Shakespeare's Lost Years in London, 1586-1592

by Arthur Acheson

Achilles Shield, [120]
Admiral's company, the Lord, [6], [10], [12], [50], [51], [52], [53];
at Dover, [54]; [56], [57], [59];
identity between 1585 and 1589, [60]; [65];
under Henslowe, [73]; [78], [81], [82], [84], [14]
Agamemnon, [114]
Allen, Giles, [39], [43], [45], [75]
Alleyn, Edward, [6], [8], [9], [10], [14], [38], [61], [62], [65], [70];
manager of Strange's men, [77]; [82], [85];
as Roscius, [98]; [100], [101]
Alleyn, John, [8], [62];
servant to the Lord Admiral, [63], [102]
Alleyn, Richard, [105]
All's Well that Ends Well, [163], [170], [171], [193], [194], [195], [205]
Anatomy of Absurdity, [98], [99]
Anna, Queen, [222]
Antonio, [134]
Arden, Mary, [21], [23]
Arden, Robert, [21]
Arden, the name, [21]
Ardens of Parkhill, the, [21]-22
Armada, the, [2], [131], [132]
Armado, [18], [182], [206]
Armin, Robert, [114] n.
Arundell's players, Lord, [44], [48]
Ave Cæsar, [99]
Avisa, [129]
Aylmer, Bishop, [140]
Bacon, Sir Francis, [185]
Barnes, Barnabe, [127]
Barnstaple, [9]
Biron, [134]
Blacke Bookes Messenger, The, [47] n.
Bodleian Library, [128]
Brandes, Georg, [8] n.
Brayne, John, [39], [43], [75]
Brown, John, [26]
Brown, Ned, [47]
Browne, Robert, [8], [62], [65], [102]
Browning, Robert, [19]
Bryan, George, [29], [55], [60], [83]
Burbage, Cuthbert, [44], [45], [75]
Burbage, James, [5], [9], [11], [38];
as theatrical manager, [38], [42], [43], [45], [52], [53], [58], [63], [65], [67], [70], [75], [106], [126]
Burbage, Richard, [5], [8], [14], [55], [66], [70], [75], [77], [83], [126]
Burbie, Cuthbert, [96] n.
Burghley, Lord, [11], [17], [73], [154], [155], [173], [174]
Carey, Henry, Lord Hunsdon, [50]
Castle, William, parish clerk of Stratford, [68]
Cecil-Howard faction, [73]
Cecil, Sir Robert, [17], [154], [175], [194], [216]
Cecil, Sir William, [157]
Censor, Public, [17]
Chamberlain's company, the Lord, [10], [12], [13], [14], [38], [42], [52], [57], [59], [84];
leave Henslowe, [86]
Chamberlain's musicians, the Lord, [54];
at Coventry, [50], [60]
Chambers, E.K., [56]
Chandos portrait, the, [110]
Chapman, George, [15], [23], [31], [92], [93], [109], [114], [115], [119], [128], [167], [184], [185], [186]
Chettle, Henry, [93], [110], [151]
Choice of Valentines, The, [128]
Chrisoganus, [120]
Classical allusions, [79]
Cobham, Lord, [215], [217]
Comedy of Beauty and Housewifery, A, [49]
Comedy of Errors, The, [8], [17], [83], [148], [152], [172]
Contention, and True Tragedie, The, [80], [147]

