Philip Henslowe's Acquittance from the Bishop of Winchester

Dulwich College: MS IV

f 101 (23 October)

The xxiijthdaye of october 1601

Receued of Phillipe henslowe Esquire the some of ix s. vij d. and ys for one yeares Rente due at the feast of St Michaell Last past 1601 vnto the Reuerent ffather in god Thomas by godes providence Lord Bishope of Winchester and ys for Certenne tenementes one the banke syde Late one William Paynes and nowe in the tenore of the saide phillipe henslowe/

(signed) Per me Iohan Middleton

  • Footnotes
    • Lord Bishope of Winchester: Thomas Bilson (1546/7–1616), bishop of Winchester, 1597–1616
  • Document Description

    Record title: Philip Henslowe's Acquittance from the Bishop of Winchester
    Repository: Dulwich College
    Shelfmark: MS IV
    Repository location: Dulwich

    By circa 1595 Philip Henslowe held leases of properties including the Bear Garden at the Bell and Cock messuage, Bankside, from the Bishop of Winchester; see Foakes, Henslowe's Diary, pp 42, 48, 74; Greg, Henslowe's Diary, vol 2, pp 24–6.

    23 October 1601; English; single sheet; 185mm x 74mm; good condition; mounted on modern guard and bound with other documents in a late 19th-c. brown cloth binding with gold tooling, title on spine: 'DULWICH | COLLEGE. | ALLEYN | PAPERS. | VOL.IV. | LEGAL | AND | MISCELLANEOUS | 1461–1611 | MS. IV.' Foliated 101 in pencil by Warner; cited on p 129 of his Catalogue.

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