ACTORS AND ENTREPRENEURS
PLAYWRIGHTS AND PATRONS
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Habington, William
(1605-54) (Abington, Abinton, Habbington). Playwright. [Allott, Poems of William Habington
(1948) [full citation]; JCS iv, 520 [full citation]; DLB 126: 133 (1993) [full citation]]
Hacket, John
(1592-1670) (Hackett). Latin playwright. [JCS iv, 525 [full citation]; RLDE 2/6: 7 (1988) [full citation]]
Halcocke, John
(fl. 1561). Paul's chorister (1561). [Lennam, 'Children of Paul's', 25 (1970) [full citation]]
Hales, Sir John
(fl. 1565-6). Patron (1566). [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 86 (1910) [full citation]]
Haley, Richard
See Hawley, Richard.
Hall, Edward
(fl. 1618). Actor. [REED Heref./Worc, 142 (1990) [full citation]]
Hall, George
(fl. 1637-9). Puppet showman. [JCS ii, 458 [full citation]; REED Lancashire, app.2 (1991) [full citation]]
Hall, William
(fl. 1632-48). Actor (Prince Charles' (II) 1632; King's Revels 1634). [Nungezer, 171 [full citation]; JCS ii, 458 [full citation];
Bergeron, 'Actors', 27 (1972) [full citation]]
Hallawaie the younger
(fl. 1580). Actor (Paul's). [ES ii, 320 [full citation]; Nungezer, 171 [full citation]]
Halley, Richard
See Hawley, Richard.
Halsall, Cuthbert
(circa1573-circa1632) (Halshay). Patron. [George, 'Walmesley', 12 (1985) [full citation]; Honigmann, Shakespeare, 6-7,
14, 53 (1985) [full citation]; REED Lancashire, 375 (1991) [full citation]]
Halsey, Bernard
(fl. 1623). Tumbler. [JCS ii, 459 [full citation]]
Hamerton, Henry
(b.1601; fl. 1631-5) (Hammersley). Actor (Prince Charles' (II) 1635). [Nungezer, 172 [full citation]; JCS ii, 459 [full citation]]
Hamlen, Robert
(fl. 1611-25) (Hamlett). Actor (Lady Elizabeth's 1611; Prince Charles' (I) 1616-25). [ES ii, 320 [full citation]; Nungezer, 172 [full citation]; JCS ii, 459 [full citation]]
Hamlett, Robert
See Hamlen, Robert.
Hamluc, W
(fl. circa1621). Actor(?). [Nungezer, 172 [full citation]; JCS ii, 459 [full citation]]
Hammersley, Henry
See Hamerton, Henry.
Hammerton, Nicholas
(fl. 1635). Actor. [JCS ii, 460 [full citation]]
Hammerton, Stephen
(circa1615-1648<). Actor (Revels 1629-32; King's 1632-48). [Nungezer, 173 [full citation]; JCS ii, 460 [full citation]; Stevenson, 'First Irish Theater', 159 (1942) [full citation]; Bentley, 'Salisbury Court Theater', 139ff. (1977) [full citation]]
Hamond
(fl. 1565). Actor (Worcester's 1565). [ES ii, 320 [full citation]; Nungezer, 174 [full citation]]
Hanly, Richard
See Hawley, Richard.
Hanson, Nicholas
(fl. 1623-28). Actor (provincial). [Nungezer, 174 [full citation]; JCS ii, 461 [full citation]]
Harding, Samuel
(circa1616-<1699?). Playwright. [JCS iv, 530 [full citation]]
Harris, John
(d.1660). Actor (at Norwich 1635). [Nungezer, 174 [full citation]; JCS ii, 462 [full citation]]
Harrison, John (I)
(fl. 1584-96). Master of St. Paul's School, dialogue writer. (Cousin of Alexander Nowell)
[Robertson and Gordon, Livery Companies, 142-65 (1954) [full citation]; McGee and Meagher, 'Entertainments: 1558-1603', 109 (1981) [full citation]]
Harrison, John (II)
(fl. 1602). Actor. [ES ii, 320 [full citation]; Nungezer, 175 [full citation]]
Harrison, Richard
(fl. 1617-22). Actor(?) (Queen Anne's). [Nungezer, 175 [full citation]; JCS ii, 462 [full citation]]
Harrison, Stephen
(fl. 1604). Designer for civic pageants. [ES iii, 332 [full citation]; Bergeron, 'Christmas Family', 355 (1968) [full citation]]
Harrison, William
(fl. 1583). Actor (Worcester's 1583). [ES ii, 320 [full citation]; Nungezer, 175 [full citation]]
Harry (I)
(fl. 1590). Boy actor (Strange's?). (= Condell?) [Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 46 (1931) [full citation]]
Harry (II)
(fl. 1597). Boy actor (Admiral's). [Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 55 (1931) [full citation]]
Hart, Charles
(circa1625?-1683). Actor (King's; Restoration). [Nungezer, 175 [full citation]; JCS ii, 462 [full citation]; Oliver, 'Building of the Theatre Royal' (1972) [full citation]; George, 'Early Cast Lists' (1974) [full citation]; Wills, 221 (1993) [full citation]]
Hart, William
(d.1650). Actor (King's 1636-7). [Nungezer, 177 [full citation]; JCS ii, 463 [full citation]]
Harte, Sir Percival
(d.1580). Patron (1561-3). [REED Devon, 491 (1986) [full citation]; REED Somerset, 48, 995 (1996) [full citation]]
Hartsius, Robert.
