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FACTS - The = Last Will and=20 Testament of William Shakespeare - information, = second=20 best bed to wife and gifts to fellow=20 actors=20

FACTS - Family = Timeline -=20 Time line for all family of William = Shakespeare -=20 timelines and information about
ancestors, = parents,=20 siblings and children=20

FACTS=20 - Elizabethan Timeline 1531 to 1592 - William=20 Shakespeare Time line with information, key = dates and=20 events of the era =20

FACTS - = Elizabethan =20 Timeline 1593 to 1646 - William Shakespeare Time = line=20 with information, key dates and events of the=20 era=20

DOCUMENTED=20 REFERENCES (KNOWN FACTS ABOUT WILLIAM=20 SHAKESPEARE)
There are over 100 = references to=20 Shakespeare and his family in Public records = such as=20 Registrar and Court records containing wills, = baptism,=20 marriage and Death certificates, all known facts = and=20 information. There are also records of legal and = business transactions including some theatrical = and=20 Court documents which also relate to facts and=20 information about Shakespear. These are all=20 authenticated facts about William Shake-speare. = There=20 are also documented references made about = Shakespeare by=20 some of his contempories. We have detailed many = of these=20 facts, information and references in this = section. Facts=20 about the ancestors and family of William = Shakespeare=20 can be accessed via the William Shakespeare = Biography=20 section. The life and times of Shakespeare are=20 fascinating but are best understood if viewed in = relationship to world in which Shakespeare lived = which=20 is why we have also included comprehensive = William=20 Shakepeare Biography, information, Timeline and = facts.=20 The timeline sections consist of known facts and = information about William Shakespeare and = provide a=20 quick reference guide to specific areas and = known facts=20 about his life. =20

William Shakespeare - = Facts and=20 Information about his Life

DOCUMENTED FACTS AND=20 INFORMATION
Facts and = information 1564 -=20 1595

1564, = 26th=20 April=20 - William Shakspere of Stratford Parish Register = of Holy=20 Trinity Church Baptismal record. An entry in the = Stratford Parish baptismal register reads, = "Guliemus=20 filius Johannes Shakspere"; that is, "William = son of=20 John Shakspere"

1582, = 27th=20 November - Marriage license record. An = entry in=20 the Bishop of Worcester's Register, = Worcestershire=20 Record Office, recorded the grant of a marriage = license=20 to "wm Shaxpere et Anna=20 whateley"

1582, 28th=20 November - Marriage license bond, = Bishop of=20 Worcester's Register, Worcestershire = Record=20 Office. The bond is for the marriage of = "willm=20 Shagspere and Anne hathwey," under the = special=20 condition of a single asking of the=20 banns.

1595, 15th=20 March - Royal record.The = Accounts of the=20 Treasurer of the Chamber "To William = Kempe,=20 William Shakespeare and Richard Burbage, = servaunts=20 to the Lord Chamberleyne, upon the = Councille's=20 warrant dated at Whitehall XVth Marcij = 1594, for=20 two severall comedies or enterludes shewed = by them=20 before her majestie in Christmas tyme = laste part=20 viz St. Stephen's daye and Innocents=20 daye..."

1596, = 20th=20 October - The application would have = cost 30=20 guineas. Heraldic documents were processed and = the=20 description of the Coat of Arms grant to = Shakspere=20 was as follows:

'Gold, = on a bend=20 (diagonal bar) sable (black), a spear of the = first (i.e.=20 gold), steeled argent (with a silver tip); and = for his=20 crest... a falcon his wings displayed argent = (silver),=20 standing on a wreath of his colours supporting a = spear=20 gold, steeled as aforesaid, (i.e. silver) set = upon a=20 helmet with mantles and tassles'.
The = motto was=20 "Non=20 sanz droict" or "Not without=20 right".

The interpretation of the = description of the Coat of Arms granted to = Shakspere=20 would have been the choice of the designer = chosen by the=20 Shakespeare family. The crest design would have = not=20 formed part of the Heraldic Documentation. As = such an=20 original crest is not in existence there are = various=20 interpretations of the Shakespeare Coat of Arms. = None of=20 these can be viewed as facts

The image on the right is an=20 interpretation of the description of the Coat of = Arms=20 designed by william-shakespeare.info and not to = be=20 viewed as fact.

Facts and = information about=20 the Bard 1596 - 1599=20

1596 -=20 Michaelmas - Court record. William Wayte = "swore=20 before the Judge of Queen's Bench that he stood = in=20 danger of death, or bodily hurt," from "William=20 Shakspere" and three others. "The magistrate = then=20 commanded the sheriff of the appropriate county = to=20 produce the accused ... who had to post bond to = keep the=20 peace, on pain of forfeiting the=20 security"

1597, 5th=20 April - Property documents. Shakspere = bought New=20 Place, paying a =A360 fine which "may well seem = absurdly=20 low; but in fines of this period the = consideration=20 mentioned is customarily a legal fiction. It is = not=20 known how much Shakespeare actually paid." The = house was=20 the second largest in Stratford, "No fewer than = ten=20 fireplaces warmed New Place in winter, and there = were=20 probably more rooms than fireplaces, the latter = being a=20 taxable luxury"

