W., R. (fl. 1617). Performer in masque (Cupid's Banishment 1617). [McGee, 'Cupid's Banishment', 239 (1988)]

Wadeson, Anthony (1573-1601<). Playwright. [ES iii, 503; Eccles, Authors, 123 (1982)]

Wadson, Lea (fl. 1617). Performer in masque (Cupid's Banishment 1617). [McGee, 'Cupid's Banishment', 239, 259 (1988)]

Wager, Lewis (d. 1562). Playwright. (Father of William Wager?) [ES iii, 503; Wagner, 'Elizabethan Dramatists' (1933); Oliver, 'William Wager' (1946); Phelps, 'Lewis Wager's Death' (1978); Eccles, Authors, 123 (1982); DTRB, 24, 28, 426 (1984); Happe, English Drama Before Shakespeare, 278 (1999)]

Wager, William. (c.1537-91). Playwright. (Son of Lewis Wager?) [ES iii, 504; Wagner, 'Elizabethan Dramatists' (1933); Oliver, 'William Wager' (1946); Eccles, 'William Wager' (1981); DTRB, 28-9, 427 (1984); Happe, English Drama Before Shakespeare, 278 (1999)]

Waite, John (fl. 1617-50) (Waide, Wayde, Wayt). Actor (Poland, Germany). [JCS ii, 613; Hoppe, 'English Acting Companies', 32-3 (1955); Riewald, 'New Light', 88-90 (1960); Freehafer, 'Seven Champions', 94 (1969); Limon, 'New Evidence' (1981)]

Wake, Thomas (c.1583-1658). Actor in academic play (Clare College, Cambridge 1614-5). [Venn, ACant iv, 311 (1922); REED Cambridge, 955 (1989)]

Wakefield, Edward (fl. 1597-1602). Actor (Germany). [ES ii, 348; Nungezer, 386]

Wakeling, John (fl. 1521). Actor in Drapers' midsummer show (1521). [Robertson and Gordon, Livery Companies, 6 (1954)]

Walden, Lord. See Howard, Theophilus (1603-26); Howard, James (1626-40).

Walker, Francis (fl. 1600). Actor(?). [REED Heref./Worc., 391 (1990)]

Walkington, Thomas (d. 1621; fl. 1593-1621). Actor in academic play (St. John's, Cambridge, 1597). [Boas, University Drama, 398 (1914); Venn, ACant iv, 320 (1922)]

Wallace, Edward (fl. 1592-97). Musician/minstrel. [Ingram, 'Minstrels', 51 (1984)]

Walpole, Arthur (1613-1661<). Actor in academic play (Queens' College, Cambridge 1637-8). [Venn, ACant iv, 324 (1922); REED Cambridge, 962 (1989)]

Walpole, Francis (c.1585-1625). Actor (Queen Anne's 1616-17), sharer. [ES ii, 348; Nungezer, 387; JCS ii, 613; Sisson, 'Notes', 29 (1942); Bentley, Profession of Player (1984), 34]

Walpole, John (d. 1654; fl. 1610-54). Actor in academic plays (Trinity, Cambridge, 1612-13). [Venn, ACant iv, 324 (1922); REED Cambridge, 952-3 (1989)]

Walpole, Robert (1593-1663). Actor in academic play (Trinity, Cambridge, 1611-12). [Venn, ACant iv, 325 (1922); REED Cambridge, 951-2 (1989)]

Walshe, Thomas (fl. 1485-9). Master of the Tents (1485-9). [Streitberger, Court Revels, 73, 332n32, 430 (1994)]

Walsingham, Audrey Shelton (1568-1624). Performer in masques, as Lady Walsingham (Vision of the Twelve Goddesses, 1604; Masque of Blackness, 1605; Masque of Beauty, 1608). [ES iii, 278, 380; Herford and Simpson, Ben Jonson x, 444 (1950); Lindley, Court Masques, 280 (1995)]

Walsingham, Frances. See Burgh, Frances Walsingham Sidney Devereaux de.

Walsingham, Sir Francis (c.1532-90). Organizer of Queen's Men (1583). (Father of Frances Walsingham Sidney Devereaux de Burgh; father-in-law of Sir Philip Sidney and Robert Devereaux (I)) [Hasler, House of Commons iii, 571 (1981); McMillin and MacLean, Queen's Men, 24-32 (1998)]

Walton, Nicholas (d. 1639; fl. 1604-39). Actor in academic play (St. John's, Cambridge, 1605-6). [Venn, ACant iv, 328 (1922); REED Cambridge, 951 (1989)]

Wambus, Francis. See Waymus, Francis.

Wanibus, Francis. See Waymus, Francis.

Wapull, George (fl. <1576). Playwright. [ES iii, 505; Eccles, Authors, 124 (1982)]

Ward, Anthony (fl. 1603). Actor. [Nungezer, 388]

Ward, Robert (c.1595-1642<) (Warde). Actor in academic play (Queens' College, Cambridge 1622-3), Latin playwright(?). [Venn, ACant iv, 334 (1922); JCS v, 1236; REED Cambridge, 956 (1989); RLDE 2/11: 5 (1991)]

Warden. See Brooke, William.