See Archer, Robert.
Harvey
(fl. 1597). Actor(?) or most likely character name. [ES ii, 320 [full citation]; Nungezer, 178 [full citation]]
Harvey, William
(fl. 1628). Actor (Ellis Guest company). [Nungezer, 178 [full citation]; JCS ii, 464 [full citation]]
Haslette, John
(fl. 1598-9). Acrobat (Germany); connected with Admiral's Men. [Schrickx, 'German Archives', 154
(1982) [full citation]]
Hastings, Sir Edward, 1st Baron Hastings of Loughborough
(circa1520-1572). Patron (Lord Hastings' 1565-6).
(Uncle of George Hastings) [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 84 (1910) [full citation]; Peerage vi, 384 (1926) [full citation]]
Hastings, George, 4th (21st) Earl of Huntingdon
(circa1540-1604). Patron (Sir George Hastings' 1582-88; Huntingdon's
1596-1604). (Nephew of Sir Edward Hastings; brother-in-law of Henry Fiennes de Clinton and Edward Somerset)
[Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 48 (1910) [full citation]; Peerage vi, 657 (1926) [full citation]; Redstone, 'Ipswich', 280 (1931) [full citation]; Galloway and Wasson, 'Norfolk/Suffolk', 219 (1980) [full citation]; REED Coventry, 310, 320 (1981) [full citation]; George and Ory, 'Seventeenth-Century Warwick', 9 (1983) [full citation]; Greenfield, 'Entertainments of Henry, Lord Berkeley', 18, 22 (1983) [full citation]; REED Norwich, 363 (1984) [full citation]; REED Heref./Worc, 616 (1990) [full citation]]
Hatfield, George
See George Stutfield. [JCS ii, 464 [full citation]]
Hathway, Richard
(fl. 1598-1603). Playwright. [ES iii, 332 [full citation]; McManaway, 'St. Giles Cripplegate' (1958) [full citation]; Eccles, Authors, 64 (1982) [full citation]]
Hatton, Sir Christopher
(1540-1591). Playwright. [ES iii, 334 [full citation]]
Hatton, Sir Richard
(fl. 1631). Playwright. [Duckles, 'Music for the Lyrics', 141 (1968) [full citation]]
Haughton, Hugh
(circa1600?-1634<). Actor. [Nungezer, 178 [full citation]; JCS ii, 464 [full citation]]
Haughton, Robert
See Houghton, Robert.