Cornwallis, Sir William, [221]
Coronet for my Mistress Philosophy, A, [124], [130]
Court performances, [82]
Court records, [13]
Coventry, [9]
Coventry records, [54]
Cowdray House, [37], [165], [166]
Cranmer, Archbishop, [157]
Crosskeys, the, [51], [53], [55], [70], [72], [73], [77], [81]
Curtain Theatre, the [6], [14], [39], [44], [46], [48], [50], [51], [72], [74]
Cymbeline, [3]
Dame Pintpot, [198]
Daniel, Samuel, [159], [162]
Davenant, Mistress, [123], [125], [184]
Davenant, Sir William, [36], [127]
Davies, John, [81], [90]-[91]
Davison, William, [178]
De Guiana Carmen Epicum, [116]
Dekker, Thomas, [93], [218]
Delphrygus, [103], [104]
Derby, Countess of, [55]
Derby, Earl of, [55], [115], [179]
Devereux, Dorothy, [139]
Dialogue of Dives, [104]
Diary, Henslowe's, [7], [8], [67], [68], [75], [77], [80], [127]
Doll Tearsheet, [197]
Dulwich College, [99]
"Duttons, The Two," [74]
Edward I., [78], [80], [81], [101]
Edward II., [85], [88], [131]
Edward III., [101], [105], [131]
Edward VI., [135], [143]
Elizabeth, Queen, as Cynthia, [119]
English Dramatic Companies, [41] n., [96] n.
Ephemeris Chrisometra, [120]
Essaies of Montaigne, [191], [222]
Essex, Earl of, [140], [154], [175]-78, [216]
Essex faction, [73]
Euthymia Raptus, [120]
Every Man out of his Humour, [108], [220]
Faerie Queen, The, [161]
Fair Em, [95], [105]
Falconbridge, as Sir John Perrot, [133]-34
Falstaff, Sir John, [181], [182], [206], [215]
Famous Victories of Henry V., [200], [202], [215]
Farewell to Folly, [95], [168]
Feis, Jacob, [74]
Field, Theophilus, Bishop of Llandaff, [160]
First Fruites, [92], [196]
Fleay, F.G., [66], [74], [80], [95], [96], [107]
Fleetwood, Recorder, as an enemy of the players, [11], [44], [46];
as Burghley's gossip, [49]
Florio, John, [15];
as Falstaff's original, [18]; [91], [92], [108];
as Landulpho, [122], [123]; [125], [157]-60, [183]-91;
as Parolles, [171], [193], [201];
signs as "Resolute," [221]
Fluellen, [182], [191]
Four Plays in One, [87]
Froude, James Anthony, [1], [16]
Gardiner, S.R., [1], [16]
Golding, Arthur, [118]
Gray's Inn, [156], [172]
Greene, Robert, [5], [12], [13], [14], [15], [30], [35], [69], [80], [85], [88], [92], [94];
as Roberto, [103]; [106], [110], [117], [130], [151], [169]
Greg, W.W., [101] n.
Groatsworth of Wit, A, [5], [15], [102], [110], [117], [150]
Grooms of the Privy Chamber, [58]
Halliwell-Phillipps, J.O., [43], [45], [50], [60]
Hall's Chronicles, [141]
Halpin, Rev. J.H., [15], [159], [161]
Hamlet, [4], [81], [86], [105], [107], [198]
Harriot, Thomas, 115, [120]
Hart, Joan, [36]
Hart, John, Lord Mayor of London, [72]
Harvey, Gabriel, [92]
Hatton, Sir Christopher, [138]-39, [140]
Heneage, Sir Thomas, [36];
as Lafeu, [171], [189]
Henry IV., [80], [198]
Henry IV., Part I., [199], [200], [202], [203], [204]
Henry IV., Part II., [32], [197], [199], [203]
Henry V., [80], [121]
Henry VI., Part I., [7], [14], [77], [78], [131], [147]
Henry VI., Part III., [7], [87], [88]
Henry VIII., 134, [135]

