A Chronicle History of the Life and Work of William Shakespeare / Player, Poet, and Playmaker

by Frederick Gard Fleay

Table IV.—ENTRIES OF PLAYS IN THE STATIONERS' REGISTERS, 1584-1640.

Date.		For whom Entered.	Name of Play.
1584	April 6	Thomas Cadman	Sappio by Lyllye: "if he get ye comedy lawfully allowed to him."
	Nov. 12	Thomas Hackett	Fedele et Fortuna. The deceits in lovediscoursed in a Commedia of il Italian gent, and translated into English.
1585	April 1	Gabriel Cawood	Tityrus and Galaten. A Comedy.
1588	Oct. 28	Richard Jones	Pageant before Martin Calthrop, L. Mayor, 29th Oct. 1588, by G. Peele. "Uponcondition that it may be licensed."
1590	July 31	Richard Jones	A comedy of the pleasant and stately moral of the three Lords of London.
	Aug. 14	Richard Jones	The two comical discourses of "Tomberlein the Cithian shepparde."
1591	July 26	Richard Jones	The Hunting of Cupid, by G. Peele, M.A. of Oxford. "Provided always that,if it be hurtful to any other copy before licensed, then this to be void."
	Oct. 4	Mrs. Broome, widow of William Broome	Endimion, Galathea, Midas: three comedies played before herMajesty by the children of Paul's.
1592	April 3	Edward White	The tragedy of "Arden of Faversham and Blackwall."
	Oct. 6	Abel Jeffes	The Spanish Tragedy of "Don Horatio and Bellmipeia."
	Nov. 20	Edward White	The tragedy of "Salamon and Perceda."
1593	July 6	William Jones	The troublesome reign and lamentable death of Edward II. King of England, with thetragical fall of proud Mortimer.
1593	Oct. 8	Abel Jeffes	The Chronicle of K. Edward I. Longshank, with his return outof the Holy Land: with the life of "Leublen," rebel inWales, with the sinking of Queen Elinour. An enterlude.
	Oct. 19	Symond Waterson	The tragedy of Cleopatra.
	Oct. 23	John Danter	The life and death of Jack Straw. An enterlude.
	Dec. 7	John Danter	The history of Orlando Furioso, one of the 12 peers of France. A playbook.
1593-4	Jan. 7	Richard Jones	A Knack to Know a Knave, newly set forth as it hath sundrytimes been played by Ned Allen and his company, with Kempe'sapplauded merriments of the men of Goteham. A comedy.
	Jan. 26	Nicholas Ling and John Busbye	Cornelia: Thomas Kydd being the author.
	Feb. 6	John Danter	A noble Roman history of Tytus Andronicus.
	Mar. 5	Thomas Creede	The looking glass for London, by Thomas Lodg and Robert Greene, gent.
	Mar. 12	Thomas Myllington	The first part of the Contention of the two famous houses ofYork and Lancaster, with the death of the Duke of Suffolk,and the tragical end of the proud Cardinal of Winchester,with the notable rebellion of Jack Cade and the Duke of York'sfirst claim unto the crown.
1594	May 2	Peter Shorte	A pleasant conceited history called the "Tayming of a Shrowe."
	May 13	Thomas Creede	The Pedlar's Prophesy. "A pleabook."
	May 14	Thomas Creede	The Famous Victories of Henry V., containing the honourable battle of Agincourt.
	May 14	Thomas Creede	The Scottish story of James IV., slain at Flodden, intermixt with a pleasant comedypresented by Oboron King of Fairies.
1594	May 14	Edward White [previously entered to Adam Islip, whose name is crossed out]	The History of Friar Bacon and Friar Boungaye.
			The most famous Chronicle History of Leire King of England and his three daughters.
			The famous history of John of Gaunte, son to King Edward III.,with his Conquest of Spain and marriage of his two daughtersto the Kings of Castile and Portugale, &c.
			The Book of David and Bethshaba.
			A Pastoral pleasant comedy of Robin Hood and Little John.
	May 17	Thomas Gosson	The Famous Chronicle of Henry I., with the life and death of Bellin Dunn,the first thief that ever was hanged in England.
	May 17	Thomas Millington	The famous tragedy of the Rich Jew of Malta.
	May 24	John Danter	The wounds of Civil War lively set forth in the True Tragedies of Marius and Scilla.
	May 28	Cuthbert Burbye, by consent of John Danter	The history of Orlando Furioso, "So often as the same book shall be printed,the said John Danter to have the imprinting thereof."
	June 8	Cuthbert Burbey	The Cobbler's Prophesy.
	June 18	Cuthbert Burby	Mother Bumbye. An enterlude.
	June 19	John Danter	Godfrey of Bulloigne, with the Conquest of Jerusalem. An enterlude.
