Gager, William (1555-1622). Playwright. [ES iii, 317; Tucker Brooke, 'William Gager' (1951); RLDE 1/1: 5 (1981); Sutton, William Gager (1994)]
Galt, Jeronimo (fl. 1616). French rope dancer. [REED Norwich, 150 (1984)]
Gamble, John (1610?-1687). Playhouse musician (Blackfriars), songwriter for plays c.1630; apprentice of Ambrose Beeland. [Cutts, 'New Findings', 102 (1966); Highfill-Burnim-Langhans v, 450 (1978); BDECM, 459 (1998); Grove ix, 495 (2001)]
Garatt (fl. 1605). Fool (Prince Henry's). [Alexander, 'Percy Household Accounts', 12 (1987)]
Gardiner, Francis (fl. 1593-1640). Actor in academic play (Trinity, Cambridge, 1603). [Boas, University Drama, 399 (1914); Venn, ACant ii, 191 (1922); Caylor, Leander, 3 (1993)]
Gardiner, Stephen, Bishop of Winchester (c.1497-1555). Actor in academic play (Queen's College, Cambridge). [Venn, ACant ii, 193 (1922); DTRB, 68, 95, 200, 205, 267 (1984); REED Cambridge, 711 (1989)]
Garfield, Benjamin (fl. 1650). Playwright. [JCS iv, 471]
Gargrave, Thomas (1561-95). Actor in academic plays (St. John's, Cambridge, 1579-80). [Boas, University Drama, 394, 396 (1914); Venn, ACant ii, 29 (1922)]
Garland, John (d. 1624). Actor (Queen's 1583-98; Lennox's 1604; Duke of York's 1610-14). [ES ii, 318; Nungezer, 146; REED York, 481 (1979); George, 'Shakespeare and Pembroke's Men', 310 (1981); Eccles, 'Actors II' (1991); Wills, 141 (1993)]
Garlick (fl. 1610-15). Actor at Fortune. [ES ii, 318; Nungezer, 147]
Garnesche, Sir Christopher (fl. 1513). Acting Sergeant of the Tents (1513). [[Streitberger, Court Revels, 430 (1994)]
Garnett, Jasper (c.1586-1625<). Playwright. [JCS iv, 472; REED Cumb./West./Glouc., 188-98, 235-8 (1986)]
Garret, John (fl. 1619). Actor (Queen Anne's). [ES ii, 318; Nungezer, 148]
Garter, Bernard (c.1533-1601<). Entertainment contributor. [ES, iii, 319; McGee and Meagher, 'Entertainments: 1558-1603', 100-2 (1981); Eccles, Authors, 54 (1982); DTRB, 239, 415 (1984)]
Garter, Thomas (fl. 1569). Playwright. [ES, iii, 319; DTRB, 28, 415 (1984)]
Gary, Giles. (fl. 1609-1613) (Cary, Carie, Carey). Boy actor (Queen's Revels 1609-13). [ES ii, 310; Nungezer, 85; McMillin, 'Jonson's Early Entertainments', 161 (1968); Limon, 'Alleged Catholicism' (1985)]
Gascoigne, George (c.1535-1577). Translator, playwright, masque writer, writer of royal entertainments. (Stepfather of Nicholas Breton) [ES, iii, 320; Prouty, George Gascoigne (1942); Feldman, 'Playwrights and Pike-Trailers' (1953); Brooks, 'Burial Place of George Gascoigne' (1954); Nethercot, Elizabethan Plays, 145 (1971); Bergeron, 'Actors', 17 (1972); Johnson, George Gascoigne (1972); Hasler, House of Commons ii, 171 (1981); McGee and Meagher, 'Entertainments: 1558-1603', 88-94 (1981); Eccles, Authors, 55 (1982); DLB 136: 127 (1994); Happe, English Drama Before Shakespeare, 272 (1999)]
Gascoigne, Sir John (c.1510-68) (Gaskens). Patron (1566-7). [Kahrl, 'Lincolnshire', 105 (1974); Bindoff, House of Commons ii, 193 (1982)]
Gascoigne, William (I) (fl. 1589). Actor (Admiral's 1589). (same as below?? or his father?) [Nungezer, 150]
Gascoigne, William (II) (fl. 1624-41) (Gascoyne). Attendant for King's (1624-31). [Nungezer, 150; JCS ii, 440]
Gaskens, Sir John. See Gascoigne, Sir John.
