The following records are derived primarily from records volumes published by the Malone Society and Records of Early English Drama, and Ian Lancashire's Dramatic Texts and Records qf Britain: A Chronological Topography to 1555 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1984). When specific performance or payment dates are not available, the dates of accounting years are cited. In those cases where accounting years overlap from the last year of Edward's reign or into the first year of Elizabeth's, the performers' actual appearance may have been outside Mary's reign.
HENRY BERKELEY, Lord Berkeley (d. 1613) Players
| Jun 18, 1557 | Bristol | Bristol, 62 |
SIR PETER CAREW (d. 1575) Minstrels
| Jun 14, 1558 | Exeter | Devon, 148 |
JOHN BOURCHIER, Earl of Bath (d. 1557) Minstrels
| Sep 29, 1553-Sep 28, 1554 | Barnstaple | Devon, 41 |
JOHN BOURCHIER, Lord Fitzwarin and Earl of Bath after 1557 (d. 1560) Minstrels
| Sep 29, 1556-Sep 28. 1557 | Barnstaple | Devon, 42 |
| Apr 14, 1558 | Exeter | Devon, 148 |
| Sep 29, 1558-Sep 28. 1559 | Barnstaple | Devon, 42 |
THOMAS CHEYNEY, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (d. 1558) Minstrels
| Jul 22, 1552-Jul 21, 1553 Sep 8, 1552-Sep 7, 1553 Mar 25, 1553-Mar 24, 1554 Jul 22, 1553-Jul 21, 1554 Sep 13, 1553 Sep 29, 1553-Sep 28. 1554 Mar 25, 1554-Mar 24, 1555 Jul 22, 1554-Jul 21, 1555 Sep 29, 1554-Sep 28, 1555 Sep 30, 1554 Mar 25, 1555-Mar 24, 1556 Mar 25, 1556-Mar 24, 1557 Jul 22, 1556-Jul 21, 1557 Sep 26, 1556 Sep 29, 1556-Sep 28, 1557 Sep 8, 1557-Sep 7, 1558 Sep 29, 1557-Sep 28, 1558 Jul 22, 1558-Jul 21, 1559 Sep 12, 1558 Sep 29, 1558-Sep 28, 1559 |
Lydd Dover New Romney Lydd Rye Canterbury New Romney Lydd Faversham Rye New Romney New Romney Lydd Dover Faversham Dover Faversham Lydd Rye Faversham |
Kent, 106 Kent, 42 Kent, 136 Kent, 106 Sussex, 114 Kent, 12 Kent, 136 Kent, 106 Kent, 58 Sussex, 115 Kent. 137 Kent. 137 Kent, 106 Kent, 42 Kent, 58 Kent, 42 Kent, 58 Kent, 106 Sussex, 117 Kent, 58 |
EDWARD CLINTON, Lord Admiral (d. 1585) Minstrels
| Sep 8, 1552-Sep 7, 1553 | Dover | Kent, 42 |
Musicians
| Jul 12, 1553 | Rye | Sussex, 114 |
HENRY HERBERT, Lord Herbert (d. 1601) Players
| Jan 12, 1557 | Dover | Kent, 42 |
THOMAS HOWARD, Duke of Norfolk (d. 1572) Players
| Apr 30, 1556 Sep 29, 1556-Sep 28, 1557 Sep 29, 1556-Sep 28, 1557 Apr 9, 1557 May 23, 1557 Sep 29, 1557-Sep 28, 1558 Oct 4, 1557-Oct 3, 1558 1558 Sep 11, 1558 Sep 29, 1558-Sep 28, 1559 |
Great Yarmouth Ipswich Norwich Harwich Cambridge Ipswich Lewes Maldon Exeter Norwich |
Norfolk, 14 Ipswich, 261 Norwich, 37 DTRB, 394 Cambridge, 200 Ipswich, 261 Sussex, 34 DTRB, 394 Devon, 147 Norwich, 45 |
SIR FRANCIS LEEK (d. 1580) Players
| 1556 | "the North" | Lodge, 260-62 |
SIR THOMAS NEVILLE Players
| 1553-1558 | Lyme Regis | DTRB, 399 |
HENRY RADCLIFFE, Earl of Sussex (d. 1557) Players
| Feb 8, 1556 | Dover | Kent, 42 |
