Facon, Robert. See Faulcon, Robert.
Fairfax, Peregrine (1599-1621). Actor in academic play (Trinity College, Cambridge 1618-9). [Venn, ACant ii, 117 (1922); REED Cambridge, 955 (1989)]
Fakke (fl. 1469). Leader of boys' troupe in Norwich. [Harrod, 'Norwich 1469' (1859); DTRB, 384 (1984)]
Falkland, Viscountess or Lady. See Carey, Elizabeth Tanfield.
Fane, Mildmay, 2nd (8th) Earl of Westmorland (1602-1666). Playwright. [Harbage, 'Unnoted Caroline Dramatist' (1934); JCS iii, 292; Peerage xii.2, 567 (1959); Cain, 'Robert Herrick' (1984); Randall, Winter Fruit, 286-9 (1995)]
Fane, Lady Rachel (d. 1654). Masque writer (for children of Apthorpe). [Annals, 224 (1989)]
Fanshawe, Sir Richard (1608-66). Translator. [Venn, ACant ii, 120 (1922); Annals, 224 (1989); Randall, Winter Fruit, 189-92, 221-2 (1995)]
Farlyon, John (d. 1539). Yeoman of the Revels (1534-9), Sergeant of the Tents (1538-9). [Streitberger, Court Revels, 142ff., 153, 431-2 (1994)]
Farmer, John (fl. 1554). Chorister (Paul's 1554). [Nungezer, 133]
Farnaby, Richard (c.1594-1623<). Musician in Germany. [ES ii, 315; Nungezer, 133; JCS ii, 432; Grove viii, 576 (2001)]
Farrant, Richard (d. 1580). Master of Windsor boy players (1564-77), Master of Children of Chapel Royal (1578-80), director of plays at court, entrepreneur, playwright(?). (Son-in-law of Richard Bower) [Lawrence, 'Earliest Private-Theater Play' (1921); ES iii, 311; Nungezer, 133; Wills, 47 (1993); Gurr, Playing Companies, 223 (1996); BDECM, 400 (1998); Grove viii, 578 (2001)]
Fasshauer, John (c.1601-59). Actor (Germany). [Ludvik, 'Chronologie und Topographie', 60 (1975)]
Faulcon, Robert (1589-1661) (Facon, Faucon). Actor in academic plays (Trinity, Cambridge, 1611-13). [Venn, ACant ii, 115 (1922); REED Cambridge, 951-3 (1989)]
Faulkner, Thomas (fl. 1626-46). Actor(?). [JCS ii, 432]
Feilding, Anne Weston (d. 1635). Performer in masque (Chloridia, 1631, as Mistress Anne Weston; Tempe Restored, 1632, as Lady Anne Feilding). (Sister of Thomas Weston; wife of Basil Feilding) [Peerage iv, 179 (1916); Herford and Simpson, Ben Jonson x, 445 (1950); Lindley, Court Masques, 275, 280 (1995)]
Feilding, Basil, 2nd Earl of Denbigh, Viscount Feilding (c.1608-75). Performer in masques (Coelum Britannicum, 1634; Salmacida Spolia, 1640, both as Lord Feilding). (Son of William Feilding; brother of Elizabeth Feilding Boyle, George Feilding, and Margaret Feilding Hamilton; husband of Anne Weston Feilding; nephew of George Villiers and John Villiers; brother-in-law of James Hamilton (II)) [Peerage iv, 179 (1916); Lindley, Court Masques, 175 (1995)]
Feilding, Elizabeth. See Boyle, Elizabeth Feilding.