Gaultier, Jacques (fl. 1617-52) (Gautier). Musician in masques (Triumph of Peace, 1634; Britannia Triumphans, 1637), maker of lutes for masques. [Lefkowitz, 'Longleat', 46 (1965); Sabol, 'New Documents', 25 (1966); BDECM, 468 (1998); Grove ix, 581 (2001)]
Gaymer, Henry (fl. 1556-7). Fined "for going on mummynge in maskyng" (Rye). [REED Sussex, 116 (2000)]
Gayton, Edmund (1608-66). Author of Lord Mayor's pageant (1655). [Foster, AOx, 554 (1891); Annals, 225 (1989); Randall, Winter Fruit, 142-3 (1995)]
Gedion (fl. 1602). Actor (Admiral's). [ES ii, 318; Nungezer, 153; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 55 (1931)]
Geeres, John (d. 1642). Musician, actor in academic play (Trinity College, Cambridge 1622-3). [REED Cambridge, 957-8 (1989); Grove ix, 623 (2001)]
Gellius, Gedeon (fl. 1650). Actor (Germany). [JCS ii, 441; Riewald, 'New Light', 88-90 (1960)]
Gennatt, Jarvis (fl. 1624). Minstrel for puppet show. [REED Cumb./West./Glouc., 320 (1986)]
Geoffrey, abbot of St. Albans (d. 1146; fl. 1100-19). Latin playwright. [DTRB, 125, 415 (1984)]
'George'. Actor. [JCS ii, 441]
George, Francis (fl. 1601). Actor (Admiral's?). [Cerasano, 'Henslowe/Forman', 155 (1993)]
George, John (fl. 1613). Actor. [REED Heref./Worc., 385 (1990)]
Gerard, Elizabeth Woodford (d. 1624). Performer in masque? (Masque of Beauty, 1608). (Wife of Thomas Gerard (II)) [ES iii, 380; Peerage v, 635 (1926); Herford and Simpson, Ben Jonson x, 442 (1950)]
Gerard, Sir Thomas (I) (c.1560-1621) (Jarret). Performer in masques (Barriers at a Marriage, 1606; Lord Hay's Masque, 1607, as Sir Thomas Jarret). [Herford and Simpson, Ben Jonson x, 432 (1950); Hasler, House of Commons ii, 185 (1981); Lindley, Court Masques, 275 (1995)]
Gerard, Thomas (II), 1st Baron Gerard of Gerard's Bromley (c.1564-1618). Performer in masque (Barriers at a Marriage, 1606). (Husband of Elizabeth Woodford Gerard) [Peerage v, 635 (1926); Herford and Simpson, Ben Jonson x, 432 (1950); Hasler, House of Commons ii, 184 (1981); Lindley, Court Masques, 275 (1995)]
Gerdler, Adam (fl. 1635-7). Actor. [Nungezer, 150; JCS ii, 441; Stone, 'Companies of Players', 26 (1959); Butler, 'Provincial Masque', 159 (1986); Wasson, 'Touring Companies', 56 (1988)]
Gerdler, John (fl. 1636). Actor(?). [Butler, 'Provincial Masque', 159 (1986)]
Gering, George (fl. 1622) (Goring). Actor in academic play? (Trinity College, Cambridge 1622-3). [REED Cambridge, 957 (1989)]
'Gerry' (d. 1607). Associated with Whitefriars playhouse. [ES ii, 318; Nungezer, 151; Ingram, 'Playhouse as Investment', 211 (1985)]
Gew (fl. 1598-9). Actor(?). [ES ii, 318; Nungezer, 151]
Gibbes, George. Ghost name (see George Giles). [Nungezer, 152; JCS ii, 441]
Gibbons, Christopher (1615-76). Musician in masque (1656), songwriter for masques. [Highfill-Burnim-Langhans vi, 170 (1978); BDECM, 473 (1998); Grove ix, 830 (2001)]
Gibborne, Thomas. See Gilborne, Thomas.