Warner, Thomas (fl. 1634). Musician. (possibly mistake for Warren -- cf. Woodfill, 304) [Riewald, 'Actors and Musicians', 40 (1959)]

Warner, William (c.1558-1609). Translator(?). [Foster, AOx, 1574 (1891); ES iii, 505; Bacon, Warner's Syrinx (1950); Becker, 'William Warner' (1954); Eccles, Authors, 125 (1982); DLB 172: 244 (1996)]

Warren, Sir Edward (fl. 1612-18). Patron. [Foster, AOx, 1575 (1891); George, 'Walmesley', 8, 12 (1985); Honigmann, Shakespeare, 53 (1985); REED Lancashire, 380 (1991)]

Warren, Humphrey (fl. 1579). Musician. [Ingram, 'Minstrels', 51 (1984)]

Warren, John (c.1585-1621). Patron. [REED Lancashire, 380 (1991)]

Warren, Robert (d. 1578). Musician. [Ingram, 'Minstrels', 52 (1984)]

Warren, Thomas (I) (fl. 1565-1600). Minstrel (same as Thomas Warrin?). [Ingram, 'Minstrels', 52 (1984)]

Warren, Thomas (II) (fl. 1612-42). Musician in masque (Triumph of Peace, 1634). [Lefkowitz, 'Longleat', 47 (1965); Sabol, 'New Documents', 19 (1966); BDECM, 1128 (1998)]

Warren, William (fl. 1578-85). Musician. [Ingram, 'Minstrels', 52 (1984)]

Warrin, Thomas (fl. 1583). Actor (?) (Denmark) (same as Thomas Warren (I) or (II)?). [Sjogren, 'Thomas Bull', 120 (1969)]

Warwick, Earl of. See Dudley, Ambrose.

Wase, Christopher (1625-90). Translator. [Foster, AOx, 1577 (1891); Venn, ACant iv, 306 (1922); Annals, 235 (1989); Randall, Winter Fruit, 209, 216-19 (1995)]

Waterhouse, David (c.1680-1758). Mistakenly given as playwright. [JCS v, 1239]

Waters, John (fl. 1617-18). Actor (Netherlands). [Hoppe, 'English Actors', 312 (1949); Hoppe, 'English Acting Companies', 28-9 (1955); Riewald, 'New Light', 80-82 (1960)]

Waters, Thomas (fl. 1607). Boy actor (Paul's 1607). [Nungezer, 388]

Watkins, Alice (fl. 1617). Performer in masque (Cupid's Banishment 1617). [McGee, 'Cupid's Banishment', 239, 259 (1988)]

Watkins, Ann (fl. 1617). Performer in masque (Cupid's Banishment 1617). [McGee, 'Cupid's Banishment', 239 (1988)]

Watson, Thomas (I), Bishop of Lincoln (c.1515-84). Academic playwright. [Foster, AOx, 1583 (1891); MS ii, 458; Venn, ACant iv, 350 (1922); Smith, 'Trew Imitation' (1964); DTRB, 96, 427 (1984); Norland, Drama in Early Tudor Britain, 295-306 (1995)]

Watson, Thomas (II) (fl. 1563). Actor (Lincolnshire c.1563). [Barley, 'Plough Monday Play' (1954); Kahrl, 'Lincolnshire', 6 (1974)]

Watson, Thomas (III) (c.1556-1592). Translator. [ES iii, 506; Eccles, Christopher Marlowe, (1934); Ringler, 'Spenser and Thomas Watson' (1954); Clubb, 'Two Thomas Watsons' (1966); Grove xx, 234 (1980); Williams, 'Biographical Notes' (1980); Eccles, Authors, 130 (1982); RLDE 2/4: 1 (1987); DLB 132: 322 (1993); Sutton, Thomas Watson (1996)]

Way, Thomas (fl. 1636). Performer in masque (Triumphs of the Prince d'Amour, 1636). [Lefkowitz, Trois Masques, 136 (1970)]

Wayde, John. See Waite, John.

Waylet, Lupus (d. 1577). Musician (and Haberdasher). [Ingram, 'Minstrels', 52 (1984)]

Waymus, Francis (fl. 1611-24) (Wambus, Wamus, Wanibus). Actor (Lady Elizabeth's 1611, 1617-24). [ES ii, 348; Nungezer, 387 (Wambus); JCS ii, 613]

Wayneman, Sir Richard (fl. 1568-9). Patron (1568-9). [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 97 (1910)]

Weaver, Richard. See Wever, Richard.

Webb, William (d. 1657). Singer in masques (Triumph of Peace, 1634; Siege of Rhodes, 1656). [Lefkowitz, 'Longleat', 46, 53 (1965); Sabol, 'New Documents', 21 (1966); BDECM, 1135 (1998); Grove xxvii, 130 (2001)]

Webster, George (fl. 1587-1603). Actor-musician (Germany). [ES ii, 348; Nungezer, 388; Ingram, 'Minstrels', 52 (1984); Eccles, 'Actors IV', 175 (1993); Schlueter, 'Who Was John Wobster?' (1996); BDECM, 1136 (1998)] (cf. Maurice Webster in Grove and BDECM)

Webster, John (c.1580?-1625<). Playwright. [ES iii, 507; JCS v, 1239; Howarth, 'John Webster's Burial' (1954); Hoy, 'Fletcher and His Collaborators' (1956-62); Howarth, 'Valiant Scot', 5 (1965); Forker, 'John Webster and Anthony Munday' (1968); Howarth, 'Two Notes on John Webster' (1968); Nethercot, Stuart Plays, 303 (1971); Edmond, 'In Search of John Webster' (1976); Eccles, 'John Webster' (1977); Edmond, 'John Webster' (1977); Bradbrook, John Webster (1980); Byers, Valiant Scot, 32 (1980); Forker, Skull Beneath the Skin (1986); DLB 58: 284 (1987); Hammond and Delvecchio, 'Melbourne Manuscript' (1988); Schlueter, 'Who Was John Wobster?' (1996); Kinney, Renaissance Drama, 15 (1999)]

