Vayvode

Playwright's Name (Year)

Historical Records

Henslowe's Diary

Fol. 49^v (Greg I.94)

Lent vnto Thomas dowton the 21 of aguste

1598 to by a sewte & a gowne for vayvode

the some of tene pownde J saye lent . . . . x^ll

wittnes mr willsone

Lent vnto Thomas dowton the 22 of aguste

1598 to by diuers thinges for vayvode

the some of . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxxvj^s

Lent vnto Thomas dowton the 24 of aguste

1598 to bye diuers thinges for vayvode

the some of . . . . . . . . . . . . xiiij^s

Lent vnto Robart shaw the 25 of aguste

1598 to paye the lace manes byll ij^ll xvj^s vj^d

& the tayllers bylle xxviij^s vj^d some is . . . . . iiij^ll v^s

for vayvode

Lent vnto hary cheattell the 29 of aguste

1598 at the apoyntment of thomas dowton

ffor his playe of vayvode the some of . . . . . xx^s

Fol. 53r (Greg I.101)

pd vnto my sonne Edward alleyn the 21 of

Janewary for the playe of vayvod for the company

the some of xxxx^s J saye pd . . . ¹⁵⁹⁸ . . . . .xxxxs

Henslowe Papers

Greg, Papers (Appx. I, i, 121)

Heading: A Note of all suche bookes as belong to the Stocke, and such as I have bought since the 3d of March 1598

Vayvode

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