Note added to a 1598 survey of the property of the Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation that William Shakespeare and Thomas Combe now held the tithes at an annual rent of £34

[BRT 2/12, p. 59]

[marginal note made of a subsequent lease of the same property]

this vj daie of december
Anno 1611: their was A:
lease graunted vnto
Thomas Quyne the
grand Childe of
Adrian Quyne vnder
wrytten: for 21 years
from Christide next
for the Rent of xx^s
yearly : with ordinary:
Covenantes

[all five following entries were marked for deletion]

Adrian Quyney holdeth one tenemente cum
pertinentiis by Indenture graunted vnto Thomas
Atwoode alias Tayler by Indenture dated
the x^th of ffebruary Anno xxxviii^o Elizabeth
Regine Henrici viij^ui for lxxx^or yeres from
the date thereof for the rent of xiiij^s
to be paide quarterly with a clause of
distres for none payment within xv daies
& a clause of reentry for none payment
within iij monethes & to kepe the reparacions
xiiij^s

Daniell Baker holdeth one tenemente, a barne
a garden & a litle Closse cum pertinentiis by
Indenture ^dated the xvj^th of December Anno
xxxviij^o Elizabeth Regine graunted vnto
Katherine Hill widowe for xxj^te yeres
for the yerely rent of xxvij^s to be
paide quarterly with a clause of
reentry for none payment within tenne daies
& to kepe the reparacions
xxvij^s

William ^Roger Smythe holdeth a Tenemente cum pertinentiis
at the will of the bailiffe & burgesses
rent by the year
[‘William’ later deleted by Thomas Greene and ‘Roger’ substituted]
xxvij^s

Thexecutors of Sir Iohn Hubaud ^{Mr Thomas Combes & Mr William Shakespeare} doe
holde all man[n]er of Tythes of Corne
grayne & hey in the Townes hamlettes
villages & ffieldes of Olde Stratford
Welcome & Bishopton, & all maner
of Tythes of woole, lambe, hempe
fflaxe & other small & privie tythes
for the yerely rent of xxxiiij^li paiable
at our Lady Day & Michaelmas
xxxiiij^li

[‘Thexecutors of Sir Iohn Hubaud’ later underlined by Thomas Greene for deletion and ‘Mr Thomas Combes & Mr William Shakespeare’ substituted]

Shotterie
16 September. examinat’ & amendum
cum originale

Iohn Pace holdeth ij^o tenementes & ij^o yarde lande
cum pertinentiis in Shottery by Indenture dated
the xiij^th of Marche Anno xxv^to Elizabeth
Regine for xx xlj^te yeares to begin at
Michaelmas last before the date therof
for the rent of xx^s to be paide
quarterly with a clause of reentry for
none payment within xiiij^ten daies and
to kepe the reparacions
xx^s
[Later marginal note by Thomas Greene: ‘16 September. examinat’ & amendum cum originale’]