[291] It should be observed, however, that Burbage paid only £100 down, and that he immediately mortgaged the property for more than £200. The playhouse was not free from debt until 1605. See Wallace, The First London Theatre, p. 23.
[292] The northern section of the Cheeke Lodging (a portion of the old Buttery) which had constituted Farrant's private theatre, and which was no real part of the Frater building, had been converted by More into the Pipe Office.
[293] A prosperous physician. His son was one of the illustrious founders of the Society of Apothecaries, and one of its chief benefactors. His portrait may be seen to-day in Apothecaries' Hall. See C.R.B. Barrett, The History of the Society of Apothecaries of London.
[294] Mr. Wallace's description of the building and the way in which it was converted into a playhouse (The Children of the Chapel at Blackfriars, pp. 37-41) is incorrect. For the various details cited above see the deed of sale to Burbage.
[295] This may have contained the two rooms in which Evans lived, and "the schoolhouse and the chamber over the same," which are described (see the documents in Fleay's A Chronicle History of the London Stage, p. 210 ff.) as being "severed from the said great hall." In another document this schoolhouse is described as "schola, anglice schoolhouse, ad borealem finem Aulæ prædictæ." (Wallace, The Children of the Chapel at Blackfriars, p. 40.)
[296] Feuillerat, Blackfriars Records, pp. 43, 47, 48.
[297] Ibid., p. 52.
[298] Ibid., p. 51.
[299] Feuillerat, Blackfriars Records, p. 121.
[300] Ibid., p. 122.