Webster, Richard (d. 1601; fl. 1572-1601). Actor in academic play (St. John's, Cambridge, 1580). [Boas, University Drama, 396 (1914); Venn, ACant iv, 356 (1922)]

Wedderburne, James (1495?-1553). Scottish playwright. [Annals, 236 (1989); DTRB, 314, 427 (1984)]

Wedurby, John (fl. 1456). Pageant writer. [DTRB, 116, 427 (1984)]

Wedwer, William (fl. 1640). Actor (Germany). [Nungezer, 388; JCS ii, 615]

Weeks, Richard (fl. 1628-40) (Weekes, Wicks). Actor (Red Bull-King's 1629-36). [Nungezer, 388; JCS ii, 615]

Wells, William (d. 1675; fl. 1629-75). Actor in academic plays (Queens' College, Cambridge 1631-8). [Venn, ACant iv, 364 (1922); REED Cambridge, 960-1 (1989)]

Wend, John (fl. 1627-40). Actor (Germany). [Nungezer, 389]

Wendon, Nicholas (fl. 1546-77). Academic playwright (Trinity College, Cambridge). [Venn, ACant iv, 365 (1922); DTRB, 427 (1984)]

Wentworth, Henry (fl. 1507-10). Master of the Revels (1507-10), author of disguising at court. [DTRB, 427 (1984); Streitberger, Court Revels, 45-8, 59-67, 172-4, 430 (1994)]

Wentworth, Thomas (I), 1st Baron Wentworth (1501-51). Patron (Lord Wentworth's 1542-44). [Peerage xii.2, 497 (1959); DTRB, 407 (1984)]

Wentworth, Thomas (II), 1st Earl of Strafford (1593-1641). Founder of Irish theater. (Brother-in-law of Denzil Holles) [Stevenson, 'First Irish Theatre' (1942); Stevenson, 'Shirley's Years in Ireland' (1944); Peerage xii.1, 324 (1953)]

West, Humphrey (fl. 1594) (Weste). Paul's chorister (1594). [Nungezer, 389]

West, Robert (c.1537-1610). Academic playwright (Trinity College, Cambridge). [Venn, ACant iv, 370 (1922); DTRB, 427 (1984)]

West, Thomas (I), 8th Baron de la Warr (c.1457-1525). Patron (Lord de la Warre's 1492-3). (Grandfather of William West; father-in-law of Sir Edward Guildford) [Peerage iv, 155 (1916); DTRB, 408 (1984)]

West, Thomas (II) (fl. 1594) (Weste). Paul's chorister (1594). [Nungezer, 389]

West, William, 1st (10th) Baron De La Warr (c.1520?-95). Patron (Lord De La Warr's 1575-7). (Grandson of Thomas West (I)) [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 82 (1910); Peerage iv, 158 (1916); REED Coventry, 281 (1981); REED Somerset, 51, 993 (1996)]

Westcott, Sebastian (c.1520?-82) (Westcote). Master of Paul's, 1557-82. [ES ii, 348; Nungezer, 389; Roberts, 'Gammer Gurton's Needle' (1940); Brawner, 'Narrative Plays' (1943); Sisson, 'Sebastian Westcott' (1943); Brown, 'Three Notes' (1949); Brown, 'Note on Sebastian Westcott' (1951); Brown, 'Sebastian Westcott' (1952); Ball, 'Choir-Boy Actors', 14 (1962); Lennam, 'Children of Paul's' (1970); *Lennam, Sebastian Westcott (1975); Gair, 'Conditions', 116 (1980); Wills, 48 (1993); Gurr, Playing Companies, 220 (1996); Grove xxvii, 323 (2001)]

Weste. See West.

Westmorland, Earl of. See Neville, Ralph (1425-84).

Weston, Anne (I). See Feilding, Anne Weston.

Weston, Anne Boteler Blount (II), Countess of Newport (d. 1669). Performer in masques, as Countess of Newport (Chloridia, 1631; Tempe Restored, 1632; Temple of Love, 1635; Luminalia, 1638; Salmacida Spolia, 1640). (Sister of Olivia Boteler Porter; wife of Mountjoy Blount and Thomas Weston; niece of George Villiers; sister-in-law of Endymion Porter) [Maidment and Logan, D'Avenant i, 305, 307 (1872); Grosart, Luminalia, 630 (1876); Peerage ix, 551-2 (1936); Herford and Simpson, Ben Jonson x, 443 (1950); Lindley, Court Masques, 278 (1995)]

Weston, Frances Stuart, Countess of Portland (1617-94). Performer in masques (Luminalia, 1638; Salmacida Spolia, 1640). (Daughter of Esme Stuart; sister of James Stuart and Ludovic Stuart (II); niece of Ludovic Stuart (I); sister-in-law of Thomas Weston) [Grosart, Luminalia, 630 (1876); Peerage x, 586 (1945); Lindley, Court Masques, 279 (1995)]

Weston, Mistress (fl. 1632). Performer in masque (Tempe Restored, 1632). (identity uncertain -- cannot be Anne Weston Feilding, who appears in the same masque as Lady Anne Feilding) [Lindley, Court Masques, 280 (1995)]

Weston, Thomas, 4th Earl of Portland (1609-88). Performer in masques (Temple of Love, 1635, as Master Thomas Weston; Luminalia, 1638, as Thomas Weston). (Brother of Anne Weston Feilding; husband of Anne Boteler Blount Weston; brother-in-law of Frances Stuart Weston) [Maidment and Logan, D'Avenant i, 305, 314 (1872); Grosart, Luminalia, 622 (1876); Peerage x, 586 (1945)]

