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| <u>F. 118 (Greg I. 185)</u><br>pd at the a poyntment of John ducke the<br>24 of novmber 160[3]2 to m<sup>r </sup>hathwaye [blacke doge of]&nbsp;in earneste&nbsp;<br>of a playe called [John dayes [comodye]] the some of ... xxxx<sup>s</sup><br><sup>[newgate]</sup><br>
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== Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues  ==
== Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues  ==


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“The Discovery of a London Monster, called The Blacke Dogg of New-gate …” EEBO
“The Discovery of a London Monster, called The Blacke Dogg of New-gate …” EEBO


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McMullan, John L. ''The Canting Crew: London’s Criminal Underworld 1550-1700''. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers UP, 1984.
McMullan, John L. ''The Canting Crew: London’s Criminal Underworld 1550-1700''. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers UP, 1984.


Spraggs, Gillian. [http://www.outlawsandhighwaymen.com/hutton.htm outlawsandhighwaymen.com]
Spraggs, Gillian. [http://www.outlawsandhighwaymen.com/hutton.htm "Outlaws and Highwaymen"]


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Black Dog of Newgate, Part I (1602)

John Day, Richard Hathaway, Wentworth Smith, and "the other poete"

Black Dog of Newgate, Part 2 (1603)

John Day, Richard Hathaway, Wentworth Smith, and "the other poete"


Historical Records

Henslowe's Diary


F. 118 (Greg I. 185)
pd at the a poyntment of John ducke the
24 of novmber 160[3]2 to mr hathwaye [blacke doge of] in earneste 
of a playe called [John dayes [comodye]] the some of ... xxxxs
[newgate]
“The Discovery of a London Monster, called The Blacke Dogg of New-gate …” EEBO (see Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues below)

Lent vnto xpofer beston & Robart palante the
26 novemb[er] 1602 to paye vnto John day mr smythe
mr hathway & the other poete in parte of payment
of the playe called [John dayes comody’ the some of ...  xxxxs
the blacke dogge of newgate


F. 118v (Greg I. 186)
pd at the apoyntment of the company the 20
of desember 1602 vnto mr hathewaye mr symthe & 
John daye & the other poyet in fulle payment for
a playe called the blacke dogge of newgat some of  ... xxxxs


F. 119 (Greg I. 187)
Lent vnto John dewcke the 10 Janewarye
1602 to by Lame skenes for the blacke
dogge of newgate the some of ...      xs

pd more for the company the 16 of Janewarye
1602 vnto Goodman freswatr for [c] a canves
sewt & skenes for the black doge of newgate xijs


F. 119v (Greg I. 188)
Lent vnto John Lewen vpon John duckes noote
of his hande the 29 of Janewarye 1602 to geue in earneste
of the second part of the boocke called the blacke dooge
of newgate vnto mr hathwaye & John daye & mr smythe
& the other poete the some of   ...      iiili

pd at the apoyntment of John ducke the 3 of
febreary 1602 vnto mr hathwaye mr smythe John
daye & the other poet in fulle payment for the
boocke called the second parte of the blacke dooge
the some of    ...   iiijli


F. 120 (Greg I. 189)
Pd vnto the tyerman for the companye 1602
to bye viij yrdes & a hallfe of blacke satten
at xijs a yrde to macke a sewt for the 2 parte
of the blacke dogge the some of      ...         vli ijs

Lent vnto Thomas blacke wode the 21 of febreary
1602 to geue vnto the 4 poetes in earneste of ther
adicyones for the 2 parte of the blacke doge    ...    xs

Lent vnto Thomas black wode the 24 of febreary
1602 to geue vnto the 4 poetes in parte of paymente
for ther adycyons in the 2 parte of the blacke doge  ...  xs

Lent vnto John dewcke the 26 of febreary 1602
to paye the poetes in fulle payment for ther
adycyones for the 2 parte of the blacke doge the some
of           ...    xxs



Stationers' Register

Arber III.6b/56

22 December 1595 John Danter.

Entred for his copies vnder th[e h]andes of bothe the wardens
iij ballades the firste the Deathe of Sir Roger Williams the
Second the Divelles wake / and the Third Luke Huttons
Lamentacon ... xviijd

6 January 1595/6 Gabriell Sympson william white/

Entred for their copie vnder the hands of the wardens, a booke
intituled, The black Dogge of Newgate bothe pythie and profitable for all Readers ... vjd


Arber III. 7b/58

9 February 1595/6 Symon Stafford and [Gabriel] Simpson

Entred for his copie vnder the handes of the wardens. The black
Dog of newgates Lmentation for all his knauery. vilany bribery and
Conny catchinge to the Tune of 'Huttons Deldul' ... vjd


Theatrical Provenance

The play belonged to Worcester’s Men, who leased the Rose playhouse in August 1602 where they played through May 1603.


Probable Genre(s)

Comedy (Henslowe’s entries) “Topical Play” (Harbage)



Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues

“The Discovery of a London Monster, called The Blacke Dogg of New-gate …” EEBO


“Luke Hutton’s Lamentation” The ballad opens with a conventional lament by Hutton of his imprisonment and impending execution (it includes a claim that his parents were well-born and he disobeyed them). Hutton, not yet 20 years old, describes his criminal behavior, mainly highway robbery (not murder) with 12 fellows he dubs his “apostles.” There is a hint of Robin-Hoodishness in his hitting rich men for their gold. In one stanza, Hutton says he was made a jailor (a common practice, rather like a fox guarding the henhouse) and he set the prisoners free. Claiming a three-year career, he recounts some details of his life: he was born on St. Luke’s Day, and to celebrate his birthday he had robbed 19 men. He was caught in London but taken to York to stand trial. Nine score and seventeen felony indictments were delivered against him (197). As the ballad concludes, he is waiting to ascend the gallows to be hanged. EBBA outlawsandhighwaymen.com



References to the Play


Critical Commentary

Greg repeats the suggestion by F. G. Fleay that the “other” poet was William Haughton, then disagrees because Haughton did not otherwise write for Worcester’s Men. He cites as source a chapbook “said to have been printed before 1600, and ascribed to Luke Hutton who was executed in 1598” (II. 233, Items 273 & 277). He gives the title and provenance of the ballad, “The Discovery of a London Monster, called, The Blacke Dogg of New-gate ...".


The headnote to the ballad (Roxburge Collection) comments on the popularity of “Luke Hutton’s Lamentation,” quotes Collier’s comments in his ballad collection, and also quotes C. H. Cooper as believing that Luke Hutton was probably a younger son of Matthew Hutton, Archbishop of York in 1595. After matriculating at Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1582, Hutton dropped out and turned to criminal activity including highway robbery. He wrote The Black Dog of Newgate from prison.


McMullen defines “black dog” as a canting term that refers to a warrant system by which a person (often himself a criminal) arrested others on mere suspicion of a crime and bullied them into providing information with threats of prison time for themselves. Such warrants were gotten from justices of the peace and the privy council (p. 149). According to McMullan, “[t]he main idea of the black dog system was to prolong the possibilities of intermediary payoffs from thieves and to amass intelligence” (p. 151).



For What It's Worth

St. Luke’s Day is 18 October.


Works Cited

English Broadside Ballad Archive, University of California, Santa Barbara EBBA

McMullan, John L. The Canting Crew: London’s Criminal Underworld 1550-1700. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers UP, 1984.

Spraggs, Gillian. "Outlaws and Highwaymen"


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