ACTORS AND ENTREPRENEURS
PLAYWRIGHTS AND PATRONS

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Babell, Jacques

(fl. 1607-8). French rope dancer. [REED Norwich, 133 (1984) [full citation] ]

Babham, Christopher

(fl. 1630-32). Manager (Salisbury Court). [Nungezer, 25 [full citation] ; JCS ii, 353 [full citation] ; Haaker, 'Plague', 287 (1968) [full citation] ; Bentley, 'Salisbury Court Theater' (1977) [full citation] ]

Backstead, Will

See Barksted, William.

Bacon, Francis

(1561-1626), 1st Viscount St. Albans. Masque writer. [ES iii, 211 [full citation] ; Peerage xi, 282 (1949) [full citation] ; Hasler, House of Commons i, 374 (1981) [full citation] ; McGee and Meagher, 'Entertainments: 1558-1603', 126, 132, 137-40 (1981) [full citation] ; DLB 151: 21 (1995) [full citation] ; Sessions, Francis Bacon Revisited (1996) [full citation] ]

Bacon, John

(fl. 1635-7). Actor (King's). [Nungezer, 26 [full citation] ; JCS ii, 354 [full citation] ]

Badlowe, Richard

(fl. 1594). Paul's chorister (1594). [Nungezer, 26 [full citation] ]

Bagly, Edward

See Bayly, Edward.

Bagstare, Richard

See Baxter, Richard.

Baines, James

(fl. 1603). Actor (Carlisle, Cumb.). [REED Cumb./West./Glouc, 66 (1986) [full citation] ]

Baker, Alexander

(fl. 1624) (alias Barker). Puppet showman. [Galloway and Wasson, 'Norfolk/Suffolk', 26 (1980) [full citation] ; Bawcutt, 'New Revels Documents', 327 (1984) [full citation] ; REED Cumb./West./Glouc, 319 (1986) [full citation] ]

Baker, Harry

(fl. 1592). Actor. [ES ii, 301 [full citation] ; Nungezer, 27 [full citation] ]

Baker, Sir Richard

(circa1568-1645). Pro-theatrical writer. [Cerasano and Wynne-Davies, Renaissance Drama by Women, 222 (1996) [full citation] ]

Baker, Robert

(circa1560?-1625<). Paul's chorister (1574); musician/minstrel (recorder in King's Musick). [Nungezer, 27 [full citation] ; Woodfill, Musicians, 38n6 (1953) [full citation] ; Ingram, 'Minstrels', 36 (1984) [full citation] ]

Balls, Francis

(fl. 1631). Actor (King's 1631). [Nungezer, 27 [full citation] ; JCS ii, 354 [full citation] ; Sisson, 'Notes', 25 (1942) [full citation] ]

Balls, Richard

(d.1623). Musician (King's), composer. (Brother-in-law of John Adson) [JCS ii, 355 [full citation] ; Sisson, 'Notes', 25 (1942) [full citation] ]

Band, Thomas

See Bond, Thomas.

Bankes, William

(fl. 1631-36). Actor (Prince Charles' (II) 1631-36), sharer (Prince Charles' (II)). [Nungezer, 28 [full citation] ; JCS ii, 355 [full citation] ; Bentley, 'Prince Charles's Company' (1978) [full citation] ]

Barbor, Edmond

(f. 1623). Actor(?). [JCS ii, 356 [full citation] ]

Barfield, Roger

(fl. 1606-26). Actor (Queene Anne's 1606), trumpeter. [ES ii, 301 [full citation] ; Nungezer, 28 [full citation] ; JCS ii, 356 [full citation] ]

Barker

(fl. 1603). Actor. [ES ii, 301 [full citation] ; Nungezer, 28 [full citation] ]

Barker, Alexander

See Baker, Alexander.

Barker, Anthony

(fl. 1640). Acrobat, actor(?) (Coventry). [REED Coventry, 444 (1981) [full citation] ]

Barker, Thomas

(fl. 1639) (Basker). Playwright(?). [JCS iii, 9 [full citation] ]

Barksted, William

(circa1590-1617<) (Backstead, Baxsted). Actor (Queen's Revels 1609, Lady Elizabeth's 1611, Prince Charles' 1616), playwright. [ES ii, 301; iii, 214 [full citation] ; Nungezer, 28 [full citation] ; JCS ii, 357 [full citation] ; Riddell, 'Actors', 295 (1969) [full citation] ; Eccles, Authors, 10 (1982) [full citation] ]

Barne, William

(fl. 1602). Boy actor (Admiral's 1602) (possibly son of William Birde alias Borne?). [ES ii, 301 [full citation] ; Nungezer, 30 [full citation] ]

Barnes

(fl. 1624). Playwright. [JCS iii, 9 [full citation] ]

Barnes, Barnabe

(1571-1609). Playwright. [ES iii, 214 [full citation] ; Eccles, 'Barnabe Barnes' (1933) [full citation] ; Doyno, Parthenophil and Parthenophe, xiii-lxix (1971) [full citation] ; Blank, Lyric Forms, 12-30 (1974) [full citation] ; DLB 132: 53 (1993) [full citation] ]

Barnes, Thomas

(fl. 1629-32). Carpenter who posed as an actor. [Nungezer, 30 [full citation] ; JCS ii, 358 [full citation] ]

Baron, Robert

(1630-58). Playwright. [JCS iii, 10 [full citation] ]

Barrell, Thomas

(fl. 1612-22) (Borel, Berghel, Barrett). Fencer, piker (France, Netherlands, England). [Hoppe, 'English Actors', 311 (1949) [full citation] ; Riewald, 'New Light', 78-80 (1960) [full citation] ; Riewald, 'Annotated Bibliography', 171 (1984) [full citation] ; Bawcutt, 'New Revels Documents', 326 (1984) [full citation] ]

Barrett, John

(I) (circa1599-?). Latin playwright. [JCS iii, 11 [full citation] ]

Barrett, John

(II) (circa1620-40). Actor (King's Revels 1634-40). [Nungezer, 30 [full citation] ; JCS ii, 359 [full citation] ]

Barrett, Thomas

See Barrell, Thomas.

