Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, recording the salaries and fees of all the offices in the gift of the Crown, including the officers of the court of revenue, law courts, the royal household, forts, and forests. The manuscript also records some names of current office holders; the list of "Players of interludes" includes Richard Burbage and John Heminge, and the list of "Keeper of Parrys garden, of beares and mastifs" names Edward Alleyn and Philip Henslowe.
Description:
Binding: limp parchment.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Officials and employees
Subject (Name):
Burbage, Richard,--1567?-1619, Heminge, John,--ca. 1556-1630, Henslowe, Philip,--d. 1616, and James--I,--King of England,--1566-1625
Subject (Topic):
Courts and courtiers--England, Legal manuscripts, and Royal households--Great Britain
