Henry Richmond, Part 2

Robert Wilson (1599)

Historical Records

Henslowe's Diary

F.65 (Greg I.113)

Receaued of m^r Ph: Hinchlow by a note

vnder the hand of m^r Rob: Shaw in full

payment for the second pt of Henrye

Richmond sold to hime & his Companye

the som[m]e of eight powndes Current moneye

the viij^t daye of November 1599 ... viij^li

          By me R Wilson

Henslowe Papers

Greg, Papers (MS. I. 27, Art. 26, p. 49)

m^r Henshlowe we haue heard their booke and lyke yt their pryce is eight poundes, w^ch J pray pay now to m^r wilson, according to our promysse, J would haue Come my selfe, but that J am trobled w^th a seytation.

yo^rs Robt Shaa

[on the back]

1. Sce W^m Wor; & Ansell & to them y^e plowghmen

2. Sce: Richard Q. & Eliza: Catesbie, Louell, Rice ap Tho: Blunt, Banester

3. Sce: Ansell Dauye Denys Hen: Oxf: Courtney Bou^rchier & Grace to them Rice ap Tho: & his Soldiors

4. Sce: Mitton Ban : his wyfe & children

5. Sce: K Rich : Catesb : Louell. Norf. Northumb : Percye

^{[6. C. and Q. Eliza.     7. Dauye. C. Daugr (in Memoirs, omitted in Papers).   9. C. Milton.]}

Theatrical Provenance

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Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues

Greg offers the following identification of characters in the rough outline provided with Robert Shaa's authorization of payment:

Wm Wor (? William Worsley, dean of St. Paul's, 1479-93)	Ansell (? Friar Anselem, whose ghost appears in Edward IV, in association with Dr. Shaw, prebendary of London and brother of the Lord Mayor; Shaw was employed by Richard duke of Gloucester to preach at Paul's cross, 22 June 1493, against the legitimacy of the children of Edward IV)	ploughmen
Richard [III]	Q[ueen], i.e., Anne Neville, wife of Richard	Eliza (probably Elizabeth, widow of Edward IV; but possibly his daughter, later wife of Henry Duke of Richmond after his attainment to the throne as Henry VII)

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Keywords

Robert Wilson

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