Ieffs, Elizabeth. See Jeffs, Elizabeth.
Ingeeram, Guilliam (fl. 1645). Actor (Netherlands) (William Ingram?). [Riewald, 'New Light', 87 (1960)]
Ingelend, Thomas (fl. 1520-50?). Playwright. [Farmer, Wever and Ingelend (1905); ES iii, 350; DTRB, 25, 417 (1984)]
Inglesby, Martin (fl. 1607). Minstrel. [Ingram, 'Minstrels', 42 (1984)]
Inglis, Sir James (fl. 1511). Patron (at Scottish Court), playwright. [DTRB, 307, 315, 394, 417 (1984)]
Irington. See Errington, Richard.
Islipp, Adam (1562-1639). Stationer, sharer (new Fortune). [Nungezer, 202; JCS ii, 481; Wright, 'Lazarus Pyott' (1963); Wills, 197 (1993)]
Ives, Simon (1600-62). Composer for masque (Trimph of Peace, 1634). [Lefkowitz, 'Longleat', 48, 51ff (1965); Sabol, 'New Documents', 13-14 (1966); Highfill-Burnim-Langhans viii, 106 (1982); Grove xii, 713 (2001)]
Ivory, Abraham (d. 1680). Actor (London 1649, King's 1660-75). [JCS ii, 481; Highfill-Burnim-Langhans viii, 107 (1982); Milhous and Hume, 'New Light', 495, 501, 506 (1991)]
Ivy, Nicholas (d. 1558?). Child of Chapel Royal (1509). (read by Hillebrand as Nicholas Joe or Ioy) [ES ii, 324; Baillie, 'Biographical Notes', 41 (1962); HBDECM, 621 (1998)]
'Jack' (fl. 1624). Actor (Lady Elizabeth's). [JCS ii, 481]
Jackson (fl. >1634). Actor(?) (possibly mistake for Axen). [Nungezer, 202; JCS ii, 482]
Jackson, Edward (fl. 1622). Sharer (new Fortune). [Nungezer, 202; JCS ii, 482]
Jackson, William (fl. 1617). Musician (Poland). [Riewald, 'New Light', 90 (1960)]
Jacob, Peter (fl. 1634). Musician in masque (Triumph of Peace, 1634). [Lefkowitz, 'Longleat', 48 (1965)]
Jacques, Francis (fl. 1642) (Jaques). Playwright. [JCS iv, 597; Randall, Winter Fruit, 249-52 (1995)]
Jaggard, William (c.1568-1623). Stationer, co-publisher of Shakespeare First Folio. [Wills, 122 (1993)]
Jakes, John. See Jaykes, John.
'James, Richard Jones's boy' (fl. 1599). Boy actor(?). [Nungezer, 202; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 56 (1931)]
James I, King of England (1566-1625). Patron (King's 1603-25), entertainment writer. (Husband of Queen Anne; father of Prince Henry, Lady Elizabeth, and King Charles I; cousin of Arabella Stuart, Esme Stuart, and Ludovic Stuart (I); grandson of James V) [ES iii, 351; Shire, Song, Dance, and Poetry (1969); Scott, James I (1976); McGee and Meagher, 'Entertainments: 1558-1603', 114 (1981); Lee, Great Britain's Solomon (1990); DLB 151: 222 (1995); DLB 172: 119 (1996)]
James V, King of Scotland (1512-42). Patron (in Edinburgh 1531). (Grandfather of James I) [DTRB, 394 (1984)]
Jane Seymour, Queen of England (c.1509-37). Patron (Queen's 1537-8). (Sister of Edward Seymour (I); wife of Henry VIII; mother of Edward VI) [DTRB, 395 (1984)]
Jarman, Anthony (fl. 1622). Sharer (new Fortune). [Nungezer, 202; JCS ii, 482]
Jarret, Sir Thomas. See Gerard, Sir Thomas.
