath, ed. James Stokes with Robert J. Alexander, 2 vols (Toronto, 1996)
Sussex, ed. Cameron Louis (Toronto, 2000)
York, ed. Alexandra F. Johnston and Margaret Rogerson, 2 vols (Toronto, 1979)
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Reed Collections in Progress
Abingdon Chamberlains' Accounts, Berkshire Record Office: A/FAc 1, extracts forthcoming
in Berkshire, ed. Alexandra F. Johnston
Bertie of Grimsthorpe, Lincolnshire Archives: ANC 7/A/2; extracts forthcoming in
Lincolnshire, ed. James Stokes
Beverley Governors' Minute Book, East Riding of Yorkshire Archive Office: II/7/3,
extracts forthcoming in Beverley, ed. Diana Wyatt
Constable of Everingham
and Drax Household Accounts, West Riding of Yorkshire Archive Service, Leeds:
Ingilby 3272, extracts forthcoming in Yorkshire West Riding, ed. Barbara D.
Palmer and John M. Wasson
Doncaster Courtiers' Book I, Doncaster Record Office: AB.2/1/1, extracts forthcoming in
Yorkshire West Riding, ed. Barbara D. Palmer and John M. Wasson
Durham Cathedral Treasurers' Book 12, Prior's Kitchen; extracts forthcoming in
Durham, ed. John McKinnell
Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire Record Office: 1/600/1; extracts forthcoming in Lincolnshire,
ed. James Stokes
Leicester Chamberlains' Accounts, Leicestershire Record Office: BRIII/2/31, 38, 39, 41,
52, 54; extracts forthcoming in Leicestershire, ed. Alice B. Hamilton
Lincoln Chamberlains' Accounts, Lincolnshire Archives: D/V/2/2b, Bj/3/8 and Bj/3/6;
extracts forthcoming in Lincolnshire, ed. James Stokes
Long Sutton Churchwardens' Accounts, Lincolnshire Archives: Long Sutton Parish 7/1;
extracts forthcoming in Lincolnshire, ed. James Stokes
North of Kirtling Household Accounts, BL: Stowe 774, vols 1, 2; extracts forthcoming
in Cambridgeshire, ed. Anne Brannen
Nottingham Chamberlains' Accounts, Nottinghamshire Record Office: CA 1610b, 1611, 1612,
1613, 1626, 1627; extracts forthcoming in Nottinghamshire, ed. J. C. Coldewey
Oxford Chamberlains' Accounts, Oxfordshire Archives: P.5.1, extracts forthcoming in
Oxford, ed. Alexandra F. Johnston and Diana Wyatt
Oxford University: Vice-chancellor's Accounts, Oxford University Archives: W.P.
[beta] 21 (4); Magdalen College Draft Computi, Magdalen College Archives,
extracts forthcoming in Oxford University, ed. John M. Elliott Jr. and Alan H. Nelson
Reading Cofferers' Accounts, Berkshire Record Office: R/FCa 2/75, extracts forthcoming
in Berkshire, ed. Alexandra F. Johnston
Salisbury Corporation Ledger Book B, Wiltshire Record Office: G23/1/2; extracts
forthcoming in Salisbury, ed. Audrey Douglas
Southampton Book of Fines, Southampton Record Office: SC5/3/1, extracts forthcoming in
Hampshire, ed. Peter Greenfield and Jane Cowling
Stratford upon Avon Council Book A, Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Records Office:
BRU 2/1, extracts forthcoming in Warwickshire, ed. J.A.B. Somerset
Winchester Chamberlains' Accounts, Hampshire Record Office: W/E6/1, extracts
forthcoming in Hampshire, ed. Peter Greenfield and Jane Cowling
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Other Published Sources
Astington, John H. English Court Theatre 1558-1642 (Cambridge , 1999), 221-32.
Chambers, E.C. (ed), 'Players at Ipswich,' Collections, II, Part 3, Malone
Society (Oxford, 1931), 258-84.
Coldewey, J.C. (ed), 'Playing Companies at Aldeburgh 1566-1635,' Collections, IX,
Malone Society (Oxford, 1977), 16-23.
Cook, David and F.P. Wilson (ed), Collections, VI, Malone Society (Oxford, 1962).
Galloway, David and John M. Wasson (ed), Collections, XI, Malone Society (Oxford, 1980/1).