Feilding, George, 1st (17th) Earl of Desmond (c.1614-1666). Performer in masque (Temple of Love, 1635). (Son of William Feilding; brother of Basil Feilding, Elizabeth Feilding Boyle, and Margaret Feilding Hamilton; nephew of George Villiers and John Villiers) [Maidment and Logan, D'Avenant i, 305, 310 (1872)]
Feilding, William, 1st Earl of Denbigh, Baron Feilding (c.1582-1643). Performer in masque (Gypsied Metamorphosed, 1621, as Baron Feilding). (Father of Basil Feilding, George Feilding, Elizabeth Feilding Boyle, and Margaret Feilding Hamilton; brother-in-law of George Villiers and John Villiers) [Peerage iv, 178 (1916); Herford and Simpson, Ben Jonson x, 432 (1950); Orgel, Jonson Masques, 495 (1969)]
Felle, William (fl. 1590s?). Actor(?). [Wentersdorf, 'Origin and Personnel', 64 (1979)]
Fenn, Ezekiel (1620-1639<). Actor (Queen Henrietta's 1635-6, Beeston's Boys 1637-9). [Nungezer, 133; JCS ii, 433; Streett, 'Durability' (1973)]
Fennor, William (fl. 1614-18). Writer/jester. [Flood, 'Fennor and Daborne' (1925); Taylor, 'Third Earl of Pembroke', 59 (1955)]
Fenston. See Funston, Thomas.
Ferebe, George (c.1573-?). Writer of royal entertainments. [ES iii, 312]
Fermedo, Sir Cornelius (c.1600-38). Playwright. [JCS iii, 465; Eccles, Authors, 48 (1982)]
Ferrabosco, Alfonso (I) (1543-88). Musician, actor in court masque (1572). (Father of Alfonso Ferrabosco (II); grandfather of Alfonso Ferrabosco (III) and Henry Ferrabosco) [ES ii, 315; Nungezer, 134; Charteris, 'Alfonso Ferrabosco' (1981); Charteris, 'Autographs of Alfonso Ferrabosco' (1982); BDECM, 407 (1998); Grove viii, 693 (2001)]
Ferrabosco, Alfonso (II) (c.1575-1628). Songwriter for masques (1605-22). (Illegitimate son of Alfonso Ferrabosco (I); father of Alfonso Ferrabosco (II) and Henry Ferrabosco) [BDECM, 410 (1998); Grove viii, 700 (2001)]
Ferrabosco, Alfonso (III) (c.1610-1652 or 1660). Musician in masque (Triumph of Peace, 1634). (Son of Alfonso Ferrabosco (II)) [Lefkowitz, 'Longleat', 47 (1965); Sabol, 'New Documents', 26 (1966); BDECM, 412 (1998); Grove viii, 692 (2001)]
Ferrabosco, Henry (c.1615-1658). Musician in masque (Triumph of Peace, 1634). (Son of Alfonso Ferrabosco (II); brother of Alfonso Ferrabosco (III)) [Lefkowitz, 'Longleat', 47 (1965); Sabol, 'New Documents', 26 (1966); BDECM, 413 (1998); Grove viii, 692 (2001)]
Ferrers, George (c.1510-79). Playwright, royal entertainment contributor. [Page, Hertfordshire, 189-90 (1908); ES iii, 312; Hasler, House of Commons ii, 113 (1981); McGee and Meagher, 'Entertainments: 1558-1603', 92 (1981); DTRB, 145-6 (1984); Lucas, 'Conspiracy and Court Revels' (1998)]
Ferrers, Lord. See Devereaux, Walter (I).
