Three London Theatres of Shakespeare's Time 1 1 



notice of this order shall at his pmll attend this court, vpon 

 friday next to shewe cause why a decree should not be made 

 to put the pl l in present possesion of the profits of that part 

 of the play howse called the redd Bull in question, whereof the pi' 

 had A lease, and why he should not make vnto the said compl 1 

 A newe lease according to the fornw lease, made of that part of 

 the saide howse to one Tho: Swynerton, w ch lease by meane as- 

 signement came to thandf.? of the compl 1 , & also to shewe cause 

 why he the said def 1 should not be accomptable for such moneys 

 as he hath receaued for the pi*, & why also the arrerages of 

 eighteen pence A weeke due to the gatherers place, & deteyned by 

 the saide def 1 should not be referred to some indifferent men 

 texamine & certifie.// 



[A transcript of this order, dated n May, n James I, evidently served 

 by the Messenger of the Chamber on the defendant, is found also in one 

 of the bundles of the uncalendered records of the Court of Requests.] 



Decrees and Orders, Easter Term, n James I, J'ol. 26, p. y8o. 



xv t0 die Maij A° R Regis Jacobi Anglie 

 ffr: et Hibmiie n° et Scotie 46 ./ 



Woodford I n the matter of varyau/zce depending before his ma tie & his 



Holland J r ° 



highenes Counsaill in his ho : Court of Whitehall at the sute of 

 Thomas Woodford gent compl 1 against Aaron Holland def 1 , 

 Being amongest other things for & concerning the compl tes 

 demaund of the eightenth penny and the eighteenth part of such 

 moneys & other comodities as should bee collected or receaued 

 for certen yeares yet enduring for the profits.? of the Galleries 

 or other places in or belonging to the Play howse called the Red 

 Bull at the vpper end of S { Johns streete London, as in & by the 

 said compl tes bill of complaint is declared, Vnto w ch Bill the said 

 def 1 hath made answere, Wherevpon it is now Ordered by his 

 ma tes sa i(j Counsaill by & w th the consent of both the said parties 

 that the said matters of the compl tcs bill, & the def tes answere 

 shalbe wholly & absolutely referred to the hearing and ordering 

 of Anthony Dyot & Clement Gouldsmithes esq 1 " Counsailo rs at 

 lawe being seucrally of counsaill w th the said parties, who are 



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