	June 19	John Danter	The life and death of Heliogabilus. An enterlude.
	June 19	Thomas Creede	The tragedy of Richard III., wherein is shown the death ofEdward IV., with the smothering of the two princes in the Tower,with a lamentable end of Shores' wife and the conjunction of the two housesof Lancaster and York. An enterlude.
1594	July 20	Thomas Creede	The lamentable tragedy of Locrine, the eldest son of KingBrutus, discoursing the wars of the Britons, &c.
1595	April 1	Cutbert Burbye	The Pynder of Wakefeilde. An enterlude.
	April 16	Raphe Hancock	A pleasant conceipt called an Owlde Wife's tale. An enterlude.
	May 10	John Hardye	The tragedy of Ninus and Semiramis, the first monarchs of the world.
	May 23	Thomas Gosson	Valentine and Orsson, played by her Majesty's players. An enterlude.
		Raffe Hancock
	Sept. 22	Robert Fynche	A woman in the moon.
	Nov. 24	William Blackwell	The true tragical history of King Rufus I., with the lifeand death of Belyn Dun, the first thief that ever was hanged in England.
	Nov. 26	Cutbert Burbye	The most rare and pleasant history of A Knack to know an honest man.
	Dec. 1	Cutbert Burbye	Edward III. and the Black Prince, their wars with King John of France.
1595-6	Jan. 20	Thomas Gosson	The first part of the famous history of Chinan of England.
		John Danter
1597	Aug. 29	Andrew Wise	The tragedy of Richard II.
	Oct. 20	Andrew Wise	The tragedy of King Richard III., with the death of Duke of Clarence.
1597-8	Feb. 25	Andrew Wise	The history of Henry IV., with his battle of Shrewsburyagainst Henry Hottspurre of the North, with the conceitedmirth of Sir John Ffalstoff.
1598	July 22	James Robertes	The Marchaunt of Venyce, or otherwise called the Jewe ofVenyce. Provided it be not printed without license first had from the Lord Chamberlain.
	Aug. 15	William Jones	The blinde begger of Alexandrya. "Upon condition that it belong to no other man."
1598	Oct. 5	William Aspley	The tragic comedy of Celestina, wherein are discoursed in most pleasant style many philosophical sentences and advertisements very necessary for young gentlemen, discovering the sleights of treacherous servants and the subtle carriages of filthy bawds.
	Oct. 5	[William] Ponsonbye	The tragi-comedy of the Vertuous Octavia, by Samuell Brandon.
1599	Aug. 28	John Oxonbridge	The first and second part of Edward IV. and the Tanner ofTamworth, with the history of the life and death of MasterShore and Jane Shore his wife, as it was lately acted by the right honorable the Earl of Derby his servants. Two plays.
		John Busbie
	Nov. 17	William Aspley	A Warning for Fair Women.
1599-1600	Feb. 20	William Aspley	Old Fortunatus in his new livery. A comedy.
1600	Mar. 28	Cuthbert Burby	The play of Patient Grissell.
	Mar. 31	William White	A famous history called Valentine and Orsson, played by her majesty's players.
	April 8	William Holme	A comical satire of Every man out of his Humour.
	May 27	[James] Robertes	A moral of Cloth Breeches and Velvet Hose, as it is acted by my Lord Chamberlain's servants. "Provided that he is not to put it in print without further and better authority" [than the Wardens'].
	May 29	[James] Robertes	The Allarum to London. "Provided that it be not printed without furtherauthority."
	Jul 24	Richard Oliff	Two plays or things; the one called The Maid's Metamorphosis: the other Give a man luck and throw him into the Sea.
1600	Aug. 11	Thomas Pavier	The first part of the history of the life of Sir John Oldcastell, Lord Cobham.
			The second and last part of the history of Sir John Oldcastell,Lord Cobham, with his martyrdom.
			The history of the life and death of Captain Thomas Stucley, with his marriage to Alexander Curtis his daughter, and his valiant ending of his life at the battle of Alcazar.
	Aug. 14	[Cuthbert] Burby	Every man in his humour. A book.
		Walter Burre
	Aug. 23	Andrew Wise	Much Ado about Nothing
		William Aspley	The second part of the history of King Henry IV.,with the humours of Sir John Ffallstaff. Written by Master Shakespere.Two books.
			[The following entries occur in another part of the Registers:—My Lord Chamberlain's men's plays entered.
	May 27	[James] Robertes	A moral of cloth breeches and velvet hose.
	May 27	J[ames] Robertes	Allarum to London.
	Aug. 4	...	As you like it. A book. Henry V. A book. Every man in his humour. A book. The comedy of Much Ado about nothing. A book. To be stayed.]
	Sept. 8	Ffelix Norton	Jack Drum's entertainment, a comedy, as it hath been divers times acted by the Children of Paul's.