Wever, Richard (fl. 1547-53). Playwright. [Foster, AOx, 1588 (1891); MS ii, 460; Farmer, Wever and Ingelend (1905); Somerset, Four Tudor Interludes (1974); DTRB, 25, 427 (1984)]

Wexmake, John (fl. 1481-2). Actor? (in Barnstaple). [DTRB, 408 (1984)]

Whaley, Markham (fl. 1576-80). Actor in academic play (St. John's, Cambridge, 1580). [Boas, University Drama, 394 (1914); Venn, ACant iv, 376 (1922)]

Whalye, John (fl. 1561). Paul's chorister (1561). [Lennam, 'Children of Paul's', 25 (1970)]

Wharton, Philip (I), 3rd Baron Wharton (1555-1625) (Quarton). Patron (Lord Wharton's 1599-1600, 1610-23). (Nephew of Henry Radcliffe (II) and Thomas Radcliffe; brother-in-law of George Clifford; uncle of Anne Clifford Sackville Herbert; grandfather of Philip Wharton (II)) [Peerage xii.2, 600 (1959); REED Cumb./West./Glouc., 457 (1986)]

Wharton, Philip (II), 4th Baron Wharton (1613-96) (Quarton). Patron (Lord Wharton's 1626-39), performer in masques as Lord Wharton (Albion's Triumph 1632; Coelum Britannicum, 1634; Britannia Triumphans, 1638). (Grandson of Philip Wharton (I)) [Maidment and Logan, D'Avenant ii, 290, 295 (1872); Peerage xii.2, 602 (1959); Lefkowitz, Trois Masques, 209 (1970); Brown, Aurelian Townshend, 90 (1983); REED Cumb./West./Glouc., 457 (1986); Lindley, Court Masques, 280 (1995)]

Wheatley, William (fl. 1316). Poet, mistakenly identified as playwright. [Loomis, 'Was There a Play?' (1954); Spitzer, 'Istos' (1954); DTRB, 337, 428 (1984)]

Wheaton, Elizabeth (fl. 1627-35). Gatherer at Globe and Blackfriars. [Nungezer, 389; JCS ii, 616]

Wheeler, William (fl. 1636). Performer in masque (Triumphs of the Prince d'Amour, 1636). [Lefkowitz, Trois Masques, 136 (1970)]

Whetstone (fl. 1571). Actor(?) (cf. Fidge). [ES ii, 348; Nungezer, 389]

Whetstone, George (1550-1587). Playwright, translator. [ES iii, 512; Eccles, 'Arthur Massinger' (1931); Eccles, 'Whetstone's Death' (1931); Izard, George Whetstone (1942); Eccles, 'George Whetstone' (1982); DLB 136: 330 (1994)]

Whetstone, Thomas (fl. 1631). Actor. [JCS ii, 617]

Whiniates, Robert (1617-72) (Whinyats). Actor in academic play (Queens' College, Cambridge 1637-8). [Venn, ACant iv, 383 (1922); REED Cambridge, 962 (1989)]

White (fl. c.1638). Actor (King's, late 1630s). (May be Robert Huyt, Josias White, or neither of these) [George, 'Early Cast Lists' (1974)]

White, Francis (c.1589-c.1643). Playwright. [Foster, AOx, 1613 (1891); JCS v, 1256]

White, John (fl. 1562-93). Minstrel. [Ingram, 'Minstrels', 52 (1984)]

White, Josias (fl. 1628-31). Actor (Ellis Guest company 1628). [Nungezer, 390; JCS ii, 617; George, 'Early Cast Lists' (1974)]

White, Robert (fl. 1617). Masque writer. (cf. Robert White (1538-74) in Grove) [Foster, AOx, 1616 (1891); JCS v, 1257; McGee, 'Cupid's Banishment' (1988); Cerasano and Wynne-Davies, Renaissance Drama by Women, 76 (1996)]

White, Robert. See Huyt, Robert. [JCS ii, 617]

White, Thomas (fl. 1617). Musician (Poland). [Riewald, 'New Light', 90 (1960)]

Whitehead, Christopher (fl. 1652-61). Dancer, entertainer, puppet showman (London 1652-61). [Rollins, 'Commonwealth Drama', 306-7, 315-6 (1921); JCS ii, 617; Highfill-Burnim-Langhans xvi, 38 (1993)]

Whitehead, Jasper (fl. 1636-44). Actor in academic play (Queens' College, Cambridge 1637-8). [Venn, ACant iv, 391 (1922); REED Cambridge, 961 (1989)]

Whitelocke, Bulstrode (1605-75). Masque producer, theatergoer. (Son of Sir James Whitelocke) [Lefkowitz, 'Longleat' (1965); Sabol, 'New Documents' (1966)]

Whitelocke, Sir James (1570-1632). Boy actor (Merchant Taylors 1575-88). (Father of Bulstrode Whitelocke) [ES ii, 348; Nungezer, 390; DeMolen, 'Richard Mulcaster', 28 (1972)]

Whiting, Edward (fl. 1633). Holder of commission for company at Banbury(?). [Nungezer, 390; JCS ii, 617]

Whiting, Richard (fl. 1633) (alias Johnson, Richard). Actor (at Banbury). [Nungezer, 391; JCS ii, 618]

Whitlow, Edward (c. 1618-42<). Actor in academic play (Queens' College, Cambridge 1637-8). [Venn, ACant iv, 395 (1922); REED Cambridge, 961 (1989)]

Wiatt, Dudley. See Wyatt, Dudley.