Gibbs (fl. 1602). Actor (Admiral's 1602). [ES ii, 318; Nungezer, 152; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 55 (1931)]
Gibbs, Anthony (fl. 1622-28) (Gibes, Gibs). Actor (Revels 1622, Ellis Guest 1628). [Nungezer, 152; JCS ii, 441]
Gibbs, Edward (fl. 1634-43). Actor/fencer (Revels 1634, Cockpit 1639). [JCS ii, 442]
Gibbs, Robert (fl. 1622-48). Actor. [JCS ii, 442]
Gibson (fl. 1624). Actor (Lady Elizabeth's?). [JCS ii, 442]
Gibson, Abraham (c.1587-1629). Actor in academic play (St. John's, Cambridge, 1605-6). [Venn, ACant ii, 210 (1922); REED Cambridge, 950 (1989)]
Gibson, H. (fl. 1632). Actor. [Nungezer, 152; JCS ii, 443]
Gibson, Richard (d. 1534; fl. 1494-1534). Actor (King's 1494-1508), Yeoman of the Revels (1510-34), Yeoman of the Tents (1513-18), reviser of plays. [ES ii, 319; Nungezer, 152; Bindoff, House of Commons ii, 207 (1982); DTRB, xxvii, 199, 387, 415 (1984); Streitberger, 'Henry VIII's Entertainment' (1984); Streitberger, Court Revels, 71-4 and passim (1994)]
Gideon. See Gedion.
Gilbourne, Thomas (d. 1627) (Gibborne). Sharer (new Fortune 1624). [Nungezer, 152; JCS ii, 443; Wills, 155 (1993)]
Gilburne, Samuel (fl. 1605). Actor (King's 1605). [ES ii, 319; Nungezer, 153; JCS ii, 443]
'Giles's boy' (fl. 1602). Boy actor (Admiral's). [Nungezer, 154; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 55 (1931)]
Giles, George (fl. 1628-34). Actor (Queen of Bohemia's 1628). [JCS ii, 443]
Giles, Gideon. See Gellius, Gedeon.
Giles, Nathaniel (c.1558-1634). Master of the Children of the Chapel Royal, 1597-1634. [ES ii, 319; Nungezer, 153; Wills, 171; Smith, 'Nathaniel Giles' (1980); Forse, 'Extortion' (1990); BDECM, 480 (1998); Grove ix, 859 (2001)]
Giles, Robert (fl. 1477-8). Actor (in Dover). [DTRB, 386 (1984)]
Giles, Thomas (I) (d. 1583). Costumer for Revels office, 1571-77. [Wills, 53 (1993)]
Giles, Thomas (II) (d. 1600). Master of Paul's Boys (1584-1600). [Nungezer, 153; Hillebrand, 158 (1926); Ball, 'Choir-Boy Actors', 15 (1962); Gair, 'Masters' (1977); Gair, 'Conditions', 119 (1980); Gurr, Playing Companies, 222 (1996)]
Giles, Thomas (III) (d. 1617). Dancing master, choreographer and performer in masques (Hymenai, 1606; Masque of Beauty, 1608; Lord Haddington's Masque, 1608; Masque of Queens, 1609; Oberon, 1611; Lords' Masque, 1613). [ES ii, 319; iii, 244, 380; Nungezer, 153; Cutts, 'Jacobean Masque and Stage Music', 191 (1954); Wills, 110 (1993); BDECM, 484 (1998)]
Gillam, Fulke. See Gyllome, Foke.
Gillom, Fulke. See Gyllome, Foke.
Gilman, Robert (fl. 1628-29) (Guilman, Gylman). Actor (Queen of Bohemia's 1628-9). [Nungezer, 168; JCS ii, 444]
Glapthorne, Henry (1610-<43]. Playwright. [JCS iv, 473; DLB 58: 107 (1987)]
Glasier, Thomas (d. 1592; fl. 1561-92). Actor in academic plays (Oxford 1566). [Foster, AOx, 571 (1891); Boas, University Drama, 391 (1914)]
Gleyn's daughter (fl. 1523). Actress in Drapers' Midsummer show (1523). [Robertson and Gordon, Livery Companies, 14 (1954)]
Glinn, Griffin (fl. 1617). Puppet showman(?). [REED Heref./Worc., 383 (1990)]
Gloucester, Duke of. See Lancaster, Humphrey of (1414-47); Richard III (1461-85).
