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liSf^^nHn^nglish Drama illîBiKuu^sîylUî^^.:^l^H-l^^';'!V'l^:yu''Hjiîl'^l^Â^*.!ii\^'.^^ fitroduction he Records Province ofYork and Diocese of Chester Acton to Chester c 1624 RECORDS OF EARLY ENGLISH DRAMA Drama Records of Early English V ^''r»«'x CHESHIRE including CHESTER EDITED BY ELIZABETH BALDWIN, LAWRENCE M. CLOPPER, and DAVID MILLS 1 Introduction The Records Province of York and Diocese of Chester Acton to Chester c 1624 THE BRITISH LIBRARY and UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO PRESS Universityof Toronto Press Incorporated 2007 I Toronto Buffalo Printed in Canada First published in North America in 2007 by UniversityofToronto Press Incorporated ISBN 978-0-8020-9326-4 and in the European Union in 2007 by The British Library 96 Euston Road London NWl 2DB British LibraryCataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this title is available from The British Library ISBN 978-0-7123-0935 Printed on acid-free paper Library andArchives Canada Catalogîngin Publication Cheshire : including Chester / edited byElizabeth Baldvîn, Lawrence M. Clopper, and David Mills. (Records ofearly English drama) Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: 1. Introduction. The records, Province ofYork and Diocese ofChester, Acton to Chester cl624 - 2. The records, Chester 1624-5 toWynbunbury, households, County ofChester, appendixes, translations, endnotes, glossaries, index. ISBN 978-0-8020-9326-4 1. Performingarts - England- Cheshire - History- Sources. 2. Performing arts- England- Chester- History- Sources. 3. Theater- England- Cheshire- History— Sources. 4. Theater— England- Chester- History— Sources. 5. Cheshire (England) - History- Sources. 6. Chester (England) - History- Sources, i. Clopper, Lawrence M., 1941- ii. Mills, David, 1938- in. Baldwin, Elizabeth iv. Series. PN2595.5.C43C43 2007 792.09427'! C2007-900049-5 The research and typesettingcosts of Records ofEarly English Drama have been underwritten by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council ofCanada Contents VOLUME 1 PREFACE Vll ACKNOWLEDGMENTS IX INTRODUCTION Historical Background xiii Drama, Music, and Popular Customs xxxiii The Documents Ixxxiii Editorial Procedures cxciii Notes ccii SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY CCXV MAPS ccxxi SYMBOLS 2 THE RECORDS Province ofYork and Diocese ofChester 3 Acton to Chester c 1624 8 Drama Records of Early English The aim ofRecords ofEarly English Drama (reed) is to find, transcribe, and publish external evidence ofdramatic, ceremonial, and minstrel activity in Great Britain before 1642. The executive editorwould be gratefiil for comments on and corrections to the presentvolume and forhavinganyrelevant additional material drawn to herattention at reed, 150 Charles StWest, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1K9 or [email protected]. Detailed information about the REED series can be found on the internet at http://www.reed.utoronto.ca/publist.html. ALEXANDRA F. JOHNSTON University ofToronto director SALLY-BETH MACLEAN University ofToronto assoclvte director/executfve editor EXECUTIVE BOARD SENIORADVISORS PETER GREENFIELD University ofPuget Sound j.j. ANDERSON University ofManchester JOHN MCGAViN University ofSouthampton IAN ARCHER Kcble College, Oxford c.E. MCGEE University ofSt Jerome's College DAVID BEVINGTON University ofChicago DAVID MILLS University ofLiverpool PETER CLARK University ofHelsinki A.H. NELSON University ofCalifornia, Berkeley L.M. CLOPPER Indiana University BARBARA D. PALMER University ofMary MATTHEW DAVIES Centre for Metropolitan Washington History, London University j.A.B. SOMERSET UniversityofWestern Ontario JOANNA DUTKA University ofToronto ROBERT TiTTLER Concordia University MAURICE HOWARD University ofSussex IAN LANCASHIRE University ofToronto EDITORIAL STAEF PETER MEREDITH University ofLeeds DAVID PALLiSER University ofLeeds CAROLYN BLACK Copy Editor RICHARD PROUDFOOT King's College, JOHN LEHR Bibliographer London GORD OXLEY Typesetter ARLEANE RALPH Associatc Editor ABIGAILANN YOUNG Associate Editor