[235] A collection of thirty-five MSS. containing the name of Shakespeare. Besides these of William, there are papers of Thomas Shakespeare of Tamworth, 1679; Edward Shakespeare in the Manor of Solihull, October 2, 1688, and in 1690; John Shakespeare, 1707, 1709, 1710, 1711, 1712; Widow Shakespeare, 1712-1714; Benjamin Shakespeare, 1713; Benjamin Shakespeare's Barne, 1714.
[236] Stratford-on-Avon Records.
[237] Notes and Queries, Third Series, xii., pp. 81 and 161, August 3, 1867, contains all the papers. A draft bill of their Chancery suit is preserved among the miscellaneous documents of Stratford-on-Avon.
[238] See "MS. Episc., Worcester," and Halliwell-Phillipps, "Outlines," ii. 256.
[239] Dom. Ser., State Papers, James I., xv. 65, September 23, 1605.
[240] "Mr. Collier says we have intelligence regarding no other William Shakespeare than the poet at that date" (French, "Shakespeareana Genealogica," p. 526).
[241] Dom. Ser., State Papers, Car. I., Dxiv. II.
[242] "Hist. MS. Com. Rep.," Appendix II., Davenport MSS.
[243] French, "Shakespeareana Genealogica," p. 540.
[244] Communicated in full by the Rev. E. T. Codd to Notes and Queries, Third Series, vol. viii., December, 1865, p. 185.