Viewing Event Record: Exchequer, Crown vs William Henslowe and Jacob Meade: John Taylor deposes that Payne and Poulton built scaffolds for the audiences of bearbaiting

Abstract

In the 1620 lawsuit between the Crown and William Henslowe and Jacob Mead regarding the Hope theatre, John Taylor, aged 77, deposes that either William Payne or Simon Poulton or both erected 'low scaffolds or standings' for baiting audiences, and that these structures were built on the Bishop of Winchester's land.

Date Event Recorded

Date
From: 26 September 1620 (Source of claim: original)

Date Event Happened

Date
From: 26 September 1620 (Source of claim: original)

Venues

Name
Bear Garden
Name
Hope

People

Name Event Role(s) Document Role(s)
Poulton, Simon bearward
Taylor, John deponent
Payne, William master of the Bear Garden (defunct)

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