Andrew Gurr, The Shakespearian Playing Companies, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1996, p. 31:
In that year (1608), in return for a large loan from the citizenry, James allowed the liberties to come under city jurisdiction... Shakespeare's company did not secure it for their own use for another nine years
[remark RD: reference to James Burbage's abortive attempt to build a public theatre there in 1596; the "nine years" refer to 1599 when it was leased to the Blackfriars Boys, also called The Children of the Chapel]
. Ironically, by the time they did secure it in 1608 the Blackfriars had come under the city's control. But by then Shakespeare's company was the King's Men, and safe from the Lord Mayor.
Mit anderen Worten: Die Schauspieltruppe stand nun unter dem Schutz des Hofes, aber nicht unter dem Schutz, den ein „Freibezirk" bot, da unabhängig von der Aufsicht der Stadt.