Jarvice (fl. 1635). Musician(?). [Nungezer, 203; JCS ii, 482]
Jay, Tom (fl. 1655). Actor(?). [JCS ii, 482]
Jaykes, John (fl. 1563). Actor (Lincolnshire c.1563). [Barley, 'Plough Monday Play' (1954); Kahrl, 'Lincolnshire', 6 (1974)]
Jeffere, John. See Jeffrey, John.
Jeffes, Anthony (1578-1648). Actor (Germany 1592-96; Admiral's-Prince Henry's 1597-1612). (Brother of Humphrey Jeffes) [ES ii, 324; Nungezer, 203; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 56 (1931); JCS ii, 482; Schrickx, 'English Actors', 157ff. (1980); Schrickx, 'German Archives', 151 (1982); Cerasano, 'Anthony Jeffes' (1984); Eccles, 'Actors II', 460 (1992)]
Jeffes, Humphrey (1576-1618). Actor (Admiral's-Prince Henry's-Palsgrave's 1598-1616). (Brother of Anthony Jeffes) [ES ii, 324; Bentley, 'Shakespeare's Fellows' (1928); JCS ii, 483; Nungezer, 204; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 56 (1931); Schrickx, 'English Actors', 157ff. (1980); Cerasano, 'Anthony Jeffes', 222n12 (1984); Eccles, 'Actors II', 460 (1992)]
Jeffrey, John (c.1524-78). Playwright(?). [ES iii, 351; Hasler, House of Commons ii, 374 (1981)]
Jeffreys, George (1610-85). Songwriter for academic play (1632) and masques. [REED Cambridge, 1010 (1989); Grove xii, 932 (2001)]
Jeffs, Elizabeth (fl. 1617). Performer in masque (Cupid's Banishment, 1617). [McGee, 'Cupid's Banishment', 239 (1988)]
Jenkins, John (c.1592-1678). Musician in masque (Triumph of Peace, 1634). [Lefkowitz, 'Longleat', 48 (1965); Highfill-Burnim-Langhans viii, 151 (1982); Grove xii, 946 (2001)]
Jennor, Henry (fl. 1617). Performer in masque (Cupid's Banishment, 1617). [McGee, 'Cupid's Banishment', 239 (1988)]
Jennynges, Giles (d. 1594). Paul's chorister (1594). [Nungezer, 205; Gair, 'Chorister-Actors', 440 (1978)]
Jessop, Edmund (fl. 1623). Playwright(?) (but probably not). [JCS iv, 599]
Jewby, Edward. See Juby, Edward.
Jewell, John (fl. 1628). Actor(?). [JCS ii, 483]
Jewell, Simon (d. 1592). Actor (Pembroke's (?) 1592). [Edmond, 'Pembroke's Men' (1974); McMillin, 'Simon Jewell' (1976); Wentersdorf, 'Origin and Personnel', 59 (1979/80); George, 'Shakespeare and Pembroke's Men' (1981); Wills, 58 (1993)]
Jobson (fl. 1607-8). Boy actor. [McMillin, 'Jonson's Early Entertainments', 162 (1968)]
Jocelyn, John (1529-1603) (Josselin, Joscelyn). Latin playwright. [Venn, ACant ii, 490 (1922); DTRB, 417 (1984)]
Jocelyn, Simon (d. 1634; fl. 1629-34) (Joselyn). Actor in academic play (Queens' College, Cambridge 1631-2). [Venn, ACant ii, 490 (1922); REED Cambridge, 960 (1989)]
Joe, Nicholas. See Ivy, Nicholas.