Barrett, Walter

(b.circa 1583; fl. 1613-24) (Burrett). Actor (Lady Elizabeth's 1613-24). [Nungezer, 30 [full citation] ; JCS ii, 359 [full citation] ; REED Coventry, 394 (1986) [full citation] ]

Barry, David, Lord Barry

Mistakenly given as playwright-sharer by ES and Nungezer; See Barry, Lording.
Barry, Lording

(1580-1629). Playwright, sharer. [Ewen, Lording Barry (1938) [full citation] ; Ewen, 'Lording Barry, Dramatist' (1938) [full citation] ; Jones, Ram-Alley, vii (1952) [full citation] ; Holdsworth, 'Ram-Alley' (1985) [full citation] ; Ingram, 'Playhouse as Investment', 209-13 (1985) [full citation] ]

Bartle, Onye

(fl. 1603). Actor; probably same as Onesiphorus Barton. [ES ii, 301 [full citation] ; Bentley, 'Shakespeare's Fellows' (1928) [full citation] ; Nungezer, 31 [full citation] ]

Bartlett, Henry

See Berkeley, Henry.

Bartlett, Sir Richard

(fl. 1576-7). Patron (1576-7). [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 397 (1910) [full citation] ]

Barton, Onesiphorus

(1575-1608). Actor. [ES ii, 301 [full citation] ; Nungezer, 31 [full citation] ]

Barttelot, Sir William

(1504-1601). Patron(?). [Galloway and Wasson, 'Norfolk/Suffolk', 214 (1980) [full citation] ]

Basker, Thomas

See Barker, Thomas.

Baskerville, James

(fl. 1613-23). Sharer in Red Bull. (Husband of Susan Browne Greene Baskerville; stepfather of William Browne (III)) [Sisson, 'Notes', 25 (1942) [full citation] ]

Baskerville, Susan Shore Browne Greene

(circa1577-1648). Part owner of Boar's Head, Red Bull, and Fortune theaters. (Wife of Robert Browne (III), Thomas Greene, and James Baskerville; mother of William Browne (III)) [Sisson, 'Notes', 25 (1942) [full citation] ; Bentley, 'Prince Charles's Company', 231 (1978) [full citation] ; Berry, Boar's Head (1986) [full citation] ]

Basse, Thomas

(circa1587-1634). Actor (Lady Elizabeth's 1611-13, Queen Anne's 1617-19; Queen Henrietta's?), sharer (Children of the Revels 1622). [ES ii, 301 [full citation] ; Nungezer, 31 [full citation] ; JCS ii, 360 [full citation] ; Sisson, 'Notes', 26 (1942) [full citation] ; Sisson, 'Red Bull Company', 58, 65-6 (1954) [full citation] ; Wills, 178 (1993) [full citation] ]

Bath, Earl of

See Bourchier, William.

Bathe, John

(fl. 1614). Actor. [REED Heref./Worc, 390 (1990) [full citation] ]

Baxted, Will

See Barksted, Will.

Baxter, Richard

(I) (b.circa 1593). Actor (Queen Anne's circa1606-24, King's 1628-37). (Father of Richard Baxter (II)) [Nungezer, 26, 32 [full citation] ; JCS ii, 360 [full citation] ; Sisson, 'Notes', 26 (1942) [full citation] ; Sisson, 'Red Bull Company' (1954) [full citation] ; Freehafer, 'London Patent Companies', 21 (1965) [full citation] ]

Baxter, Richard (II)

(1618-65<). Actor (King's 1630; Restoration). (Son of Richard Baxter (I)) [Freehafer, 'London Patent Companies', 21 (1965) [full citation] ]

Baxter, Robert

(fl. 1601). Child actor (Chapel 1601). [ES ii, 301 [full citation] ; Nungezer, 33 [full citation] ; Eccles, 'Actors I', 39 (1991) [full citation] ]

Baylie, Simon

(fl. 1620-40). Playwright. [JCS iii, 12 [full citation] ]

Bayly, Edward

(fl. 1628). Actor. [Nungezer, 33 [full citation] ; JCS ii, 362 [full citation] ]

Baylye

(>1582). Paul's chorister (possibly Thomas, or William Bailey [RECM IV: 48]

). [ES ii, 302 [full citation] ; Nungezer, 33 [full citation] ; Wills, 50 (1993) [full citation] ]

Baylye, Thomas

(fl. 1581). Actor(?) (but probably not). [ES ii, 301 [full citation] ; Nungezer, 33 [full citation] ]

Beart, Rudolf

(fl. 1608). Actor (Germany). [ES ii, 302 [full citation] ; Nungezer, 35 [full citation] ]

Beauchamp, Lord

See Seymour, Edward (I); Seymour, Edward (II).

Beaumont, Francis

(circa1584-1616). Playwright, masque writer. (Brother of Sir John Beaumont) [ES iii, 215 [full citation] ; Eccles, 'Biographical Dictionary' (1942) [full citation] ; Hoy, 'Fletcher and His Collaborators' (1956-62) [full citation] ; Nethercot, Stuart Plays, 508 (1971) [full citation] ; Sell, 'Authorship' (1972) [full citation] ; Sell, 'Religious and Family Background' (1976) [full citation] ; DLB 58: 3 (1987) [full citation] ; Wills, 231 (1993) [full citation] ]

Beaumont, Sir John

(circa1582-1627). Writer of royal entertainment. (Brother of Francis Beaumont) [JCS iii, 14 [full citation] ; Eccles, 'Biographical Dictionary' (1942) [full citation] ; Sell, 'Authorship' (1972) [full citation] ; Sell, Shorter Poems (1974) [full citation] ; Sell, 'Religious and Family Background' (1976) [full citation] ; Eccles, Authors, 13 (1982) [full citation] ; DLB 121: 25 (1992) [full citation] ]

Beaumont, Thomas, Viscount Beaumont of Swords

(d.1625). Patron (Lord Beaumont's 1625). [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 77 (1910) [full citation] ; Peerage ii, 67 (1912) [full citation] ]

Becon, Sir John

(fl. 1567-8). Patron (1567-68). [Redstone, 'Ipswich', 265 (1931) [full citation]; Galloway and Wasson, 'Norfolk/Suffolk', 26 (1980) [full citation]]

Bedford, Earl of

See Russell, Francis.

Bedowe, Ellis

(b.1611; fl. 1635). Actor (King's Revels?). [Nungezer, 35 [full citation] ; Gourlay, 'Wasp' (1943) [full citation] ; JCS ii, 362 [full citation] ]

Bedston

(fl. 1561-2). Actor. (read by Murray as 'Beeston') [ES ii, 303 [full citation] ; Nungezer, 35 [full citation] ; REED Devon, 43 (1986) [full citation] ]

Bee, William

(fl. 1624). Actor(?). May be William Beeston. [Nungezer, 35 [full citation] ; JCS ii, 362 [full citation] ]

Beedome, Thomas

(1614-40). Poet, friend of dramatists. [JCS iii, 16 [full citation] ; Eccles, Authors, 14 (1982) [full citation] ]

Beeland, Ambrose

(fl. 1624-72) (Beckland, Beland, Biland, Byland). Musician (King's). [Nungezer, 81 [full citation] ; Gourlay, 'Wasp' (1943) [full citation] ; JCS ii, 362[full citation] ; Cutts, 'New Findings', 102 (1966) [full citation] ; Sabol, 'New Documents', 26 (1966) [full citation] ; Grove ii, 352 (1980) [full citation] ]

Beeston

See Bedston.

