Shakespeare, Gilbert, a brother of the poet, [11]
witnesses his brother’s performance of Adam in As You Like It, [44]
apparently had a son named Gilbert, [283]
his death not recorded, [283]
Shakespeare, Hamnet, son of the poet, [26] [187]
Shakespeare, Henry, one of the poet’s uncles, [3] [4] [186]
Shakespeare, Joan (1), [7]
Shakespeare, Joan (2), see Hart, Joan
Shakespeare, John (1), the first recorded holder of this surname (thirteenth century), [1]
Shakespeare, John (2), the poet’s father, administrator of Richard Shakespeare’s estate, [3] [4]
claims that his grandfather received a grant of land from Henry VII, [2] [189]
leaves Snitterfield for Stratford-on-Avon, [4]
his business, [4]
his property in Stratford and his municipal offices, [5]
marries Mary Arden, [6] [7]
his children, [7]
his house in Henley Street, Stratford, [8] [11]
appointed alderman and bailiff, [10]
welcomes actors at Stratford, [10]
his alleged sympathies with puritanism, [10] n
his application for a grant of arms, [2] [10] n [188-92]
his financial difficulties, [11] [12]
his younger children, [11]
writ of distraint issued against him, [12]
deprived of his alderman’s gown, [12]
his trade of butcher, [18]
increase of pecuniary difficulties, [186]
relieved by the poet, [187]
his death, [204]
Shakespeare or Shakspere, John (a shoemaker), another resident at Stratford, [12] n 3
Shakespeare, Judith, the poet’s second daughter, [26] [205]
her marriage to Thomas Quiney, [271]
her father’s bequest to her, [275]
her children, [280] [281]
her death, [281]
Shakespeare, Margaret, [7]