Haughton, William
(circa1575-1605). Playwright. [ES iii, 334 [full citation]; Wills, 75 (1993) [full citation]]
Hausted, Peter
(circa1605-44) (Hawsted). Playwright. [Mills, Peter Hausted (1944) [full citation]; Elmen, 'Death of Peter Hausted'
(1950) [full citation]; JCS iv, 532 [full citation]; RLDE 2/17: 1 (1991) [full citation]]
Hawkesworth, Walter
(circa1573?-1606). Latin playwright. [ES iii, 336 [full citation]; JCS iv, 538 [full citation]; RLDE 2/3: 1 (1987) [full citation]; Caylor, Leander (1993) [full citation]]
Hawkins, Alexander
(fl. 1601-4). Blackfriars lessee, Revels patentee. (Son-in-law of Henry Evans). [ES ii, 320 [full citation]; Nungezer, 179 [full citation]; Smith, 'Personnel', 444 (1978) [full citation]]
Hawkins, William
(circa1602?-37). Playwright. [JCS iv, 538 [full citation]]
Hawley, Richard
(d.1640). Actor (Ellis Guest company 1628; King's 1636-7) [Nungezer, 171, 174, 179 [full citation]; JCS ii, 464 [full citation]]
Haynes, William
(fl. 1599-1625). Headmaster of Merchant Taylor's; contributor to civic pageant. [ES ii, 320 [full citation]; Freehafer, 'Seven Champions', 95 (1969) [full citation]; Bergeron, 'Actors', 19 (1972) [full citation]; McGee and Meagher, 'Entertainments: 1558-1603', 151 (1981) [full citation]]
Haysell, George
(fl. 1583). Actor (Worcester's 1583). [ES ii, 320 [full citation]; Nungezer, 179 [full citation]]
Hearne, John
See Herne, John.
Hearne, Thomas
(fl. 1597). Actor (Admiral's 1597). [ES ii, 320 [full citation]; Nungezer, 179 [full citation]]
Helle, John
(fl. 1597). Actor (Admiral's 1597). [ES ii, 320 [full citation]; Nungezer, 179 [full citation]]
Heminges, John
(1566-1630) (Heminge, Hemminge, Hemminges). Actor (Queen's?; Strange's 1593;
Chamberlain's-King's 1594-1630), sharer. (Husband of Rebecca Edwards Knell Heminges; father of William Heminges;
father-in-law of William Ostler) [ES ii, 320 [full citation]; Nungezer, 179 [full citation]; JCS ii, 465 [full citation]; Nosworthy, 'John Heminges' (1949) [full citation]; Riddell, 'Actors', 293 (1969) [full citation]; Bergeron, 'Actors', 26 (1972) [full citation]; Bawcutt, 'New Revels Documents', 326 (1984) [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors II', 457 (1991) [full citation]; Wills, 164 (1993) [full citation]; Wilson, Shakespeare: The Evidence (1993) [full citation]; Edmond, 'Yeomen', 33 (1996) [full citation]]
Heminges, Rebecca Edwards Knell
(1571-1619). Wife of William Knell and John Heminges; mother of William
Heminges. [Eccles, Shakespeare, 82 (1961) [full citation]]; Edmond, 'Yeomen', 33 (1996) [full citation]]
Heminges, William
(1602->53). Playwright, sharer. (Son of John Heminges and Rebecca Edwards Knell Heminges)
[JCS ii, 470; iv, 539 <[full citation]]
Henrietta Maria, Queen of England
(1609-69). Patron (Queen Henrietta's 1626-42), masque writer. (Wife of King
Charles I; mother of King Charles II; sister-in-law of Lady Elizabeth and Frederick, Elector Palatine) [JCS iv, 548 [full citation]; Gurr, Playing Companies, 416, 432 (1996) [full citation]]
Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales
(1594-1612). Patron (Prince Henry's 1603-12). (Son of King James I and Queen
Anne; brother of King Charles I and Lady Elizabeth) [ES ii, 134 [full citation]; Wilson, Prince Henry (1946) [full citation]; Strong, Henry Prince of Wales (1986) [full citation]; Gurr, Playing Companies, 246 (1996) [full citation]]
Henslowe, Agnes
(d.1617). Wife of Philip Henslowe. [Wills, 104 (1993) [full citation]]
Henslowe, Francis
(1566-1606) (Hensley). Actor (Queen's 1594; at Swan 1595; Lennox's 1606). (Nephew of Philip
Henslowe) [ES ii, 323 [full citation]; Nungezer, 186 [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors II', 459 (1992) [full citation]]
Henslowe, Philip
(circa1555-1616). Entrepreneur, theater owner. (Uncle of Francis Henslowe, husband of Agnes
