Note 857 — IX THE STRUGGLE OF COURT AND CITY

Cf. Mediaeval Stage, ii. 259, on the history of this privilege. The reservation was continued by 39 Eliz. c. 4, § 10 (1598). By 43 Eliz. c. 9, § 2 (1601), it was made dependent on a certificate by the Lords Justices to the validity of Dutton's claim. Presumably this was obtained as the privilege was reserved unconditionally by 1 Jac. I, c. 7, § 8 (1604). There were several Elizabethan actors of the name of Dutton (cf. ch. xv), but it is not known whether they belonged to the Cheshire house.