Beeston, Christopher

(circa1580-1638) (alias Hutchinson). Actor (Chamberlain's 1598; Worcester's-Queen Anne's 1602-19; Prince Charles' (I) 1619-22; Lady Elizabeth's 1622-25; Queen Henrietta's 1625-37), sharer, entrepreneur. (Husband of Elizabeth Beeston; father of William Beeston; brother-in-law of James Sands (?); father-in-law of Theophilus Bird) [ES ii, 302 [full citation] ; Nungezer, 36 [full citation] ; JCS ii, 363; iii, 17 [full citation] ; Sisson, 'Notes', 26 (1942) [full citation] ; Sisson, 'Red Bull Company' (1954) [full citation] ; Freehafer, 'Brome, Suckling' (1968) [full citation] ; Haaker, 'Plague', 294 (1968) [full citation] ; Bawcutt, 'Craven Ord Transcripts', 91 (1984) [full citation] ; Eccles, 'Actors I', 39, 42 (1991) [full citation] ; Wills, 191 (1993) [full citation] ]

Beeston, Elizabeth

(fl. 1638-40). Sharer, owner. (Wife of Christopher Beeston) [JCS ii, 370 [full citation] ]

Beeston, Robert

(fl. 1603-1617). Actor (Queen Anne's 1604-17). [ES ii, 303 [full citation] ; JCS ii, 370 [full citation] ; Nungezer, 38 [full citation] ; Eccles, 'Actors I', 40 (1991) [full citation] ]

Beeston, William

(circa1606-1682). Actor, manager. (Son of Christopher Beeston) [Nungezer, 39 [full citation] ; JCS ii, 370 [full citation] ; Freehafer, 'London Patent Companies', 9 (1965) [full citation] ; Haaker, 'Plague', 291 (1968) [full citation] ; Bentley, 'Salisbury Court Theater', 143 (1977) [full citation] ; Wills, 219, 237 (1993) [full citation] ]

Behel, Jacob

See Pedel, Jacob.

Belcher, William

(fl. 1592-1610). Actor(?). [Edmond, 'Pembroke's Men' (1974) [full citation] ; Eccles, 'Actors I', 41 (1991) [full citation] ]

Belchier, Daubridgcourt

(circa1581-1621) (Belcher, Belgier, Beltcher). Playwright. [JCS iii, 17 [full citation] ]

Bell, Richard

(fl. 1613). Actor. [REED Heref./Worc, 386 (1990) [full citation] ]

Bellamy, Henry

(1604-38<). Latin playwright. [JCS iii, 19 [full citation] ; RLDE 1/10: 5 (1982) [full citation] ]

Belt, T.

(fl. 1590). Actor (Strange's 1590). [ES ii, 303 [full citation] ; Nungezer, 42 [full citation] ; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 44 (1931)]

Benfield, Richard

(d.1639). Friend of actors. (Kinsman of Robert Benfield) [JCS ii, 374, 633 [full citation] ; Wills, 195 (1993) [full citation] ]

Benfield, Robert

(1583?-1649). Actor (Queen's Revels?, Lady Elizabeth's circa1613, King's 1615-48). (Kinsman of Richard Benfield) [ES ii, 303 [full citation]; Nungezer, 42 [full citation]; JCS ii, 374 [full citation]; Riewald, 'Actors and Musicians', 33 (1959) [full citation]; Riddell, 'Actors', 294 (1969) [full citation]; George, 'Early Cast Lists' (1974) [full citation]; George, 'Pre-1642 Cast Lists' (1977) [full citation]; Howard, 'Acting Lines', 12 (1985) [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors I', 40 (1991) [full citation] ]

Benger, Sir Thomas

(d.1572; fl. 1550-72). Master of the Revels (1560-72), patron (Master of the Revels' 1569-70). [Dawson, 'Kent', 166 (1965) [full citation]; Hasler, House of Commons i, 427 (1981) [full citation]; Wills, 44 (1993) [full citation] ]

Bentley, John

(circa1553-85). Actor (Queen's 1583). [ES ii, 303 [full citation]; Nungezer, 44 [full citation]; Bentley, 'Wills' (1931) [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors I' (1991), 47 [full citation]; Wills, 55 (1993) [full citation] ]

'Bently'

See Benfield, Robert.

Berghel, Thomaes

See Barrell, Thomas.

Berkeley, Henry (I), 7th Lord Berkeley

(1534-1613) (Bartley, Bartlett). Patron (Lord Berkeley's 1556-7, 1577-1612). (Brother-in-law of Thomas Howard (I); uncle of Philip Howard and Thomas Howard (II)) [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 26 (1910) [full citation]; Peerage ii, 138 (1912) [full citation]; ES ii, 103 [full citation]; Whitfield, 'Clifford Chambers', 370 (1965) [full citation]; Lancashire, 'Nottinghamshire', 21 (1977) [full citation]; Greenfield, 'Entertainments of Henry, Lord Berkeley' (1983) [full citation]; REED Norwich, 358 (1984) [full citation]; REED Cumb./West./Glouc, 436 (1986) [full citation]; REED Devon, 464 (1986) [full citation]; REED Heref./Worc, 611 (1990) [full citation]; Gurr, Playing Companies, 168, 177 (1996) [full citation] ]

Berkeley, Sir Henry (II)

(circa1547-1601). Patron (Mr. Berkeley's 1571-2). [REED Somerset, 50, 991 (1996)]

Berkeley, Sir Richard

(circa1531-circa1604). Patron (1574-7). [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 78 (1910) [full citation]; REED Devon, 465 (1986) [full citation] ]

Berkeley, Sir William

(1606?-77) (Barclay, Bartlet?, Bartley). Playwright. [Bald, 'Lost Lady' (1937) [full citation]; JCS iii, 20 [full citation] ]

Bernard, Richard

(1568-1641). Translator. (Terence in English). [ES iii, 236[full citation] ]

Bernard, Samuel

(circa1591-1657) (Barnard). Latin playwright. [JCS iii, 25 [full citation]; RLDE 1/6: 24 (1986) [full citation] ]

Berry, Anthony

(fl. 1635). Actor (Queen Henrietta's 1635). [Haaker, 'Plague', 297 (1968) [full citation] ]

Bertie, Katherine Willoughby Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk

(1519-80). Patron (Duchess of Suffolk's 1547-66). (Mother of Peregrine Bertie) [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 71 (1910) [full citation]; Peerage xii.2, 673 (1959) [full citation]; Read, My Lady Suffolk (1963) [full citation]; Dawson, 'Kent', 179 (1965) [full citation]; Kahrl, 'Lincolnshire', 105 (1974) [full citation]; REED Norwich, 370 (1984) [full citation]; REED Cumb./West./Glouc, 454 (1986) [full citation]; REED Cambridge, 1287 (1989) [full citation]; Pilkington, 'Bristol' (1989) [full citation]]

Bertie, Peregrine, Lord Willoughby of Eresby

(1555-1601). Patron(?). (Son of Katherine Willoughby Brandon Bertie; brother-in-law of Edward de Vere) [Peerage xii.2, 676 (1959) [full citation]; REED Norwich, 372 (1984) [full citation]; Tiner, 'York', 35 (1992) [full citation]]

Biel, Jacob

See Peadle, Jacob.

