Viewing Event Record: Queen Elizabeth grants Sebastian Westcott license to impress boys in the service of St Paul's choir

Abstract

A letter from the Queen 'to all the deans, provosts, masters of colleges, and all ecclesiastical ministers, and to all other our officers, ministers, and subjects to whom in this it shall appertain,' grants Sebastian Westcott authority to draft any children he sees fit in the service of his choir.

Date Event Recorded

Date
From: 30 June 1560 (Source of claim: original)

Date Event Happened

Date
From: 30 June 1560 (Source of claim: original)

Venues

Name
St Paul's (I)

Event Type

  • company context
  • playhouse context