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Additional Original And Antiquarian Sources
Robert Dudley's Household Accounts, Longleat House: Dudley Papers XIV, XV; Christ
Church Archives: Evelyn MS. 258b
Maldon Chamberlains' Accounts, Essex Record Office: D/B3/3/248, 250, 251, 252, 259, 262
Marlborough Chamberlains' Accounts, Wiltshire Record Office: G22/1/205/2
Saffron Walden Chamberlains’ Accounts, Saffron Walden Town Hall
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1558-9 |
St James? | Household | [26 March-23 April] | 20s[1] |
Kew? | Household | [23 April- mid-May] | 40s |
Kew | Household | c. 6 June | 4s |
Kew | Household | [before 21 June] | £4 |
Westminster | Court | mid-June[2] | |
Norwich | City | after mid-June[3] | 20s |
Nottingham | Town | summer | 13s 4d |
Yorkshire? | | after mid-June | |
1559-60 |
Maldon | Town | [1559] | 6s 8d |
Saffron Walden | Town | | 3s 4d |
Canterbury | City | | 6s 8d |
Dover | Town | 26 March | 10s |
Lydd | Town | [22 July '59 -22 July '60] | 6s 8d |
Rye | Town | 30/31 March? | 10s |
Oxford | City | | 6s 8d+ 6s 4d[4] |
Bristol | City | 14-20 July | 10s |
Bridgwater | Town | 20 July | 13s 4d |
Dartmouth | Town | | 13s 4d |
Plymouth | Town | | 20s |
1560-1 |
Gloucester | City | | 6s 8d |
Cambridge | Town | [before 1 Nov.] | 10s |
Norwich | City | | 20s |
Whitehall | Court | Christmas | £6 13s 4d |
Canterbury | City | 17 March | 7s |
Rye | Town | 22 March | 20s[5] |
Dover | Town | 29 March | 10s |
New Romney | Town | [25 March '61-25 March '62] | 6d [drink] |
Lydd | Town | [ 22 July '60 - 22 July '61 ] | 13s 4d |
Beverley | Town | [1561] | 26s 8d |
1561-2 |
Southampton | City | 4 Oct. | 13s 4d |
Grimsthorpe | Bertie Household | 18 Oct. [did not play] | 10s |
Whitehall | Court | Christmas | £6 13s 4d |
Maldon | Town | [1562] | 5s |
Ipswich | Town | [before 28 May?] | 10s |
Cambridge | Town | 18 March | 10s |
Canterbury | City | 5 May | 10s |
Dover | Town | 27 June | 10s |
Lydd | Town | [ 22 July '61 - 22 July '62 ] | 11s |
Oxford | City | [after 9 June] | 6s 8d |
Bristol | City | 30 Aug.-5 Sept. | 13s 4d |
Gloucester | City | | 13s 4d + 4s 8d[6] |
1562-3 |
Whitehall | Court | Christmas | £6 13s 4d |
Beverley | Town | [1563] | 27s |
Lincoln | City | [after 24 April] | 10s |
Ipswich | Town | [after 28 May] | 6s |
Norwich | City | | 26s 8d |
1563-4 |
Leicester | Town | 12 Nov. | 6s+ |
Norwich | City | | 26s 8d |
Norwich | Cathedral | | 6s |
Maldon | Town | [1563] [as Dudley 's] | 5s |
Ipswich | Town | 18 Nov. | 10s |
Lincoln | City | [Dec.-Jan.] [as Dudley's] | 6s 8d
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Ipswich | Town | 2 Jan. | 6s 8d |
Ipswich | Town | 3 Jan. | 20d |
Hengrave Hall | Kytson Household | 30 Jan. | 10s |
Beverley | Town | [1564] | 20s |
Dover | Town | 22 April | 10s |
Canterbury | City | | 10s |
Lydd | Town | [ 22 July '63 - 22 July '64 ] | 15s |
Rye | Town | 27 April | 6s 8d |
Leicester | Town | 1 July | 10s |
1564-5 |
Maldon | Town | [as Leicester 's] | 6s 8d[7] |
Ipswich | Town | 21 Feb. [as Ld Robert's] | 10s |
Lincoln | City | 13 April [as Leicester’s] | 10s |
Cambridge | Town | [as Leicester's] | 10s |
Norwich | City | [as Leicester's] [includes bread & drink] | 20s 6d |
1565-6 |
Norwich | City | | 20s |
Long Sutton | Town | [21 April '65-20 April '66] | 2s+ |
1566-7 |
Canterbury | City | | 10s |
1567-8 |
1568-9 |
Beverley | Town | [1569] | 20s |
