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 on 7 June 1617 under Henry Sebeck. In the same year Joseph Moore was acting as an agent of the Lord Chamberlain and Master of the Revels in clearing the provinces of irregularly licensed players, not improbably in the interests of the Lady Elizabeth's themselves, whose original patent was now set free, through changes in London, for provincial use in place of a mere exemplification. The company is also traceable at Leicester, Coventry, Nottingham, Marlborough, and elsewhere from 1614, and on 11 July 1617 Townsend and Moore received a warrant for £30 in respect of three plays given before James during his journey to Scotland. On 20 March 1618 Townsend and Moore, with Alexander Foster and Francis Waymus, obtained a new licence under the royal signet. This authorized them to play in London, and their actual return there may have been earlier than 1622.