Ferret, James (fl. 1635). Actor at Norwich. [Nungezer, 134; JCS ii, 434]
Ferris, David (fl. 1629). Actor at Reading. [Nungezer, 134; JCS ii, 434]
Fetherston, William (fl. 1612). Actor. [ES ii, 316; Nungezer, 134]
Fidge, William (fl. 1571-1634). Bought playbooks. [ES ii, 316; Nungezer, 134; Wills, 176 (1993)]
Field, Henry (I) (1594?-1641). Musician at Blackfriars, and in masque (Triumph of Peace, 1634). [Cutts, 'New Findings', 106n14 (1966); Lefkowitz, 'Longleat', 47 (1965); Sabol, 'New Documents', 21, 26 (1966)]
Field, Henry (II) (fl. 1635). Actor at Norwich (same as preceding?). [Nungezer, 135; JCS ii, 434; cf. William Field]
Field, Nathan (1587-c.1620). Actor (Chapel Children 1600-11, Lady Elizabeth's 1611-16, King's 1616-20), playwright, sharer. [ES ii, 316; iii, 313; Brinkley, Nathan Field (1928); Nungezer, 135; Peery, 'Nathan Field's Dates' (1946); Peery, Plays of Nathan Field, 3-25 (1950); JCS ii, 434; iii, 299; Hoy, 'Fletcher and His Collaborators' (1956-62); McMillin, 'Jonson's Early Entertainments', 161 (1968); Riddell, 'Actors', 293 (1969); Tricomi, 'Revised Bussy D'Ambois' (1979); Tricomi, 'Two Letters', 246 (1980); DLB 58: 86 (1987); Wills, 231 (1993)]
Field, William (fl. 1594). Musician (son Henry christened 1594). [Ingram, 'Minstrels', 40 (1984)]
Filmore, Edward (fl. 1606-13). Actor in academic play (Trinity, Cambridge, 1612-13). [Venn, ACant ii, 138 (1922); REED Cambridge, 952 (1989)]
Finch, Mr. (fl. 1560-2). Patron. [Dawson, 'Kent', 170 (1965)]
Finch, Robert (fl. 1615) (ffintche). Actor (Lady Elizabeth's). (read by Bentley as 'Fintrye') [JCS ii, 437; REED Coventry, 394 (1981)]
Fintrye, Robert. See Finch, Robert.
Fish, Simon (d. 1531). Actor (Gray's Inn 1526-7). [Foster, AOx, 499 (1891); DTRB, 196 (1984); Boswell, 'Seven Actors', 51-2 (1985)]
Fisher, Jasper (c. 1591-1643). Playwright. [Foster, AOx, 500 (1891); Venn, ACant ii, 143 (1922); JCS iii, 303]
Fisher, John (I), Bishop of Rochester (1469?-1535). Dialogue writer. [Venn, ACant ii, 143 (1922); Annals, 225 (1989); REED Cambridge, 711 (1989)]
Fisher, John (II) (fl. 1622). Sharer (new Fortune). [Nungezer, 141; JCS ii, 437]
Fitzalan, Henry, 12th (24th) Earl of Arundel (1512-80). Patron (Arundel's 1560-2). (Father of Jane Fitzalan Lumley; father-in-law of Thomas Howard (II) and John Lumley; grandfather of Philip Howard and Thomas Howard (III)) [Peerage i, 250 (1910); ES ii, 116; Dawson, 'Kent', 164 (1965)]
Fitzalan, Jane. See Lumley, Jane Fitzalan.
Fitzalan, Thomas, 17th or 10th (22nd) Earl of Arundel (1450-1524). Patron (Arundel's 1492-1524). (Son of William Fitzalan (I); father of William Fitzalan (II); grandfather of Henry Fitzalan; father-in-law of George Neville) [Peerage v, 249 (1926); DTRB, 384 (1984)]
Fitzalan, William (I), 16th or 9th (21st) Earl of Arundel (1417-87). Patron (Arundel's 1477-86). (Father of Thomas Fitzalan; grandfather of William Fitzalan (II)) [Peerage v, 248 (1926); DTRB, 385 (1984)]
Fitzalan, William (II), 18th or 11th (23rd) Earl of Arundel (c.1476-1544). Patron (Arundel's 1524-30, 1542-3). (Son of Thomas Fitzalan; father of Henry Fitzalan; grandson of William Fitzalan (I); father-in-law of Henry Grey (I)) [Peerage v, 250 (1926); DTRB, 385 (1984)]
Fitzgeoffrey, Henry (fl. 1605-6). Actor in academic play (Trinity, Cambridge, 1611-12). [Venn, ACant ii, 146 (1922); REED Cambridge, 951 (1989)]
FitzJames, Sir James (c.1520-79). Patron (1575-77). [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 83 (1910); Dawson, 'Kent', 171 (1965); REED Devon, 486 (1986); REED Somerset, 50, 994 (1996)]
Fitzroy, Henry, 1st Duke of Richmond, 1st (4th) Duke of Somerset (1519-36). Patron (Duke of Richmond's/Somerset's 1530-34). (Illegitimate son of Henry VIII) [Peerage x, 829 (1945); DTRB, 385 (1984)]
Fitzwalter, Lord. See Radcliffe, Henry (I).