Henslowe, Philip, [6], [8], [10], [11], [38], [59], [61], [69], [70], [82]
Heralds, The College of, [32], [90], [92]
Highway to Heaven, The, [104]
Histriomastix, [93], [108], [114], [116], [117], [118], [119], [167]
Holinshed's Chronicles, [141]
Honour of the Garter, [92], [113], [115], [117]
Howard of Effingham's company, Lord Charles, at Ipswich, 1591, [60]
Howe's Additions to Stowe's Chronicles, [58]
"H.S.," [217]-18, [219]
Hunsdon, Lord, [9], [10], [43], [46], [50]
Hunsdon's company, Lord, [42], [45], [48];
at Ludlow, [49], [53], [55];
disappear from records, [55]
Hyde, John, [43], [45]
Hymns to the Shadow of Night, [93], [115], [116], [118], [124], [128], [186]
Iliad, Homer's, [197]
Intonsi Catones, [125], [126], [219]
Jacques, [134]
Jacquespierre, [21]
"J.F.," [217]-18, [219]
James I., [186], [221]
Jaquenetta, [206]
Jeffes, Humphrey, [87], [147]
Jones, Richard, [8], [62], [65], [102]
Jonson, Ben, [90], [93], [108], [109], [147], [186], [220]
Keats, John, [19], [31]
Kempe, William, [29], [55], [60], [83], [126]
Kildare, Countess of, [166]
Kinde Heartes Dreame, [150], [152]
King John, [8], [17], [34], [80], [83], [131], [132], [133], [139], [146], [152], [172]
King Lear, [3]
King of the Fairies, The, [103], [104]
Kyd, Thomas, [107], [117], [131]
"Lanam and his fellowes," [51]
Laneham, John, [43], [51], [58]
Langley, William, [13]
Leases, Elizabethan, [43]
Lee, Sir Sidney, [6] n., [46] n.
Leicester's company, Earl of, [5], [9], [13];
at Stratford, [29], [43], [45]; [52];
at Dover, [54];

disappear from records, [55], [55], [57], [58], [59], [66], [67], [84]
Leicester, Earl of; death, [29]; [49], [154], [173]-75
Leicester's musicians, Earl of, [9], [54]
Leicester Records, City of, [8]
Life of Jack Wilton, [128]
Lodge, Thomas, [114] n.
Loftus, Archbishop, [138]
Love's Labours Lost, [8], [83], [116], [119], [121], [152], [166], [168], [170], [197], [206]
Love's Labour's Won, [8], [83], [123], [162], [170], [171]
Lucrece, [13], [82];
dedication, [128], [153]
Lucy, Sir Thomas, alleged deer preserves, [32]
Malvolio, [182]
Manners, Roger, [156], [179]
Markham, Gervase, [128]
Marlowe, Christopher, [12], [30], [80], [85], [88];
as "Merlin," [95];
as "the cobbler," [101], [107], [131]
Marston, John, [93], [109], [119], [185], [186]
Martin Marprelate Controversy, [72]
Martin's Month's Mind, [51]
Mary, Queen, [135]-36
Mary, Queen of Scots, [178]
Master of the Revels' company, the, [64]
Measure for Measure, [198]
Menalcas, [161]
Menaphon, Greene's, [67], [98], [102], [107], [118]
Merchant of Venice, The, [121]
Meres, Francis, [31], [193], [199]
Merry Wives of Windsor, [171]
Metamorphosis of Ajax, [51]
Midsummer Night's Dream, A, [8], [83], [121], [152], [168]
Miles, Robert, [76]
Minto, Prof. William, [126]
"Mirabella," [161], [162]
Montague, Lady, [169]-70
Montague, Viscount, [155], [169]-70
Moral of Man's Wit, [104]
Morgann, Maurice, [181], [202]
Murray, John Tucker, [9] n., [41] n.
Nashe, Thomas, [7], [12], [14], [67], [69], [78], [80], [92], [94], [98], [100], [102], [104], [107], [108], [117], [128], [130], [169]
Never too Late to Mend, [98], [109]
News Out of Purgatory, [51]
Nichol's Progresses, [168]-69
Nightwork, Jane, [213]
Nine Worthies, The, [195], [197]