Nottingham | Town | 11 August | 20s[8] |
1569-70 |
Gloucester | City | | 13s 4d |
Bristol | City | 22-8 Jan. | 13s 4d |
Canterbury | City | | 13s 4d |
Faversham | Town | | 3s 4d |
Dover | Town | [17 Sept.-8 Sept.] | 13s 4d+12d [wine] |
New Romney | Town | 7 April | 6s 8d |
Lydd | Town | [ 22 July '69 - 22 July '70 ] | 8s 10d |
Rye | Town | March | 10s |
Lyme Regis | Town | [25 March-23 June] | 8s 11d |
Oxford | City | 4 May | 6s 8d |
Abingdon | Town | [Lent-24 June] | 10s 3d |
Southampton | City | | 6s 8d[9] |
Poole | Town | 11 July | 6s |
Plymouth | Town | | 20s |
Dartmouth | Town | 30 July | £1 |
Totnes | Town | | 20s |
Barnstaple | Town | | 12d |
1570-1 |
Ipswich | Town | 25 Oct. | 13s 4d |
Maidstone? | Town | [ 2 Nov. '70 - 2 Nov. '71 ] | 10s |
Gloucester | City | 30 April | 13s 4d+ 3s 8d [at the tavern] |
Leicester | Town | | 8s 6d+ |
Beverley | Town | [1571] | 20s |
Drax/Everingham[10] | Constable Household | 6-7 June | |
Saffron Walden | Town | | 8s 8d[11] |
Saffron Walden | Town | 19 Aug. | 2s 6d |
1571-2 |
Maidstone? | Town | [ 2 Nov. '70 - 2 Nov. '71 ] | 10s |
London | City | 6 Dec. | |
Ipswich | Town | 15 July | 13s 4d |
Cambridge | Town | | 10s |
Grimsby | Town | 6 Aug. | 10s[12] |
Beverley | Town | 8 Aug. | 30s+ 2s 9d [wine,etc.] |
Nottingham | Town | 20 Aug. | 10s |
Leicester | Town | [after 24 June?] | 8s |
1572-3 |
Hampton Court | Court | Christmas | £30 |
1573-4 |
Stratford | Town | | 5s 8d |
Ludlow | Town | 20 Oct. | 20s |
Bewdley | Town | [3 May '73-23 May '74] | 8s |
Bristol | City | 25-31 Oct. | 20s |
Lyme Regis | Town | [29 Sept.-24 Dec.] | 2s 8d |
Oxford | City | | 13s 1d |
Whitehall | Court | 26 Dec. Predor and Lucia 28 Dec. Mamillia | £20 |
Hampton Court | Court | 21 Feb. Philemon and Philecia | £10 |
Maldon | Town | 13 June | 5s |
Ipswich | Town | 18 June | 15s |
Aldeburgh | Town | 20 June | 10s |
Hengrave Hall | Kytson | | |
Household | July | | 5s |
Doncaster | Town | [after 2 Aug.] | 20s |
Nottingham | Town | 1 Sept. | 20s |
Leicester | Town | [after 11 Aug.] | 11s 8d+ |
1574-5 |
Canterbury | City | 3 Dec. | 18s |
Canterbury | Cathedral | 7 Dec. | 20s |
Hampton Court | Court | 26 Dec. 1 Jan. Panecia (?) | £10 £6 1s 4d |
Coventry | City | [Dec.’74-28 Nov.’75] | 26s 8d |
Southampton | City | | 20s |
Rye | Town | 21 Sept. | 10s |
Sandwich | Town | 26 Sept. | 10s |
1575-6 |
Oxford | Magdalen Coll. | [29 Sept.-25 Dec.] | 20s |
New Romney | Town | 26 Dec. | 10s |
Hampton Court | Court | 28 Dec. | £10 |
Whitehall | Court | 4 March | £10 |
Thetford | Town | [17 June-8 July] | 5s |
Ipswich | Town | [after 17 July] | 10s |
1576-7 |
Hampton Court | Court | 30 Dec. The Collier | £16 13s 4d |
Stratford | Town | | 15s |
Exeter | City | | 13s 4d |
Canterbury | City | | 20s |
Canterbury | Cathedral | | 40s |
Faversham | Town | | 13s 4d |
Sandwich | Town | 24 August | 20s |
New Romney | Town | [25 March '77-25 March '78] | 20s |
Rye | Town | September | 20s |
Southampton | City | 22 Sept. | 20s |
1577-8 |
Exeter | City | 11 Oct. | 30s |
Lyme Regis | Town | 17 Oct. | 7s |
Bristol | City | 20-6 Oct. Myngo | 22s |
Bath | City | [6 June '77-30 June '78] | 14s |
Hampton Court | Court | 26 Dec. | £10 |
Maldon | Town | 1 Sept. | 10s |
Ipswich | Town | 10 Sept. | 20s |
Aldeburgh | Town | c. 29 Sept. | 20s |
Norwich | Cathedral | | 20s |
1578-9 |
Kirtling | North Household | 3-4 Nov. | 40s |
Kirtling | North Household | 10 Nov. | 40s |