John, King of England (1167-1216). Patron (1210). [DTRB, xiii, 104, 269 (1984)]
Johnson (Young) (fl. 1623). Playwright. [JCS iv, 602]
Johnson, Edward (I) (fl. 1572-1601). Composer for royal entertainments (Kenilworth 1575, Elvetham 1591). [Long, Music, 32-56 (1968); Grove xiii, 157 (2001)]
Johnson, Edward (II) (fl. 1634-45). Trumpeter in masque (Triumph of Peace, 1634). [Lefkowitz, 'Longleat', 48 (1965); BDECM, 628 (1998)]
Johnson, Henry (1550-1610). Gatherer at Theatre(?). [Nungezer, 205; Wills, 83 (1993)]
Johnson, James (d. 1639). Musician in masque (Triumph of Peace, 1634). [BDECM, 629 (1998)]
Johnson, John (I) (c.1540?-1595). Entertainment contributor(?). [Annals, 227 (1989)]
Johnson, John (II) (fl. 1605). Actor (Lord Mayor's pageant, 1605). [Robertson and Gordon, Livery Companies, 69 (1954)]
Johnson, Laurence (d.1582). Playwright(?). [ES iii, 352; Barber, Misogonus (1979); Annals, 227 (1989); DTRB, 102, 417 (1984)]
Johnson, Nathaniel (c.1618-78). Playwright. [JCS iv, 599; Phelps, 'Nathaniel Johnson' (1979)]
Johnson, Patrick (fl. 1475-89). Actor (Scottish Court 1475-89); playwright(?). [Annals, 227 (1989); DTRB, 395 (1984)]
Johnson, Paul (fl. 1578-1600). Musician/minstrel. [Ingram, 'Minstrels', 42 (1984)]
Johnson, Richard (fl. 1634). Actor (King's Revels). [Nungezer, 205; JCS ii, 483; also cf. 618]
Johnson, Robert (I) (fl. 1518-30). Actor in Skinners' midsummer show (1518-19). [Robertson and Gordon, Livery Companies, 3-4 (1954); Baillie, 'Biographical Notes', 41 (1962)]
Johnson, Robert (II) (c.1583-1633). Musician, composer for King's Men (1607-23) and for court masques (1611-13). [ES iii, 244; Cutts, 'Browne's Inner Temple Masque' (1954); Cutts, 'Jacobean Masque and Stage Music', 193 (1954); Cutts, 'Robert Johnson' (1955); Cutts, 'Robert Johnson and the Court Masque' (1960); Carmel, 'New Light on Robert Johnson' (1965); Sunderman, Robert Johnson (1972); Spink, English Song, 54-5 (1974); Holman, 'New Sources' (1978); REED Cambridge, 1010 (1989); BDECM, 630 (1998); Grove xiii, 165 (2001)]
Johnson, Thomas (fl. 1574). Paul's chorister (1574). [Nungezer, 206]
Johnson, William (I) (fl. 1572-93). Actor (Leicester's 1572; Queen's 1583-88). [ES ii, 324; Bentley, 'St. Giles Cripplegate', 810 (1929); McMillin, 'Simon Jewell' (1976); Wentersdorf, 'Origin and Personnel', 63 (1979); Eccles, 'Actors II', 460 (1991)]
Johnson, William (II) (fl. 1640). Actor (at Coventry). [Nungezer, 206; JCS ii, 483]
Johnson, William (III) (c.1610-67). Latin playwright, actor in academic plays (Queens' College, Cambridge 1631-8). [Venn, ACant ii, 483 (1922); JCS iv, 600; REED Cambridge, 960-1 (1989); RLDE 2/17: 11 (1991)]
Johnston, James (fl. 1634). Musician in masque (Triumph of Peace, 1634). [Lefkowitz, 'Longleat', 47 (1965)]
Jolly, George (1620?-c.1673). Actor (Prince Charles' (II) 1640; Germany 1648-60; Restoration). [Hotson, 'George Jolly' (1923); Hotson, Commonwealth and Restoration Stage, 167ff. (1928); JCS ii, 483; Hoppe, 'English Actors', 318-20 (1949); Hoppe, 'George Jolly' (1954); Riewald, 'New Light', 88-91 (1960); Freehafer, 'London Patent Companies', 28 (1965); Ludvik, 'Chronologie und Topographie', 61 (1975); Limon, 'New Evidence' (1981); Highfill-Burnim-Langhans viii, 216 (1982)]
Jones, Anne (fl. 1629). Tumbler/puppet showman. (Wife of John Jones (II)) [REED Heref./Worc., 394 (1990)]
Jones, Bartholomew (fl. 1633). Actor (in Banbury). [Nungezer, 207; JCS ii, 484]
Jones, Edward (d. 1647). Caretaker at Blackfriars(?). [JCS ii, 485]
Jones, Francis (fl. 1606). Musician (France) (possibly a mistake for Richard Jones?). [Riewald, 'New Light', 75 (1960)]
Jones, Inigo (1573-1652). Architect, designer of masques. [Taylor, 'Masque and the Lance', 31 (1958); McMillin, 'Jonson's Early Entertainments' (1968); Freehafer, 'Perspective Scenery' (1973); Orgel and Strong, Inigo Jones (1973); Pinhorn, 'Inigo Jones' (1975); Grove ix, 700 (1980); Orrell, Inigo Jones and John Webb (1985); Elliott, 'Plays at Christ Church' (1985); Wills, 204 (1993); Raylor, 'Essex House Masque', 228-32 (1998)]
Jones, Jack. See Jones, John.