Northumberland, Earl of, [115]
Nottingham's company, Lord, [127]
Oldcastle, Sir John, [200], [215], [217]
O'Roughan, Denis, [138]
Outlines for the Life of Shakespeare, [45]
Ovid's Banquet of Sense, [120], [124], [130]
Ovid's Elegies, [118]
Oxford, Earl of, [190]
Palladis Tamia,[199]
Parolles, [18], [171], [206]
Peckham, Edward, [75]
Peele, George, [12], [31], [78], [79], [80], [81], [92], [98];
as Tully, [98], [99]; [101], [113], [117], [131]
Pembroke, Earl of, [136], [148]
Pembroke's company, Earl of, [7], [12], [13], [14], [57], [71], [75], [76], [84], [85];
pawn their apparel, [86];
plays, [86], [107], [113]
Penelope's Web, [106]
Perrot, Sir John, [134]-39;
recalled from Ireland, [138];
death of, [139]
Perrot, Sir Thomas, [139]
Phillip II. of Spain, [138], [139]
Pierce Penniless, [51]
Pipe Rolls, the, [56], [73]
Plague, the, [85]
Planetomachia, 106
Pope, Thomas, [29], [55], [60], [83]
Privy Council, Acts of the, [56], [73]
Prodigal Child, The, [120], [123]
Prodigal Son, The, [123]
Puritanism, [132]
Queen's company, Old Plays of the, [14], [74]
Queen's company, the, [6], [11], [43], [46], [48], [50], [51], [53], [55], [59], [75], [84], [131],[146], [147]
Queen's progress to Cowdray and Tichfield, the, [37], [119], [165]
Queen's tumblers, the, [56] n.
Quickly, Mistress, [200], [204]
Raleigh, Sir Walter, [115], [154], [175], [185]
Richard II., [8], [80], [83], [88], [131], [146]
Richard III., [8], [80], [83]
Romeo and Juliet, [152]
"Rosalinde," [160], [161], [162]
Roscius, [98], [102]
Rose, Edward, [142]
Rose Theatre, the, [6], [10], [11], [51], [59], [61], [69], [70], [76], [81], [146]
Rowe, Nicholas, [67], [127], [215], [216]
Roydon, Matthew, [15], [31], [93], [109], [114] n., [124], [125], [167], [168], [184], [200], [218]
Saexberht, [20]
Saunder, Nicholas, [158]
Scapula, [24]
Schlegel, [198]
School of Shakespeare, [95]
Second Fruites, [123], [164], [196], [203], [205], [206];
extracts from, [207]-14
Seven Deadly Sins, The, [147]
Shakespeare families, [19];
the name, [19]
Shakespeare, Hamnet, [26]
Shakespeare, John, [21], [25];
applies for grant of arms, [32]
Shakespeare, Judith, [26]
Shakespeare, Richard, of Snitterfield, [21]
Shakespeare, William;
as Burbage servitor, [13];
brothers and sisters of, [19];
Norman origin, [19];
his mother, [22];
as Johannes factotum, [22];
boyhood, [24];
marriage, [26];
leaves Stratford, [28];
alleged poaching adventure, [30];
return to Stratford in 1597, [30];
grant of arms, [30];
"Shakespeare's boys," [35];
"rude groome," [35];
a bonded servitor, [67];
early training with Lord Hunsdon's and the Lord Admiral's companies, [68];
in kingly parts, [81];
co-operates with Marlowe, [88];
leader of Pembroke's company, [88];
Groom of the Privy Chamber, [91];
as an "idiot art-master," [105];
alluded to as a serving man, [108];
as Mullidor in Never too Late, [109];
Chandos portrait of, [110];
rejoins Chamberlain's company, [126];
indicated as "W.S.," an "old actor," [129];
distrust of Florio, [187]
Shallow, Justice, [213]
Shaxper, [19]
Sheffield's company, Lord, [62], [63]
Shepheards Calendar, The, [159], [160], [163]
Shepherd's Slumber, The, [168]
Sidley, Ralph, [109]
Sidney, Lady, [140], [178]
Sidney, Sir Robert, [216]
Simpson, Richard, [74], [95], [114], [116]