FRANCIS RUSSELL, Lord Russell and Earl of Bedford (d. 1585) Minstrels (named James Wharton, Ralph Grene, Robert Marche)
| Sep 29, 1553-Sep 28, 1554 May 20, 1554 Sep 29, 1555-Sep 28, 1556 |
Canterbury |
Kent, 12 Norwich, 34 Devon, 41 |
Players
| Sep 29, 1552-Sep 28, 1553 | Barnstaple | Devon, 41 |
Servants
| Oct 10, 1557 | Exeter | Devon, 147-48 |
JOHN RUSSELL, Earl of Bedford and Lord Privy Seal (d. 1555) Minstrels
| Jul 5, 1554 | Rye | Sussex, 114 |
HENRY SCROPE, Lord Scrope (d. 1592) Players
| 1557 | Beverley | DTRB, 403 |
WILLIAM SOMERSET, Earl of Worcester (d. 1589) Players
| Sep 29, 1555-Sep 28, 1556 | Barnstaple | Devon, 41 |
FRANCIS TALBOT, Earl of Shrewsbury (d. 1560) Minstrels
| 1557-1558 | Nottingham | Nottingham, 116 |
THOMAS VENABLES, Baron of Kinderton (d. 1580) Minstrels
| Nov 11, 1556 Jul 1557 |
Chester Chester |
Chester, 59 Chester, 60 |
JOHN VERE, Earl of Oxford (d. 1562) Players
| 1556-1557 Aug 1, 1556 Sep 8, 1556-Sep 7, 1557 Sep 29, 1556-Sep 28, 1557 Jul 13, 1557-Jun 19, 1557 Sep 29, 1557-Sep 28, 1558 Sep 29, 1557-Sep 28, 1558 Jun 5, 1558-Jun 11, 1558 Jun 25, 1558 |
Oxford Dover Dover Norwich Bristol Canterbury Ipswich Bristol Bridgwater |
DTRB, 407 Kent, 42 Kent, 42 Norwich, 37 Bristol, 62 Kent, 12 Ipswich, 261 Bristol, 63 Somerset, 47 |
THOMAS WENTWORTH, Lord Wentworth (d. 1584) Minstrels
| Sep 29, 1553-Sep 28, 1554 | Canterbury | Kent, 12 |
Jesters
| 1554-1555 | Southampton | Southampton, 42 |
| Jul 22, 1554-Jul
21, 1555 Sep 29, 1554-Sep 28, 1555 Sep 30, 1554 Mar 25, 1555-Mar 24, 1556 |
Lydd Gloucester Rye New Romney |
Kent, 106 CWG, 297 Sussex, 115 Kent, 137 |
| Sep 29, 1555-Sep 28, 1556 | Ipswich | Ipswich, 260 |
Minstrels
| Sep
29, 1555-Sep 28, 1556 1556-1557 |
Barnstaple Oxford |
Devon,
41 Oxford, 267 |
| 1555-1556
Sep 29, 1555-Sep 28, 1556 Oct 28, 1555-Oct 27, 1556 June 13-19, 1556 1556-1557 Sep 29, 1556-Sep 28, 1557 1557-1558 June 17, 1557 Oct 16, 1557 June 3, 1558 Nov 11, 1558 |
Leicester Gloucester Ludlow Bristol Oxford Norwich Leicester Exeter Rye Exeter Cambridge |
Leicester,
85 CWG, 297 Shropshire, 81 Brisitol, 61 Oxford, 267 Norwich, 34 Leicester, 92 Devon, 147 Sussex, 116 Devon, 148 Cambridge, 206 |
KING PHILIP (Habsburg) m. QUEEN MARY July 25, 1554
Minstrels
| 1554-1555
Nov 15, 1555-Nov 14, 1556 Oct 12, 1556 |
Oxford Banbury Exeter |
Oxford,
225 Banbury, 16 Devon, 147 |
Performers Identified as belonging to the King and Queen
Jesters
| Sep 29, 1554-Sep 28, 1555 | Canterbury | Kent, 12 |
| Oct 23, 1553-Oct
22, 1554 Oct 28, 1555-Oct 27, 1556 |
Hereford Ludlow |
Hereford,
121 Shropshire, 80 |
| Sep 29, 1555-Sep
28, 1556 Apr 12, 1556-Apr 24, 1557 Sep 29, 1556-Sep 28, 1557 Sep 29, 1556-Sep 28, 1557 1557 Sep 8, 1557-Sep 7, 1558 1558 |
Ipswich Louth Ipswich Barnstaple Beverley Dover Maldon |
Ipswich,
260 Lincolnshire, 84 Ipswich, 261 Devon, 42 DTRB, 397 Kent, 42 DTRB, 397 |