The manor and little market town of Prescot were located on the road leading from Warrington to Liverpool.
A 1618 Prescot court leet roll has evidence that a local resident and possibly the owner of the Prescot cockpit, James Dychfeeld, got into a fight with some of Queen Anne's players. It is not clear where or whether the players performed in Prescot.
In 1609 a 'playhouse' at Prescot was converted to a habitation by Thomas Malbon. It was previously referred to only once, ca. 1603, as a playhouse built by Richard Harrington, among rents owed to the grammar school. It was situated on the upper end of the high street leading toward Eccleston and continued to be referred to for many years as the playhouse, even after its conversion. There is no evidence yet discovered to reveal its origin or use as a theatre during this brief period.
Prescot is known to have had a cockpit and, very briefly, a playhouse of some sort but neither survives and no records exist for use by touring performers.
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