Jones, Jacques (d. 1628). May be same as Jack and/or John Jones. [Wills, 161 (1993)]
Jones, James (fl. 1608-24). Actor (King's 1608 (?); Lady Elizabeth's 1613; Children of Queen's Revels 1624). [Nungezer, 207; JCS ii, 485; Belfield, 'Robert Armin' (1980); REED Coventry, 394 (1981); Limon, 'Alleged Catholicism' (1985)]
Jones, John (I) (fl. 1602-1615). Actor (Admiral's 1602). [Denkinger, 'St. Botolph Aldgate', 101 (1926); Nungezer, 207; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 57 (1931); JCS ii, 485; Ingram, 'Globe Playhouse', 71 (1984)]
Jones, John (II) (fl. 1625-29). Tumbler/puppet showman. [JCS ii, 485; REED Heref./Worc., 394 (1990)]
Jones, John (III) (fl. 1635). Playwright. [JCS iv, 602]
Jones, John (IV) (fl. 1632-9). Actor in academic play (Queens' College, Cambridge 1637-8). [Venn, ACant ii, 486 (1922); REED Cambridge, 961 (1989)]
Jones, Oliver (fl. 1626-28). Actor (Queen of Bohemia's 1628). [JCS ii, 486]
Jones, Richard (I) (fl. 1555-64; possibly earlier). Minstrel. [Ingram, 'Minstrels', 42 (1984)]
Jones, Richard (II) (c.1560-1624<). Actor (Worcester's 1583; Admiral's 1589-96 (in Germany 1592-93); Pembroke's 1597; Admiral's 1597-1602; Germany 1602-24), Revels patentee (1610). [ES ii, 324; Nungezer, 207; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 57 (1931); JCS ii, 486; Bowers, 'Shoemaker's Holiday' (1949); Riewald, 'Actors and Musicians', 36 (1959); Riewald, 'New Light', 75, 90 (1960); Schrickx, 'English Actors' (1980); Schrickx, 'Pickleherring', 140-44 (1983); Cerasano, 'Henslowe/Forman', 154 (1993)]
Jones, Richard (III) (fl. 1630-38). Actor (at Worcester 1630; at Coventry 1638) (probably different from the above Richard Jones, but possibly not). [JCS ii, 486; REED Heref./Worc., 394 (1990)]
Jones, Robert (I) (fl. 1597-1615). Actor, patentee (Whitefriars 1610). [ES ii, 324; Nungezer, 209; Grove xiii, 197 (2001)]
Jones, Robert (II) (fl. 1617-27). Musician, actor in academic play? (Trinity College, Cambridge 1622-3). [Venn, ACant ii, 487 (1922); REED Cambridge, 957-8 (1989)]
Jones, Thomas (fl. 1555-72). Actor in academic plays (Oxford 1566). [Foster, AOx, 829 (1891); Boas, University Drama, 391 (1914)]
Jones, William (fl. 1619). Puppet showman. [Bawcutt, 'New Revels Documents', 327 (1984)]
Jonns, Daniel (fl. 1586). Boy actor (Denmark). [ES ii, 325; Nungezer, 210; Sjogren, 'Thomas Bull', 121 (1969)]
