DONNE, John (1572-1631), of Drury Lane, Westminster; formerly of Mitcham, Surr.

Master of the revels, L. Inn 1593; bencher 1622–d. LI Black Bks. ii. 28, 230.

Vol. Cadiz 1596, Azores 1597. Walton, 12.

Sec. to Sir Thomas Egerton† by 1598–1602. Loseley Mss, 341.

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Cttee. Virg. Co. 1622. Recs. Virg. Co. ed. S.M. Kingsbury, ii. 76.