	Oct. 7	Richard Olyffe	The Wisdom of Doctor Dodepole, played by the children of Paul's.
	Oct. 8	Thomas Ffyssher	A Midsummer Night's Dream.
	Oct. 23	Richard Oliffes	The weakest goeth to the walls.
	Oct. 28	Thomas Haies	A book called The book of the Merchant of Venice.! "By consent of Mr. Roberts."
1600	Oct. 28	[Cuthbert] Burby Walter Burre	Sommer's last Will and Testament, presented by William Sommers.
	Nov. 25	William Wood	Love's Metamorphosis, written by Master John Lylly, and played by the Children of Paul's.
	Dec. 1	[William] Leake	The Downfal of Robert Earl of Huntingdon, after called Robin Hood.
	Dec. 1	[William] Leake	The Death of Robert Earl of Huntingdon, with the lamentable tragedy of Chaste Mathilda.
1600-1	Jan. 7	Thomas Busshell	The play of Doctor Faustus.
	Mar. 1	John Harrison, jun.	God speed the plough.
1601	May 23	Walter Burre	Narcissus, the fountain of Self Love.
	July 3	Edward Alde	The true history of George Scanderbarge, as it was lately played by the right hon. the Earl of Oxenford his servants.
	Aug. 3	William White	A comedy of A Woman will have her Will.
	Oct. 24	Matthew Lownes	The first and second parts of the play called Anthonio can Melida. "Provided that he get lawful license for it."
		Thomas Ffyssher
	Nov. 11	John Barnes	The untrussing of the Humorous Poets, by Thomas Decker.
	Dec. 21	Mathewe Lownes	Poetaster, or his arraignment.
1601-2	Jan. 18	John Busby	An excellent pleasant and conceited comedy of Sir John Ffaulstof and the merry wives of Windesor [assigned to Arthure Johnson at same date].
1602	June 7	Edward Aldee	Blurt Master Constable.
	July 26	James Robertes	The Revenge of Hamlett Prince Denmark, as it was lately acted by the Lord Chamberlain his servants.
1602	Aug. 11	William Cotton	The life and death of the Lord Cromwell, as it was lately acted by the Lord Chamberlain his servants.
1602-3	Feb. 7	[James] Robertes	Troilus and Cresseda, as it is acted by my Lord Chamberlain's men. "When he hath gotten sufficient authority for it."
1604	April 30	Edward Blunt	The works of William Alexander of Menstrie, containing the Monarchic Tragedies.
	July 5	William Aspley	The Malcontent, Tragicomædia. An interlude. [Crossed out and re-entered.]
		Thomas Thorpe
	Nov. 2	Edward Blunt	The tragedy of Sejanus, written by Benjamin Johnson.
	Nov. 9	Thomas Man, jun.	The humours of the Patient Man, the Longing Wife, and the Honest Whore.
	Nov. 29	[Simon] Waterson	The tragedy of Philotus, written by Samuel Daniell.
		Edward Blunt
	Dec. 4	Nathaniel Butter	The life and death of Cavaliero Dick Boyer.
1604-5	Feb. 8	Thomas Pavyer	The history of Richard Whittington, his low birth, his great fortune, as it was played by the Prince's servants.
	Feb. 8	Thomas Pavyer	The Fair Maid of Bristoe, played at Hampton Court by His Majesty's players.
	Feb. 12	Nathanaell Butter	King Henry VIII. An enterlude. "If he get good allowance before he begin to print it."
	Mar. 2	Henrie Rockett	Westward Hoe, presented by the children of Paul's. A comedy. "Provided that he get further authority before it be printed." [Crossed out.]
1605	May 8	Simon Stafford	The Tragical history of King Leir and his three daughters, as it was lately acted. Assigned [at the same date] to John Wright, "provided that Simon Stafford shall have the printing of this book."
	June 26	John Hodgetes	The Dutch Courtesan, as it was lately presented at the Blackfriars. "Provided that he get sufficient authority before it be printed."
1605	July 5	Nathaniel Butter	If you know not me you know nobody.
	Sept. 4	William Aspley	Eastward Ho. A comedy.
		Thomas Thorp
	Sept. 14	Nathanael Butter	The second part of If you know not me you know [no]body, with The Building of the Exchange.
	Oct. 16	John Wright	The Return from Pernassus, or the Scourge of Simony, publicly acted by the Students in Saint John's College, in Cambridge. An enterlude.
	Nov. 26	[Simon] Waterson	The Queen's Arcadia, presented by the University of Oxon in Christchurch.
1605-6	Jan. 10	Edward Blounte	A comedy called Sir Gyles Goosecap, "provided that it be printed according to the copy whereunto Master Wilson's hand is at."
	Mar. 12	John Trundell	Nobody and Somebody.