Henslowe, step father-in-law of Edward Alleyn) [ES ii, 323 [full citation]; Nungezer, 188 [full citation]; Ingram, 'Globe Playhouse', 67 (1984) [full citation]; Cerasano, 'Philip Henslowe' (1985) [full citation]; Wills, 101 (1993) [full citation]; Cerasano, 'Henslowe/Forman' (1993) [full citation]]
Herbert, Anne Clifford Sackville
(1590-1676). Daughter of George Clifford; wife of Richard Sackville (I) and Philip
Herbert; niece of Philip Wharton (I). [Peerage iv, 424 (1916) [full citation]]
Herbert, Henry (I), 2nd (21st) Earl of Pembroke, Lord President of the Council of Marches in Wales
(circa1534-1601). Patron (Lord Herbert's 1556-7(?), 1564-5(?); Pembroke's (aka Lord President's) 1575-6, 1591-93, 1594-1601). (Husband of Mary Sidney Herbert; father of Philip Herbert and William Herbert; brother-in-law of Sir Philip Sidney, Robert Sidney, and Francis Talbot; stepbrother of Henry Compton) [ES ii, 128 [full citation]; Peerage x, 410 (1945) [full citation]; Edmond, 'Pembroke's Men' (1974) [full citation]; Greenfield, 'Entertainments of Henry, Lord Berkeley', 14 (1983) [full citation]; REED Norwich, 366 (1984) [full citation]; REED Heref./Worc, 620 (1990) [full citation]; Gurr, 'Three Reluctant Patrons' (1993) [full citation]; REED Shropshire, 710 (1994) [full citation]; Gurr, Playing Companies, 266, 276 (1996) [full citation]]
Herbert, Sir Henry (II)
(1595-1673). Master of the Revels. [JCS i, 3-18; ii, 471 [full citation]; Sisson, 'Red Bull Company', 66 (1954) [full citation]; Freehafer, 'London Patent Companies', 14 (1965) [full citation]; Freehafer, 'Brome, Suckling', 377 (1968) [full citation]; Bawcutt, 'Craven Ord Transcripts' (1984) [full citation]; Bawcutt, 'New Revels Documents' (1984) [full citation]; Wills, 215 (1993) [full citation]]
Herbert, Lord
See Herbert, Henry; Somerset, Edward.
Herbert, Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke
(1561-1621). Translator, royal entertainment contributor. (Sister of
Sir Philip Sidney and Robert Sidney (II); wife of Henry Herbert (I); mother of Philip Herbert and William Herbert; aunt
of Robert Sidney (II) and Mary Sidney Wroth; niece of Robert Dudley and Thomas Radcliffe) [ES iii, 337 [full citation]; Edmond, 'Pembroke's Men' (1974) [full citation]; McMillin, 'Simon Jewell' (1976) [full citation]; McGee and Meagher, 'Entertainments: 1558-1603', 129 (1981) [full citation]; Hannay, Philip's Phoenix (1990) [full citation]; DLB 167: 184 (1996) [full citation]; Cerasano and Wynne-Davies, Renaissance Drama by Women, 13 (1996) [full citation]]
Herbert, Philip, Earl of Montgomery, 4th (23rd) Earl of Pembroke
(1584-1650). Patron (Montgomery's 1610-1). (Son of Henry Herbert (I) and Mary Sidney Herbert; brother of William Herbert; husband of Anne Clifford Sackville Herbert; nephew of Sir Philip Sidney, Robert Sidney (II), and Francis Talbot; cousin of Robert Sidney (II) and Mary Sidney Wroth; posthumous son-in-law of George Clifford and Edward de Vere) [Peerage x, 415 (1945) [full citation]; REED Coventry, 381 (1981) [full citation]; Tricomi, 'Philip, Earl of Pembroke' (1986) [full citation]]
Herbert, William, 3rd (22nd) Earl of Pembroke
(1580-1630). Patron (Pembroke's 1625-7), Lord Chamberlain (1610-26). (Son of Henry Herbert (I) and Mary Sidney Herbert; brother of Philip Herbert; son-in-law of Gilbert Talbot; nephew of Sir Philip Sidney, Robert Sidney (II), and Francis Talbot; cousin of Robert Sidney (II) and Mary Sidney Wroth) [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 92 (1910) [full citation]; Peerage x, 412 (1945) [full citation]; Taylor, 'Third Earl of Pembroke' (1955) [full citation]; Taylor, 'Masque and the Lance' (1958) [full citation]; Taylor, 'Clarendon and Ben Jonson' (1959) [full citation]]
Herne, John
(fl. 1628-42). Theatrical landlord (Salisbury Court). [JCS ii, 471 [full citation]]
Hertford, Earl of
See Seymour, Edward.