Bierdt, Burchard

(fl. 1612). Actor (Germany). [ES ii, 303 [full citation]; Nungezer, 45 [full citation]]

Billingesly, John

(fl. 1572). Payee for Westminster boys. [ES ii, 303 [full citation]; Nungezer, 45 [full citation]]

Birch, George (I)

(circa1498-1560<). Court interluder. [ES ii, 303 [full citation]; Nungezer, 45 [full citation]]

Birche, George (II)

(d.1625?). Actor (King's 1619-25). [Bentley, 'Shakespeare's Fellows' (1928) [full citation]; Nungezer, 46 [full citation]; JCS ii, 377 [full citation]; Riddell, 'Actors', 295 (1969) [full citation]]

Bird, Mary

(d.1625) (alias Borne). (Wife of William Bird; mother of Theophilus Bird). [Wills, 147 (1993) [full citation]]

Bird, Theophilus

(1608-63) (alias Bourne). Actor (Queen Henrietta's 1625-35; King's 1638-47; Restoration). (Son of William Bird; son-in-law of Christopher Beeston) [Nungezer, 46 [full citation]; JCS ii, 377 [full citation]; Stevenson, 'First Irish Theater', 158 (1942) [full citation]; Freehafer, 'London Patent Companies', 12 (1965) [full citation]; Oliver, 'Building of the Theatre Royal' (1972) [full citation]; Streett, 'Durability' (1973) [full citation]; George, 'Early Cast Lists' (1974) [full citation]; Wills, 211 (1993) [full citation]]

Bird, William

(d.1624; fl. 1597-1624) (alias Borne) (Birde). Actor (Pembroke's 1597; Admiral's-Prince Henry's-Palsgrave's 1598-1621), playwright. (Husband of Mary Bird; father of Theophilus Bird) [ES ii, 303; iii, 236 [full citation]; Bentley, 'Shakespeare's Fellows' (1928) [full citation]; Nungezer, 48 [full citation]; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 52 (1931) [full citation]; JCS ii, 379 [full citation]; Bergeron, 'Actors', 22 (1972) [full citation]; Cerasano, 'Players' Wills', 299 (1985) [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors I', 40 (1991) [full citation]; Wills, 131 (1993) [full citation]]

Bishop (of Exeter)

See Alley, William; Turberville, James.

Black Dick

(fl. 1597). Actor (Admiral's 1597). [ES ii, 303 [full citation]; Nungezer, 49 [full citation]; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 54 (1931) [full citation]]

Blackson

(fl.<1616).Actor (King's). [JCS ii, 380 [full citation]]

Blackwage, William

(fl. 1594). Actor(?). [Nungezer, 49 [full citation]]

Blackwood, Thomas

(fl. 1592-1606). Actor (Leicester's 1602-3; Germany 1603). [ES ii, 303 [full citation]; Denkinger, 'St. Botolph Aldgate', 98 (1926) [full citation]; Nungezer, 49 [full citation]; Schrickx, 'German Archives', 156 (1982) [full citation]]

Blagrave, William

(fl. 1624-35) (Blagrove). Deputy Master of the Revels, entrepreneur (Salisbury Court). [Nungezer, 50 [full citation]; JCS ii, 380 [full citation]; Bentley, 'Salisbury Court Theater' (1977) [full citation]]

Blake, John

(fl. 1624) (Blak). Sharer (New Fortune). [Nungezer, 50 [full citation]; JCS ii, 381 [full citation]]

Blaney, John

(fl. 1609-1623). Actor (Queen's Revels; Queen Anne's 1616-19; Children of the Revels 1622; Queen Henrietta's 1625). [ES ii, 303 [full citation]; Nungezer, 50 [full citation]; JCS ii, 382 [full citation]]

Blank, William Alexander

(fl. 1605). Scottish dancer (Germany). [ES ii, 303 [full citation]; Nungezer, 51 [full citation]]

Blencowe, John

(1609-48<). Latin playwright. [JCS iii, 28 [full citation]; RLDE 1/3: 5 (1981) [full citation]]

Blorern, Thomas

(fl. 1623). Puppet showman. [Bawcutt, 'Craven Ord Transcripts', 91 (1984) [full citation]]

Blount, Charles, 8th Lord Mountjoy, Earl of Devonshire

(1563-1606). Patron (Lord Mountjoy's 1598-1606). (Son of James Blount and Katherine Leigh Blount; brother of William Blount) [Peerage ix, 343 (1936) [full citation]; Duncan-Jones, 'Ford and the Earl of Devonshire' (1978) [full citation]; Hasler, House of Commons i, 444 (1981) [full citation]; REED Coventry, 370 (1981) [full citation]]

Blount, James, 6th Lord Mountjoy

(circa1533-81). Patron (Lord Mountjoy's 1564-80). (Husband of Katherine Leigh Blount; father of Charles Blount and William Blount) [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 57 (1910) [full citation]; Peerage ix, 342 (1936) [full citation]; Kahrl, 'Lincolnshire', 105 (1974) [full citation]; Blackstone, 'Patrons Calendar', 8 (1981) [full citation]; Alexander, 'Bath', 4 (1985) [full citation]; REED Cumb./West./Glouc, 450 (1986) [full citation]; REED Devon, 504 (1986) [full citation]; Pilkington, 'Bristol' (1989) [full citation]; REED Somerset, 1000 (1996) [full citation]]

Blount, Kaherine Leigh, Lady Mountjoy

(d.1576). Patron(?) (Lady Manches' 1571-2). (Wife of James Blount; mother of Charles Blount and William Blount) [REED Cumb./West./Glouc, 449 (1986) [full citation]]