Goad, Christopher (b. 1596; fl. 1623-40). Actor (Queen Henrietta's 1630-34; King's Revels 1634?; Queen Henrietta's 1635). [Nungezer, 154; JCS ii, 445; Haaker, 'Plague', 297 (1968)]
Godsalfe, John (fl. 1549-52). Latin playwright at Cambridge. [Venn, ACant ii, 228 (1922); DTRB, 415 (1982)]
Godschalk, Katherine (fl. 1617). Performer in masque (Cupid's Banishment, 1617). [McGee, 'Cupid's Banishment', 239 (1988)]
Godwin, Richard (d. 1639). Actor (Prince Charles' (I)). [Nungezer, 154; JCS ii, 445]
Goffe (fl. 1608). Tireman at Blackfriars. [Eccles, 'Martin Peerson' (1958), 102]
Goffe, Alexander. See Goughe, Alexander.
Goffe, John. See Goughe, John.
Goffe, Robert. See Goughe, Robert.
Goffe, Thomas (I) (fl. 1572) (Gough, Goughe). Actor (Lane's 1572). [ES ii, 319; Benbow, 'Dutton and Goffe versus Broughton' (1981)]
Goffe, Thomas (II) (c.1591-1629) (Gough, Goughe). Academic playwright, actor. [ES iii, 322; JCS iv, 498; Carnegie, 'Hand of Thomas Goffe' (1971); O'Malley, Courageous Turk (1979); DLB 58: 115 (1987); Wills, 164 (1993); Benbow, 'Dutton and Goffe versus Broughton' (1981)]
Goldfinch, Thomas (fl. 1606-30). Actor in academic plays (Trinity, Cambridge, 1611-15). [Venn, ACant ii, 228 (1922); REED Cambridge, 952-4 (1989)]
Golding (fl. 1639). Actor(?). [Nungezer, 155; JCS ii, 445]
Golding, Arthur (1536-1606). Translator. (Uncle of Edward de Vere; brother-in-law of John de Vere) [ES iii, 322; Golding, An Elizabethan Puritan (1937); DLB 136: 148 (1994)]
Goldingham, Edward (c. 1586-1614). Actor in academic plays (Trinity, Cambridge, 1603). [Boas, University Drama, 400 (1914); Venn, ACant ii, 229 (1922); Caylor, Leander, 3 (1993)]
Goldingham, Henry (fl. 1575-8). Royal entertainment contributor. [ES iii, 322; McGee and Meagher, 'Entertainments: 1558-1603', 92-102 (1981); RLDE 2/7: 10 (1988)]
Goldingham, William (c.1550?-89). Latin playwright. [Venn, ACant ii, 229 (1922); ES iii, 322; RLDE 2/7: 10 (1988)]
Goldsmith, Francis (1613-55). Translator. [Annals, 226 (1989); Randall, Winter Fruit, 210 (1995)]
Goldwell, Henry (fl. 1581). Pageant describer(?). [ES iii, 322; Fogel, 'Sidney Canon' (1960); McGee and Meagher, 'Entertainments: 1558-1603', 105-6 (1981)]
Gomersall, Robert (1602-43). Playwright. [Schneider, 'Some Notes on Robert Gomersall' (1933); Pearn, Lodovick Sforza (1933); JCS iv, 512]
Goodale, Baptiste. Ghost name forged by Collier. [ES ii, 319; Nungezer, 155]
Goodale, Thomas (c.1557-1610<). Actor (Berkeley's 1581; Chamberlain's c.1597-8). [ES ii, 319; Denkinger, 'St. Botolph Aldgate', 100 (1926); Nungezer, 155; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 45 (1931); Eccles, 'Actors II', 455 (1991)]
Goodin, John (c.1593-c.1642). Actor in academic play (Trinity, Cambridge, 1612-13) (?). [Venn, ACant ii, 235 (1922); REED Cambridge, 953 (1989)]
Goodin, Ralph (fl. 1612-13). Actor in academic play (Trinity, Cambridge, 1612-13) (?). [REED Cambridge, 953 (1989)]
Goodere, Sir Henry (c.1571-1628) (Goodyere). Performer in masque (Barriers at a Marriage, 1606). [Newdigate, Michael Drayton (1941); Herford and Simpson, Ben Jonson x, 432 (1950); Lindley, Court Masques, 275 (1995)]
Goosey, Richard (fl. 1612). Musician in entertainment (1612). [Frank, 'New Dowland Document' (1983)]
Gordon, Adam, Lord of Aboyne (>1601-1642<). Patron(?). [REED Norwich, 357 (1984)]
Gordon, Sir Robert (fl. 1607-25). Performer in masque (Prince Henry's Barriers, 1610). [ES iii, 393; Herford and Simpson, Ben Jonson x, 432 (1950)]
Goring, George (I), Baron Goring of Hurstpierpoint, 1st (2nd) Earl of Norwich (1585-1663). Performer in masque (Lord Hay's Masque, 1607); patron (Lord Goring's 1637-40). (Father of George Goring (II)) [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 85 (1910); Peerage ix, 769 (1936); REED Coventry, 444 (1981); Lindley, Court Masques, 275 (1995)]
Goring, George (II), Lord Goring (1608-57). Performer in masques (Love's Triumph Through Callipolis, 1631; Albion's Triumph 1632; Temple of Love, 1635). (Son of George Goring (I); brother-in-law of Richard Boyle) [Maidment and Logan, D'Avenant i, 305, 314 (1872); Peerage ix, 773 (1936); Orgel, Jonson Masques, 507 (1969); Brown, Aurelian Townshend, 90 (1983)]
Goring, George (III). See Gering, George.