	Mar. 12	William Cotton	The Ffanne. A play. "Provided that he shall not put the same in print before he get allowed lawful authority."
	Mar. 17	Eliazar Edgar	The Wonder of Women, or the tragedy of Sophonisba.
1606	May 13	John Trundell	The Fleare. A comedy. "Provided that they are not to print it till they bring good authority and license for the doing thereof." [Trundel's share was transferred to A. Johnson, Nov. 21, and Buck's license obtained to print.]
		John Busbye
	June 5	John Wright	Julius Cæsar's Revenge.
		Nathanael Ffossbrook
	Nov. 12	Clement Knighte	Wily Beguiled.
1606-7	Feb. 23	[Simon] Waterson	Lingua. A comedy. [Assigned to J. Waterson, 19th Aug. 1635.]

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Date.		For whom Entered.	Licenser.	Name of Play.
1607	April 10	Francis Burton	B.	The tragical life and death of Claudius Tiberius Nero.
	April 20	Nathanael Butter	B.	The Whore of Babilon.
		John Trundell
	April 24	Henrie Rockett	B.	The Fair Maid of the Exchange.
	May 9	Arthur Johnson	B.	The Phenix.
	May 15	Arthur Johnson	B.	Michaelmas Term. A comedy.
	May 20	Eleazar Edgar	B.	The Woman hater, as it hath been lately acted by the Children of Paul's.
		Robert Jackson
	June 3	William Aspley	B.	The tragedy of Busey D'Amboise, made by George Chapman.
	June 29	John Busbye	T.	Cupid's Whirleygigge. A comedy.
		Arthur Johnson
	June 29	John Wright	B.	The travels of the three English Brothers, as it was played at the Curtain. A play.
	July 31	George Vyncent	B.	The misery of inforced Marriage. A tragedy.
	Aug. 6	George Elde	B.	The Puritan Widow. A comedy.
	Aug. 6	George Elde	B.	Northward Ho.
	Aug. 6	Thomas Thorp	B.	What you will. A comedy.
	Oct. 7	George Elde	B.	The Revenger's Tragedy. }Two plays.
			B.	A Trick to catch the Old one.}
	Oct. 12	John Browne	B.	The Family of Love, as it hath been lately acted by the Children of His Majesty's Revels. A play.
		John Helme
	Oct. 16	John Wright	B.	The tragedy of Pope Alexander VI., as it was played before his Majesty.
1607	Oct. 22	Arthur Johnson	B.	The Merry Devil of Edmonton. A play.
	Nov. 26	Nathaniel Butter	B.	Master William Shakespeare his history of King Lear, as it was played before the King's Majesty at Whitehall upon Saint Stephen's night at Christmas last by His Majesty's servants playing usually at the Globe on the Bankside.
		John Busby
1607-8	Mar. 22	Richard Bonyon	B.	The Five Witty Gallants, as it hath been acted by the Children of the Chapel. A play.
1608	Mar. 28	Richard Moore	B.	A most witty and merry conceited comedy called Who would a' thought it, or Law Tricks.
	April 12	John Helme	B.	Humour out of Breath.
	April 21	Thomas Thorpe	B.	The characters of two Royal Masques invented by Ben. Johnson.
	April 29	Thomas Man, jun.	B.	The second part of the Converted Courtesan, or Honest Whore.
	May 2	[Thomas] Pavyer	...	A Yorkshire Tragedy, written by Wylliam Shakespere.
	May 20	Edward Blount	B.	Pericles, Prince of Tyre.
	June 3	John Busby	B.	A Roman tragedy called the Rape of Lucrece.
		Nathanael Butter
	June 5	Thomas Thorp	B.	The Conspiracy and Tragedy of Charles Duke of Byronn, written by George Chapman.
	Oct. 4	Walter Burre	S.	A mad World, my maysters.
		Eleazer Edgar
	Oct. 6	John Bache	B.	The Dumb Knight. A play.
1608	Nov. 25	Nathanael Butter	B.	The tragedy of Mustapha and Zangar.
1608-9	Jan. 26	Henry Walleys	S.	The Case is altered. [Bartholomew Sutton is added to the two other publishers on 20 July 1609.]
		Richard Bonion
	Jan. 27	Jeffrey Charlton	S.	Bonos Nochios. An interlude.
			S.	Craft upon Subtilty's back. An interlude.
	Jan. 28	Richard Bonion	S.	The history of Troylus and Cressida.
		Henry Walleys
	Feb. 22	Richard Bonion	S.	The masque of Queens celebrated, done by Benjamin Johnson.
		Henry Walley
	Mar. 10	John Busby, jun.	S.	The tragedy of the Turk, with the death of Borgias, by John Mason, gent.
1610	June 12	John Browne	...	Chester's Triumph in honor of the Prince, as it was performed upon S. Gregory's day in the aforesaid city.