Wiburne, Nathaniel (1574-1613). Latin playwright(?). [ES iii, 513; RLDE 2/19: 14 (1991)]

Wiersdale, John (d. 1678; fl. 1617-78). Actor in academic play (Queens' College, Cambridge 1622-3). [Venn, ACant iv, 401 (1922); REED Cambridge, 956 (1989)]

Wiggen, Thomas (fl. 1607). Fool. [Alexander, 'Percy Household Accounts', 13 (1987)]

Wigpitt, Thomas (fl. 1614-24). Sharer (new Fortune). [Nungezer, 391; JCS ii, 619]

Wiburne, Nathaniel (1574-1613) (Wibarn). Latin playwright (?), actor in academic plays (St. John's, Cambridge, 1597). [Boas, University Drama, 398 (1914); Venn, ACant iv, 481 (1922); ES iii, 513; RLDE 2/19: 14 (1991)]

Wilbraham, William (b. 1608?; fl. 1626-40). Actor (Queen Henrietta's 1626-30; King's Revels 1635; Queen Henrietta's 1635-40). [Nungezer, 391; JCS ii, 619; Haaker, 'Plague', 297 (1968)]

Wilburne, Nathaniel. See Wiburne, Nathaniel.

Wilby, John (1574-1638). Composer, possibly for academic plays. [REED Cambridge, 1011 (1989); Grove xxvii, 378 (2001)]

Wild, Robert (c.1615-79). Poet, playwright(?). [Foster, AOx, 1631 (1891); Venn, ACant iv, 407 (1922); JCS v, 1264]

Wilde, George (1610-65) (Wild). Writer of royal entertainment, Latin playwright. [Foster, AOx, 1631 (1891); Venn, ACant iv, 406 (1922); JCS v, 1259; RLDE 1/3: 9 (1981)]

Wilder, Philip van (c.1500-53). Gentleman of the Privy Chamber, lutenist; raised company of young minstrels (1550). [ES ii, 348; Nungezer, 385; Baillie, 'Biographical Notes', 57 (1962); BDECM, 1151 (1998); Grove xxvi, 266 (2001)]

Wilkingson, Thomas (fl. 1561). Paul's chorister (1561). [Lennam, 'Children of Paul's', 25 (1970)]

Wilkins, George (c.1575-1618) (Wilkinson). Playwright. [ES iii, 513; Dickson, 'Identity of George Wilkins' (1939); Blayney, 'G. Wilkins' (1953); Maxwell, 'Walter Calverley's Guardian' (1953); Sisson, 'Red Bull Company', 65 (1954); McManaway, 'St. Giles Cripplegate' (1958); Prior, 'Life of George Wilkins' (1972); Eccles, 'George Wilkins' (1975); Prior, 'George Wilkins' (1975); Prior, 'Young Heir' (1976); Eccles, Authors, 131 (1982); Wills, 231 (1993)]

Wilkinson, John (fl. 1549) (Wylkynson). Courier; maintained players in his house (1549). [ES ii, 350; Nungezer, 402]

Wilkinson, Nicholas. See Tooley, Nicholas.

Wilkinson, Thomas (c. 1585-1652). Actor in academic play (Trinity, Cambridge, 1603), possibly musician. [Boas, University Drama, 401 (1914); Venn, ACant iv, 412 (1922); REED Cambridge, 1011 (1989)]

Wilkinson, William (fl. 1571-93). Actor in academic play (St. John's, Cambridge, 1580). [Boas, University Drama, 395 (1914); Venn, ACant iv, 412 (1922)]

'Will' (fl. 1590-7). Actor (Strange's?; Admiral's?). [ES ii, 348; Nungezer, 392; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 50, 66 (1931)]

Willan, Leonard (fl. 1649-70). Playwright. [Venn, ACant iv, 413 (1922); Annals, 236 (1989); Randall, Winter Fruit, 135-8, 191-3, 381-6 (1995)]

Willans, George. See Williams, George.

Williams (fl. 1622). Musician?, actor in academic play (Trinity College, Cambridge 1622-3). [REED Cambridge, 957 (1989)]

Williams, George (fl. 1629-35). Actor (Red Bull company 1629; at Norwich 1635). [Nungezer, 392; JCS ii, 619]

Williams, John (I) (fl. 1509). Child of the Chapel Royal (1509). [ES ii, 348; Nungezer, 392]

Williams, John (II) (fl. 1620-26). Theatrical speculator. [JCS ii, 620]

Williams, John (III) (fl. 1634). Musician; possibly same as above. [Riewald, 'Actors and Musicians', 41 (1959)]

Williams, Ralph (fl. 1583-98) (alian Mullins). Minstrel. [Ingram, 'Minstrels', 53 (84)]

Williams, Walter (fl. 1635) (Willyams). Actor (at Norwich; King's Revels?). [Nungezer, 393; JCS ii, 620]

Willis, Richard (fl. 1628). Actor (Ellis Guest company at Norwich). [Nungezer, 393; JCS ii, 620]

Willoughby, Charles, 2nd Baron Willoughby of Parham (c.1536-c.1610). Patron (?) (Lord Willoughby's 1584-5, 1594-9). (Son of William Willoughby; son-in-law of Edward Clinton) [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 75 (1910); Redstone, 'Ipswich', 279 (1931); Peerage xii.2, 703 (1959); Kahrl, 'Lincolnshire', 106 (1974); REED Norwich, 372 (1984)]

Willoughby, Sir Francis (1591-1662). Performer in masque? (Coleorton Masque, 1618, as Lord Willoughby; identity uncertain). (Son of Sir Percival Willoughby) [Lindley, Court Masques, 252, 280 (1995)]

Willoughby, Katherine, Duchess of Suffolk. See Bertie, Katherine.