Gosson, Henry (fl. 1623). Actor(?). [JCS ii, 446]
Gosson, Stephen (1554-1624). Playwright, actor(?). [ES iii, 322; Nungezer, 156; Ringler, Stephen Gosson (1942); DLB 172: 96 (1996)]
Goughe, Alexander (1614->1655) (Goffe, Gough). Actor (King's 1626-36; London 1647). (Son of Robert Goughe). [Nungezer, 156; JCS ii, 446]
Goughe, John (c.1610-61) (Goffe, Gough). Playwright. [JCS iv, 514]
Goughe, Robert (d. 1624) (Goffe, Gough). Actor (Chamberlain's-King's 1597-1619), sharer?. (Father of Alexander Goughe) [ES ii, 319; Bentley, 'Shakespeare's Fellows' (1928); Nungezer, 157; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 46 (1931); Riddell, 'Actors', 294 (1969)]
Goughe, Thomas (I). See Goffe, Thomas (I).
Goughe, Thomas (II). See Goffe, Thomas (II).
Govell, R. Playwright(?); probably ghost name. [Annals, 212, 226 (1989)]
Grace, Francis (d. 1624). Actor (Prince Henry's-Palsgrave's 1610-24), sharer. (Brother of Richard Grace) [ES ii, 319; Nungezer, 158; Cerasano, 'Business', 245 (1985); Cerasano, 'Players' Wills', 301 (1985); Wills, 130 (1993); Cerasano, 'Henslowe/Forman', 155 (1993)]
Grace, John (fl. 1596-1619). Actor in academic plays (St. John's, Cambridge, 1597-1606). [Boas, University Drama, 398 (1914); Venn, ACant ii, 246 (1922); REED Cambridge, 951 (1989)]
Grace, Richard (d. 1634). Actor (fl. 1624-31). (Brother of Francis Grace) [Nungezer, 158; JCS ii, 449; Eccles, 'Actors II', 456 (1991)]
Gradwell, Henry (d. 1651) (Gradell). Actor (Prince Charles' (II) 1631-2). [Nungezer, 159; JCS ii, 450; Bentley, Profession of Player (1984), 124; Bawcutt, 'Documents of the Salisbury Court Theater', 182 (1997)]
Gradwell, Richard (fl. 1631-4) (Gradell). Actor. [JCS ii, 450]
Grafton, John (fl. 1584). Show writer (in York). [Annals, 226 (1989)]
Grafton, Richard (c.1507-73). Printer, royal entry writer. [Hasler, House of Commons ii, 210 (1981); Bindoff, House of Commons ii, 240 (1982); Annals, 226 (1989); Grove x, 267 (2001)]
Graine, Roland (fl. 1612-19). Actor in academic play (Clare College, Cambridge 1614-5). [Venn, ACant ii, 247 (1922); REED Cambridge, 955 (1989)]
Grandison, Viscount. See Villiers, William.
Graunger, John (fl. 1509). Child of the Chapel Royal. [ES ii, 319; Nungezer, 159; BDECM, 506 (1998)]
Graunt, Frances (fl. 1617). Performer in masque (Cupid's Banishment, 1617). [McGee, 'Cupid's Banishment', 239 (1988)]
Gray, Lord John (fl. 1526). Patron. [DTRB, 386 (1984)]
Gray, Margaret. See Grey, Margaret.
