[267] By fine levied Hil. 1655, Shakespere conveyed tenements in Inckbarrow, Worcestershire, Notes and Queries, Second Series, vii. 336.
[268] There is the will of John Shakespeare, of Newington Bagpath, Cook, among the Gloucester Wills, Index Library, and in "The Shakespeares of Dursley," by John Henry Blount, we find James Shakespeare buried at Bisley, March 13, 1570; Edward, son of John and Margery Shakespeare, bapt. at Beverston, September 19, 1619. Thomas Shakespeare, weaver, was married to Joan Turner at Dursley Church, March 3, 1677-78, and of their children, Edward was bapt. July 1, 1681; Mary, 1682; Thomas, 1685; and Mary, 1691. John Shakespeare was a mason in Dursley from 1704 to 1739; and Thomas Shakespeare had a seat-place allotted him in 1739. Betty Shakespeare received poor money from 1747 till 1754. Some still exist in the adjoining parish of Newington Bagpath, and claim kindred with the poet.
[269] Edward Shakespeare of Syresham, 1626-30; Thomas Shakespeare of Litchborough, 1610-41 (Northamptonshire and Rutland Wills, Index Library).
[270] Notes and Queries, First Series, vii. 405 and 546.
[271] A John Shakespeare of Finchhampstead, Berkshire, made his will in 1644. See Berkshire Wills.
[272] Notes and Queries, First Series, vii. 405 and 546.
[273] State Papers, Domestic Series, Jac. I., ix. 72.
[274] Lay Subsidies, Leicester, Goodlaxton, 39 Elizabeth, Wigston Parva, 134/235 and 134/254.
[275] Hist. Man. Com., vol. iii., Report 1872, p. 190.
[276] Ancient Records of Leicester, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Society, 1855, and Notes and Queries, Third Series, v. 383.