Hesketh, Sir Thomas
(circa1518-88). Patron. [Honigmann, Shakespeare, 31 (1985) [full citation]; REED Lancashire, 375 (1991) [full citation]]
Heton, Richard
(b.circa 1601; fl. 1637-9) (Robert?). Manager (Queen Henrietta's), entrepreneur. [Nungezer, 189 [full citation]; JCS ii,
471 [full citation]; Freehafer, 'Brome, Suckling', 374 (1968) [full citation]; Haaker, 'Plague', 290 (1968) [full citation]]
Hewse, Richard
See Huse, Richard.
Heyleyn, Peter
(1599-1662) (Heylin). Playwright. [JCS iv, 550 [full citation]]
Heywood, Jasper
(1535-1598). Translator. [ES iii, 337 [full citation]]
Heywood, John
(1497-1579?). [ES ii, 323 [full citation]; Ball, 'Choir-Boy Actors', 14 (1962) [full citation]; Grove viii, 545 (1980) [full citation]; DLB 136: 206
(1994) [full citation]]
Heywood, Thomas
(circa1573-1641). Playwright, actor (Admiral's 1598; Derby's 1599; Worcester's-Queen Anne's
1600-19), sharer. [ES iii, 338 [full citation]; Bentley, 'Shakespeare's Fellows' (1928) [full citation]; Nungezer, 190 [full citation]; JCS ii, 472; iv, 553 [full citation]; Sisson, 'Notes', 27 (1942) [full citation]; McManaway, 'Latin Title-Page Mottoes', 33-4 (1945) [full citation]; Holaday, 'Thomas Heywood and the Puritans' (1950) [full citation]; Holaday, 'Heywood and the Low Countries' (1951) [full citation]; Sisson, 'Red Bull Company', 58-9 (1954) [full citation]; Grivelet, Thomas Heywood (1959) [full citation]; Freehafer, 'Seven Champions', 94 (1969) [full citation]; Nethercot, Elizabethan Plays, 801 (1971) [full citation]; Eccles, Authors, 66 (1982) [full citation]; Baines, Thomas Heywood (1984) [full citation]; Bergeron, Thomas Heywood's Pageants (1986) [full citation]; DLB 62: 101 (1987) [full citation]; Young, 'Thomas Heywood's Pageants' (1988) [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors II', 459 (1991) [full citation]]
Hickes, Richard
(circa1530-1585). Owner of site of Newington Butts playhouse. [Ingram, Business, 153ff. (1992) [full citation]; Wills, 227 (1993) [full citation]]
Higgs, Griffin
(1589-1659). Playwright(?). [ES iii, 348 [full citation]]
Hill, John
(fl. 1601-27) (Nill). Actor. [ES ii, 331 [full citation]; Bentley, 'Shakespeare's Fellows' (1928) [full citation]; Nungezer, 200 [full citation]; JCS ii, 473 [full citation];
Ingram, 'Globe Playhouse', 71 (1984) [full citation]]
Hint, Robert
(fl. 1629). Actor (at Reading). [Nungezer, 192 [full citation]; JCS ii, 473 [full citation]]
Hitchens, Francis
(fl. 1624; d.1628?). Actor. [JCS ii, 473 [full citation]]
Hitchman, Anthonie
(d.1599). Chorister at Paul's. [Gair, 'Chorister-Actors', 440 (1978) [full citation]]
Hobbes, Thomas
(d.1640?; fl. 1609-25). Actor (Duke of York's 1609; Prince Charles' (I) 1613-25; King's 1625-36).
