Shakespeare's family

by C. C. Stopes

[287] Notes and Queries, Seventh Series, vi. 344. See "Liber Actorum," Bodleian Library.

[288] Somerset House, 88 Bruce, proved July 1, 1664.

[289] The Hearth Tax for Isleworth, 1666, 252/32, notes "Ralph Shakespeare 2 hearths, Widow Shakespeare 1 hearth."

[290] Elizabeth Shakspere, of St. Werbergs, Derby, made her will 1558. Pegge's "Collection for the History of Derbyshire" contains a sheet of printed verses "on the death of the Rev. Mr. Shakespear" (Nichols's "Col. Top. and Gen.," iii. 244).

[291] Wills of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.

[292] See Genealogical Magazine, January, 1898.

[293] Notes and Queries, Fourth Series, iv. 275.

[294] Hampshire Marriage Licences.

[295] Gentleman's Magazine, vol. lxxvii., p. 280.

[296] Aubrey's "Natural History of Wiltshire," 1680.