	Sept. 20	John Browne	B.	Epiceone, or the Silent Woman, by Ben. Johnson.
		John Busby, jun.
	Oct. 3	Walter Burre	B.	The Alchemist, made by Ben Johnson.
	Oct. 31	Thomas Thorpe	B.	Histriomastix, or the Player Whipped.
	Nov. 9	Robert Wilson	B.	Ram Alley, or Merry Tricks.
1611	Sept. 14	John Stepneth	B.	The tragedy of the Atheist.
	Oct. 14	William Barrenger	B.	The Golden Age, with the lives of Jupiter and Saturn.
	Nov. 23	John Budge	B.	A Woman is a Weathercock. A comedy.
1611-12	Feb. 1	William Barrenger	B.	A Christian turned Turk, or the tragical lives and deaths of the two famous pirates Ward and Danseker, as it hath been publicly acted. Written by Robert Daborn, gent.
	Feb. 15	Edward Blunte	B.	A play-book, being a Tragi-comedy called the Nobleman, written by Cyril Tourneur.
1611-12	Feb. 15	Edward Blunte	B.	The Twins Tragedy, written by Niccolls. A tragedy.
1612	April 17	[John] Browne	B.	The Revenge of Bussy D'Amboys. A tragedy.
			B.	The Widow's Tears. A comedy. Both written by George Chapman.
	Dec. 17	Richard Hawkins	B.	The tragedy of the Fair Mariamne, Queen of Jewry.
1614	May 23	Richard Redmer	B.	Hog hath lost his Pearl.
1614-5	Feb. 21	Robert Lownes	B.	The Valiant Welshman.
1615	April 18	Walter Burr	...	Ignoramus, Comœdia prout Cantabrigie acta coram Jacobo, &c.
	April 24	Josias Harison	B.	The Hector of Germany, or the Palsgrave "is a harmless thing." [These four words have been struck through with a pen.]
	April 24	Josias Harison	...	Cupid's Revenge.
	April 28	Nicholas Okes	...	Albumazar. A comedy acted before His Majesty at Cambridge, 10 Mar. 1614[-5].
	Aug. 14	Richard Redmere	...	The Honest Lawyer. A play. [Assigned at same date to Richard Woodriffe.]
1615-6	Mar. 19	Miles Patriche	B.	The Scornful Lady, written by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher.
1618	April 20	John Parker	B.	The Marriages of the Arts, written by Barth. Holyday, M.A. A Comedy.
	June 3	Barnard Alsope	...	See me and see me not, by Dabridgcourt Belgier. A poem.
	Aug. 7	[Edward] Blounte	B.	A King and no King. A play.
1619	April 28	[Richard] Higgenbotham	B.	The Maid's Tragedy. A play.
		[Francis] Constable
	July 10	[John] Brown	B.	The Temple Masque, anno 1618.
	Oct. 17	Richard Meighen	B.	Swetnam the Women Hater arraigned by Women. A comedy.
1619-20	Jan. 10	Thomas Walkley	...	Philaster. A play.
	Jan. 15	John Trundle	...	The life and death of Guy of Warwick, written by John Day and Thomas Decker.
1620	May 22	Laurence Chapman	B.	Two Merry Milkmaids. A play.
	July 4	George Purslowe	B.	A courtly masque, or the TheWorld Tost at Tennis, acted at the Prince's Arms by the Prince his highness' servants.
		John Trundle
1621	Sept. 18	John Norton	B.	The Pilgrim of Casteell, or the Fortunes of Llamphilus and Nisa. "Not to be printed until he bringeth more sufficient authority."
	Oct. 6	Thomas Walkley	B.	The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice.
	Dec. 7	Thomas Jones	B.	The Virgin Martyr. A tragedy.
1621-2	Feb. 22	Matthew Rodes	B.	A tragedy of Herod and Antipater, by Gervase Markham.
1622-3	Jan. 20	Edward Blackmore	A.	Sforza, Duke of Millaine, made by Master Messenger. A play.
		George Norton
1623	Sept. 3	Francis Grove	A.	A book of Jigs containing three books or parts.
	Nov. 8	[Edward] Blounte	...	Master William Shakspeer's Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies, so many of the said copies are not formally entered to other men.
		Isaac Jaggard
	...	...	...	Comedies: The Tempest.
	...	...	...	The Two Gentlemen of Verona.
	...	...	...	Measure for Measure.
1623	Nov. 8	...	...	The Comedy of Errors.
	...	...	...	As you like it.
	...	...	...	All's well that ends well.
	...	...	...	Twelfe Night.
	...	...	...	The Winter's Tale.
	...	...	...	Histories: The third part of Henry VI.
	...	...	...	Henry VIII.
	...	...	...	Tragedies: Coriolanus.
