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Bolton, Edmund, 1575?-1633?. Autograph letter signed from Edmund Bolton to Edward Alleyn of Dulwich [manuscript], 1617 August 13.

Title: Autograph letter signed from Edmund Bolton to Edward Alleyn of Dulwich [manuscript], 1617 August 13.

Asking for pecuniary assistance.

ArchivalResource: 2 leaves.

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The statutes of the college copied from the original in the treasury chest 1781, 1781.

Title: The statutes of the college copied from the original in the treasury chest 1781, 1781.

Manuscript copy of the Statutes of Dulwich College. Original "publish'd and subscrib'd" by Edward Alleyn, dated 1626 Nov 20. Volume also contains copies of: Legacies given to the College by the Founder's Last Will and Testament; a memorandum concerning a 1676 amendment to the statutes about salary and hours for schoolmasters; lists of Masters, Wardens, and Fellows of the College; lists of preachers, schoolmasters, ushers, and organists from 1619 - 1785; numbers of brethren, sisters, and scholars taken into the school between 1619-1774.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (157 p.) ; 24 x 19 cm.

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Rowley, Samuel, d. 1624. Request from Samuel Rowley to Philip Henslowe to pay John Daye [manuscript], [1601].

Title: Request from Samuel Rowley to Philip Henslowe to pay John Daye [manuscript], [1601].

Request in the autograph of Rowley to pay John Daye 30 shillings for the third part of Tom Strowde. Also includes notes, many in the hand of Henslowe, relating to purchases of playbooks, bits of legal formulae and other scribbles including names Philip Henslowe, Dorington, John Willston, Alleyn.

ArchivalResource: 1 leaf ; 202 x 100 mm.

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Alleyn, John, d. ca. 1596,. Receipt from John Alleyn, citizen and innholder of London, to Edward Alleyn of London, Gent., his brother [manuscript], 1592 August 24.

Title: Receipt from John Alleyn, citizen and innholder of London, to Edward Alleyn of London, Gent., his brother [manuscript], 1592 August 24.

Autograph receipt signed for £11.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Collier, John Payne, 1789-1883,. Autograph letters signed and initialled from John Payne Collier to various people [manuscript], 1818-1882.

Title: Autograph letters signed and initialled from John Payne Collier to various people [manuscript], 1818-1882.

216 mostly autograph letters signed and initialed; also, newspaper clippings. Letters include references to various literary figures: several refer to E. Alleyn; (173) to Collier's copy of a masque with emendations in Chapman's hand; (26) to information about Churchyard; (32, 156) discuss his editions of Coleridge lectures; (127) to his having Drayton's copy of the Faerie Queene; (153) to [Forman's] diary describing Shakespearean performances; (34) to Greene's Menaphon; some to his work on John Bunyan; (126, 127) to a misplaced Southey manuscript. Shakespearean references include: authorship of Edward III; biographical information; facsimiles of plays; alleged forgeries; his house; his knowledge of law; monuments; portraits, and criticism. Scattered references to attacks on Collier occur in the Ebsworth letters and elsewhere; several concern the Perkins Folio; enclosed in (167) are copies of 16 title pages taken from the "corrected folio of 1632." Letters contain numerous references to his associations with the Camden Society, the Percy Society, and the Shakespeare Society. (216-223) are newspaper clippings, 1859-1860, discussing the authenticity of emendations in the Perkins Folio; with them is Collier's unpublished draft of his reply, March 25, 1860, to Sir Frederic Madden's letter in the Times.

ArchivalResource: 224 items.

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Young, William, 1825-1896,. Autograph letters signed from William Young, Stanhill Court, to various recipients [manuscript], 1890-1891.

Title: Autograph letters signed from William Young, Stanhill Court, to various recipients [manuscript], 1890-1891.

Recipients: F.G. Fleay and unidentified recipients (possibly also F.G. Fleay). (1), to Fleay at Messrs Reeves & Turner, 196 Strand, refers to Fleay's Chronicle of the London stage and concerns sections on Collier's forgeries and Fleay's statement that "Shakespeare learned his business as an actor from Edward Alleyn." (2) concerns a letter of Joan Alleyn to her husband. (3) indicates that he was able to answer Aldis Wright's questions about theatres at or near the old Paris Garden by referring to the recipient's book. Also, with (1), a slip of paper reading William Young, Esq., 19 Change Alley, London E.C.

ArchivalResource: 3 items.

