From 1594, when William Shakespeare joined the acting company known as the Chamberlain's (later the King's) men, he became a sharer in the company's overall income. Later he was a member of the syndicates which owned the Globe and the Blackfriars Theatre. On his father's death in 1601, he inherited the old family home in Henley Street part of which was then leased to tenants. The land and other property he subsequently purchased was also leased out.