Willoughby, Lord. See Bertie, Robert. (but also see below)

Willoughby, Lord (fl. 1618). Performer in masque (Coleorton Masque, 1618) (identity uncertain -- possibly Robert Bertie, Sir Percival Willoughby, or Sir Francis Willoughby) [Lindley, Court Masques, 252, 280 (1995)]

Willoughby, Sir Percival (d. 1643). Performer in masque? (Coleorton Masque, 1618, as Lord Willoughby; identity uncertain). (Father of Sir Francis Willoughby) [Lindley, Court Masques, 252, 280 (1995)]

Willoughby, William, 1st Baron Willoughby of Parham (c.1515-70). Patron (Lord Willoughby's 1558-61). (Father of Charles Willoughby; brother-in-law of Sir Ralph Hopton) [Peerage xii.2, 701 (1959); REED Norwich, 371 (1984); REED Shropshire, 722 (1994)]

Wilmot, John (fl. 1530). Leader of children players (in London). [DTRB, 408 (1984)]

Wilmot, Robert (d. 1619; fl. 1572-1619). Playwright. [Venn, ACant iv, 425 (1922); ES iii, 513]

Wilson, Arthur (1595-1652). Playwright. [JCS v, 1267; Eccles, Authors, 38 (1982); DLB 58, 303 (1987); Wills, 206 (1993)]

Wilson, George (fl. 1608-15). Actor in academic plays (Trinity, Cambridge, 1612-15) (?). [Venn, ACant iv, 428 (1922); REED Cambridge, 952-4 (1989)]

Wilson, George (fl. 1624-41). Groom of the Revels. [JCS ii, 620; Bawcutt, 'Craven Ord Transcripts', 91-2 (1984); Bawcutt, 'New Revels Documents', 326 (1984)]

Wilson, Germaine (fl. 1594). Paul's chorister (1594). [Nungezer, 393]

Wilson, Henry (fl. 1624-31). Musician for King's Men. [Nungezer, 393; JCS ii, 621; Cutts, 'New Findings', 102 (1966)]

Wilson, John (I) (1595-1674). Songwriter for King's Men, actor (King's 1611-21), singer in masque (Triumph of Peace, 1634). [Foster, AOx, 1655 (1891); ES ii, 349; Nungezer, 393; JCS ii, 621; Duckles, 'Curious Art' (1954); Cutts, 'John Wilson's Setting' (1961); Spink, English Song, 55-9, 107-11 (1974); Limon, 'Neglected Evidence', 6 (1988); BDECM, 1157 (1998); Grove xxvii, 423 (2001)]

Wilson, John (II) (c.1591-1619<). Actor in academic plays (Trinity, Cambridge, 1612-15) (?). [Venn, ACant iv, 429 (1922); REED Cambridge, 952-4 (1989)]

Wilson, John (III) (1627-96). Playwright. [Annals, 236 (1989)]

Wilson, Nicholas (fl. 1562-93). Minstrel. [Ingram, 'Minstrels', 53 (1984)]

Wilson, Robert (d. 1600). Actor (Leicester's 1572-81; Queen's 1583-c.1593 (in Netherlands 1586)), playwright. [ES ii, 349; iii, 515; Baldwin, 'Nathaniel Field and Robert Wilson' (1926); Gourvitch, 'Robert Wilson' (1928); Nungezer, 394; Bald, 'Leicester's Men' (1943); Bowers, 'Shoemaker's Holiday' (1949); Mithal, 'Jesting Player' (1958); Bald, 'Jesting Player' (1959); Mithal, 'Two Wilsons Controversy' (1959); Eccles, Authors, 131 (1982); *Mithal, Edition of Robert Wilson (1988); McMillin and MacLean, Queen's Men, (1998); Happe, English Drama Before Shakespeare, 279 (1999)]

Wilson, Timothy (fl. 1607-15). Actor in academic plays (Trinity, Cambridge, 1612-15) (?). [Venn, ACant iv, 433 (1922); REED Cambridge, 952-4 (1989)]

Wilson, William (fl. 1615-17). Gatherer at Fortune(?). [Nungezer, 396; JCS ii, 622; Wills 100-1]

Wiltshire, Earl of. See Stafford, Henry (1510-23).

Wincop, John (fl. 1627). Actor in academic play (Trinity College, Cambridge 1627-8). [REED Cambridge, 959 (1989)]

Windsor, Catherine Somerset (c.1590-1641). Performer in masques, as Lady Windsor (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, Elizabeth Somerset Guildford, Henry Somerset, and Thomas Somerset) [ES iii, 380; Herford and Simpson, Ben Jonson x, 445 (1950); Lindley, Court Masques, 281 (1995)]

Windsor, Frederick, 4th Baron Windsor of Stanwell (1559-85). Patron (Lord Windsor's 1581-2). (Nephew of John de Vere; cousin of Edward de Vere) [Redstone, 'Ipswich', 272 (1931); Peerage xii.2, 798 (1959)]

Windsor, Miles (c.1540-1624). Actor in academic plays (Oxford 1566). [Foster, AOx, 1660 (1891); Boas, University Drama, 392 (1914)]