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Boswell Collection, 1428-1936, 1700-1795

Title: Boswell Collection 1428-1936 1700-1795

The Boswell Collection contains the correspondence, diaries, and manuscripts of author James Boswell; estate records, letters, personal and professional papers, and other materials documenting the lives and careers of ten generations of Boswells and their possession of the barony of Auchinleck; and correspondence relating to the political career of Alexander Bruce, Earl of Kincardine.

ArchivalResource: Total Boxes: 196; Linear Feet: 102.50

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Alleyn, Edward, 1566-1626. Memorandum relating to Dulwich College [manuscript], 1626 September 22 and 27.

Title: Memorandum relating to Dulwich College [manuscript], 1626 September 22 and 27.

Memorandum by Edward Alleyn. Note of deeds of land given by Edward Alleyn to Dulwich College, drawn up by Mathew Sweetser and signed by Sweetser and Alleyn. Also, note of debts owing to Alleyn in his autograph, September 27, 1626.

ArchivalResource: 1 leaf ; 30 x 20 cm.

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Memoir of Edward Alleyn [manuscript], ca. 1810.

Title: Memoir of Edward Alleyn [manuscript], ca. 1810.

A brief biography, together with rough notes and annotated extracts from printed matter, mainly from late 18th-century periodicals.

ArchivalResource: 12 leaves (including printed matter) ; 22.5 x 17.5 cm.

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Collier, John Payne, 1789-1883. Letter: 1841 Mar. 10, 24 Brompton Sqre, London, to David Laing / J. Payne Collier.

Title: Letter: 1841 Mar. 10, 24 Brompton Sqre, London, to David Laing / J. Payne Collier. 1841.

Acknowledging receipt of letter with comments on the Memoirs of Alleyn. Shakespeare Society to print Jonson's Conversations with Drummond.

ArchivalResource: [3] p.

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Rendle, William, 1811-1893. Notes on Southwark [manuscript], ca. 1870-1890.

Title: Notes on Southwark [manuscript], ca. 1870-1890.

The material consists of manuscript notes, printed pamphlets, clippings, etc. Part of a large collection of material on Southwark, presumably the rough notes from which Rendle compiled Old Southwark and its people (1878), The inns of Old Southwark (1888) and other published works. Includes material on Edward Alleyn. N.b.23 labeled "Southwark Fair."

ArchivalResource: 24 v.

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The offices of England collected according to the yeare of 1607, 1607.

Title: The offices of England collected according to the yeare of 1607, 1607.

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.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (90 p.) ; 27 x 19 cm.

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Alleyn, Edward. Deed, 1685.

Title: Deed, 1685.

A deed, November 26, 1685, from Edward and Lydia Alleyn to Roger Clap for land in Massachusetts.

ArchivalResource: 0.1 c.f. (1 folder)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145772160 View

Dulwich College. Dulwich College papers, 1323-1757 (inclusive), [microform].

Title: Dulwich College papers, 1323-1757 (inclusive), [microform].

The Dulwich College Papers consist of the Alleyn Papers, which document the life of Edward Alleyn, actor and founder of Dulwich College; selected papers of Dulwich college; muniments; and court rolls of Dulwich, 1323-1757. The papers of Alleyn and his father-in-law Philip Henslow concern early English drama and the English stage, while additional material relates to Alleyn's founding of Dulwich College, sometimes called the College of God's Gift at Dulwich, and the early history of the college.

ArchivalResource: 7 reels.

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Cole, Robert, of St. Saviour's parish,. Letter of attorney to Robert Cole of St. Saviour's parish, Southwark [manuscript], 1611 May 7.

Title: Letter of attorney to Robert Cole of St. Saviour's parish, Southwark [manuscript], 1611 May 7.

Appointment of Cole by the Churchwardens to enter and take possession of a messuage in the Bankside near the Thames in the parish of St. Saviour's, in the separate occupations of Joan White, widow, and Michael Spencer, oarmaker, and to deliver it to Philip Henslowe, Esq. of the same parish, as is more fully set forth in a deed from the Churchwardens to Henslowe, dated May 4, [1611]. Witnesses: Edward Alleyn, George Payn, Richard Yearwood, Drewe Stapley and James Reade, scrivener. Endorsement: note by Cole of having delivered possession, May 8, 1611. Witnesses: Edward Alleyn, George Payn, Richard Yearwood, John Marshall, James Pollarde and James Reade, scrivener.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 membrane).

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Wilson, William, fl. 1610,. Autograph letter signed from William Wilson to Edward Alleyn of Dulwich [manuscript], ca. 1610.

Title: Autograph letter signed from William Wilson to Edward Alleyn of Dulwich [manuscript], ca. 1610.

Asking for Alleyn's help in getting the Fortune players to perform for his wedding day.

ArchivalResource: 2 leaves.

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