Flecknoe, Richard (d. 1678?). Playwright, defender of the stage. [Annals, 225 (1989); Randall, Winter Fruit, 163-5, 350-5, 387-90 (1995)]
Fletcher, John (1579-1625). Playwright. (Cousin of Phineas Fletcher) [ES iii, 314; JCS iii, 305; Hoy, 'Fletcher and His Collaborators' (1956-62); Nethercot, Stuart Plays, 508 (1971); Squier, John Fletcher (1986); DLB 58: 3 (1987); Taunton, 'John Fletcher?' (1990); Taunton, 'Biography' (1994); McMullan, Politics of Unease (1994)]
Fletcher, Lawrence (d. 1608; fl. 1595-1605). Actor (Scotland 1595; King's 1603-5). [ES ii, 318; Nungezer, 141; Fergusson, Man Behind Macbeth, 13-21 (1969)]
Fletcher, Richard (fl. 1579-92). Actor(?). [Edmond, 'Pembroke's Men', 132 (1974); Wentersdorf, 'Origin and Personnel', 61 (1979)]
Fletcher, Phineas (1582-1650). Playwright. (Cousin of John Fletcher) [ES iii, 315; Langdale, Phineas Fletcher (1937); Langdale, 'Phineas Fletcher's Marriage' (1939); Berry, 'Phineas Fletcher' (1960); Kastor, Giles and Phineas Fletcher (1978); DLB 121: 134 (1992)]
Flood, Valentine (fl. 1617-37). Musician (Poland, Germany). [Riewald, 'New Light', 90 (1960)]
Floridor, Josias (fl. 1635-6). French actor. [Nungezer, 143; JCS ii, 437]
Flout, John (fl. 1631-35) (Flote). Actor in academic play (Queens College, Cambridge 1631-2). [Venn, ACant ii, 151 (1922); REED Cambridge, 959 (1989)]
Flower (fl. 1600). Actor (but possibly a forgery). [ES ii, 318; Nungezer, 144]
Flower, Francis (d. 1596). Writer for royal entertainment. [ES iii, 315; Ramel, 'Biographical Notices', 464 (1967); Hasler, House of Commons ii, 141 (1981); Tighe, 'Francis Flower' (1985)]
Ford, Edward (fl. 1555-66). Actor in academic plays (?) (Oxford 1566). [Boas, University Drama, 392 (1914)]
Ford, John (I) (fl. 1564-69). Actor in academic plays (?) (Oxford 1566). [Boas, University Drama, 392 (1914)]
Ford, John (II) (1586-c.1639). Playwright. [ES iii, 315; Sargeaunt, John Ford (1935); Harbage, 'Elizabethan-Restoration Palimpsest', 297 (1940); JCS iii, 433; Davril, Drame de John Ford (1954); Howarth, 'John Ford' (1957); Leech, John Ford (1957); Huebert, 'John Ford's Hand' (1971); Nethercot, Stuart Plays, 795 (1971); Anderson, John Ford (1972); Orbison, Tragic Vision (1974); Duncan-Jones, 'Ford and the Earl of Devonshire' (1978); DLB 58: 91 (1987); Foster, Elegy by W.S., 183 (1989); Hopkins, John Ford's Political Theatre (1994); Moore, 'John Ford's Baptism' (1994); Kinney, Renaissance Drama, 12 (1999)]
Ford, Thomas (d. 1648). Musician and arranger in masque (1613). [BDECM, 435 (1998); Grove ix, 86 (2001)]
Forman, Andrew, bishop of Moray (d. 1522). Pageant participant in Scottish court (1508). [DTRB, 316, 414 (1984)]
Forman, Simon (c.1553-1611). Physician, magician, astrologer; theatergoer, associate of theater people. [Rowse, Simon Forman (1974); Cerasano, 'Henslowe/Forman' (1993)]
Formido, Sir Cornelius. See Fermedo, Sir Cornelius.