Blount, Lettice Knollys Devereaux Dudley, Countess of Essex

(circa1541-1634). Patron (Countess of Essex's 1576-80). (Wife of Walter Devereaux and Robert Dudley; mother of Robert Devereaux) [ES ii, 102 [full citation]; REED Cumb./West./Glouc, 443 (1986) [full citation]]

Blount, William, 7th Lord Mountjoy

(circa1561-94). Patron (Lord Mountjoy's 1582-3). (Son of James Blount and Katherine Leigh Blount; brother of Charles Blount) [Peerage ix, 343 (1936) [full citation]; REED Devon, 505 (1986) [full citation]]

Boker, Richard/Robert

(fl. 1561-2). Paul's chorister (1561-2). [Lennam, 'Children of Paul's', 25 (1970) [full citation]]

Bond, Thomas

(d.1635) (Band). Actor (Children of the Revels 1622-24; Prince Charles' (II) 1631-32). (Son-in-law of Robert Browne (III) and Susan Browne Greene Baskerville; brother-in-law of William Browne (III)) [Nungezer, 51 [full citation]; JCS ii, 382 [full citation]; Limon, 'Alleged Catholicism' (1985) [full citation]]

Bonen, William

(fl. 1623) (Bowen). Playwright. [JCS iii, 30 [full citation]]

Boone, William

(fl. 1600). Actor(?). [ES ii, 303 [full citation]]

Borel, Thomas

See Barrell, Thomas.

Borne, Theophilus

See Bird, Theophilus.

Borne, William

See Bird, William.

Borough, Lord

See Burgh, Lord.

Borrose

(d. 1643).(= Burroughs?) "Mr. Borrose from the Playhouse" was buried at St. Anne's Blackfriars on December 5, 1643. [JCS ii, 383 [full citation]]

Bosgrave, George

(circa1600->1636) (Bosegrave, Bosgrove). Actor (Lady Elizabeth's 1613; Children of Revels 1624), sharer (New Fortune 1624). [Nungezer, 52 [full citation]; JCS ii, 383 [full citation]; REED Coventry, 394 (1981) [full citation]; Bawcutt, 'Craven Ord Transcripts', 91 (1984) [full citation]]

Bourchier, William, 4th Earl of Bath

(1557-1623). Patron (Bath's 1569-79). [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 23 (1910) [full citation]; Dawson, 'Kent', 165 (1965) [full citation]; Coldewey, 'Aldeburgh', 19 (1977) [full citation]; REED Cumb./West./Glouc, 435 (1986) [full citation]; REED Devon, 462 (1986) [full citation]]

Bourne, Mr

(fl. 1571). Actor(?) (Bristol). [Pilkington, 'Bristol' (1989) [full citation]]

Bourne, Theophilus

See Bird, Theophilus.

Bourne, Thomas

(fl. 1625-40) (Boarne, Boorne, Bowrne). Actor (provincial). [Nungezer, 52 [full citation]; JCS ii, 384 [full citation]]

Bourne, William

See Bird, William.

Bowen, William

See Bonen, William.

Bower, Richard

(d.1561). Master of the Chapel; playwright(?) (Father-in-law of Richard Farrant) [ES ii, 303; iii, 236 [full citation]; Nungezer, 53 [full citation]; Wills, 41 (1993) [full citation]]

Bower, William

See Bonen, William.

Bowers, Richard

(fl. 1637). Actor (King's). [Nungezer, 53 [full citation]; JCS ii, 385 [full citation]]

Bowringe, George

(fl.1574-82) (Gregory). Paul's chorister (1574). [ES ii, 303 [full citation]; Nungezer, 53 [full citation]]

Bowyer, Michael

(circa1595?-1645). Actor (Queen Henrietta's 1625-35; Ireland(?) 1637; King's 1639-42). [Denkinger, 'St. Botolph Aldgate', 98 (1926) [full citation]; Nungezer, 53 [full citation]; JCS ii, 385 [full citation]; Stevenson, 'First Irish Theater' (1942) [full citation]; Wills, 100-1, 203 (1993) [full citation]]

Bowyer, William

(fl. 1626-37). Playwright(?) [JCS iii, 33 [full citation]; Howarth, 'Valiant Scot', 5 (1965) [full citation]; Byers, Valiant Scot, 32 (1980) [full citation]]

Boyle, Roger, 1st Earl of Orrery

(1621-79). Playwright. [Peerage x, 175 (1945) [full citation]; JCS iii, 33 [full citation]; Lynch, Roger Boyle (1965) [full citation]]

Boyle, William

(fl. 1600). Playwright. [JCS iii, 35 [full citation]]

Boyoe, Sir Richard

See Rogers, Sir Richard.

Brackenbury, Richard

(fl. 1598). Paul's chorister (1598). [Nungezer, 54 [full citation]]

Bradshaw, Richard

(fl. 1595-1635). Actor (provincial). [ES ii, 303 [full citation]; Nungezer, 54 [full citation]; JCS ii, 388 [full citation]; Wentersdorf, 'Origin and Personnel', 65 (1979) [full citation]; George, 'Walmesley', 11 (1985) [full citation]; Wasson, 'Touring Companies' (1988) [full citation]; REED Lancashire, 196 (1991) [full citation]]

Bradstreet, John

(d.1618; fl. 1592-1604) (Bradsdrat). Actor (Europe). [ES ii, 303 [full citation]; Nungezer, 56 [full citation]; JCS ii, 388 [full citation]; Riewald, 'New Light', 71n24 (1960) [full citation]; Schrickx, 'German Archives', 149-50 (1982) [full citation]]

Brande, Thomas

(fl. 1574). Paul's chorister (1574). [Nungezer, 56 [full citation]]

Brandon, Frances, Duchess of Suffolk

See Stokes, Frances Brandon Grey.

Brandon, Katherine

See Bertie, Katherine Willoughby Brandon.

