Privy Council Summons Marlowe and Grants Him Bail
Poet involved
What happened
On 18 May 1593, the Privy Council issued a warrant for Marlowe's arrest in connection with the heresy allegations arising from Thomas Kyd's papers. Marlowe, then likely staying near Scadbury Manor in Kent, was ordered to appear daily before the Council in London while the investigation continued, but was released on bail rather than imprisoned.
Literary impact
The summons placed Marlowe under sustained official scrutiny in the final days before his death, a circumstance later scholars have linked to competing theories about the motives behind his killing at Deptford. The unresolved investigation left his final artistic intentions, including unfinished works, permanently uncertain.
Source: Wikipedia
