Rising of Cardinal Wolsey, The

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Historical Records

Payments to Playwrights (Henslowe's Diary)

F. 93 (Greg, I.147)

Lent vnto Robart shaw the 24 of aguste

1601 to lend vnto harey chettell in earnest

of a play called the j part of carnall wollsey the some of . . . . . . . xx^s

F. 94 (Greg, I.149)

Lent vnto Robarte shawe to lend vnto hary chettell

& antony mondaye & mihell drayton in earneste of a

Boocke called the Rissenge of carnowlle wolsey the 10

of october 1601 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxx^s

F. 94v (Greg, I.150)

Lent vnto hary chettell by the company at

the eagell & the chillde in parte of payment of a

Boocke called the Rissynge of carnoll wollsey

the some of ^{ye 6 of november 1601} . . . . . . . . . . x^s

Lent vnto the companye the 9 of novmber 1601

to paye vnto m^r monday & hary chettell in

part of payment of a Boocke called the

Rissynge of carnowlle wollsey the some of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x^s

Lent vnto the companye the 12 of novmber

1601 to pay vnto antony monday & harye

chettell mihell drayton & smythe in fulle

paymente of the first part of carnowll wollsey

the some of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iij^ll

F. 105v (Greg, I.166)

Lent vnto thomas downton the 15 of maye

1602 to paye harey chettell for the

mendynge of the fyrste parte of carnowlle

wollsey the some of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xx^s

Payments, Miscellaneous (Henslowe Papers)

MSS I, Article 37 (Greg, Papers 58-59)

A play identified as "the Cardinall" is listed on an acquittance from William Playstowe among a list of five plays for which the licensing fee had not yet been paid.

Recevd of m^r Henslowe the iiij^th of Agust 1602

for one monthes pay due vnto my m^r m^r Edmund

Tylney vppon the xxxj^th day of July last past

the som of iij^ll J say R[eceived] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iij^ll

per mei Will Playstowe

bookes owinge for /5/

baxsters tragedy

Tobias Comedy

Jepha Judg of Jsrael & the Cardinall

loue parts frendshipp

The paper is annotated in a modern hand, "apparently Malone's" (Greg), suggesting an identification: "[Probably Cardinal Wolsey]." Since Chettle's earlier Wolsey play ("The Life of Cardinal Wolsey") had been licensed on 3 September 1601, the title here must refer to the "Rising."

Probable Genre(s)

History