Forrest, Miles (fl. 1593-1602). Actor in academic plays (Trinity, Cambridge, 1598). [Boas, University Drama, 400, 401 (1914); Venn, ACant ii, 159 (1922); Caylor, Leander, 3 (1993)]
Forsett, Edward (c.1553-c.1630). Latin playwright. [ES iii, 316; Smith, 'Authorship of Pedantius' (1953); Hasler, House of Commons ii, 145 (1981); RLDE 2/9 (1989)]
Fortescue, Sir Andrew (fl. 1560-1). Patron (1560-1). [REED Cumb./West./Glouc., 443 (1986)]
Fortescue, Sir Henry (c.1515-76). Patron (1560-8). [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 84 (1910); Galloway and Wasson, 'Norfolk/Suffolk', 218 (1980); Bindoff, House of Commons ii, 158 (1982); REED Devon, 487 (1986); Pilkington, 'Bristol' (1989); REED Somerset, 257, 995 (1996)]
Fortescue, Sir John (1533-1607). Patron (Mr. Fortescue's(?) 1560-2, Master of the Queen's Wardrobe's 1570). [Dawson, 'Kent', 171 (1965); Hasler, House of Commons ii, 148 (1981); REED Devon, 487 (1986); Forse, 'Extortion', 167 (1990); REED Somerset, 995 (1996)]
Fortescue, Richard (c.1517-70). Patron (1560-1, 1562-5(?)). [Bindoff, House of Commons ii, 159 (1982); REED Devon, 487 (1986); REED Somerset, 995 (1996)]
Fortescue, Sir William (fl. 1566-67). Patron (1567). [Redstone, 'Ipswich', 264 (1931); Galloway and Wasson, 'Norfolk/Suffolk', 218 (1980)]
Foster, Alexander (fl. 1611-28). Actor (Lady Elizabeth's 1611-18). [ES ii, 318; Nungezer, 144; JCS ii, 437; Eccles, 'Actors II', 454 (1991); Bawcutt, 'Craven Ord Transcripts', 91-2 (1984)]
Foster, Sir Henry (fl. 1566-67). Patron (1567). [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 84 (1910)]
Fotherby, Sir Charles (c.1610-37<). Actor in academic play (Trinity College, Cambridge 1627-8). [Venn, ACant ii, 165 (1922); REED Cambridge, 959 (1989)]
Fouch, Richard (fl. 1631). Actor (Prince Charles' (II)). [Nungezer, 145; JCS ii, 439]
Fowler, Richard (d. 1643). Actor (Palsgrave's 1618-24; Prince Charles' (II) 1631-2). [Nungezer, 145; JCS ii, 439; Bawcutt, 'Documents of the Salisbury Court Theater', 182 (1997)]
Fowler, William (fl. 1581-1609). Scottish poet, masque contributor(?). [Venn, ACant ii, 169 (1922); Annals, 225 (1989)]
Foxe, John (I) (1516-87). Latin playwright. [MS ii, 459; Smith, Two Latin Comedies (1973); DTRB, 26, 101, 247-8, 414 (1984); DLB 132: 131 (1993)]
Fox, John (II) (d. 1623; fl. 1573-1623). Actor in academic play (St. John's, Cambridge, 1580). [Boas, University Drama, 394 (1914); Venn, ACant ii, 169 (1922)]
Foxe, Richard, Bishop of Winchester, Lord Privy Seal (1448?-1528). Pageant contributor(?). [Foster, AOx, 527 (1891); Venn, ACant ii, 170 (1922); Annals, 225 (1989)]
Fox, William (I) (fl. 1561). Paul's chorister. [Lennam, 'Children of Paul's', 25 (1970)]
Fox, William (II) (1562-1597<). Minstrel. [Ingram, 'Minstrels', 40 (1984)]
Foxcroft, Richard (d. 1609; fl. 1572-77). Actor in academic plays (St. John's, Cambridge, 1579-80). [Boas, University Drama, 394, 396 (1914); Venn, ACant ii, 170 (1922)]
Francis, Sir Henry, Monk of St. Werburgh (fl. 1377-82). Playwright(?). [Annals, 225 (1989)]