London | City | 24 Dec. |
Richmond | Court | 4 Jan. A Greek Maid | £10 |
Southampton | City | 7 Aug. | 2s |
Canterbury | Cathedral | | 30s |
Dover | Town | [8 Sept.-8 Sept.] | 5s |
Aldeburgh | Town | c. 3 Sept. | 3s[13] |
1579-80 |
Whitehall | Court | 6 Jan. | £10 |
Canterbury | City | | 20s |
Faversham | Town | | 10s |
Fordwich | Town | [ 7 Dec. '79 - 5 Dec. '80 ] | 5s |
New Romney | Town | 13 March | 20s |
Kirtling | North | | |
Household | | 16-17 May | 25s |
Ipswich | Town | | £1 |
Cambridge | Univ. | [before 21 June][14] | |
Durham | Cathedral | 28 July | 26s 8d |
Newcastle | City | 7-13 Aug. | 50s |
Coventry | City | [ 26 Nov.'79 - 22 Nov.'80 ] | 30s |
1580-1 |
Whitehall | Court | 26 Dec. Delight | £10 |
Whitehall | Court | 7 Feb. | £10 |
Fordwich | Town | [5 Dec.-4 Dec.] | 7s |
Norwich | City | [after mid-May?] | 40s |
1581-2 |
Shrewsbury | Town | | 6s 8d |
Coventry | City | [ 16 Nov.’81 - 13 Nov.’82 ] | 20s |
Salisbury | City | | 10s |
Winchester | City | | 10s |
Southampton | City | [1582] | 13s 4d |
Ipswich | Town | [after 3 Aug.] | 20s |
1582-3 |
Richmond | Court | 10 Feb. Telomo | £10 |
1583-4 |
1584-5 |
Leicester House | Household | 5 May | £5 |
Leicester House | Household [Will Kemp] | 5 May? | 10s |
Leicester House | Household | 23 May | 40s |
Sudbury | Town | 2 June | 6s 8d |
Ipswich | Town | 4 June | 20s |
Norwich | City | [after mid-May?] [not to play] | 40s |
Kirtling | North | | |
Household | | 5-6 July | 10s |
Leicester | Town | [after 10 June] | 24s+ |
Coventry | City | [ 25 Nov.’84 - 30 Nov.’85 ] | 30s |
Gloucester | City | | 20s |
Bath | City | August | 14s |
1585-6 |
London | City | 4 Dec. | £6 |
Low Countries | | mid-Dec. | |
The Hague | City | 30 Dec. | £10
| The Hague | City | 1 Jan. [return to England] | 40s |
The Hague | City | 2 Jan. [Will Kemp] | 13s |
The Hague | City | 4 Jan. [Will Kemp] | 20s |
The Hague? | City | 4 March [Wilson][15] | 40s |
Exeter | City | 24 March | 10s |
Abingdon | Town | [before 24 June?] | 15s |
Utrecht | City | 23 April The Forces of Hercules | |
Amersfoort | Town | 6 May [Will Kemp] | 5s |
Arnhem | Town | 30 May [ Thomas King, musician] | 40s |
Arnhem | Town | 30 May Robert Brown, musician [going to England] | 40s |
Arnhem | Town | 1 June [going to king of Denmark's] | £5 |
Gorinchem | Town | 12 June | 10s[16] |
Denmark | | 17 June-18 Sept. [5 players] | |
Denmark | | Aug.-Sept. [Will Kemp+ Daniel Jones, boy] | |
1586-7 |
Saxony | | 16 Oct.-17 July | [5 players][17] |
Norwich | City | | 40s |
Greenwich | Court | 27 Dec. | £10 |
Maidstone | Town | 23 Jan. | 6s 8d |
Canterbury | City | | 10s |
Fordwich | Town | [5 Dec.-4 Dec.] | 6s 8d |
Rye | Town | 1 March | 10s |
Dover | Town | 4 March | 20s |
Hythe? | Town | [2 Feb. '87-2 Feb. 88] | 10s |
New Romney | Town | [23 March-2 April ‘87] | 20s |
Southampton | City | c. 23 March | 30s |
Marlborough | Town | | 5s |
Lyme Regis | Town | 4 April | 5s |
Bristol | City | 9-15 April | 26s 8d |
Bath | City | [1April-14 June] | 23s 8 1/2d |
Exeter | City | | 20s |
Gloucester | City | | 20s |
Leicester | Town | [5 April-13 June] | 17s 4d+ |
Nottingham | Town | [18 June-1 July] [+musicians] | 10s |
Lathom House | Derby Household | 6-8 July [2 performances] | |
Coventry | City | July | 20s |
Coventry | City | 1 Aug. | 30s |
Stratford | Town | [25 Dec.-24 Dec.] | 10s |
1587-8 |
Oxford | Univ. | [17 July '87- 16 July'88 ] | 20s |