Gray, Mr. (fl. 1556-7). Deviser of shows at Cambridge (1556-7). [DTRB, 98, 415 (1984)]
Greaves, John (fl. 1572). Actor (Lane's 1572). [ES ii, 320; Nungezer, 159]
Greeke, Thomas (fl. 1609-19). Actor in academic plays (Trinity, Cambridge, 1612-13). [Venn, ACant ii, 254 (1922); REED Cambridge, 952-3 (1989)]
Greene, John (fl. 1603-27) (Green). Actor (Germany, France, Holland). [ES ii, 320; Nungezer, 159; JCS ii, 451; Hoppe, 'English Actors', 313 (1949); Riewald, 'New Light', 73 (1960); George, 'English Actors' (1960); Schrickx, 'English Actors', 167 (1980); Schrickx, 'German Archives', 161 (1982); Schrickx, 'Pickleherring', 137ff. (1983)]
Greene, Robert (1558-1592). Playwright. [ES iii, 323; Nungezer, 161; Pruvost, Robert Greene (1938); Mildenberger, 'Robert Greene at Cambridge' (1951); Miller, 'Robert Greene and Thomas Nashe' (1954); Schrickx, 'Nashe, Greene, and Shakespeare' (1956); Parr, 'Robert Greene and His Classmates' (1962); Nethercot, Elizabethan Plays, 261 (1971); Helgerson, Elizabethan Prodigals, 79-104 (1976); Richardson, 'Robert Greene' (1980); Crupi, Robert Greene (1986); DLB 62: 77 (1987); DLB 167: 61 (1996); Happe, English Drama Before Shakespeare, 272 (1999)]
Greene, Thomas (c.1573-1612). Actor (Queen Anne's 1604-12), sharer. (Husband of Susan Browne Greene Baskerville; stepfather of William Browne (III)) [ES ii, 320; Nungezer, 161; JCS ii, 451; Bentley, Profession of Player (1984), 147n1, 164-6; Eccles, 'Actors II' (1991); Wills, 90 (1993)]
Greene, William (c.1573-1616). Actor in academic play (Trinity, Cambridge, 1598). [Boas, University Drama, 400 (1914); Venn, ACant ii, 258 (1922); Caylor, Leander, 4 (1993)]
Greenrod, Francis (fl. 1605-11). Minstrel. [Ingram, 'Minstrels', 40 (1984)]
Greenwall, Nicholas (fl. 1540-53). Actor in academic play (Christ's, Cambridge). [Venn, ACant ii, 260 (1922); REED Cambridge, 137, 942 (1989)]
Greenway, John (fl. 1613). Actor. [REED Heref./Worc., 386 (1990)]
Gregory, Jack (fl. 1602) (Grigorie). Boy actor (Admiral's 1602). [ES ii, 320; Nungezer, 165; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 55 (1931)]
Gresby, Thomas (fl. 1531-2). Actor (in Selby). [DTRB, 386 (1984)]
Gret, Ellis. See Guest, Ellis.
Greum, Henry. See Griffin, Henry.