Wingfield, Anthony (c.1550-1615). Playwright(?). [Venn, ACant iv, 437 (1922); ES iii, 517; Hasler, House of Commons iii, 634 (1981); RLDE 2/9 (1989)]

Winkfield, Thomas (fl. 1625-8). Actor in academic play (Trinity College, Cambridge 1627-8). [Venn, ACant iv, 439 (1922); REED Cambridge, 959 (1989)]

Winter, Anne Somerset (fl. 1597-1610). Performer in masques (Masque of Beauty, 1608; Masque of Queens, 1609; Tethys' Festival, 1610). (Daughter of Edward Somerset; sister of Blanche Somerset, Catherine Somerset Petre, Catherine Somerset Windsor, Elizabeth Somerset Guildford, Henry Somerset, and Thomas Somerset) [ES iii, 380; Herford and Simpson, Ben Jonson x, 445 (1950); Lindley, Court Masques, 281 (1995)]

Winter, Richard (fl. 1571). Actor(?). [ES ii, 350; Nungezer, 397]

Wintershall, William (d. 1679) (Wintersall, Winterscale, Wintershull). Actor (Queen Henrietta's c.1639-42; Europe 1644-46; London 1648; King's 1659-79). (Son-in-law of Richard Gunnell) [Nungezer, 398; JCS ii, 623; Freehafer, 'London Patent Companies', 7 (1965); Oliver, 'Building of the Theatre Royal' (1972); George, 'Early Cast Lists' (1974); Milhous and Hume, 'New Light', 490, 493, 501, 508 (1991); Highfill-Burnim-Langhans xvi, 191 (1993)]

Withy, John (d. 1685). Songwriter for Queen Henrietta's Men (1635-9). [Cutts, 'Original Music' (1986); Grove xxvii, 451 (2001)]

Witter, Anne Phillips (d. 1618). Sharer; wife of Augustine Phillips. [Ingram, 'Wife of Augustine Phillips' (1983)]

Witter, John (fl. 1605-20). Sharer. (Husband of Anne Phillips Witter) [JCS ii, 624; Ingram, 'Wife of Augustine Phillips' (1983)]

Woderam, Richard (fl. 1586-7?). Actor (Oxford's). [ES ii, 350; Nungezer, 399]

Wolfe, Nicholas (d. 1614). Playhouse builder (Bristol). [Barker, 'Provincial Playhouse' (1975); Pilkington, 'Wine Street, Bristol' (1983); Pilkington, 'New Information' (1988)]

Wolsey, Thomas, Cardinal (c.1475-1530). Patron (Gentlemen of the Cardinal's Chapel 1522-27). [Foster, AOx, 1669 (1891); DTRB, 194, 197 (1984); Streitberger, Court Revels, 121-36, 422 (1994)]

Wood, Mary. See Clarke, Mary.

Wood, Nathaniel. See Woodes, Nathaniel.

Wood, Ralph (?). Playwright. [JCS v, 1275]

Wood, Richard (fl. 1613). Actor. [Denkinger, 'St. Botolph Aldgate', 107 (1926); Nungezer, 400]

Wood, William (fl. 1595-25). Actor (at Coventry 1623). [Denkinger, 'St. Botolph Aldgate', 107 (1926); Nungezer, 400; JCS ii, 624]

Woodcocke, Thomas (fl. 1578-82). Actor in academic play (St. John's, Cambridge, 1580). [Boas, University Drama, 396 (1914); Venn, ACant iv, 457 (1922)]

Woodes, Nathaniel (c.1552?-1592<). Playwright. [ES iii, 517; Wine, Conflict of Conscience (1934); Wine, 'Conflict of Conscience' (1935); Wine, 'Nathaniel Woodes' (1939); DTRB, 30, 428 (1984)]

Woodford, Thomas (1578-1628<). Theatrical investor. (Nephew of Thomas Lodge) [ES ii, 350; Nungezer, 400; Sisson, 'Thomas Lodge', 62 (1933); JCS ii, 624; Sisson, 'Notes', 29 (1942); Ingram, 'Playhouse as Investment' (1985)]

Woodhouse, Horatio (c.1603-79). Actor in academic play? (Queens' College, Cambridge 1631-2). [Venn, ACant iv, 458 (1922); REED Cambridge, 959 (1989)]

Woodhouse, Sir William (fl. 1591-1606). Performer in masque (Barriers at a Marriage, 1606). [Herford and Simpson, Ben Jonson x, 439 (1950); Lindley, Court Masques, 381 (1995)]

Woodington, John (fl. 1618-47). Musician in masque (Triumph of Peace, 1634). [Lefkowitz, 'Longleat', 47, 49 (1965); Sabol, 'New Documents', 19 (1966); BDECM, 1166 (1998)]

Woodliffe, Oliver (c.1548-1603). Entrepreneur; built Boar's Head theater in 1598. [Berry, Boar's Head, 26ff., 69 (1986)]

Woode, John (fl. 1623). Actor(?) (possibly the same as John Woods). [JCS ii, 625]

Woods, John (fl. 1604) (Woodtss, Jan). Actor (Holland). [ES ii, 350; Nungezer, 401; Riewald, 'New Light', 72 (1960)]

Worcester, Earl of. See Somerset, William (1549-89); Somerset, Edward (1589-1628); Somerset, Henry (1628-46).