Oxford | City | 11 Dec. | 6s 8d |
Dover | Town | 3 Feb. | 13s 4d |
New Romney | Town | [19 Jan.- 7 Feb. '87/8] | 20s |
Rye | Town | 5 Feb. | 13s 4d |
Hythe? | Town | [2 Feb. '87-2 Feb. '88] | 10s |
Faversham | Town | | 13s 4d |
Folkestone | Town | [8 Sept.-8 Sept.] | 5s |
Lydd | Town | [ 22 July '87 - 22 July '88 ] | 10s |
Reading | Town | [c.1-14 April] | 10s |
Lyme Regis | Town | 28 April [as Lord High Steward] | 6s |
Plymouth | Town | 15 May | 10s |
Exeter | City | [as Lord Steward] | |
Bath | City | [22 May-18 June] | 20s |
Bristol | City | 9-15 June | 26s 8d |
Gloucester | City | 17 June | 20s |
Coventry | City | [ 15 Nov.’87 - 4 Dec.’88 ] | 40s |
York | City | 13 July | 30s |
Nottingham | Town | [30 April-17 July] | 10s |
Norwich | City | c. 4-7 Sept. | 40s |
Aldeburgh | Town | [c. 13 Sept.] | 6s 8d |
Ipswich | Town | 14 Sept. | £1 |
Saffron Walden | Town | | 3s 4d[18] |
Hythe | Town | [2 Feb.'87-2 Feb.'88] | 10s |
[1]
A payment of 60s in the same period to the 'enterlude
pleyers' (f 9) is more likely to another troupe, probably the Queen's
interluders.
[2]
The source of information here is the
patron's letter to the earl of Shrewsbury
(Lambeth Palace Library: MS. 3196).
[3]
The date is determined by the fact that
it occurred after Richard Fletcher took over as mayor in June 1559.
[4]
The additional payment was made at Mr
Coggan's, presumably referring to the King’s Head Inn run by the Coggan family
(see further M.G. Hobson and H.E. Salter (eds), Oxford Council Acts
1626-1665, Oxford Historical Society 95 [Oxford, 1933], xxiv.
[5]
This payment is a composite, with the
Queen's players.
[6]
The additional perquisite payment at the
tavern includes payment for making a scaffold in the Boothall (presumably for
the performance); see Cumberland/Westmorland/Gloucestershire,p. 299.
[7]
This entry comes
near the start of the year's accounts.
[8] The troupe receives payment with
Worcester's players.
[9]
Although a first payment is not recorded,
this is listed as the second, for a performance when Sir Henry Wallop and his
lady were there.
[10]
There is no payment made but it is clear that
there were eight players present at dinner on 6 June and at breakfast the
following morning. The 1570-1 family account combines entries for activities
at both their estates, Drax in the West Riding and Everingham in the East
Riding of Yorkshire, both of which were near York. The players may therefore have visited either
residence.
[11] The payment is made with the Queen's players.
[12]
The chamberlains also
recorded an unspecified receipt of 5d from the mayor when Leicester ’s players were in town.
[13]
The payment includes Lord Howard's
players.
[14] The players were dismissed, apparently
without payment this year, because of plague. See Cambridge, vol. 1, pp. 290-1.
[15] Adams thinks this entry is misdated: see Household
Accounts, p. 374, n. 739.
[16]
The payment is to Will Kemp for costs for mending an ancient.
[17]
The continental evidence for the
players in Denmark and Saxony is cited by Albert Cohn, Shakespeare in
Germany in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries (London, 1865), xxii-xxvii
and Dr E. Herz, Englische Schauspieler und Englisches Schauspiel zur Zeit Shakespeares in Deutschland (Hamburg and
Leipzig, 1903; Kraus reprint 1977), 3-5.
[18]
The payment includes the Lord Chamberlain's men.
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