f [1] (23 June)
Sir, I requested mr ffacye
to cum & bringe yow some mony from me I had cum my selfe vnto yow, but that I am to attend my lord Chamberleine this morninge, a boute procuringe his letter
towchinge my baytinge,
for the Iustices doe make
opposicion against me, I haue sent yow x l. by mr ffacye, which
I entreate yow would be pleased to accept of, I expect to receiue x l.
fforty powndes one fryday next, which yf yt cum I will godwillinge
make honest satisfaccion, I haue had some crosses for a freind of mine
which I was enforced to disburse monyes vnexpected otherwise I should not
haue missed yow of the full payment, at your retorne home god willinge I
will waite vppon yow this hopinge yow will not conceive a misse of me,
which my service, <....>t to your selfe & my landlady I rest
Your tennant to
Command (signed) Iohn
(signed) Nurse
Iune this 23th
1625
...
Edward Alleyn has scribbled notes below the letter to record various payments including one by 'Mr nurse at ye kinges armes on St margretes Hill - v l.' It is unclear why the JPs would have opposed Nurse's appointment as deputy for bearbaiting at the Bear Garden.
For an abstract of this record and details of its transcription in other printed sources, see the related EMLoT event.
Record title: Letter from John Nurse to Edward Alleyn
Repository: Dulwich College
Shelfmark: MS II
Repository location: Dulwich
This letter marks the first appearance of John Nurse as deputy at the Bear Garden, succeeding Jacob Meade who died in July 1624; for Meade's will, see Honigmann and Brock, Playhouse Wills, pp 134–8.
For an image of the original manuscript, see Ioppolo, Henslowe-Alleyn Digitisation Project.
23 June 1625; English; bifolium; unnumbered; 152.5mm x 200mm; good condition; endorsed f [2v]. Foliated 80 in pencil by Warner; cited on page 81 of his Catalogue.