An early seventeenth-century playhouse in Tonbridge, Kent.(Notes and Documents)(Edward Calverley's death)(Case overview) From: Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England | Date: January 1, 2007| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2007 Associated University Presses. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

ON June 26, 1610, Edward Calverley received a fatal stab wound in the head during a fray in "a certain house called a playhouse" in Tonbridge. (1) After Calverley died some weeks later, an inquest convened by coroner George Pattenden on September 18, 1610, found that Edward Oxley of Tonbridge, yeoman, John Holmden of Tonbridge, butcher, Sidney Francis of Tonbridge, butcher, William Beach of Tonbridge, tailor, Edward Calverley, deceased, of Tonbridge, and various other persons unknown to the jury had assembled at the playhouse, where a fray had broken out on the evening of June 26. ...