Worshipp, William (c.1575-1626<). Actor in academic play (St. John's, Cambridge, 1597). [Boas, University Drama, 398 (1914); Venn, ACant iv, 464 (1922)]

Worsley, Ralph (d. 1590; fl. 1555-90). Latin playwright. [Boas, University Drama, 366-82 (1914); DTRB, 26, 428 (1984)]

Worth, Ellis (c.1587-1659) (Woorth, Wroth). Actor (Queen Anne's-Revels 1612-23; Prince Charles' (II) 1631-38). [ES ii, 350; Nungezer, 401; JCS ii, 625; Sisson, 'Notes', 29 (1942); Sisson, 'Red Bull Company', 59, 67 (1954); Bentley, 'Prince Charles's Company' (1978); Cerasano, 'Players' Wills', 303 (1985); Wills, 210 (1993); Bawcutt, 'Documents of the Salisbury Court Theater', 182 (1997)]

Worth, Frances Holcombe (fl. 1625-59). Wife of Thomas Holcombe and Ellis Worth. [JCS ii, 625; Wills, 210 (1993)]

Wotton, Sir Henry (1568-1639). Playwright, playgoer. [Foster, AOx, 1683 (1891); ES iii, 517; Gurr, Playgoing, 204 (1987); DLB 121: 286 (1992)]

Wray, Edward (d. 1658). Performer in masque (Masque of Augurs, 1622). (Son-in-law of Francis Norris and Bridget Vere Norris) [Peerage ix, 648 (1936); Herford and Simpson, Ben Jonson x, 439 (1950)]

Wren, Christopher (1589-1658). Latin playwright. [Foster, AOx, 1684 (1891); Venn, ACant iv, 470 (1922); ES iii, 518; RLDE 1/4: 5 (1981)]

Wrench, Jonas (d. 1626). Musician in masque (1613). [BDECM, 1176 (1998)]

Wrench, Thomas (fl. 1619). Puppet showman. [Bawcutt, 'New Revels Documents', 327 (1984)]

Wright, Abraham (1611-90). Playwright(?). [JCS v, 1275]

Wright, Edward (fl. 1634). Musician at the Cockpit and in masque (Triumph of Peace, 1634). [Lefkowitz, 'Longleat', 48 (1965); Sabol, 'New Documents', 25 (1962)]

Wright, John (I). See Wryght, John.

Wright, John (II) (c.1614-c.1656). Actor (Prince Charles' (II) 1631; Beeston's Boys 1639; London 1656). [Nungezer, 402; JCS ii, 627; Sisson, 'Red Bull Company', 67n8 (1954); Wills, 3 (1993)]

Wriothesley, Henry (I), 2nd (3rd) Earl of Southampton (1545-81). Patron (Southampton's 1574). (Father of Henry Wriothesley (II); brother-in-law of Anthony Browne; uncle of Anthony Maria Browne) [Redstone, 'Ipswich', 268 (1931); Peerage xii.1, 126 (1953)]

Wriothesley, Henry (II), 3rd Earl of Southampton (1573-1624). Performer in masques (Prince Henry's Barriers, 1610; Oberon, 1611); playgoer, patron of poets. (Son of Henry Wriothesley (I); nephew of Anthony Browne; cousin of Anthony Maria Browne; grandfather of Henry Spencer) [Stopes, Henry Third Earl of Southampton (1922); Herford and Simpson, Ben Jonson x, 438 (1950); Peerage xii.1, 128 (1953); Rowse, Shakespeare's Southampton (1965); Akrigg, Shakespeare and the Earl of Southampton (1968)]

Wriothesley, Rachel de Massue de Beaujeu, Countess of Southampton (1603-40). Performer in masque (Luminalia, 1638). [Grosart, Luminalia, 630 (1876); Peerage xii.1, 133 (1953)]

Wriothesley, Thomas, 1st Earl of Southampton (1505-50). Actor in academic play (Queen's College, Cambridge). (Father of Henry Wriothesley (I); grandfather of Henry Wriothesley (II)) [Peerage xii.1, 122 (1953); Bindoff, House of Commons iii, 663 (1982); DTRB, 95, 276 (1984); REED Cambridge, 711 (1989)]

Wroth, Mary Sidney (1587-c.1653). Playwright, performer in masque (Masque of Blackness, 1605). (Daughter of Robert Sidney (I); sister of Robert Sidney (II); niece of Sir Philip Sidney and Mary Sidney Herbert; cousin of Elizabeth Sidney Manners, Philip Herbert (I), and William Herbert (II)) [Herford and Simpson, Ben Jonson x, 445 (1950); Roberts, Countess of Montgomery's Urania (1995); DLB 121: 296 (1992); McLaren, 'Unknown Continent' (1990); Lindley, Court Masques, 281 (1995); Cerasano and Wynne-Davies, Renaissance Drama by Women, 91 (1996)]

Wryght, John (fl. 1563). Actor (Lincolnshire c.1563). [Barley, 'Plough Monday Play' (1954); Kahrl, 'Lincolnshire', 6 (1974)]

Wyatt, Sir Dudley (c.1609-45<). Actor in academic play (Trinity College, Cambridge 1627-8). [Venn, ACant iv, 480 (1922); REED Cambridge, 959 (1989)]

Wyatt, Ralph (fl. 1575-94). Entertainment contributor. [Hasler, House of Commons iii, 666 (1981); Annals, 236 (1989)]

Wylkynson, John. See Wilkinson, John.

Wylley, Thomas, of Yoxford, Suffolk (fl. 1537). Playwright. [DTRB, 301, 428 (1984)]

Wyrly, John (fl. 1408). Actor (Mettingham College 1408). [Beadle, 'Mettingham College', 126, 129 (1979); DTRB, 408 (1984)]