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May 30, 2016 · The Mysterious Death of Christopher Marlowe. On May 30, 1593, writer Christopher Marlowe arrived at a lodging house for drinks with friends and never emerged. At least, not alive.
- Stacy Conradt
Early life. Marlowe was christened at St George's Church, Canterbury. The tower, shown here, is all that survived destruction during the Baedeker air raids of 1942.
With his death now officially recorded, the body of Christopher Marlowe was hurriedly buried in an unmarked grave in St. Nicholas churchyard, Deptford. Ingram Frizer went to prison to await the Queen’s pardon, which arrived in the extraordinarily brief space of twenty-eight days – probably the shortest on record!
Playwright Christopher Marlowe, 29, is killed in a brawl over a bar tab on this day. Marlowe, born two months before William Shakespeare, was the son of a Canterbury shoemaker. A bright...
Feb 19, 2022 · Christopher Marlowe was killed in 1593, apparently in a dispute over a bill. Was his death a cover story, and what actually happened in Deptford that day?
- Bipin Dimri
Oct 4, 2021 · As a young, successful man with many connections, things appeared to be going well for Marlowe until May 30, 1593. On this day, his life was tragically cut short at the age of 29, and this is where the mystery begins.
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On May 30, 1593, Christopher Marlowe was killed by Ingram Frizer, in the dubious company of Nicholas Skeres and Robert Poley, at a lodging house in Deptford, outside London, where they had spent most of the day and where, it was alleged, a fight had broken out between them over the bill.
