LONDON COMPANIES, 1558-1642

PART I. GREATER MEN'S COMPANIES, 1558-1603

I. 1, 2, 3, Queen Elizabeth's Companies

II. Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester's Company.

III. 1, Earl of Worcester's Company

IV. 1, 2, Earl of Pembroke's Companies

v. The Strange-Chamberlain Company (i.e. 2, Lord Strange

-4, Earl of Derby-6, Lord Chamberlain's Com-

pany)

VI. Lord Charles Howard, Lord Admiral's Company

PART II. GREATER MEN'S COMPANIES, 1603-1642

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1. 1, King James 1.-1, King Charles I.'s Company

II. 1, 2, 3, Queen Anne-1, Red Bull-Revels Companies .

III. Prince Henry-1, Palsgrave-3, Prince Charles's Com-

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panies

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IV. Duke of Lenox-Duke of Albany-Duke of York-1, 2,

Prince Charles's Companies

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v. 1, 2, 4, Princess Elizabeth's Companies

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VI. 1, Queen Henrietta's Company

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VII. 2, Red Bull—2, King Charles I.'s Company

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VIII. 4, King's Revels Company

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PART III. LESSER MEN'S COMPANIES, 1558-1642

1. 1, 2, Lord Ambrose Dudley, Earl of Warwick's Com-

II. 1, Lord Strange-2, 4, 5, Earl of Derby's Companies

III. 1, Lord Rich's Company

IV. 2, Lord Clinton, Earl of Lincoln's Company.

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v. 2, Earl of Sussex-2, Lord Chamberlain's Company

VI. Sir Robert Lane's Company

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VII. Earl of Essex-Countess of Essex-Viscount Here-

ford's Company.

311

VIII. The Earl of Hertford's Company

317

IX. 2, Lord Hunsdon-5, Lord Chamberlain's Company

x. 3, Earl of Arundel's Company

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322

1. St. Paul's Choir-1, King's Revels Company

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II. 1, 2, 3, 4, Queen's Revels Companies .

354

III. Beeston's Boys, or the King and Queen's Young Com-

pany

367

PART I

GREATER MEN'S COMPANIES

1558-1603

VOL. I.-A