Viewing Event Record: The riverside environs of Paris Garden are dark and 'shadowed with trees'

Abstract

William Fleetwood, the Recorder of London, writes to Lord Burghley describing the riverside environs of Paris Garden, which were 'the site of some clandestine political meetings between the Bishop of Ross and the French ambassador in 1578' (Ingram, '"Neere the Playhouse,"' p 59). The area is dark and 'shadowed with trees'; thickets of willows offer a 'notable covert for confederattes to shrowd in.'

Date Event Recorded

Date
From: 13 July 1578 (Source of claim: original)

Date Event Happened

Date
From: 13 July 1578 (Source of claim: original)

Venues

Name
Swan
Name
Paris Garden

People

Name Event Role(s) Document Role(s)
Cecil, William Lord Chancellor
Fleetwood, William Recorder of London

Event Type

  • playhouse context