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Will Kemp was the gentleman’s name. I found this at a page called The History of Square Dancing

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There is a precious story of how a great Shakespearean jester, WILL KEMP, once danced all the way from London to Norwich (it is something like 80 miles (132 km) and it took him nine days) and of how, in one town, a lass came out and danced a mile with him to keep him company – bold wench. That was in 1580, as he made a bet, that he could do this in less than 10 days. As you know, he won the bet in what has since been known as “The Nine Daie’s wonder” or, to Morris Dancers, “Kemp’s Jig”.

The person called “bold wench” by the author would of course be called “sunshine girl” by me.

Also note the year is given as 1580 which is incorrect. Kemp wrote an account of his dancing journey addressed to Queen Elizabeth, which was printed and offered for sale in 1600. You can read said account here. Non-standard spelling and punctuation warning. Here’s a sample:

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[You will not] finde anyting but blunt mirth in a Morrice dauncer, especially such a one as Will Kemp , that hath spent his life in mad jigges and merry jestes. Three reasons moove me to make a publik [account of] this journey, one to reprove lying fooles I never knew: the other to comend loving friends, which by the way I daily found: the third to shew my duety to your honorable selfe…”