Paul's Boys

NOTE: The roles listed for any given actor do not necessarily coincide with roles that actor played while associated with this company. The listed roles reflect the complete extant corpus of that actor's career. Neither does the list necessarily suggest a chronology of performance. Though the listings are accurate, the scholar is nevertheless cautioned to research further.

See Gair, W.R. The Children of Paul's (Cambridge, 1982); Gurr, Andrew The Shakespearian Playing Companies, Oxford UP, 1996.

Listed alphabetically

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] ]

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

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

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

Codbolt, Lightfoot
(fl. 1607). Paul's chorister (1607). [Nungezer, 96 [full citation]]

(possibly related to William Cobbold (1560-1639) in Grove iv, 507? [full citation])

Codbolt, Thomas
(fl. 1607). Paul's chorister (1607). [Nungezer, 96 [full citation]]

Coles, Robert
(fl. 1598-9). Paul's chorister, boy actor (Paul's 1599). [ES ii, 310 [full citation]; Nungezer, 96 [full citation]]

Andrugio, ANTONIO AND MELLIDA;

Crosse, Nicholas
(fl. 1607). Paul's chorister (1607). [Nungezer, 108 [full citation]]

Dawson, John
(fl. 1607). Paul's chorister (1607). [Nungezer, 115 [full citation]]

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

Gyrdler, Russell
(fl. 1598). Children of Paul's (1598). [Nungezer, 171 [full citation]]

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

Hallawaie the younger
(fl. 1580). Actor (Paul's). [ES ii, 320 [full citation]; Nungezer, 171 [full citation]]

Hitchman, Anthonie
(d.1599). Chorister at Paul's. [Gair, 'Chorister-Actors', 440 (1978) [full citation]]

Huse, Richard
(fl. 1554-82) (Hewse). Paul's chorister. [ES ii, 324 [full citation]; Nungezer, 189 [full citation]]

Jennynges, Giles
(d.1594). Paul's chorister (1594). [Nungezer, 205 [full citation]; Gair, 'Chorister-Actors', 440 (1978) [full citation]]

Johnson, Thomas
(fl. 1574). Paul's chorister (1574). [Nungezer, 206 [full citation]]

Kenede, Richard
(fl. 1607). Paul's chorister (1607). [Nungezer, 224 [full citation]]

Knight, Robert
(fl.1574-82). Paul's chorister. [ES ii, 327 [full citation]; Nungezer, 230 [full citation]; Ball, 'Choir-Boy Actors', 10 (1962) [full citation]]

Mansell, John
(fl. 1607). Boy actor (Paul's 1607). [Nungezer, 244 [full citation]].

Marcupp, Samuel
(fl. 1598). Paul's chorister (1598). [Nungezer, 245 [full citation]].

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

Maycocke, William
(fl. 1594). Children of Paul's (1594). [Nungezer, 249 [full citation]].

Morley, Thomas
(circa1557-1602). Musician; Paul's Chorister (1574); songwriter for Chamberlain's Men. [Nungezer, 256 [full citation]; Long, 'Shakespeare and Thomas Morley' (1950) [full citation]; Riewald, 'Actors and Musicians', 38 (1959) [full citation]; Ball, 'Choir-Boy Actors', 9 (1962) [full citation]; Grove xii, 579 (1980) [full citation]].

Nation, Henry
(fl. 1574-82) (Nasion). Paul's chorister (1574). [ES ii, 330 [full citation]; Nungezer, 258 [full citation]]

Noblett, Thomas
(d.1593). Paul's chorister (1593). [Gair, 'Chorister-Actors', 440 (1978) [full citation]]

Norwood, John
(fl. 1598-9). Chorister/actor (Paul's). [ES ii, 331 [full citation]; Nungezer, 260 [full citation]]

Lucio, ANTONIO AND MELLIDA;

Patrick, Richard
(fl. 1607). Paul's chorister (1607). [Nungezer, 266 [full citation]]

(cf. Nathaniel Patrick in Grove xiv, 301 [full citation]]

Pattmie, Edward
(fl. 1574). Paul's chorister (1574). [Nungezer, 267 [full citation]]

Peers, Thomas
(fl. 1607). Paul's chorister (1607). [Nungezer, 271 [full citation]]

Pendry, Charles
(fl. 1598). Paul's chorister (1598). [Nungezer, 271 [full citation]]

Philips, Peter
(circa1560?-1628) (Phillipp). Musician, composer, Paul's chorister (1574). [Nungezer, 280 [full citation]; Lennam, 'Children of Paul's', 26 (1970) [full citation]; Grove xiv, 654 (1980) [full citation]]

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

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

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

Pytcher, Carolus
(fl.1598). Paul's chorister (1598). [Nungezer, 290 [full citation]]

Quiddington, Thomas
(d.1594). Paul's chorister (1594). [Gair, 'Chorister-Actors', 440 (1978) [full citation]]

Rainolds, John
(1549-1607). Paul's chorister (1561), actor in academic play (1564), anti-theatrical writer. [Lennam, 'Children of Paul's', 25 (1970) [full citation]; Cerasano and Wynne-Davies, Renaissance Drama by Women, 216 (1996) [full citation]]

Ravenscroft, Thomas
(circa1582?-1635) (Rainescrofte). Musician; chorister at Paul's (1598). [Nungezer, 290 [full citation]; JCS ii, 539 [full citation]; Ball, 'Choir-Boy Actors', 13 (1962) [full citation]; Gair, 'Chorister-Actors', 441 (1978) [full citation]; Grove xv, 623 (1980) [full citation]; Gair, Children of Paul's, 167-9 (1982) [full citation]; Austern, 'Thomas Ravenscroft' (1985) [full citation]]

Rawlyns, William
(d.1593). Paul's chorister (1593). [Gair, 'Chorister-Actors', 440 (1978) [full citation]]

Taylor, John (II)
(fl. 1594-98). Paul's chorister (1594-98). (related to Westminster Chorus master and/or same as Sussex's actor each of the same name?). [Nungezer, 366 [full citation]; Ball, 'Choir-Boy Actors', 12 (1962) [full citation]]

Thayer, William
(fl. 1594-98) (Thaire). Paul's chorister (1594-98). [Nungezer, 373 [full citation]]

Tomkins, John
(1586-1638). Paul's chorister (1598). [Nungezer, 373 [full citation]; Ball, 'Choir-Boy Actors', 12 (1962) [full citation]; Grove xix, 46 [full citation]; Lin, 'Children of Paul's?', 124 (1991) [full citation]]

Waters, Thomas
(fl. 1607). Boy actor (Paul's 1607). [Nungezer, 388 [full citation]]

Weste, Humphrey
(fl. 1594). Paul's chorister (1594). [Nungezer, 389 [full citation]]

Weste, Thomas
(fl. 1594). Paul's chorister (1594). [Nungezer, 389 [full citation]]

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

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

Wilson, Germaine
(fl. 1594). Paul's chorister (1594). [Nungezer, 393 [full citation]]