Brandon, Samuel

(Dates unknown). Playwright. [ES iii, 236 [full citation]]

Brathwait, Richard

(1588-1673). Writer, playwright(?). [JCS iii, 38 [full citation]; DLB 151: 46 (1995) [full citation]]

Bray, Anthony

(fl. 1635). Actor (Norwich 1635). (May be same as Antony Brew, or more probably Anthony Berry) [Nungezer, 56 [full citation]; JCS ii, 388 [full citation]]

Brayne, John

(circa1541-78). Theatrical speculator; built Red Lion and Theatre. (Brother-in-law of James Burbage; husband of Margaret Brayne) [Loengard, 'Elizabethan Lawsuit' (1983) [full citation]; Ingram, Business, 92-113 (1992) [full citation]; Wills, 45 (1993) [full citation]; Edmond, 'Yeomen', 35 (1996) [full citation]]

Brayne, Margaret Stowers

(circa1545?-1593). Gatherer at the Theatre. (Wife of John Brayne) [Ingram, 'Robert Keysar', 477 (1986) [full citation]; Ingram, Business, 101 (1992) [full citation]; Wills, 60 (1993) [full citation]]

Brend, Nicholas

(circa1561-1601). Owner of site of Globe. (Son of Thomas Brend) [Berry, Playhouses, 75-119 (1987) [full citation]; Wills, 68 (1993) [full citation]]

Brend, Thomas

(circa1516-98). Owner of future site of Globe. (Father of Nicholas Brend) [Berry, Playhouses, 75-119 (1987) [full citation]; Wills, 63 (1993) [full citation]]

Breton, Nicholas

(circa1555-circa1626). Poet, royal entertainment contributor. (Stepson of George Gascoigne) [ES ii, 236 [full citation]; Prouty, 'George Gascoigne' (1938) [full citation]; Flournoy, 'William Breton' (1940) [full citation]; Robertson, Poems, xi (1952) [full citation]; McGee and Meagher, 'Entertainments: 1558-1603', 123-4 (1981) [full citation]; Eccles, Authors, 16 (1982) [full citation]; DLB 136: 28 (1994) [full citation]]

Brew, Antony

(fl. circa1622). Actor (Company of the Revels). May be same as Anthony Brewer. [Nungezer, 57 [full citation]; JCS ii, 388 [full citation]]

Brewer, Anthony

(fl. 1607?). Actor(?), Playwright. [ES ii, 237 [full citation]; JCS iii, 42 [full citation]; Dent, 'Love-Sick King' (1961) [full citation]]

Brewer, Thomas

(fl. 1623). Playwright(?). [JCS iii, 45 [full citation]]

Bridge, Edward

(fl. 1623). Actor(?). [JCS ii, 389 [full citation]]

Bridges, Edmund

See Brydges, Edmund.

Bridges, Giles

See Brydges, Giles.

Bridges, Grey

See Brydges, Grey.

Bridges, William

See Brydges, William.

Brigges, John

See Bugge, John.

Briggs, Robert

(fl. <1616). Actor. [JCS ii, 389 [full citation]]

Bristow, James

(b.1574; fl. 1597-1603). Actor (Admiral's 1597-1602). [ES ii, 304 [full citation]; Nungezer, 57 [full citation]]

Bristowe, Francis

(fl. 1635). Translator(?). [JCS iii, 46 [full citation]]

Broke, Arthur

See Brooke, Arthur.

Brome, Alexander

(circa1620-66). Musician, playwright. [JCS iii, 47 [full citation]]

Brome, Richard

(circa1590?-1652) (Broome). Playwright, actor(?). [Nungezer, 57 [full citation]; Harbage, 'Elizabethan-Restoration Palimpsest', 304 (1940) [full citation]; JCS ii, 389; iii, 49 [full citation]; Kaufmann, Richard Brome (1961) [full citation]; Cutts, 'Anonymous Masque-Like Entertainment' (1967) [full citation]; Freehafer, 'Brome, Suckling' (1968) [full citation]; Haaker, 'Plague' (1968) [full citation]; Shaw, Richard Brome (1980) [full citation]; Cutts, 'Original Music' (1986) [full citation]; DLB 58: 26 (1987) [full citation]; Evans, 'Richard Brome's Death' (1989) [full citation]]

Bromefield, Richard

(b.1606; fl. 1628). Actor. [Nungezer, 58 [full citation]; JCS ii, 390 [full citation]]

Bromeham

(>1582). Paul's chorister. [ES ii, 304 [full citation]; Nungezer, 59 [full citation]]

Bromley, Thomas

(fl. 1603). Sharer (legatee of Thomas Pope). [Nungezer, 59 [full citation]]

Brooke, Arthur

(d.1563). Masque writer. [ES iii, 237 [full citation]; Bland, 'Masque of Beauty and Desire' (1976) [full citation]; McGee and Meagher, 'Entertainments: 1558-1603', 69 (1981) [full citation]]

Brooke, Samuel

(circa1574-1631). Latin playwright. [ES iii, 238 [full citation]; Bolton, Melanthe (1928) [full citation]; RLDE 2/15: 1 (1991) [full citation]]

Brooke, William, 10th Lord Cobham, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports

(1527-97). Patron (Lord Warden's [aka Lord Cobham's]

1561-71), Lord Chamberlain (1596-97). (Brother-in-law of Henry Neville and William Parr (I); father-in-law of Sir Robert Cecil) [Chambers, 'Lords Chamberlain', 39 (1907) [full citation]; Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 82 (1910) [full citation]; Peerage iii, 348 (1913) [full citation]; Louis, 'Sussex', 146 (1985) [full citation]; REED Cumb./West./Glouc, 439 (1986) [full citation]]

Broughton, Ambrose

(b.1588; fl. 1623). Actor(?). [JCS ii, 390 [full citation]]

Broughton, Rowland

(fl.1572-6). Playwright. [Benbow, 'Dutton and Goffe versus Broughton' (1981) [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors I', 48 (1991) [full citation]]

Browne, Anthony, 1st Viscount Montagu

(1528-92). Patron (Lord Montagu's 1574-8). (Father of Anthony Maria Browne; brother-in-law of Henry Wriothesley (I); uncle of Henry Wriothesley (II)) [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 53 (1910) [full citation]; Peerage ix, 97 (1936) [full citation]; REED Devon, 504 (1986) [full citation]; REED Somerset, 12, 1000 (1996) [full citation]]

Browne, Anthony Maria, 2nd Viscount Montagu

(d.1629). Patron (Lord Montagu's 1592-5). (Son of Anthony Browne; nephew of Henry Wriothesley (I); cousin of Henry Wriothesley (II)) [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 53 (1910) [full citation]; Peerage ix, 100 (1936) [full citation]; REED Somerset, 54-5, 1000 (1996) [full citation]]

Browne, Cicely

See Robbins, Cicely Sands Browne.

