William Shakespeare’s last will and testament provides one of the richest surviving accounts for understanding his familial and professional networks.
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... At the bottom of the page occurs Shakespeare's signature in a cursive secretary hand, the earliest extant ... are comprehensible to any experienced paleographer, the signature trails off into what may be a cursory “s”, or ... ", suggesting "pere" or "peare”. This somewhat truncated signature, most likely due to haste, may be compared to ...
... probably after the event, what has been described as a signature but which more closely resembles an elaborate ... record Written by Robert Bearman Thomas Quiney’s signature and monogram on the set of accounts which, as ...
... Collections 10739, sig. L2v https://doi.org/10.37078/557 [signature L2v] Commendations to my very kind and approved ... title page & sig. L2v View online bibliographic record [signature L2v] Comendac i ons to my very kind and approued ...
... William Johnson, John Jackson. The place set aside for the signature of John Heminges is left blank. The indenture of ... six surviving signatures of William Shakespeare. Here, his signature is written on two lines: “William” is written out, and the signature generally conforms to that of his Bellott v. ...
... of players known as the King’s Men, as confirmed by his signature on the transfer of the Gatehouse in 1618 . The ... documents preserve two Shakespeare signatures and one signature of his fellow player John Heminges. Henry Walker’s signature, which occurs only once among surviving documents, ...
... was kept at this time by Simon Trapp, curate, who adds his signature at the bottom of the page. DR243/1: Burial ...
... colleague of the same name” ( Outlines , i, 239). The signature on the present document, however, exactly matches the signature of John Heminges in the archives of his parish ...
... William Johnson, John Jackson. The place set aside for the signature of John Heminges is left blank. The copy signed by ... six surviving signatures of William Shakespeare. Here, his signature is written on one line: the forename is abbreviated ... stroke. For a further description of Shakespeare’s signature, and those of the other signatories, see “ ...