80 Charles William Wallace 



[i-9] 

 Keysar vs. Burbage et al. 



Court of Requests Proceedings, James I, Uncalcndared. Case 

 of Robert Keysar vs. Richard Burbage et al. (Recently with- 

 drawn from circulation, and now preserved separately.) 



[Four skins, consisting of Bill 2$y 2 X 17^4; Answer, 24 X 16^2 ; Replica- 

 tion, 23X17^; Rejoinder, 273^X11^; all written clearly, with lines 

 running the long way of the parchments. The chirography is the usual 

 beautiful modified Gothic of the period. Both ink and parchment per- 

 fectly preserved.] 



[I] 

 Bill. 



[In dorso] viij° die ffebruarij Anno Rrgni Regis 

 Jacobj Angliae etc septimo et Scotiae xliij 00 



Deiendoitcs vocentur per Marodatuw nuncij Cameras 



To the Kinges moste excellent Ma tie ./ 



Humblie Complaininge sheweth vnto y r moste excellent Ma tie , y r 

 highnes Loyall and Obedyent Suplyaunt Robert Keysar Citizen 

 and Goldsmith of London, That wheiras one Richard Burbage 

 gent, was and still ys seised of an estate of inheritaunce in fee 

 or fee tayle of and in an one great Hall or roome, w th Certaine 

 roomes over the same, sett and beinge in the Blackfryers London, 

 erected furnished and buylt w th Stage Gallaryes and seattes, and 

 beinge soe seised did for the tearme of Twentye and one yeares 

 demise the same to one Henrye Evans at the yearlie Rent of 

 fortye pounde, quarterlye to be paide dureinge the said Tearme 

 w' h in effluction of tyme ys not yet expired by manye yeares, By 

 force and vertue of w ch said lease, he the said Henrye Evans did 

 theirinto enter and was theirof lawfulie possessed, & beinge theirof 

 soe possessed, he the said Henrye Evans did for good and valu- 

 able Consideracfon afterwardes grant all or some parte of the 

 said Tearme the Certaintye y r Supph'a/zt knoweth not, to one John 



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