	...	...	...	Timon of Athens.
	...	...	...	Julius Cæsar.
	...	...	...	Macbeth.
	...	...	...	Anthonie and Cleopatra.
	...	...	...	Cymbeline.
1623-4	Mar. 12	[John] Harrison	H.	The Bondman, by Phillip Messenger.
		Edward Blackmore
1624	June 28	John Wright	...	The Spanish Jepsye.
1626	April 14	John Waterson	...	The Staple of News. A comedy.
1627	April 8	Robert Milbourne	...	Apollo Shroving. A comedy.
1627-8	Feb. 27	John Marriott	H.	The tragedy of Lodovick Sforza, Duke of Millan, by Robert Gomersall.
1629	June 2	Henry Seile	H.	The Lover's Melancholy, by John Ford, gent.
	Nov. 13	Jaspar Emerye	H.	The Duchess of Suffolk, written by Thomas Drue. A play.
1629-30	Jan. 1	Ephraim Dawson	H.	The Collonell, written by William Davenant, gent.
1629-30	Jan. 10	John Waterson	H.	The Crewel Brother, written by William Davenant.
			H.	The Just Italian, by the same.
	Feb. 26	John Grove	H.	Hoffman, the Revengeful Father. A play.
			H.	The Grateful Servant, by James Shirley. A play.
	Feb. 27	Raph Mabbe	H.	The Spanish Bawd. A play.
	Mar. 22	John Waterson	H.	The Runegado, by Philip Messenger. A play.
1630	Mar. 26	John Mariott	H.	Aristippus and the Pedler.
	April 8	[Francis] Constable	H.	The Chast Mayd of Chepeside. A play.
	April 8	—— Allcott	H.	The Pedler, by R. Davenport. A comedy.
	April 16	[Francis] Constable	H.	The Battle of the Affections, or Love's Lodestone. A play.
	June 29	[Nathaniel] Butter	H.	The second part of the Honest Hoore, by Thomas Decker.
	Sept. 13	Andrew Crooke	H.	A comedy in Latin called Loyola, by Doctor Hackket.
	Nov. 8	[Henry] Seile	H.	Match me in London, by Thomas Decker. A play.
1630-1	Feb. 9	[Robert] Milborne	H.	A comedy in Latin called Pedantius.
	Feb. 25	[Francis] Constable	H.	The School of Complement, by James Shirley.
1631	April 17	Thomas Alchorne	H.	New Inn, written by Ben. Johnson. A comedy.
	April 25	William Sheeres	H.	Scicelides, acted at Cambridge. A play.
	May 16	John Jackman	H.	The Wonder of a Kingdom, by Thomas Decker. A comedy. [Entered again under 24 Feb. 1635-6 to N. Vavasor, "dated 7 May 1631.">[
	May 16	John Jackman	H.	The Noble Spanish Souldier, by Thomas Deckar. A tragedy. [Entered again under 9 Dec. 1633 to N. Vavasor, "anno 1631.">[
	May 18	[Thomas] Harper	H.	Cæsar and Pompey, by George Chapman. A play.
	June 16	Richard Royston	H.	The Fair Maid of the West, 1st and 2d part. A comedy.
	Sept. 7	[Richard] Meighen	H.	Amarath the Turk. A play.
1631	Sept. 7	[Richard] Meighen	H.	The tragedy of Bajazet II., or the Raging Turk.
	Sept. 28	[Richard] Thrall	H.	Ffraus honesta.
	Nov. 12	[Michael] Sparkes	H.	A flora show at Norwich.
	Nov. 19	John Waterson	H.	The Emperor of the East. A playbook.
	Nov. 24	[Francis] Constable	H.	A new wonder, or a Woman never vexed. A comedy by William Rowley.
1631-2	Jan. 16	[John] Waterson, jun.	H.	The Maid of Honor, by Philip Massinger. A play.
	Jan. 26	John Grove	H.	The Leaguer. (The reformations to be strictly observed: may be printed not otherwise expressed by the foresaid words) [sic]. A comedy.
	Feb. 9	William Cooke	H.	The Changes, or Love in a Maze, by Master Sherley. A comedy.
	Mar. 24	Nicholas Vavasor	H.	The Northern Lass, by Master Broome. A comedy.
1632	Mar. 30	Francis Constable	H.	The Fatal Dowry. A tragedy.
	May 9	Andrew Crooke	H.	A tragedy in Latin called Roxana.
	June 13	[Humfrey] Robinson	H.	The Rival Friends, by Peter Hausten. A comedy.
	Sept. 27	[Thomas] Harper	H.	All's lost by Lust, by William Rowley. A tragedy.
	Nov. 2	William Sheares	H.	The Costly Whore. A Comedy.
	Nov. 9	William Cooke	H.	A dialogue of Riches and Honor, by J. S.
