[232] Greg, Henslowe's Diary, i, 131.
[233] The Remembrancia, ii, 189; The Malone Society's Collections, i, 85.
[234] On March 19 the Privy Council formally ordered the suppression of all plays. This was five days before the death of Queen Elizabeth.
[235] Greg, Henslowe's Diary, i, 190.
[236] Some scholars have supposed that this was Morgan Pope, a part owner of the Bear Garden; but he is last heard of in 1585, and by 1605 was probably dead. Mr. Greg is of the opinion that Thomas Pope, the well-known member of the King's Men at the Globe, is referred to. From this has been developed the theory that Pope, acting for the Globe players, had rented the Rose and closed it in order to prevent competition with the Globe on the Bankside. I believe, however, that the "Mr. Pope" here referred to was neither of these men, but merely the agent of the Parish of St. Mildred. It is said that he lived at a scrivener's shop. This could not apply to the actor Thomas Pope, for we learn from his will, made less than a month later, that he lived in a house of his own, furnished with plate and household goods, and cared for by a housekeeper; and with him lived Susan Gasquine, whom he had "brought up ever since she was born."
[237] The old rental was £7 a year.
[238] Greg, Henslowe's Diary, i, 178.
[239] Wallace in the London Times, April 30, 1914, p. 10. In view of these records it seems unnecessary to refute those persons who assert that the Rose was standing so late as 1622. I may add, however, that before Mr. Wallace published the Sewer Records I had successfully disposed of all the evidence which has been collected to show the existence of the Rose after 1605. The chief source of this error is a footnote by Malone in Variorum, iii, 56; the source of Malone's error is probably to be seen in his footnote, ibid., p. 66.
[240] For the tourist the memory of the old playhouse to-day lingers about Rose Alley on the Bank.