pp 300–3 (10 March)
...
"The booke of the Inventary of the goods of my Lord Admeralles men, tacken the 10 of Marche in the yeare 1598.
Gone and loste.
Item, j orenge taney satten dublet, layd thycke with gowld lace.
Item, j payr of carnatyon satten Venesyons, layd with gold lace.
Item, j longe-shanckes sewte.
Item, j Sponnes dublet pyncket.
Item, Harey the fyftes dublet.
Item, Harey the fyftes vellet gowne.
Item, j fryers gowne.
Item, j lyttell dublet for boye.
"The Enventary of the Clownes Sewtes and Hermetes Sewtes, with dievers other sewtes, as followeth, 1598, the 10 of March.
Item, j senetores gowne, j hoode, and 5 senetores capes.
Item, j sewtte for Nepton; Fierdrackes sewtes for Dobe.
Item, iiij genesareyes gownes, and iiij torchberers sewtes.|
Item, iij payer of red strasers, and iij fares gowne of buckrome.
Item, iiij Herwodes cottes, and iij sogers cottes, and j green gown for Maryan.
Item, vj grene cottes for Roben Hoode, and iiij knaves sewtes.
Item, ij payer of grene hosse, and Andersones sewte. j whitt shepen clocke.
Item, ij rosset cottes, and j black frese cotte, and iij prestes cottes.
Item, ij whitt sheperdes cottes, and ij Danes sewtes, and j payer of Danes hosse.
Item, The Mores lymes, and Hercolles lymes, and William Sommers sewtte.
Item, ij Orlates sewtes, hates and gorgetts, and vij anteckes cootes.
Item, Cathemer sewte, j payer of cloth whitte stockens, iiij Turckes hedes.
Item, iiij freyers gownes and iiij hoodes to them, and j fooles coate, cape, and babell, and branhowlttes bodeys, and merlen gowne and cape
Item, ij black saye gownes, and ij cotton gownes, and j rede saye gowne.
Item, j mawe gowne of calleco for the quene, j carnowll hatte.
Item, j red sewt of cloth for pyge layed with whitt lace.
Item, v payer of hosse for the clowne, and v gerkenes for them.
Item, iij payer of canvas hosse for asane, ij payer of black strocers.
Item, j yelow leather dublett for a clowne, j Whittcomes dublett poke.|
Item, Eves bodeyes, j pedante trusser, and iij donnes hattes.
Item, j payer of yelow cotton sleves, j gostes sewt, and j gostes bodeyes.
Item, xviij copes and hattes, Verones sonnes hosse.
Item, iij trumpettes and a drum, and a trebel viall, a basse viall, a bandore, a sytteren, j anshente, j whitt hatte.
Item, j hatte for Robin Hoode, j hobihorse.
Item, v shertes, and j serpelowes, iiij ferdingalles.
Item, vj head-tiers, j fane, iiij rebatos, ij gyrketruses.
Item, j longe sorde.
"The Enventary of all the aparell for my Lord Admeralles men, tacken the 10 of marche 1598. Leaft above in the tier-house in the cheast.
Item, My Lord Caffes gercken, & his hoosse.
Item, j payer of hosse for the Dowlfen.
Item, j murey lether gyrcken, & j white lether gercken.
Item, j black lether gearken, & Nabesathe sewte.
Item, j payer of hosse, & a gercken for Valteger .
Item, ij leather anteckes cottes with basses, for Fayeton .
Item, j payer of bodeyes for Alles Pearce.
"The Enventary tacken of all the properties for my Lord Admeralles men, the 10 of Marche 1598.
Item, j rocke, j cage, j tombe, j Helle mought.
Item, j tome of Guido, j tome of Dido j bedsteade.
Item, viij lances, j payer of stayers for Fayeton.
Item, ij stepells, & j chyme of belles, & j beacon.
Item, j hecfor for the playe of Faeton, the limes dead.
Item, j globe, & j golden scepter; iij clobes.
Item, ij marchepanes, & the sittie of Rome.
Item, j gowlden flece; ij rackets; j baye tree.
Item, j wooden hatchett; j lether hatchete.|
Item, j wooden canepie; owld Mahemetes head.
Item, j lyone skin; j beares skyne; & Faetones lymes, & Faeton , charete; & Argosse heade.
Item, Nepun forcke & garland.
Item, j crosers stafe; Kentes woden leage.
Item, Ierosses head, & raynbowe; j littell alter.
Item, viij viserdes; Tamberlyne brydell; j wooden matook.
Item, Cupedes bowe, & quiver; the clothe of the Sone & Mone.
Item, j bores heade & Serberosse iij heades.
Item, j Cadeseus; ij mose banckes, & j snake.
Item, ij fanes of feathers; Belendon stable; j tree of gowlden apelles; Tantelouse tre; jx eyorn targates.
Item, j copper targate, & xvij foyles.
Item, iiij wooden targates; j greve armer.
Item, j syne for Mother Readcap; j buckler.
Item, Mercures wings; Tasso picter; j helmet with a dragon; j shelde, with iij lyones; j elme bowle.
