See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

WILLIAM See also:

• WILLIAM ROWLEY (c. 1585-c. 1642)

ROWLEY (c. 1585-c. 1642)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English actor and dramatist, collaborator with several of the dramatists of the Elizabethan See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period, especially with See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas See also:

• MIDDLETON
• MIDDLETON, ARTHUR (1742–1787)
• MIDDLETON, CONYERS (1683–1750)
• MIDDLETON, THOMAS (c. 1570-1627)

Middleton . He is not to be identified with " See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

Master See also:

• ROWLEY, WILLIAM (c. 1585-c. 1642)

Rowley, once a rare See also:

• SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar of learned See also:

• PEMBROKE
• PEMBROKE (Penfro)
• PEMBROKE, EARLS OF

Pembroke See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

Hall in See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge," whom See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

Francis See also:

• MERES, FRANCIS (1565-1647)

Meres described in his Palladis Tamia as one of the " best for See also:

• COMEDY

comedy." The only Rowley at Pembroke Hall at the period was See also:

• RALPH (d. 1122)

Ralph Rowley, afterwards See also:

• RECTOR (Lat. for " ruler," " guide," &c., from regere, " rule ")

rector of See also:

• CHELMSFORD
• CHELMSFORD, FREDERIC THESIGER, 1ST BARON (1794-1878)

Chelmsford . See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William Rowley is described as the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief comedian in the See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince of See also:

• WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales's See also:

• COMPANY

company, and it was doubtless during the two years' See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

union (1614—16) of these players with the See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

Lady See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth's com' pany that he was brought into contact with Middleton . Rowley joined the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King's Servants in 1623, and retired from the See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage about four years later . The fact of his See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage is recorded in 1637, and he is supposed to have died about 1642 . Four plays attributed to his See also:

• SOLE (Solea)

sole authorship are extant: A new Wonder, A Woman never Vext (printed, 1632); A Match at Midnight (1633); A Tragedie called Alls Lost by Lust (1633); and a Shoomaker a See also:

• GENTLEMAN (from Lat. gentilis, " belonging to a race or gens," and " man "; Fr. gentilhomme, Span. gentil hombre, Ital. gentil huomo, in its original and strict signification, a term denoting a man of good family, the Lat. generosus (its invariable transl

Gentleman with the See also:

• LIFE

Life and See also:

• DEATH

Death of the Cripple that See also:

• STOLE (Lat. stela and orarium, Fr. etole, It. stola, Sp. estola, Ger. Stela)

stole the Weathercock at Paules (1638) . They are distinguished by effectiveness of situation and ingenuity of See also:

• PLOT
• PLOT, ROBERT (164o-1696)

plot, so that we may conjecture why he was in such See also:

• REQUEST, LETTERS OF

request as an See also:

• ASSOCIATE (Lat. associates, from ad, to, and sociare to join)

associate in See also:

• PLAY

play-making, and he had further an experimental knowledge of the coarse comedy likely to please the See also:

• PIT (O. E. pytt, cognate with Du. put, Ger. Pfutze, &c., all ultimately adaptations of Lat. puteus, well, formed from root pu-, to cleanse, whence gurus, clean, pure)

pit . It is recorded by Langbaine that he " was beloved of those See also:

• GREAT

great men See also:

• SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616)

Shakespeare, See also:

• FLETCHER, ALICE CUNNINGHAM (1845– )
• FLETCHER, ANDREW
• FLETCHER, GILES (c. 1548-1611)
• FLETCHER, GILES (c. 1584-1623)
• FLETCHER, JOHN WILLIAM (1729-1785)
• FLETCHER, PHINEAS (1582-1650)

Fletcher and See also:

• JONSON

Jonson." The plays he wrote with Middleton are dealt with under that heading . With See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• WILKINS, GEORGE (ii. 1607)
• WILKINS, JOHN (1614-1672)
• WILKINS, MARY ELEANOR (1862– )
• WILKINS, SIR CHARLES (1749?-1836)

Wilkins and See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

Day he wrote The Travailes of the Three English See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

Brothers (1607); with Thomas See also:

