1776 - ????
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In 1776, James Ford, Thomas Linley and Richard Brinsley Sheridan paid £35,000 for David Garrick's half-share in the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. In 1788 Ford reportedly sold his then interest of 1/4 in the whole theatre to Sheridan.
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol35/pp9-29 [accessed 09/05/2018]