Item, j chayne of dragons; j gylte speare.
Item, ij coffenes; j bulles head; and j vylter.
Item, iij tymbrells; j dragon in fostes.
Item, j lyone; ij lyon heades; j great horse with his leages; j sack- bute.
Item, j whell & frame in the Sege of London.
Item, j paire of rowghte gloves.
Item, iij Imperial crownes; j playne crowne.
Item, j gostes crown; j crown with a sone.
Item, j frame for the heading in Black Jone.
Item, j black dogge.
pp 304–6 (13 March)
"The Enventorey of all the aparell of the Lord Admeralles men, taken the 13th of Marche 1598, as followeth:
Item, j payer of whitte saten Venesons cut with coper lace.
Item, j ash coller satten doublett, lacyd with gold lace.
Item, j peche coller satten doublett.
Item, j owld whitte satten dublette,
Item, j bleu tafitie sewtte.
Item, j Mores cotte.
Item, Pyges damask gowne.
Item, j black satten cotte.
Item, j harcoller tafitie sewte of pygges.
Item, j white tafitie sewte of pygges.
Item, Vartemar sewtte.
Item, j great pechcoller dublet, with sylver lace.
Item, j white satten dublet pynckte.
Item, j owld white satten dublet pynckte.
Item, j payer of satten Venesyan satten ymbradered.
Item, j payer of French hosse, cloth of gowld.
Item, j payer of cloth of gowld hosse with sylver paines.
Item, j payer of cloth of silver hosse with satten and sylver panes.
Item, Tamberlynes cotte, with coper lace.
Item, j read clock with white coper lace.
Item, j read clocke, with read coper lace.
Item, j shorte clocke of taney satten with sleves.
Item, j shorte clocke of black satten with sleves.
Item, Labesyas clocke, with gowld buttenes.
Item, j payer of read cloth hosse of Venesyans, with sylver lace of coper.
Item, Valteger robe of rich tafitie.
Item, Junoes cotte.
Item, j hode for the wech.
Item, j read stamel clocke with whitte coper lace.
Item, j read stamel clocke with read coper lace.
Item, j cloth clocke of russete with coper lace, called Guydoes clocke.
Item, j short clocke of black velvet, with sleves faced with shagg.|
Item, j short clocke of black vellet, faced with white fore.
Item, j manes gown, faced with whitte fore.
Item, Dobes cotte of cloth of sylver.
Item, j payer of pechecoler Venesyones uncut, with read coper lace.
Item, j read scarllet clocke with sylver buttones.
Item, j longe black velvet clock, layd with brod lace black.
Item, j black satten sewtte.
Item, j blacke velvet clocke, layd with twyst lace blacke.
Item, Perowes sewt, which William Sley were.
Item, j payer of pechcoler hosse with sylver corlled panes.
Item, j payer of black cloth of sylver hosse, drawne owt with tufed tafittie.
Item, Tamberlanes breches, of crymson vellvet.
Item, j payer of sylk howse with panes of sylver corlled lace.
Item, j Faeytone sewte.
Item, Roben Hoodes sewtte.
Item, j payer of cloth of gowld hose with gowld corlle panes.
Item, j payer of rowne hosse buffe with gowld lace.
Item, j payer of mows coller Venesyans with R. brode gowld lace.
Item, j flame collerde dublet pynked.
Item, j blacke satten dublet, layd thyck with blacke and gowld lace.
Item, j carnacyon dubled cutt, layd with gowld lace.
Item, j white satten dublet, faced with read tafetie.
Item, j grene gyrcken with sylver lace.
Item, j black gyrcken with sylver lace.
Item, j read gyrcken with sylver lace.
Item, j read Spanes dublett styched.
Item, j peche coller satten casse.
Item, Tasoes robe.
Item, j murey robe with sleves.|
Item, j blewe robe with sleves.
Item, j oren taney robe with sleves.
Item, j pech collerd hallf robe.
Item, j lane robe with spangells.
Item, j white & orenge taney skarf spangled.
Item, Dides robe.
Item, iij payer of basses.
Item, j white tafitie sherte with gowld frenge.
Item, the fryers trusse in Roben Hoode.
Item, j littell gacket for Pygge .
Item, j womanes gown of cloth of gowld.
Item, j orenge taney vellet gowe with sylver lace, for women.
Item, j black velvet gowne ymbradered with gowld lace.
Item, j yelowe satten gowne ymbradered with sylk & gowld lace, for women.
Item, j greve armer.
Item, Harye the v. velvet gowne.
Item, j payer of crymson satten Venysiones, layd with gowld lace.
Item, j blew tafitie sewte, layd with sylver lace.
Item, j Longeshankes seute.
Item, j orange coller satten dublett, layd with gowld lace.
Item, Harye the v. satten dublet, layd with gowld lace.
Item, j Spanes casse dublet of crymson pyncked.
Item, j Spanes gearcken layd with sylver lace.
Item, j wattshode tafitie dublet for a boye.
Item, ij payer of basses, j whitte, j blewe, of sasnett.
