Life of Cardinal Wolsey, The

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Historical Records

Payments to Playwrights (Henslowe's Diary)

F. 87v (Greg, I.138)

Lent vnto Samwell Rowlye 1601 to paye
vnto harye [S] chettell for writtinge the Boocke
of carnalle wolseye lyfe the 5 of June some of . . . . xxs

F. 91v (Greg, I.143)

Layd owt at the a poyntment of my sonne & the
company vnto harey cheattell for the altrynge of
the booke of carnowlle wolley the 28 of June 1601
the some of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxs
Lent vnto Robart shawe the <t> 4 of Julye
1601 to paye vnto harey cheattell for the
Boocke of carnowlle wollsey in fulle pay
ment the some of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxxs

F. 91v (Greg, I.144)

Lent vnto the company the 17 of July
1601 to geue vnto hary chettell for the Boocke
of the carnawlle wollsey to paye vnto mr
Bromffelld the some of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxs

F. 93 (Greg, I.147)

Lent vnto Robart shawe the 18 of aguste
1601 to paye vnto harey chettell for his
Boocke for carnowlle wollsey the some of . . . . . . . . xxs


Payments for Apparel (Henslowe's Diary)

F. 92v (Greg, I.146)

Lent vnto Robart shawe the 7 of aguste 1601
to bye diuers thinges tayne cottes for the playe of
carnowle wollsey the some of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxs
Lent the same tymes vnto the littell tayller for the
same playe of carnowlle wollsey some of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vijs
Bowght of mr stonne mercer the 10 of aguste
1601 ij pylle velluet of carnadyn at xxs yrd
& sattenes at xijs & tafeties at wijs & vjd
wch J layd owt for the company some is
for the playe of carnawll wollsey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxjll
Layd owt more for the playe of carnowlle
wollsey for tynsell & tyffeney & lynynge
& other thinges the same tyme dd vnto Jewby
the some of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iijll xs
pd vnto the cope lace man for whit cope
sylluer lace the same tyme the some of . . . . . . . . vs vjd
Lent vnto Robart shawe the 11 aguste to
bye cottees for the play of carnowlle
wollsey the some of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxs
Layd owt at the apoyntment of the company
the 13 of agust 1601 for ij tayllers billes &
wm whittes bill after the playe of
carnowells wollsey the some of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viijll 4s
pd vnto the tyer man the 14 of aguste 1601
for mony wch he layd owt to bye teffeny
for the playe of carnowlle wollsey some of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiiijd


F. 93 (Greg, I.147)

Lent vnto the company the 20 of agust
1601 to bye a docters gowne for the play
of carnowlle wollsey the some of . . . . . . . . xs
dd to Radford
Lent vnto Robart shawe the 21 of aguste 1601
for velluet & mackynge of the docters
gowne in carnowlle wollsey the some of . . . . . . . . xxs


F. 105v (Greg, I.166)

Lent vnto Thomas [ ] downton the 18 of
maij to bye maskyngsewtes antycke for the 2 parte
of carnowlle wollsey the some of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iijll vs


F. 106 (Greg, I.167)

Lent vnto thomas downton the 27 of maij
1602 to by wm someres cotte & other thinges
for the 2 part of wollsey the some of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iijll
Lent vnto Thomas downton the 27 of maye
1602 to bye Rebatous & other thinges for the
2 part of carnowlle wollsey the some of . . . . . . . . xxvs
Lent vnto thomas downton the 2 of June 1602
to paye vnto the copere lace mane in fulle
payment for the lace for the 2 part of wollsey . . . . . . . . xxvjs


Payments, Miscellaneous (Henslowe's Diary)

F. 92v (Greg, I.146)

Lent vnto Robart shawe the 12 of aguste 1601
to bye diuers thinges for the playe of carnowlle
wollsey the some of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxs
Lent vnto the littell tayller the 12 of agust
to bye diuers thinges for the playe of
carnowlle wollsey at the apoyntment
of my sonne the some of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xs


F. 93v (Greg, I.148)

Lent vnto the company the 3 of septmber 1601
to paye vnto the mr of the Revelles for licensynge
of [a]the [Bo] 3 parte of thome strowde & the Remaynder
of carnowlle wollsey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xs


Correspondence of Richard Hadsor=

25 July 1602. To Sir Robert Cecil.

Chettle's play is referred to in a letter written by Richard Hadsor to Sir Robert Cecil on 25 July 1602, in which Hadsor relays the appeal made by the current Earl of Kildare that the Queen recognize his title:

if the title should be denied vnto him ther are other men of good qualitie of his famely that would pretent title not onely to the honor but also to landes of great value wch fell to the Crowne in England and Ireland vpon the attainder of his grantfather, by the pollicy of Cardinall Wolsy as it [is] set forth and played nowe vpo'n the stadge in London, alledging that they haue an auncient title to the honor and landes that hose befor.
(Cecil Papers 94/70; cf. HMC Salisbury 12.248)

Hadsor, in this letter and in his later Discourse, was operating as a "legal representative in England" for the house of Kildare and took the opportunity to advance its interests (Hodgers 98).


Richard Hadsor's Discourse (1604)=

Chettle's play is mentioned again by Hador in his Discourse concerning Ireland that he sent to King James (National Archives, SP 63/216, fols. 180r–181r). The Discourse was written in 1604 (McLaughlin 340). Again, the context is the Earl of Kildare's family history.

The Earle of Kildare (grandfather to the now Earle of Kildare) who married the marques Dorsett Gray his daughter being Lo: Deputie of that Realme in K. Henry the 8th tyme, was called into England disgraced and attainted in Ireland after he dyed in prison in England, where he lyved a longe tyme, and his brothers and eldest sonne deprived of their lyves by the synister practizes of Cardynall Wolsey sett forth at lardge in the Irishe Chronicle, and of late acted publiquely vpon the Stage in London, in the Tragidie of the life & death of the said Wolsey to tedious to be reported to yor Ma:tie. By whch attainder the howse of Kildare loste landes of good value in England & Ireland.
(National Archives, SP 63/216, fol. 180v; based on McLaughlin 348, with emendations)

The editors of CSP Ireland proposed that this passage did not, in fact, refer to Chettle's play on the grounds that it "would hardly, at this date, be spoken of as 'of late acted publicly on the stage in London'" (Russell and Prendergast [cxi]). They preferred to believe it was evidence for an early composition date of Shakespeare and Fletcher's Henry VIII, a view repeated by McLaughlin (348).


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