[ES ii, 323 [full citation]; Nungezer, 193 [full citation]; JCS ii, 473 [full citation]; Wills, 234 (1993) [full citation]]
Holcombe, Thomas
(1601-25). Actor (King's 1616-22). [Nungezer, 194 [full citation]; JCS ii, 475 [full citation]]
Holcrofte, William
(fl. 1599). Actor (Worcester's). [REED York, 486 (1979) [full citation]]
Holland
(fl. 1573-4). Actor(?). [REED Devon, 67 (1986) [full citation]]
Holland, Aaron
(circa1556-1631). Owner and builder of Red Bull theater. [Nungezer, 194 [full citation]; JCS ii, 475 [full citation]; Sisson, 'Notes', 27
(1942) [full citation]; Sisson, 'Red Bull Company', 59, 67 (1954) [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors IV', 171 (1993) [full citation]; Wills, 233 (1993) [full citation]]
Holland, Elizabeth
(d.1631). Wife of Aaron Holland. [Wills, 169 (1993) [full citation]]
Holland, Hugh
(circa1571-1633). Poet. [Eccles, Authors, 67 (1982) [full citation]]
Holland, John
(fl. 1590). Actor (Strange's). [ES ii, 324 [full citation]; Nungezer, 195 [full citation]; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 46 (1931) [full citation];
Maguire, 'John Holland' (1986) [full citation]]
Holles, William (I), Sir
(circa1510-91). Patron (1571-9). [Lancashire, 'Nottinghamshire', 20 (1977) [full citation]; Bindoff, House of Commons ii, 377 (1982) [full citation]; Capp, 'Sir William Holles' Players' (1997) [full citation]]
Holles, William (II)
(1620-44). Playwright. [JCS iv, 586 [full citation]]
Holman, Thomas
(fl. 1630). Actor (in Reading). [Nungezer, 195 [full citation]; JCS ii, 475 [full citation]]
Holt, James
(fl. 1604-19). Actor (Worcester's-Queen Anne's 1602-19). [ES ii, 324 [full citation]; Nungezer, 195 [full citation]; JCS ii, 475 [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors II', 459 (1992) [full citation]]
Holt, John
(fl. 1561-5). 'Momer' for Westminster boys. [ES ii, 324 [full citation]; Nungezer, 195 [full citation]]
Holyday, Barton
(circa1593-1661) (Halliday, Holiday, Holliday, Hollidays). Playwright. [JCS iv, 587 [full citation]]
Holzhew, Behrendt
(fl. 1614-15). Actor (Germany). [ES ii, 324 [full citation]; Nungezer, 195 [full citation]]
Honnan, Richard
(fl. 1640). Actor (Prince Charles' (II) 1640). [Nungezer, 196 [full citation]]
Honte, Thomas
See Hunt, Thomas.
Honyman, John
(1613-36) (Honeyman, Honiman, Honnyman, Hunnieman, Hunnyman). Actor, playwright. (Brother of
Richard Honyman) [Nungezer, 196 [full citation]; JCS ii, 476; iv, 596 [full citation]; Wills, 190 (1993) [full citation]]
Honyman, Richard
(1618-<1657). Actor (Prince Charles' (II)). (Brother of John Honyman) [JCS ii, 478 [full citation]]
Hoope, Richard
(fl. 1595). Actor(?). [Nungezer, 198 [full citation]]
Hooper, Edward
(fl. 1618). Actor(?). [REED Heref./Worc, 143 (1990) [full citation]]
Hopton, Sir Owen, Lieutenant of the Tower
(circa1519-95). Patron (Lieutenant of the Tower's 1570-1). (Kinsman of
Sir Ralph Hopton) [Hasler, House of Commons ii, 336 (1981) [full citation]; REED Cumb./West./Glouc, 448 (1986) [full citation]; Pilkington, 'Bristol' (1989) [full citation]]
Hopton, Sir Ralph, Knight Marshall
(circa1510-71). Patron (1563). (Brother-in-law of William Willoughby; kinsman of
Sir Owen Hopton) [Hasler, House of Commons ii, 337 (1981) [full citation]; Pilkington, 'Bristol' (1989) [full citation]]
Horne, James
(fl. 1615-29). Actor (King's 1621-29). [Nungezer, 198 [full citation]; JCS ii, 479 [full citation]]
Horton, Edward
(fl. 1629-30). Boy actor (King's 1629-30). [Nungezer, 198 [full citation]; JCS ii, 479 [full citation]]
Houghton, Alexander
(d.1581). Patron(?). [Honigmann, Shakespeare, 8-31 (1985) [full citation]]
Houghton, Robert
(fl. 1633). Actor (at Banbury). [Nungezer, 198 [full citation]; JCS ii, 480 [full citation]]
Hovell, Joan
(d.1620). Wife of William Hovell. [Wills, 117 (1993) [full citation]]
Hovell, William
(d.1615). Licensee for 2 King's Revels, actor(?). [ES ii, 324 [full citation]; Nungezer, 199 [full citation]; Wills, 98 [full citation]]
Howard, Charles, 1st (10th) Earl of Nottingham, Lord High Admiral
(1536-1624). Patron (Lord Charles Howard's
1576-83; Lord Chamberlain's 1583-85; Lord Admiral's 1585-97; Nottingham's (aka Lord Admiral's / Lord Howard's)
1597-1603), Lord Chamberlain (1583-85). (Son of William Howard (I); father of William Howard (II); brother-in-law of
Edward Seymour (I); uncle of Edmund Sheffield; son-in-law of Henry Carey) [Chambers, 'Lords Chamberlain', 37
(1907) [full citation]; ES ii, 134 [full citation]; Peerage ix, 782 (1936) [full citation]; Kenny, Elizabeth's Admiral (1970) [full citation]; Schrickx, 'English Actors' (1980) [full citation]; Hasler, House of Commons ii, 344 (1981) [full citation]; Gurr, 'Three Reluctant Patrons' (1993) [full citation]; Gurr, Playing Companies, 230, 252 (1996) [full citation]]
Howard, Henry Frederick, 15th (27th) Earl of Arundel, Lord Maltravers(?)