Sinkler, John, [87], [147]
Smith, Mr. J.M., [36]
Smithe, Humprey, [47]
Sonnets, The, [17], [82]
Southampton, Countess of, [171], [189]
[Southampton, Earl of], [13], [17], [18], [36], [74], [91];
as Mavortius, [121]; [124], [126];
bounty to Shakespeare, [127]; [153], [156], [164], [167], [172];
early relations with Essex, [176];
as Bertram, [189]; [194], [216]
Spencer, Gabriel, [86], [87];
death of, [90]; [147]
Spenser, Edmund, [30], [162]
Spicer, Rose, [159]-[60]
Stanhope, Sir Thomas, [155]
Stanley, Sir William, [138]
Star Chamber, the, [45]
Stopes, Mrs. C.C., [39] n., [76]
Strange, Lord, [55]
Strange's company, Lord, [6], [9], [11], [12], [52], [53], [57], [59], [74], [82], [83], [95], [107], [126], [147]
Strange's tumblers, Lord, [6], [55], [56], [59], [67], [84]
Stratford Free Grammar School, [23]
Stratford-on-Avon, [5], [25]
Sussex's company, Earl of, [12], [14], [57];
disrupted, [86]-87
Swan Theatre, the, [13]
"Symons and his fellowes," [56]
Talbot Scenes, [7], [14], [78], [80]
Taming of a Shrew, The, [86], [102], [105], [107]
Tarleton, Richard, [43], [50], [96]
Tears of Peace, The, [116], [120], [121]
Tempest, The, [3]
"Temple Garden" Scene, the, [79]
Theatre, the, [6], [9], [11], [36], [39], [44], [46], [48], [50], [51], [52], [53], [72], [75], [77], [81], [106]
Three Ladies of London, The, [95]
Three Lords and Three Ladies, The, [95]
Tichfield House, Queen's progress to, [37], [165]
Tilney, Edmund, Master of the Revels, [43], [59], [96]
Timon of Athens, [3]
Titus Andronicus, [12], [14], [86]
Titus and Vespasian, [12]
Troilus and Cressida, [114], [120], [195], [197]
Troublesome Raigne of King John, The, [132], [140], [143], [146]
True Tragedie of the Duke of York, The, [7], [85], [87], [88], [113], [147]
Twelfth Night, [121]
Twelve Labours of Hercules, The, [103]
Two Gentlemen of Verona, The, [8], [83], [152]
Tyburn "T," [90]
Valdracko, [106]
Venus and Adonis, [13], [82], [114], [118], [119], [127], [128], [151], [152], [153], [180]
Venus' Tragedy, [106]
Vere, Lady Elizabeth, [155], [179]
Vernon, Elizabeth, [177], [180], [194], [198]
Volumnia, a reflection of Shakespeare's mother, [23]
Wallop, Sir Henry, [138]
Walsingham, Sir Francis, [178]
War of the Theatres, the, [15]
Wars of the Roses, [79]
Williams, Sir Roger, as Fluellen, [191], [192]
Willobie his Avisa, [93], [125], [129], [184], [186], [187]
Wilson, Robert, [43], [58], [95], [96], [98]
Winter's Tale, A, [3]
Wood, Anthony, [157]
Woodward, Joan, [9]
Worcester, Earl of, [61], [63], [64]
Worcester's company, Earl of, [8], [9], [10], [61], [62];
in trouble at Ipswich and Leicester, [63]
Worlde of Wordes, A, [15], [94], [108], [158], [185], [188],

[196], [217]
Wriothesley, Henry. See[ Earl of Southampton]
Wriothesley, Thomas, Earl of Southampton, [153]
Yorke, Edmund, Jesuit, [180]

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