Bargain and sale from Alexander Davenant to Anne Siderfin of Kennington, Surrey [manuscript], 1691/2 February 22.

Bargain and sale from Alexander Davenant to Anne Siderfin of Kennington, Surrey [manuscript], 1691/2 February 22.

1 item.

Manuscript on vellum.

Bargain and sale for £495. Half of one share of the receipts "of the theater erected in or neare Lisles tennis court in Lincolns Inne Fields", or of any other theater to which the company should move, divided into 15 equal shares by agreement of November 15, 1660. Ten of the 15 original shares were reserved for Sir William D'Avenant, and the deed traces the transfer of this half share from Sir William through six other hands to his son, Alexander Davenant.

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For a discussion of this deed see Harvard Library Bulletin, XXXVI, no. 3 (Summer 1988), 256-259.

Formerly Folger MS 521114.

Great Britain -- England -- London.

Z.c.22 (43)

521114