Fraunce, Abraham (c.1558-1633<). Playwright, translator, actor in academic plays (St. John's, Cambridge, 1579-80). [Boas, University Drama, 394 (1914); ES iii, 316; Buxton, Sir Philip Sidney (1954); RLDE 2/13: 29 (1991)]
Frederick, Elector Palatine of the Rhine (Lord Palsgrave) (1596-1632). Patron (Palatine's (aka Palsgrave's) 1613-24; King and Queen of Bohemia's 1626-31). (Husband of Elizabeth of Bohemia; son-in-law of King James I and Queen Anne; brother-in-law of King Charles I) [ES ii, 134; Lancashire, 'Nottinghamshire', 20 (1977); Gurr, Playing Companies, 248, 438n2 (1996)]
Freeman, George (fl. 1592-1603). Actor in academic plays (Trinity, Cambridge, 1598-1603). [Boas, University Drama, 400, 401 (1914); Venn, ACant ii, 177 (1922); Caylor, Leander, 3 (1993)]
Freeman, John (fl. 1636). Performer in masque (Triumphs of the Prince d'Amour, 1636). [Lefkowitz, Trois Masques, 137 (1970)]
Freeman, Sir Ralph (c.1590-1667). Playwright. [Venn, ACant ii, 177 (1922); JCS iii, 468]
Freer, Michael (d. 1661; fl. 1631-8). Actor in academic plays (Queens College, Cambridge 1631-8). [Venn, ACant ii, 179 (1922); REED Cambridge, 959-61 (1989)]
French Queen. See Mary Tudor.
Freshwater, William (c.1548-1620<). Wardrobe keeper at Red Bull (1612-16). [Bentley, Profession of Player (1984), 90, 158]
Freyerbott, Bartholomeus (fl. 1615). Actor (Germany). [ES ii, 318; Nungezer, 146]
Frith, Mary (c.1575?-c.1645?) (alias Markham, alias Moll Cutpurse). Actress(?). [ES ii, 318; Nungezer, 146; Bentley, 'Early Plays in English', 148 (1976); Mulholland, 'The Roaring Girl' (1977); Eccles, 'Mary Frith' (1985)]
Frith, Richard (<1595). Minstrel (wife Margaret, son William, friend James Sherman minstrel). [Ingram, 'Minstrels', 40 (1984); Dowling, 'Moll Cutpurse' (1934)]
Frost, John (I) (c.1590?-1640). Boy actor (Chapel 1601), singer in masque (1613). [ES ii, 318; Nungezer, 146; Limon, 'Neglected Evidence', 7 (1988); BDECM, 447 (1998)]
Frost, John (II) (d. 1642). Singer in masque (Triumph of Peace, 1634). [Lefkowitz, 'Longleat', 46, 53 (1965); Sabol, 'New Documents', 15 (1966); BDECM, 448 (1998)]
Frulovisi, Tito Livio (fl. 1437-8). Latin playwright. [Previte-Orton, Opera Hactenus Inedita (1932); Weiss, 'Humphrey Duke of Gloucester' (1957); DTRB, 8, 414 (1984)]
Fulbeck, William (1560-1603?). Writer for royal entertainment. [ES iii, 317; DLB 172: 91 (1996)]
Fulcis, Thomas (d. 1594). Actor. [Bentley, 'St. Giles Cripplegate', 802 (1929)]
Fuller, Thomas (1608-61). Playwright. [Venn, ACant ii, 185 (1922); Addison, Worthy Dr. Fuller (1951); Wood, 'Thomas Fuller's Oxford Interlude' (1954); Randall, Winter Fruit, 121-7 (1995)]
Fulwell, Ulpian (c.1545-c.1586). Playwright. [ES iii, 317; Eccles, Authors, 51 (1982); Buchanan, Ars Adulandi, iv-xix (1984); Happe, English Drama Before Shakespeare, 272 (1999)]
Funston, Thomas (fl. 1605-10). Actor in academic play (St. John's, Cambridge, 1605-6). [Venn, ACant ii, 186 (1922); REED Cambridge, 951 (1989)]
Fussell, Henry (fl. 1632-3). Puppet showman (Coventry). [REED Coventry, 433-4 (1981)]
Fynglwyd, Iorwerth (fl. 1490). Welsh poet, possibly playwright. [Jones, Three Welsh Religious Plays (1939); DTRB, 11, 414 (1984)]