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July 8, 1579
Writ to Sheriff of Warwickshire regarding diverse persons named, including schedule: June 1579
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February 13, 1581
Writ directing the Sheriff of Warwickshire to empanel a jury
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November 28, 1583
Writs to the Sheriff of Warwickshire to distrain the goods of George Digby and Sir John Huband, and related findings of the jury
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begun May 28, 1602
Armorial by William Smith, Rouge Dragon, with the coat of arms of "W[illia]m Shakespeare"
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ca. 1602
Shakespeare's arms challenged by Ralph Brooke, as presented to Queen Elizabeth
In 1602, York herald Ralph Brooke challenged 23 coats of arms granted by William Dethick, including the arms originally granted to Shakespeare’s father, John Shakespeare, and now belonging to William Shakespeare.
begun May 28, 1602
Contemporary copy of armorial by William Smith, Rouge Dragon, including Shakespeare’s coat of arms twice, as “W[illia]m Shakespare" and "W[illia]m Shackspare"
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July 20, 1604
Alphabet of Arms compiled by William Smith, with Shakespeare’s arms in shorthand blazon
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ca. 1677
Shakespeare, "the great Poet and Commedian": his arms described in blazon
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ca. 1700
Sketch of arms of "Shakespeare the player" in a heraldic scrapbook
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ca. 17th century
Armorial arranged by category, with the arms of “Shakspeare” depicted under “Lances”
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