Council Minute Book A

Description

Minutes of the Council, Oct 1563-Feb 1594 and Chamberlain's Accounts, 1564-1589 including account of John Taylor and John Shakespeare 10 Jan 1563/4 referring to 'Item payd for defaysyng ymages in ye chappell'. Other items of interest include agreement with Roger Dyos, vicar, 1555; Book of orders, 1557; agreement with John Brownsword, schoolmaster, 1565; Rent-roll, 1574; copy indenture concerning Oken's charity, 1575

Finding No

BRU2/1
Date

1555-1594
Extent

1 vol
Status

open
Level

file
Credit line

CC-BY-NC-ND Image Courtesy of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust

Related material

Printed, in Minutes and Accounts, vols. i-v, passim. There is a full transcript of the 1563/4 Chamberlains' account in The Shakespeare Documents Vol I by B Roland Lewis, Stanford University Press (pp56-57).