	Nov. 10	[Henry] Seile	H.	Alaham, by Fulke Lord Brooke. A tragedy.
			H.	A new way to pay old debts, by Philip Massinger. A comedy.
	Nov. 20	Nicholas Vavasor	H.	The Jew of Malta. A tragedy.
1632-3	Jan. 15	William Sheares	H.	A match at Midnight. A play.
1632-3	Jan. 15	William Cooke	H.	The witty fair one, by James Shirley. A play.
	Jan. 21	Hugh Beeston	H.	Love's Sacrifice, by John Ford. A tragedy.
	Mar. 19	William Cooke	H.	The Bird in the Cage, by James Shirley. A comedy.
1633	Mar. 28	Hugh Beeston	H.	The Broken Heart, by John Ford. A tragedy.
	June 15	[Richard] Meighen	H.	The Fine Companion, by Shakerley Marmyon. A play.
	July 15	Nicholas Okes	H.	The Traveller, by Master Heywood. A comedy.
	Aug. 1	—— Allott	H.	Fuimus Troes, or the True Troians, represented by the gentlemen students of Magdalen College in Oxford.
1633-4	Feb. 24	Hugh Beeston	H.	Perkin Warbeck, by John Ford. "Observing the caution in the license." A tragedy.
1634	April 8	John Waterson	H.	The two Noble Kinsmen, by John Fletcher and William Shakespeare. A tragi-comedy.
	April 17	John Spenser	H.	Bellum grammaticale, by Master Spense.
	June 25	Nicholas Oakes	Bl.	A maidenhead well lost. A play.
	Oct. 28	Benjamin Fisher	H.	The Witches of Lancashire. A play.
	Nov. 3	William Cooke	H.	The Traytor, by James Shirley. A play.
1634-5	Jan. 19	John Benson	H.	The Shepherd's Holiday, by J. Rutter. A tragi-comedy.
1635	Sept. 30	John Crouch	Bl.	The Queen's Masque, or Love's Mistress, by Master Haywood. A play.
	Dec. 7	[John] Marriott	H.	The Great Duke of Florence. A comical history, by Philip Massinger.
1635-6	Feb. 4	[Richard] Meighen	H.	The Platonic Lovers, by William Davenant. A play.
	Feb. 4	[Richard] Meighen	H.	The Wits, by William Davenant. A play.
1636	June 17	Robert Raworth	H.	A challenge for Beauty, by Haywood. A play.
	Aug. 6	Charles Greene	Bl.	The history of Anniball and Scipio, by Thomas Nabbes. A play.
			Bl.	A moral masque, by Thomas Nabbes.
1636-7	Mar. 29	[John] Waterson	T.	The Elder Brother, written by John Fletcher. A comedy.
	[? 23]	John Benson
	Mar. 25	James Beckett	T.	The Royal King and the Loyal Subjects, by Master Heywood. A comedy.
			T.	Hide Park, by James Shirley. A comedy.
1637	April 13	Andrew Crooke	T.	The Lady of Pleasure.} By James Shirley. Two plays.
		William Cooke	T.	The Young Admiral. }
	April 26	[John] Waterson	T.	The Valiant Scot. A tragedy.
	Oct. 18	Andrew Crooke	...	The Example, by Master Shirley. A play.
		William Cooke
	Nov. 15	William Cooke	...	The Gamester, by James Shirley. A play.
	Nov. 28	John Okes	...	A Shoemaker is a gentleman, with the life and death of the Cripple that stole the weathercock of Paul's, by William Rowley. A comedy.
1637-8	Jan. 29	Thomas Walkley	H.	The Cid, a tragi-comedy translated out of French by Master Rutter.
	Feb. 3	[Henry] Seile	...	The Fancies, by John Ford. A play.
	Feb. 15	John Okes	...	The Martyred Soldier, with the life and death of Purser Clinton, by H. Shirley.
	Mar. 5	John Okes	...	The Lost Lady. A play.
	Mar. 12	Henry Sheapard	...	The wisewoman of Hogsden, by Thomas Haywood. A play.
	Mar. 13	[Andrew] Crooke	...	The Duke's Mistress, by James Shirley. A play.
		William Cooke
	Mar. 13	[Andrew] Crooke	...	The Conspiracy. A play.

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Date.		For whom Entered.	Name of Play.
1637-8	Mar. 13	[Andrew] Crooke	The Royal Master, by James Shirley. A play.
		John Crooke
		Richard Searger
	Mar. 14	[Henry] Seile	A Latin Comedy called Naufragium Joculare, by Abraham Cowley.
			A Pastoral Comedy called Love's Riddle, by Abraham Cowley, whilst he was King's Scholar in Westminster School.
