On Dec. 5, 1623, a fashionable young man-about-town called Sir Edward Dering visited St. Paul’s Cross Churchyard, London’s main bookselling hub. There he bought two playbooks, a book in Latin ...

Discover the life of Sir Edward Dering, 1st Baronet (1598?-1644) in the first of Kent Archives' free-to-attend lunchtime talks for 2025. A theatre aficionado, Dering was the earliest person known ...

In his own lifetime Sir Edward Dering (1598-1644) was well known for many things – politics, a grand family home at Surrenden Hall in Kent (now largely lost) and his passion for the theatre.

The 17th Century politician and Lieutenant of Dover Castle, Sir Edward Dering, erased a coat-of-arms on the roll and replaced it with one that bore the name of a fictional ancestor, Richard fitz ...