Jonson, Ben (c.1572-1637). Playwright, masque writer, entertainment writer, actor (Pembroke's 1597). [ES iii, 352; Herford and Simpson, Ben Jonson (1925-52); Nungezer, 210; Stroud, 'Father Thomas Wright' (1947); Shapiro, 'Mermaid Club' (1950); Simpson, 'Mermaid Club' (1951); Sisson, 'Ben Jonson of Gresham College' (1951); Johnston, 'Ben Jonson of Gresham College' (1951); Bachrach, 'Sir Constantyn Huygens and Ben Jonson' (1951); Feldman, 'Playwrights and Pike-Trailers' (1953); Simpson, 'Westminster Schoolboy' (1953); JCS iv, 603; Bambrough, 'Early Life of Ben Jonson' (1960); McMillin, 'Jonson's Early Entertainments' (1968); Nethercot, Stuart Plays, 1 (1971); Edmond, 'Pembroke's Men', 133-36 (1974); Phelps, 'Ben Jonson's Death' (1980); Eccles, Authors, 77 (1982); Miles, Ben Jonson (1986); DLB 62: 136 (1987); Eccles, 'Ben Jonson' (1988); Riggs, Ben Jonson (1989); DLB 121: 186 (1992); Wills, 234 (1993); Kinney, Renaissance Drama, 13 (1999); Grove xiii, 204 (2001)]
Jonson, Ben, Jr. Ghost playwright. [JCS iv, 678]
Jordan, Israel (fl.1603). Scrivener for Derby's Men. [Bentley, Profession of Player (1984), 81]
Jordan, John (fl. 1617) (Jorden, Jan). Musician (Netherlands). [Riewald, 'New Light', 81 (1960)]
Jordan, Thomas (c.1617-85?) (Jordain). Actor (King's Revels 1634; Ireland 1637-8), playwright, bookkeeper (King's 1659-60). [Nungezer, 212; Stevenson, 'First Irish Theatre', 155 (1942); Gourlay, 'Wasp' (1943); JCS ii, 487; iv, 678; George, 'Early Cast Lists' (1974); Lindgren, 'Cupid His Coronation' (1975); Milhous and Hume, 'New Light', 488n3, 489n7, 499-501 (1991); Randall, Winter Fruit, 165-7 (1995)]
Jordan, William (fl. 1611). Cornish playwright. [Neuss, 'Staging' (1979); Neuss, Creacion of the World (1983); DTRB, 31, 417 (1984)]
Josselin, John. See Jocelyn, John.
Joy, Nicholas. See Ivy, Nicholas.
Joye, John (fl. 1584-99). Royal entry contributor. [McGee and Meagher, 'Entertainments: 1558-1603', 143 (1981); Hasler, House of Commons ii, 387 (1981)]
Juby, Edward (d. 1618) (Jeube, Jewbe, Jewbey, Jewby, Jewebey, Jube, Jubey, Jubie, Jubye). Actor (Admiral's-Prince Henry's-Palsgrave's 1594-1618), sharer. [ES ii, 325; Bentley, 'Shakespeare's Fellows' (1928); Nungezer, 213; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 58 (1931); JCS ii, 490; Bowers, 'Shoemaker's Holiday' (1949); Eccles, 'Actors II', 461 (1991); Wills, 113 (1993); Cerasano, 'Women as Theatrical Investors', 89 (1998)]
Juby, Frances Griffith (fl. 1597-1622). Sharer (new Fortune); wife of Edward Juby. [JCS ii, 490; Cerasano, 'Women as Theatrical Investors', 89 (1998)]
Juby, Richard (fl. 1600-02). Boy actor (Admiral's 1600-02). [ES ii, 325; Bentley, 'Shakespeare's Fellows' (1928); Nungezer, 215; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 53 (1931)]
Juby, William (fl. 1599-1602). Actor(?). [ES ii, 325; Nungezer, 215]
Jugler, Richard (fl. 1550). Actor. [ES ii, 325; Nungezer, 215]
Jutsam, Ralph (fl. 1559-67) (Jutson). Actor in academic plays (Oxford 1566). [Foster, AOx, 836 (1891); Boas, University Drama, 392 (1914)]