Item, j freyers gowne of graye.
p 307 (c 3 March)
A Note of all suche boockes as belong to the Stocke, and such as I have bought since the 3d of March, 1598
Roben Hode, I.
Roben Hode, 2.
Phayeton.
I part of Hercules,
2 parte of Hercoles.
2 part black Battman.
2 part of Goodwine.
(c 3 April)
A Note of all suche goodes as I have bought for the Companey of my Lord Admirals men, sence the 3 of Aprell, 1598, as followeth:
| £ | s. | d. | |
| Bowght a damaske casock garded with velvett | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| Bowght a payer of paned rownd hosse of cloth whiped with sylk, drawne
out with tafitie, Bowght j payer of long black wollen stockens, |
0 |
8 |
0 |
| Bowght j black satten dublett Bowght j payer of rownd howsse paned of vellevett |
4 |
15 |
0 |
| Bowght a robe for to goo invisebell Bowght a gown for Nembia |
3 |
10 |
0 |
| Bowght a dublett of whitt satten layd thicke with gowld lace, and a payer of rowne pandes hosse of cloth of sylver, the panes layd with gowld lace | 7 |
0 |
0 |
| Bowght of my sonne v sewtes | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| Bowght of my sonne iiij sewtes | 17 | 0 | 0 |
Most of the plays named in the inventories appear in Henslowe's diary and have been noted from the Foakes edition and, where relevant, the Lost Plays Database, Roslyn L. Knutson, David McInnis, and Matthew Steggle (eds). For more details on each, see Appendix 3 and Wiggins and Richardson, British Drama, vols 2–4. Very few of those named survive. Wiggins and Richardson's titles have been followed for each in the textual notes.
Carson, Companion, pp 49–50, notes several puzzles presented by this document: 'Not the least of these is the identity of the author. The phrase "I have bought" sounds suspiciously like Henslowe, and if indeed he is the compiler of the list then the words probably mean no more than "have lent the actors to buy". The fact that one of the plays on the list Vayvode, belonged to Edward Alleyn in January 1599 raises the possibility that he may have been the "I" in question' (p 49). Carson further outlines other anomalies, such as omission on the list of playbooks of some plays known from the diary to have been staged or purchased in the same period. Gurr, Shakespeare's Opposites, p 103, favours Henslowe as the compiler of the list of plays owned by the company, but with the exclusion of those still owned by Alleyn.
John Pig (Pyg), the boy actor known to have been in the Lord Admiral's Men, 1597–9, was previously with Strange's Men (1593); see Gurr, Shakespeare's Opposites, pp 284–5, and Edwin Nungezer, A Dictionary of Actors and of Other Persons Associated with the Public Representation of Plays in England before 1642 (New Haven and London, 1929), 283. For William Slye (d. 1608), see Chambers, Elizabethan Stage, vol 2, pp 340–1; Greg, Dramatic Documents, vol 1, p 50; Gurr, Shakespeare Company, pp 241–2; and Nungezer, Dictionary of Actors, p 333. For shorter entries on both actors with further bibliographical references, see David Kathman, Biographical Index of English Drama before 1660.
Record title: Lord Admiral's Men Inventories
(A)
Author: Malone
Work title: 'Rise and Progress'
The original inventories were first discovered in 'a
bundle of loose papers,' presumably at Dulwich College, by Edmond
Malone, who published his transcription in 1790 ('Rise and
Progress,' pp 289, 300–7), subsequently reprinted from Malone by
various successors including Foakes, Henslowe's
Diary, Appendix 2. The manuscript original has not yet
surfaced so Malone's transcript has been used as the source here
also. Others who have quoted Malone, notably Greg, Henslowe
Papers, pp 113–23, have provided conjectural notes and
identifications for props and titles included in the inventories;
these are noted below only where some certainty exists. Malone
glossed some words in square brackets embedded in the text; these
are not included in this transcription.
A second inventory
of theatrical apparel survives in the original, tentatively dated
c 1601/2 and therefore related to the Admiral's Men at the Fortune playhouse; see the
Henslowe-Alleyn Digitisation Project, MSS I,
Article 30, and S.P. Cerasano's digital essay, 'An Inventory of Theatrical Apparel (c. 1601/2)' and
Greg, Henslowe Papers, pp 52–5. The date given in the
transcription here places the inventories into the period when the
Admiral's Men were either resident at the Rose on Bankside or on the
road in the provinces. They did not relocate to the new Fortune
playhouse north of the Thames until 1600.
While comparing
the details in the inventories with the loan accounts and the diary
itself, Neil Carson has suggested that the inventories were only a
partial list of the company's resources (Companion,
pp 49–53). Although ownership is not expressed and the handwriting
of the compiler cannot be examined, Carson deduces that by 'whomever
compiled, however, the inventory is most probably (like the
companion inventories of properties and costumes) a list belonging
to the players' of the Admiral's company (Companion,
p 49).
For abstracts of the document and details of its
transcription history, see the related EMLoT event records here, here, here, and here.
Edmond Malone. 'An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the English Stage, and of the Economy and Usages of our Ancient Theatres,' The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, vol 1, pt 2 (London, 1790), 1–331.