Browne, Edward

(fl. 1582-1599). Actor (Worcester's 1583; Admiral's 1599-1602). [ES ii, 304 [full citation]; Bentley, 'Shakespeare's Fellows' (1928) [full citation]; Nungezer, 59 [full citation]; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 52 (1931) [full citation]]

Browne, Francis

(d.1617) (alias Baskerville). Associated with Queene Anne's. [JCS ii, 391 [full citation]]

Browne, Gertrude

(circa1563-1623<). Wife of Richard Browne; associated with Red Bull/Queen Anne's since 1615. [Sisson, 'Notes', 26 (1942) [full citation]; Sisson, 'Red Bull Company' (1954) [full citation]]

Browne, Henry

(fl. 1583). Actor(?). [Nungezer, 60 [full citation]]

Browne, John

(I) (fl. 1551-1563). Court interluder. [ES ii, 304 [full citation]; Nungezer, 60 [full citation]]

Browne, John

(II) (d.1608). Boy actor (Children of Revels?). [ES ii, 304 [full citation]; Nungezer, 60 [full citation]]

Browne, Joseph

(fl. 1636-40). Actor. [JCS ii, 391 [full citation]]

Browne, Richard

(fl. 1623). Actor(?). [JCS ii, 391 [full citation]]

Browne, Robert (I)

(fl. 1563). Actor (Lincolnshire circa1563). [Barley, 'Plough Monday Play' (1954) [full citation]; Kahrl, 'Lincolnshire', 6 (1974) [full citation]]

Browne, Robert (II)

(d.circa 1622). Actor (Worcester's 1583; Netherlands 1586; Admiral's 1589; Europe 1590-1598, 1601-7, 1618-20), sharer (Whitefriars, Globe). (Husband of Cicely Sands Browne Robbins; father of Robert Browne (IV); brother-in-law(?) of James Sands; father-in-law of Robert Reynolds) [Yates, 'English Actors in Paris', 402 (1925) [full citation]; Bentley, 'Shakespeare's Fellows' (1928) [full citation]; Nungezer 60 [full citation]; Riewald, 'New Light', 70ff. (1960) [full citation]; George, 'English Actors' (1960) [full citation]; Schrickx, 'English Actors' (1980) [full citation]; Schrickx, 'German Archives', 150ff. (1982) [full citation]; Schrickx, 'Pickleherring', 135-7 (1983) [full citation]; MacLean, 'Leicester and the Evelyns', 491 (1988) [full citation]; Wills, 81 (1993) [full citation]]

Browne, Robert (III)

(d.1603). Actor (Derby's 1599-1600), sharer in Boar's Head. (Husband of Susan Shore Browne Greene Baskerville; father of William Browne (III); father-in-law of Thomas Bond) [Bentley, 'Shakespeare's Fellows' (1928) [full citation]; Nungezer, 60 [full citation]; Sisson, 'Notes', 26 (1942) [full citation]; Berry, Boar's Head (1986) [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors I', 41 (1991) [full citation]; Wills, 229 (1993) [full citation]]

Browne, Robert (IV)

(1595-1625). Son of Robert Browne (II) and Cicely Sands Browne Robbins; stepson of William Robbins. [Bentley, 'Shakespeare's Fellows' (1928) [full citation]; Berry, Boar's Head, 191 (1986) [full citation]; Wills, 129 (1993) [full citation]]

Browne, Robert (V)

(fl. 1637-42). Puppet showman. [Nungezer, 63 [full citation]; JCS ii, 391 [full citation]; REED Norwich, 236 (1984) [full citation]; REED Cumb./West./Glouc, 125 (1986) [full citation]; REED Devonshire, app.2 (1991) [full citation]]

Browne, Susan

See Baskerville, Susan Shore Browne Greene.

Browne, William (I)

(fl. 1563). Actor (Lincolnshire circa1563). [Barley, 'Plough Monday Play' (1954) [full citation]; Kahrl, 'Lincolnshire', 6 (1974) [full citation]]

Browne, William (II)

(1590-1645). Masque writer. [ES iii, 238 [full citation]; Cutts, 'Browne's Inner Temple Masque' (1954) [full citation]; DLB 121: 36 (1992) [full citation]]

Browne, William (III)

(1602-1634). Actor (Queen Anne's 1616, Prince Charles' (II) 1631-2). (Son of Robert Browne (III) and Susan Browne Greene Baskerville; stepson of Thomas Greene and James Baskerville; brother-in-law of Thomas Bond) [Nungezer, 63 [full citation]; JCS ii, 391 [full citation]; Limon, 'Alleged Catholicism' (1985) [full citation]; Wills, 179 (1993) [full citation]]

Bryan, George

(d.1612). Actor (Denmark 1586; Strange's 1593; Chamberlain's 1596). [ES ii, 304 [full citation]; Nungezer, 63 [full citation]; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 44 (1931) [full citation]; Sjogren, 'Thomas Bull', 121 (1969) [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors I', 42 (1991) [full citation]; Wills, 229 (1993) [full citation]]

Bryan, Mary

(fl. 1612-1625) (Bryant). Sharer. (Wife of George Bryan) [Nungezer, 64 [full citation]; JCS ii, 392 [full citation]; Wills, 149 (1993) [full citation]; Cerasano, 'Women as Theatrical Investors', 90 (1998) [full citation]]

Brydges, Edmund, 2nd Baron Chandos of Sudeley

(>1520-73). Patron (Lord Chandos' 1558-9). (Father of Giles Brydges and William Brydges; grandfather of Grey Brydges; father-in-law of William Sandys) [Peerage iii, 126 (1913) [full citation]; REED Cumb./West./Glouc, 437 (1986) [full citation]]

Brydges, Giles, 3rd Baron Chandos of Sudeley

(circa1548-1594). Patron (Lord Chandos' 1577-94). (Son of Edmund Brydges; brother of William Brydges; uncle of Grey Brydges; brother-in-law of William Sandys) [Peerage iii, 126 (1913) [full citation]; REED Norwich, 359 (1984) [full citation]; REED Devon, 474 (1986) [full citation]; Gurr, Playing Companies, 312 (1996) [full citation]]

Brydges, Grey, 5th Baron Chandos of Sudeley

(circa1579-1621). Patron (Lord Chandos' 1602-10). (Son of William Brydges; nephew of Giles Brydges; grandson of Edmund Brydges; nephew of William Sandys) [Peerage iii, 127 (1913) [full citation]; REED Norwich, 360 (1984) [full citation]; REED Cumb./West./Glouc, 438 (1986) [full citation]; REED Somerset, 219, 992 (1996) [full citation]]

Brydges, William, 4th Lord Chandos

(1548<-1602). Patron (Lord Chandos' 1594-1602). (Son of Edmund Brydges; brother of Giles Brydges; father of Grey Brydges; brother-in-law of William Sandys) [Peerage iii, 127 (1913) [full citation]; REED Heref./Worc, 613 (1990) [full citation]; Gurr, Playing Companies, 312 (1996) [full citation]]

Buc, Sir George

(1560-1622). Master of the Revels (1610-1622). [ES iii, 239 [full citation]; JCS iii, 92 [full citation]; Eccles, 'Sir George Buc' (1933) [full citation]; Eccles, Authors, 18 (1982) [full citation]; Bawcutt, 'New Revels Documents' (1984) [full citation]]

Buchanan, George

(1506-82). Masque contributor. [McGee and Meagher, 'Entertainments: 1558-1603', 68-82 (1981) [full citation]; McFarlane, Buchanan (1981) [full citation]; Ford, George Buchanan (1982) [full citation]; Sharratt and Walsh, George Buchanan: Tragedies (1983) [full citation]]

Buck, Paul

(circa1552-1626). Not an actor; parish entries forged by Collier. [ES ii, 304 [full citation]; Nungezer, 64 [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors I', 42 (1991) [full citation]]

Buckeredge, Edward

(fl. 1594). Member of Children of Paul's (1594). [Nungezer, 64 [full citation]]

Buckle, John

(fl. 1634-52) (Buckley). Actor. [JCS ii, 393 [full citation]]

Buckridge, Edward

See Buckeredge, Edward.