1638	Mar. 30	[Thomas] Harper	A Latin Comedy called Cornelianum Dolium, by T. R.
		[Thomas] Slater
	April 5	Charles Greene	Tottenham Court, by Thomas Nabbes. A play.
	April 18	Thomas Walkley	Aglaura, by Sir John Sucklin, Knight. A play.
	May 28	Charles Greene	Covent Garden, by Thomas Nabbes. A play.
	June 23	Charles Greene	The Spring's glory, by Thomas Nabbes. A book.
	July 13	John Oakes	The Seven Champions of Christendom, with the life and death of Jack Straw and Wat Tyler, by John Kirke. A play.
	Oct. 24	[Andrew] Crooke	Phillip Chalbott, Admiral of France, and the Ball, by James Shirley. A book.
		William Crooke
	Oct. 26	John Crooke	Arviagus and Philicia, first and second parts. A play.
		Richard Serger
	Oct. 26	Thomas Walkley	The Tragedy of Cleopatra, and Julia Agripina, Emperess of Rome. Two plays.
	Nov. 6	Henry Sheapard	The Lady's Trial, by John Ford. A play.
	Nov. 7	[Humphry] Mozeley	The Sophister. A comedy.
1638-9	Jan. 11	[Daniel] Pakeman	Argalus and Parthenia, by Henry Glapthorne. A play.
	Jan. 22	[John] Waterson	Monsieur Thomas, by Master John Fletcher. A comedy.
	Feb. 14	[John] Waterson	The unnatural Combat, by Phillip Massinger. A tragedy.
	Mar. 1	[Thomas] Harper	Imperiale. A tragedy.
1639	Mar. 28	Humphrey Blundon	A new trick to cheat the Devil, by Master Damport. A book or comedy.
1639	April 12	William Cooke	The Maid's Revenge, by James Shirley. A play.
	April 25	[Andrew] Crooke William Cooke	Nightwalkers.Opportunity.Love's Cruelty.The Coronation.Wit without money. 5 plays.
	June 18	John Okes	The Knave in Grain, or Jack Cottington. A play.
	July 8	Laurence Blaicklock	The Bride, by Thomas Nabbes. A play.
	July 29	William Cooke	The Humorous Courtier, by James Shirley. A play.
	Sept. 23	George Hutton	Albertus Wallenstein, late Duke of Friedland, by Henry Glapthorne. A tragedy.
	Oct. 3	Daniel Frere	Messalina, the Roman Empress, by N. R. A tragedy.
	Oct. 4	John Crooke	The Bloody Brother, by J. B. A tragedy.
		Richard Sergier
	Nov. 4	Daniel Frere	Unfortunate Mother, a tragedy by Thomas Nabbes. A play.
	Nov. 20	Daniel Frere	The Rebellion, by Thomas Rawlins. A play.
	Nov. 29	John Williams Francis Egglestone	The Arcadia. A Pastoral. Love's Cruelty, by James Shirley. A Tragedy. Entered before to Master Crooke.
1639-40	Jan. 31	[William] Leake	The Strange Discovery, by J. G., gent. A tragi-comedy.
	Feb. 14	William Cooke	The Tragedy of Saint Albons, by Master James Shirley. A play.
	Feb. 20	John Benson	The Masque of the Gypsies, by Benjamin Johnson.
1639-40	Mar. 11	John Williams Francis Egglestone	The Antiquary. A comedy. Look to the Lady, by James Shirley. A comedy.
	Mar. 19	[Francis] Constable	Sparagus Garden.The Antipodes. Wit in a Madness. Three plays, by Rich. Brome.
	Mar. 20	[Andrew] Crooke Richard Seirger	The Masque of Augurs.
			Time Vindicated.
			Neptune's Triumphs.
			Pan's Anniversary, or The Shepherd's Holiday. Four masques, by Benjamin Jonson.
1640	April 2	William Cooke	The Queen of Arragon, by William Habington, Esquire.
	April 2	[Andrew] Crooke	The Swaggering Damosell, by Master Chamberlayne. A comedy.
			The Prisoner, by Master Killegrey. A tragedy.
	April 4	[Francis] Constable	The Lady's Privilege, by Henry Glaphthorne. A play.
	April 27	[Francis] Constable	Wit in a Constable, by Henry Glapthorne. A comedy.
	April 28	[Richard] Whitaker	Saint Patrick for Ireland.The Constant Maid. Two plays, by James Shirley.
	May 22	Widow Wilson	The Hollander, by Henry Glapthorne. A comedy.
	May 22	John Okes	Love's Masterpiece, by Thomas Haywood. A comedy.
	Aug. 4	[Andrew] Crooke	Claracilla, by Master Killegray. A play.
			Christianetta. The Jewish Gentleman.A New Academy or Exchange. The Lovesick Count. The Covent Garden. The English Moor, or Mock Marriage. Six plays, by Richard Broome.

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