• HEYWOOD
• HEYWOOD, JOHN (b. 1497)
• HEYWOOD, THOMAS (d. c. 165o)

Heywood he produced the romantic comedy of See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

Fortune by See also:

• LAND

Land and See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea (printed, 1655); he was associated with Thomas See also:

• DEKKER (or DECKER), THOMAS (c. 1570-1641)
• DEKKER, EDWARD DOUWES (182o-1887)
• DEKKER, JEREMIAS DE (1610-1666)

Dekker and John See also:

• FORD, EDWARD ONSLOW
• FORD, JOHN (r586–c.1640)
• FORD, RICHARD (1796-1858)
• FORD, THOMAS (b. c. 158o)

Ford in The See also:

• WITCH

Witch of See also:

• EDMONTON

Edmonton 1 (printed, 1658); A Cure for a Cuckold (printed, 1661) and The Thracian Wonder (printed, 1661) are assigned to the See also:

• JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join)

joint authorship of See also:

• WEBSTER
• WEBSTER, ALEXANDER (1707-1784)
• WEBSTER, BENJAMIN NOTTINGHAM (1797-1882)
• WEBSTER, DANIEL (1782-1852)
• WEBSTER, JOHN (fl. 1602-1624)
• WEBSTER, NOAH (1758-1843)
• WEBSTER, THOMAS (1773-1844)
• WEBSTER, THOMAS (1800-1886)

Webster and Rowley; while Shakespeare's name was unjustifiably coupled with his on the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title-See also:

• PAGE
• PAGE, THOMAS NELSON (1853- )
• PAGE, WILLIAM (1811-1885)

page of The See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

Birth of See also:

• MERLIN, ANTOINE CHRISTOPHE (1762-1833)
• MERLIN, PHILIPPE ANTOINE, COUNT (1754-1838)

Merlin: or, The Childe hath found his See also:

• FATHER

Father (1662) . Rowley also wrote an See also:

• ELEGY

elegy on See also:

• HUGH
• HUGH, ST

Hugh Attwell, the actor, and a satirical pamphlet describing contemporary See also:

• LONDON

London, entitled A See also:

• SEARCH, or VISIT AND SEARCH

Search for See also:

• MONEY

Money (1609) . The dramatist See also:

• SAMUEL

SAMUEL ROWLEY, described without apparent See also:

• REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason by J . P .

See also:

• COLLIER, ARTHUR (1680-1732)
• COLLIER, JEREMY (1650-1726)
• COLLIER, JOHN PAYNE (1789–1883)

Collier as William Rowley's See also:

• BROTHER

brother, was employed 1 It is usual to minimize Rowley's See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share in this play . Mr Seccombe (See also:

• DIET

Diet . Nat . Biog., s.v . Rowley) says: " Dekker appears to have had the chief share, but Rowley supplied some acceptable buffoonery." J . O . Halliwell-Phillipps (Diet. of Old English Plays), however, defined it as a tragi-comedy by William Rowley, adding that he had help from the other two.by See also:

• HENSLOWE, PHILIP (d. 1616)

Henslowe as a reader of plays . He wrote some scriptural plays now lost, with William See also:

• BORNE, KARL LUDWIG (1786–1837)

Borne (or See also:

• BIRD

Bird, or See also:

• BOYLE
• BOYLE, JOHN J
• BOYLE, ROBERT (1627-1691)

Boyle) 2 and See also:

• EDWARD

Edward Juby . His only extant pieces are: When you see me, You know me . Or the famous See also:

• CHRONICLE (from Gr. Xpovos, time)

Chronicle Historie of King See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry the eight, with the birth and vertuous life of Edward Prince of Wales (1605), of See also:

• INTEREST

interest because of its possible connexion with the Shakespearian play of Henry VIII., and The See also:

• NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

Noble Souldier . Or, A See also:

• CONTRACT
• CONTRACT (Lat. contract us, from contrahere, to draw together, to bind)

Contract Broken, justly reveng'd (1634), which was entered, however, in the Stationers' See also:

• REGISTER

Register as the See also:

• WORK

work of Thomas Dekker, to whom the See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major share is probably assignable .