Buckstead, William

See Barksted, William.

Bugge, John

(fl. 1628-39). Actor (Queen of Bohemia's 1628). [JCS ii, 393 [full citation]]

Buklank, Alexander

Actor(?); Musician(?) (King's Men, 1624)[Nungezer, 64 [full citation]]

Bull, Thomas

(d.1586). Actor (Denmark). [ES ii, 305 [full citation]; Nungezer, 65 [full citation]; Sjogren, 'Thomas Bull', 119ff. (1969) [full citation]]

Bullard, Alexander

(fl. 1624). Attendant of King's Men (musician? Actor?). [JCS ii, 394 [full citation]; Cutts, 'New Findings', 104 (1966) [full citation]]

Burbage, Cuthbert

(1565-1636). Sharer, theater owner. (Son of James Burbage, brother of Richard Burbage, nephew of Robert Burbage) [Stopes, Burbage (1913) [full citation]; Nungezer, 65 [full citation]; JCS ii, 394 [full citation]; Ingram, 'Early Career' (1988) [full citation]; Wills, 233 (1993) [full citation]; Cerasano, 'Henslowe/Forman', 157 (1993) [full citation]; Edmond, 'Yeomen', 31ff. (1996) [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors I', 43 (1991) [full citation]; Ingram, Business (1992) [full citation]]

Burbage, James

(circa1531-1597). Actor (Leicester's 1572-76), theatrical entrepreneur; built Theatre. (Brother of Robert Burbage, father of Cuthbert Burbage and Richard Burbage, brother-in-law of John Brayne) [Stopes, Burbage (1913) [full citation]; ES ii, 305 [full citation]; Nungezer, 66 [full citation]; Ingram, 'Early Career' (1988) [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors I', 43 (1991) [full citation]; Wills, 228 (1993) [full citation]; Edmond, 'Yeomen', 31ff. (1996) [full citation]; Ingram, Business (1992) [full citation]]

Burbage, Richard

(1568-1619). Actor (Strange's; Chamberlain's-King's 1594-1619), sharer. (Brother of Cuthbert Burbage, son of James Burbage, nephew of Robert Burbage, husband of Winifred Turner Burbage Robinson) [Stopes, Burbage (1913) [full citation]; ES ii, 306 [full citation]; Nungezer, 67 [full citation]; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 44 (1931) [full citation]; JCS ii, 395 [full citation]; Riddell, 'Actors', 289 (1969) [full citation]; Bergeron, 'Actors', 22 (1972) [full citation]; Ingram, 'Early Career' (1988) [full citation]; McMillin, 'Sussex's Men', 222 (1991) [full citation]; Wills, 113 (1993) [full citation]; Edmond, 'Yeomen', 31ff. (1996) [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors I', 43 (1991) [full citation]; Ingram, Business (1992) [full citation]]

Burbage, Robert

(d.1584). Carpenter, possibly builder of The Theatre. (Brother of James Burbage, uncle of Cuthbert Burbage and Richard Burbage) [Edmond, 'Yeomen', 30-1 (1996) [full citation]; Ingram, Business (1992) [full citation]]

Burbage, Winifred

See Robinson, Winifred Turner Burbage.

Burges, Robert

(d.1559). Actor. [ES ii, 310 [full citation]; Nungezer, 79 [full citation]]

Burgh, Thomas, 5th Baron Burgh

(>1558-97) (Burrow). Patron (Lord Burgh's 1590-97). [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 78 (1910) [full citation]; Peerage ii, 424 (1912) [full citation]; Redstone, 'Ipswich', 277 (1931) [full citation]; REED York, 943 (1979) [full citation]; REED Norwich, 359 (1984) [full citation]]

Burghley, Lord

See Cecil, William.

Burkhead, Henry

(b.circa 1593; fl. 1640-5). Playwright. [JCS iii, 94 [full citation]]

Burnell, Henry

(fl. 1641). Playwright. [JCS iii, 96 [full citation]]

Burnett, Henry

(1595-1607<). Paul's chorister (1607). [Nungezer, 79 [full citation]; Gair, 'Chorister-Actors', 441 (1978) [full citation]]

Burrett, Walter

See Barrett, Walter.

Burroughs

See Borrose.

Burroughs

(fl. >1646). Playwright. [JCS iii, 98 [full citation]]

Burrow, Lord

See Burgh, Thomas.

Burt, Nicholas

(b.1621; fl. 1634-60). Actor (King's; Beeston's Boys; Restoration). [Nungezer, 79 [full citation]; JCS ii, 397 [full citation]; Oliver, 'Building of the Theatre Royal' (1972) [full citation]]

Burton, Anthony

(fl. 1628). Actor (Ellis Guest's company). [Nungezer, 81 [full citation]; JCS ii, 397 [full citation]]

Burton, Robert

(1577-1640). Latin playwright. [Murray, 'A Fellow of Shakespeare' (1928) [full citation]; JCS iii, 99 [full citation]; Nochimson, 'Robert Burton' (1974) [full citation]; RLDE 1/8: 5 (1984) [full citation]; DLB 151: 69 (1995) [full citation]]

Bushe, Samuel

(fl. 1561). Paul's chorister (1561). [Lennam, 'Children of Paul's', 25 (1970) [full citation]]

Butcher, John

(fl. 1611). Actor(?). [REED Heref./Worc, 360 (1990) [full citation]]

Butler, John

(fl. 1638) (Botler). Actor (Netherlands). [Hoppe, 'English Acting Companies', 30 (1955) [full citation]; Riewald, 'New Light', 85 (1960) [full citation]]

Byland, Ambrose

See Beeland, Ambrose.

Byron, Sir John

(fl. 1565-69). Patron (1565-9). [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 79 (1910) [full citation]; Redstone, 'Ipswich', 264 (1931) [full citation]; Lancashire, 'Nottinghamshire', 21 (1977) [full citation]]