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William Shakespeare's last will and testament: registered copy

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Creator: Prerogative Court of Canterbury
Title: Will of William Shakespeare, Gentleman of Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire
Date: June 22, 1616
Repository: The National Archives, Kew, UK
Call number and opening: PROB 11/127, fol. 466-467r
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Will of William Shakespeare, Gentleman of Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire
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Title: Will of William Shakespeare, Gentleman of Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire
Date: June 22, 1616
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Call number and opening: PROB 11/127, fol. 466-467r
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Will of William Shakespeare, Gentleman of Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire
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PROB 11/127, fol. 466v
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Creator: Prerogative Court of Canterbury
Title: Will of William Shakespeare, Gentleman of Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire
Date: June 22, 1616
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Call number and opening: PROB 11/127, fol. 466-467r
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Will of William Shakespeare, Gentleman of Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire
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June 22, 1616
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PROB 11/127, fol. 467r
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TAGS: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, UNESCO Memory of the World item, Manuscript, Legal and financial, 1610s, 17th-century legacies, The National Archives (UK)

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Brookes v. Susanna Hall: Chancery Decree and Order Book, May 16

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Date: May 16, 1636/7
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Call number and opening: C 33/171, fol. 361v

 

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May 16, 1636-7
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C 33/171, fol. 361v
TAGS: Hall, Susanna Shakespeare, 1583-1649, Shakespeare's family, Manuscript, Family, legal & property records, 17th-century legacies, The National Archives (UK)

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Date: May 13, 1636/36
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Call number and opening: C 33/171 fol. 309r

 

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May 13, 1636/36
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C 33/171, fol. 309
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Augustine Phillips' last will and testament: registered copy

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Creator: Prerogative Court of Canterbury
Title: Will of Augustine Phillips, Gentleman of Mortlake, Surrey
Date: May 13, 1605
Repository: The National Archives, Kew, UK
Call number and opening: PROB 11/105, fol. 214v-215r
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Will of Augustine Phillips, Gentleman of Mortlake, Surrey
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May 13, 1605
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Creator: Prerogative Court of Canterbury
Title: Will of Augustine Phillips, Gentleman of Mortlake, Surrey
Date: May 13, 1605
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Call number and opening: PROB 11/105, fol. 214v-215r
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Will of Augustine Phillips, Gentleman of Mortlake, Surrey
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May 13, 1605
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TAGS: UNESCO Memory of the World item, Manuscript, Shakespeare's company, 1600s, Manuscript mention of Shakespeare in his lifetime, The National Archives (UK)

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Examination of Sir Gelly Meyrick

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SP 12/278/78, folio 141 recto

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Creator: Secretaries of State
Title: State Papers Domestic, Elizabeth I
Date: February 17, 1600/01
Repository: The National Archives, Kew, UK
Call number and opening: SP 12/278/78, fols. 141-142

 

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SP 12/278/78, fol. 141r

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Date: February 17, 1600/01
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Call number and opening: SP 12/278/78, fols. 141-142

 

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SP 12/278/78, fol. 141c

SP 12/278/78, folio 142 recto

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Date: February 17, 1600/01
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Call number and opening: SP 12/278/78, fols. 141-142

 

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SP 12/278/78, fol. 142r

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Date: February 17, 1600/01
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Call number and opening: SP 12/278/78, fols. 141-142

 

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February 17, 1601
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SP 12/278/78, fol. 142v
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Warrants from the Lord Chamberlain of the Household enclosing a schedule of plays acted at court in the year 1636–7

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Date: 1636-1637
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Call number and opening: AO 3/908/21-3

 

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TAGS: Manuscript, Shakespeare's company, Hamlet, 1630s, Julius Caesar, 17th-century legacies, The National Archives (UK), Othello

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Ostler v. Heminges

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Date: October 9, 1615
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Call number and opening: KB 27/1454/1, rot.692
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Court of King's Bench
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October 9, 1615
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Date: October 9, 1615
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Call number and opening: KB 27/1454/1, rot.692
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Call number and opening: KB 27/1454/1, rot.692
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October 9, 1615
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Date: October 9, 1615
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Call number and opening: KB 27/1454/1, rot.692
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October 9, 1615
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TAGS: Heminge, John, approximately 1556-1630, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, UNESCO Memory of the World item, Manuscript, Shakespeare's playhouses, Manuscript mention of Shakespeare in his lifetime, 1610s, The National Archives (UK)

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Remembrancer Roll 1598, Defaults for subsidies granted in 1593 and 1597, naming William Shakespeare

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Date: 1598-1599
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Call number and opening: E 359/56, membr. 51 & 56
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Date: 1598-1599
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Call number and opening: E 359/56, membr. 51 & 56
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Date: 1598-1599
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Call number and opening: E 359/56, membr. 51 & 56
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1598-1599
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Exchequer, account of fines imposed in the court of King's Bench: John Shakespeare fined for non-appearance and for failing to bring John Audeley of Nottingham, for whom he had stood surety, into court

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Creator: Court of King's Bench
Title: Fines in the court of King's Bench
Date: 1580
Repository: The National Archives, Kew, UK
Call number and opening: E 101/109/13, membr. 20d-21
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Fines in the court of King's Bench
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1580
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E 101/109/13, membr. 20d
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Creator: Court of King's Bench
Title: Fines in the court of King's Bench
Date: 1580
Repository: The National Archives, Kew, UK
Call number and opening: E 101/109/13, membr. 20d-21
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Court of King's Bench
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Fines in the court of King's Bench
Item Date
1580
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E 101/109/13, membr. 21
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TAGS: Shakespeare's family, Shakespeare, John, -1601, Manuscript, 1580s, The National Archives (UK)

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Court of Common Pleas, Plea Roll; action by John Shakespeare against John Luther for a debt

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Date: 1572
Repository: The National Archives, Kew, UK
Call number and opening: CP40/1304, membr.910d
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Court of Common Pleas
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1572
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The National Archives, Kew, UK
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CP 40/1304 membr. 910d
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TAGS: Shakespeare's family, Shakespeare, John, -1601, Manuscript, 1570s, The National Archives (UK)

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