(1608-52). Patron(?) (Lord Maltravers'
1629-30). (Son of Thomas Howard (IV); grandson of Philip Howard and Gilbert Talbot) [Peerage i, 258 (1910) [full citation]; REED Norwich, 365 (1984) [full citation]]
Howard, Philip, 13th (25th) Earl of Arundel
(1557-95). Patron (Arundel's 1583-86). (Son of Thomas Howard (I);
brother of Thomas Howard (II); father of Thomas Howard (IV); grandson of Henry Fitzalan; nephew of Henry
Berkeley and Henry Scrope) [Peerage i, 252 (1910) [full citation]; ES ii, 116 [full citation]; Redstone, 'Ipswich', 273 (1931) [full citation]; Coldewey, 'Aldeburgh', 20 (1977) [full citation]; REED Norwich, 357 (1984) [full citation]]
Howard, Thomas (I), 4th (9th) Duke of Norfolk
(1538-72). Patron (Norfolk's 1556-9). (Father of Philip Howard and
Thomas Howard (II); nephew of John de Vere; cousin of Edward de Vere; son-in-law of Henry Fitzalan; brother-in-law
of Henry Berkeley and Henry Scrope) [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 59 (1910) [full citation]; Peerage ix, 622 (1936) [full citation];
Williams, Thomas Howard (1964) [full citation]; Edwards, Marvellous Chance (1968) [full citation]; Galloway and Wasson, 'Norfolk/Suffolk', 222 (1980) [full citation]; REED Norwich, 366 (1984) [full citation]; Louis, 'Sussex', 148 (1985) [full citation]]
Howard, Thomas (II), 1st (11th) Earl of Suffolk
(1561-1626). Patron (Suffolk's 1616-18), Lord Chamberlain
(1603-10). (Son of Thomas Howard (I); brother of Philip Howard; grandson of Henry Fitzalan; nephew of Henry
Berkeley and Henry Scrope; uncle of Thomas Howard (IV)) [Chambers, 'Lords Chamberlain', 41 (1907) [full citation]; Peerage xii.1,
462 (1953) [full citation]; REED Norwich, 369 (1984) [full citation]; REED Devon, 519 (1986) [full citation]]
Howard, Thomas (III
) (fl. 1598). Actor (may be a variant spelling of Thomas Heywood). [ES ii, 324 [full citation]; Bentley, 'Shakespeare's Fellows' (1928) [full citation]; Nungezer, 199 [full citation]]
Howard, Thomas (IV), 14th (26th) Earl of Arundel
(1585-1646). Patron (Arundel's 1610). (Son of Philip Howard;
son-in-law of Gilbert Talbot; nephew of Thomas Howard (II); grandson of Thomas Howard (I)) [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 21 (1910) [full citation]; Peerage i, 255 (1910) [full citation]; Freehafer, 'Brome, Suckling', 378 (1968) [full citation]; Howarth, Lord Arundel and His Circle (1985) [full citation]]
Howard, William (I), 1st Baron Howard of Effingham
(circa1510-73). Lord Chamberlain (1558-72). (Father of Charles Howard; grandfather of William Howard (II)) [Chambers, 'Lords Chamberlain', 31-2 (1907) [full citation]; Peerage v, 9 (1926) [full citation]]
Howard, William (II), Baron Howard of Effingham
(1577-1615). Patron (?) (Lord Howard's 1599-1603). (company
may actually be his father's, i.e. Admiral's) (Son of Charles Howard; nephew of Edward Seymour; cousin of Edmund
Sheffield; grandson of William Howard (I) and Henry Carey) [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 49 (1910) [full citation];
Peerage v, 10 (1926) [full citation]; Hasler, House of Commons ii, 347 (1981) [full citation]; REED Coventry, 355-62 (1981) [full citation]]
Howes, Oliver
See Jones, Oliver. [Nungezer, 199 [full citation]; JCS ii, 480 [full citation]]
Hoyt, Robert
See Huyt, Robert.
