Viewing Event Record: Chancery, Burbage v Brayne: Ellen Gascoigne deposes

Abstract

James and Cuthbert Burbage sue Margaret Brayne in Chancery court in response to her attempts to claim a share of the Theatre playhouse profits. Ellen Gascoigne deposes on behalf of Richard Burbage 8 May 1592. She tells how a £20 debt – owed by John Brayne and Robert Miles to her late husband Noble for carpentry work on the George Inn – passed after Noble's death through her as executrix to her next husband William White. The debt grew and compounded so that White had Brayne arrested, and James Burbage stood surety for his release. Brayne and Miles never repaid their growing debt to White before he passed away. Gascoigne cannot affirm whether or not White assigned the bonds of debt over to James Burbage.

Date Event Recorded

Date
From: 8 May 1592 (Source of claim: original)

Date Event Happened

Date
From: 8 May 1592 (Source of claim: original)

Venues

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Theatre

People

Name Event Role(s) Document Role(s)
Brayne, Margaret defendant
Miles, Robert defendant
Gascoigne, Ellen deponent executrix, widow, wife
Noble, ––– husband carpenter, deceased
White, William husband deceased
Gascoigne, Percival pewterer husband
Burbage, James plaintiff
Brayne, John playhouse sharer

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Event Type

  • court case
  • playhouse business