Greville, Curtis (fl. 1615-40). Actor (Palsgrave's 1622?, Lady Elizabeth's 1622?, King's 1626-31; Revels 1634; Queen Henrietta's 1635-40). [Nungezer, 165; JCS ii, 451; Haaker, 'Plague', 297 (1968); George, 'Pre-1642 Cast Lists' (1977)]
Greville, Fulke (I), 4th Baron Willoughby de Brook (c.1536-1606). Patron(?). (Father of Fulke Greville (II)) [Peerage xii.2, 690 (1959); REED Norwich, 372 (1984)]
Greville, Fulke (II), 1st Baron Brooke of Beauchamps Court (c.1554-1628). Playwright. (Son of Fulke Greville (I)) [Peerage ii, 331 (1912); ES iii, 330; Kuhl, 'Contemporary Politics' (1928); Bullough, 'Fulke Greville' (1933); Morgan, 'Fulke Greville's Birth' (1944); Wilkes, 'Sequence' (1959); Whitfield, 'Clifford Chambers', 369 (1965); Farmer, 'Greville and Coke' (1970); Kelliher, 'Warwick Manuscripts' (1970); Rebholz, Fulke Greville (1971); Rees, Fulke Greville (1971); Larson, Fulke Greville (1980); Hasler, House of Commons ii, 220 (1981); Eccles, Authors, 57 (1982); DLB 62: 94 (1987); DLB 172: 105 (1996)]
Grey, Edward, 4th Lord Grey of Powis (c.1504-51). Patron (Lord Grey's 1538-47). (Son-in-law of Charles Brandon) [Peerage vi, 142 (1926); DTRB, 386 (1984)]
Grey, Elizabeth Talbot (I), Countess of Kent (c.1587-1651). Performer in masque (Tethys' Festival, 1610). (Daughter of Gilber Talbot (I)) [Peerage vii, 173 (1929); Lindley, Court Masques, 275 (1995)]
Grey, Elizabeth (II) (Elizabeth Grey Booth) (c.1622-90). Performer in masque (Tempe Restored, 1632). (Sister of Thomas Grey (II); cousin of Elizabeth Cecil Howard; granddaughter of Sir John Grey) [Lindley, Court Masques, 276 (1995)]
Grey, Henry (I), 3rd (6th) Marquess of Dorset, Duke of Suffolk (1517-54). Patron (Marquess of Dorset's 1536-52). (Son of Thomas Grey (I); son-in-law of William Fitzalan (II), Charles Brandon, and Mary Tudor; uncle of Henry Grey (II)) [Peerage iv, 420 (1916); DTRB, 386 (1984)]
Grey, Sir Henry (II) (1547-1614). Actor in academic plays (Oxford 1566). (Father of Sir John Grey; nephew of Henry Grey (I); grandson of Thomas Grey (I)) [Foster, AOx, 595 (1891); Boas, University Drama, 392 (1914); Hasler, House of Commons ii, 222 (1981)]
Grey, Sir John (d. 1611). Performer in masque (Barriers at a Marriage, 1606). (Son of Sir Henry Grey (II); grandfather of Thomas Grey (II) and ) [Herford and Simpson, Ben Jonson x, 433 (1950); Hasler, House of Commons ii, 223 (1981); Lindley, Court Masques, 275 (1995)]
Grey, Margaret (fl. 1623-4). Sharer (new Fortune). [Nungezer, 159; JCS ii, 452; Cerasano, 'Women as Theatrical Investors', 90 (1998)]
Grey, Thomas (I), 2nd (5th) Marquess of Dorset (1477-1530). Patron (?) (Marquess of Dorset's 1529-30). (Father of Henry Grey (I); grandfather of Sir Henry Grey (II)) [Peerage iv, 419 (1916); DTRB, 386 (1984)]
Grey, Thomas (II), Lord Grey of Stamford (c.1623-57). Performer in masque (Tempe Restored, 1632). (Brother of Elizabeth Grey (II); cousin of Elizabeth Cecil Howard; grandson of Sir John Grey) [Peerage xii.1, 219 (1953); Lindley, Court Masques, 276 (1995)]
Griffen (fl. 1597). Boy actor (Admiral's). (same as below?) [ES ii, 320; Nungezer, 166; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 55 (1931); Riewald, 'New Light', 80 (1960)]
Griffin, Henry (fl. 1608-17) (Greum; Hendrick, Heinrich). Actor (Germany, Netherlands). [ES ii, 320; Nungezer, 165; Hoppe, 'English Actors', 312 (1949); Hoppe, 'English Acting Companies', 28 (1955); Riewald, 'New Light', 80 (1960)]
Griffith, Richard (fl. 1634). Musician in masque (Triumph of Peace, 1634). [Lefkowitz, 'Longleat', 48 (1965)]
Griggs, John (c.1552-c.1599). Carpenter; builder of the Rose theater. [Edmond, 'Builder' (1990)]
Grimald, Nicholas (c.1519-c.1562). Latin playwright, writer of Lord Mayor's pageant. [MS ii, 450; Merrill, Nicholas Grimald (1925); Robertson and Gordon, Livery Companies, 39-40 (1954); DTRB, 66, 190, 247, 415 (1984); DLB 136: 159 (1994); Norland, Drama in Early Tudor Britain, 319-34 (1995)]
Grimes, Arthur (fl. 1625-33) (Arthuret, Anthony; Grynes). Actor (provincial). [Nungezer, 166; JCS ii, 452; Bawcutt, 'Craven Ord Transcripts', 92 (1984); Bawcutt, 'New Revels Documents', 326 (1984)]
Grinkin, John (fl. 1604-18). Painter, designer for civic pageants. [Robertson and Gordon, Livery Companies, 62-97 passim (1954); Bergeron, 'Christmas Family', 355 (1968)]
Grundling, Elias (fl. 1631). Acrobat, rope dancer (with Pedel family). [Bawcutt, 'New Revels Documents', 328 (1984)]
Grymes, Anthony. See Grimes, Arthur.