'Hubert'
(fl. 1629). Actor (King's 1631). [Nungezer, 199 [full citation]; JCS ii, 480 [full citation]]
Hudson, Richard (I)
(circa1561-1650). Carpenter/bricklayer, friend of Burbages, probably helped build the Globe.
[Edmond, 'Hudson' (1994) [full citation]]
Hudson, Richard (II)
(fl. 1612). Actor (Yorkshire). [ES ii, 324 [full citation]; Nungezer, 200 [full citation]; Boddy, 'Players of Interludes' (1976) [full citation]]
Hughes, Thomas
(circa1550?-1626). Contributor to royal entertainment. [ES iii, 348 [full citation]; Ramel, 'Biographical Notices', 461
(1967) [full citation]; Hasler, House of Commons ii, 352 (1981) [full citation]]
Hull, John
(fl. 1600-01). Actor (Germany). [ES ii, 324 [full citation]; Nungezer, 200 [full citation]]
Humphrey, Sir, of the North Country
See Radcliffe, Sir Humphrey.
Hunnis, John
See Hunnis, William. [ES ii, 324 [full citation]]
Hunnis, William
(d.1597; fl. 1566-97). Master of the Children, playwright, entertainment contributor. [Stopes, William Hunnis (1910) [full citation]; ES iii, 349 [full citation]; Nungezer, 200 [full citation]; Grove viii, 811 (1980) [full citation]; McGee and Meagher, 'Entertainments: 1558-1603',
92-4, 111 (1981) [full citation]; Gurr, Playing Companies, 223 (1996) [full citation]]
Hunnyman, John
See Honyman, John.
Hunsdon, Lord
See Carey, Henry; Carey, George.
Hunt, John
(fl. 1613). Boy actor (Lady Elizabeth's). [JCS ii, 480 [full citation]]
Hunt, Richard
(fl. 1610). Whitefriars lessee. [Ingram, 'Playhouse as Investment', 215 (1985) [full citation]]
Hunt, Robert
See Huyt, Robert. [Nungezer, 200 [full citation]; JCS ii, 481 [full citation]]
Hunt, Thomas
(fl. 1596-1611) (Honte). Actor (Admiral's-Prince Henry's 1599-1602; Lady Elizabeth's 1611; Palsgrave's
1621?). [ES ii, 324 [full citation]; Nungezer, 201 [full citation]; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 55 (1931) [full citation]; JCS ii, 481 [full citation]; McMillin, 'Jonson's Early Entertainments', 161 (1968) [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors II', 459 (1992) [full citation]]
Hunter, Thomas (I)
(fl. 1632-3). Puppet showman (Coventry). (probably not same as below) [REED Coventry, 433-4
(1981) [full citation]]
Hunter, Thomas (II)
(fl. 1634). Musician at Cockpit. [Lefkowitz, 'Longleat' (1965) [full citation]; Sabol, 'New Documents', 25
(1966) [full citation]]
Huntingdon, Earl of
See Hastings, George.
Huntley, Dick
(fl. 1592). Actor. [ES ii, 324 [full citation]; Nungezer, 201 [full citation]]
Huse, Richard
(fl. 1554-82) (Hewse). Paul's chorister. [ES ii, 324 [full citation]; Nungezer, 189 [full citation]]
Hutchinson, Christopher
See Beeston, Christopher.
Hutchinson, Elizabeth
See Beeston, Elizabeth.
Hutchinson, William
See Beeston, William.
Hutton, Leonard
(circa1557-1632) (Hutten). Latin playwright. [ES iii, 350 [full citation]; RLDE 1/12: 5 (1982) [full citation]]
Hutton, Thomas
(fl. 1634). Musician at Blackfriars. [Cutts, 'New Findings', 106n13 (1966) [full citation]; Sabol, 'New Documents',
26 (1966) [full citation]]
Huyt, Robert
(fl. 1631). Actor (Prince Charles' (II) 1631; King's circa1638?). [JCS ii, 481 [full citation]; George, 'Early Cast Lists'
(1974) [full citation]]
Hyde, John
(d.1603). Leaseholder of the Theatre. [Edmond, 'Yeomen', 35-6 (1996) [full citation]]