Grymes, Thomas (I) (fl. 1600-01). Actor (Chapel). [ES ii, 320; Nungezer, 166]
Grymes, Thomas (II) (fl. 1647). Costumer. (same as above?). [JCS ii, 453]
Grymmesby, John (fl. 1423). Chapel Royal (1423). [Nungezer, 166]
Grynes. See Grymes, Anthony.
Gue. See Gew.
Guest, Ellis (1588-1634<) (Garst, Gest, Geste, Geyst, Gost, Gret; Elias, Ellice, Ellys). Actor (provincial 1613-34). [Nungezer, 167; JCS ii, 453; REED York, 593 (1979); Bawcutt, 'Craven Ord Transcripts', 92 (1984); Bawcutt, 'New Revels Documents', 326 (1984); George, 'Walmesley', 11 (1985); REED Lancashire, 201, 204 (1991); Wills 7 (1993)]
Guildford, Sir Edward, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (c.1479-1534). Patron (Lord Warden's 1529-33). (Half-brother of Sir Henry Guildford; son-in-law of Thomas West (I)) [Bindoff, House of Commons ii, 262 (1982); DTRB, 387 (1984)]
Guildford, Elizabeth Somerset (fl. 1596-1610). Performer in masques (Masque of Beauty, 1608; Masque of Queens, 1609; Tethys' Festival, 1610). (Daughter of Edward Somerset; sister of Anne Somerset Winter, Blanche Somerset, Catherine Somerset Petre, Catherine Somerset Windsor, Henry Somerset, and Thomas Somerset) [ES iii, 380; Herford and Simpson, Ben Jonson x, 442 (1950); Lindley, Court Masques, 276 (1995)]
Guildford, Sir Henry (1489-1532). Master of the Revels (1511-32), deviser of interludes and entertainments (1511-17, 1522, 1527). (Half-brother of Sir Edward Guildford) [Bindoff, House of Commons ii, 263 (1982); DTRB, 255, 415 (1984); Streitberger, Court Revels, 70-1, 430, and passim (1994)]
Guilman, Robert. See Gilman, Robert.
Gunnell, Richard (c.1585?-1634). Actor (Prince Henry's-Palsgrave's 1613-25), manager, sharer (new Fortune), playwright, builder of Salisbury Court playhouse. (Husband of Elizabeth Gunnell Robinson; father-in-law of William Wintershall) [ES ii, 320; Nungezer, 168; JCS ii, 454; iv, 516; Haaker, 'Plague', 285-7 (1968); Bentley, 'Salisbury Court Theater' (1977); Eccles, 'Actors II', 457 (1991); Wills, 233 (1993)]
Gunteret, Mr. (fl. 1606-8). Performer in masque (Barriers at a Marriage, 1606). [Herford and Simpson, Ben Jonson x, 433 (1950); Lindley, Court Masques, 276 (1995)]
Gwalter, William (fl. 1622-31). Sharer (new Fortune). [Nungezer, 170; JCS ii, 458]
Gwinne, Matthew (c.1558-1627?) (Gwynne). Latin playwright. [Foster, AOx, 624 (1891); ES iii, 331; RLDE 1/5: 5 (1983); RLDE 1/13: 5 (1983)]
Gwyn, Owen (c.1570-1633). Playwright(?) (Parnassus plays). [Foster, AOx, 624 (1891); Venn, ACant ii, 278 (1922); Annals, 226 (1989)]
Gyles, Thomas. See Giles, Thomas.
Gyllome, Fulke (fl. 1581) (Gillam, Gillom). Actor(?). [ES ii, 320; Nungezer, 170; Honigmann, Shakespeare, 31 (1985)]
Gylman, Robert. See Gilman, Robert.
Gyrdler, Russell (fl. 1598). Boy actor (Paul's 1598). [Nungezer, 171]
Gyrke, Richard (fl. 1550). Actor. [ES ii, 320; Nungezer, 171]