1597 , = 15th=20 November - Tax record. Shakspere = (William=20 Shakespeare) is named in the King's Remembrancer = Subsidy=20 Roll as a tax defaulter in Bishopgate ward who = failed to=20 pay an assessed 5 shillings

1598 - List = of Actors.=20 In the initial presentation of Ben Jonson's = Euery Man In=20 His Hvmovr, "Will Shakespeare" was a "principall = Comoedian"

1598, = 1st=20 December - Bill of sale. Chamberlain's = Accounts=20 Wyllyn Wyatt Chamberlin "Pd to Mr. Shakespere = for one=20 load of stone xd"

1598, = 24th=20 January - Letter - Abraham Sturley = wrote to his=20 brother-in-law that "our countriman mr Shaksper = is=20 willing to disburse some monei upon some od = yardeland or=20 other Shottrei or neare about=20 us..."

1598, 4th February - List = of=20 Hoarders. Shakspere (William Shakespeare) is = named as=20 having illegally held 10 quarters (80 bushels) = of malt=20 or corn during a = shortage

1598, = 1st=20 October - Tax record. In the King's = Remembrancer=20 Subsidy Roll, Shakspere is listed as a tax = defaulter who=20 failed to pay an assessed=20 13s..4d

1598, 25th October = Letter. Richard=20 Quiney wrote an undelivered letter asking = Shakspere for=20 a =A330 loan.

1598 September - Tax = record. In=20 the Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer Accounts of = Subsidies,=20 Shakspere is listed among those in Bishopgate = ward who=20 have moved out of the = district

1599 - = Heraldic=20 document, College of Arms. John Shakspere sought = to add=20 his wife's family arms to the Shakspere arms = acquired=20 1596

1599, 21st February - = Property=20 document . A tripartite lease for the Globe = Theater=20 consisted of an agreement between Sir Nicholas = Brend=20 (grounds owner), the Burbage brothers, and five = members=20 of the Lord Chamberlain's company, which = included=20 Shakspere. It was described by John Heminges and = Henry=20 Condell in their testimony during the 1619 Court = of=20 Requests action Witter v. Heminges and=20 Condell.

1599 - Inventory of Sir Thomas = Brend.=20 Shakspere and others (unnamed) are said to be = occupying=20 the Globe Theater

1599 = 6th=20 October - Tax record. Shakspere is = among those=20 listed in the Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer = Residuum=20 London accounts as delinquents owing back-taxes = "The=20 marginal note Surrey, and the reference to = 'Residuum=20 Sussex', added later, signify that Shakespeare = had=20 migrated across the river to the Surrey = Bankside" =20

Facts and = information 1600 -=20 1605

1600 = - Court = record.=20 "Willelmus Shackspere" brought suit against John = Clayton=20 for a =A37 debt.

1600, = 6th October=20 - Tax=20 record. Shakspere is listed in the Lord = Treasurer's=20 Remembrancer Residuum Sussex accounts "tax bill = of=20 13s..4d. is still outstanding. The notation = Episcopo=20 Wintonensi in the left-hand margin indicates = that the=20 Court of Exchequer had referred the dramatist's = arrears=20 to the Bishop of Winchester, whose liberty of = the Clink=20 in Surrey lay outside the sheriff's = jurisdiction. The=20 Clink was a notorious debtors prison of the=20 age.

1601, 25th March - Will = of Thomas=20 Whittington, Worcestershire Record Office. "Item = I geve=20 and bequeth unto the poore people of Stratford = 40s that=20 is in the hand of Anne Shaxspere, wyf unto Mr. = Wyllyam=20 Shaxspere, and is due debt unto = me..." (William=20 Shakespeare)

1602 Michaelmas - = Property=20 document, Public Records Office, Court of Common = Pleas.=20 New Place was reconveyed to Shakspere, who paid = a fee=20 equal to one fourth of the property's = yearly=20 value

1602, 1st May - = Property=20 document. For =A3320, Shakspere bought 107 acres = of land=20 and 20 acres of pasture in Old Stratford from = William=20 and John Combe

1602, = 28th=20 September - Property document. Shakspere = (William=20 Shakespeare) acquired a quarter-acre of land = with=20 "Chapel Lane Cottage" and a=20 garden

1603 - List of Actors. In the = initial=20 presentation of Ben Jonson's Seianvs his Fall, = "Will.=20 Shake-speare" was a "principall = Tragoedian"(William=20 Shakespeare)

1603 17th/18th May - = Royal documents=20 - Warrants for the Great Seal. Two identically = worded=20 warrants were written for letters patent = authorizing=20 "William Shakespeare...and the rest of theire = Assosiates=20 freely to use and exercise the Arte and faculty = of=20 playinge Comedies Tragedies histories Enterludes = moralls=20 pastoralls Stageplaies and suche others like as = theie=20 have alreadie studied or hereafter shall use or = studie=20 aswell for the recreation of our lovinge = Subjectes as=20 for our Solace and pleasure when wee shall = thincke good=20 to see them duringe our=20 pleasure..."

1603, = 19th=20 May -=20 Royal document.Public Record Office. A Royal = Patent=20 "instructs all justices, mayors, other officers, = and=20 loving subjects 'to allowe them such former = Curtesies as=20 hath bene given to men of theire place and = quallitie and=20 alsoe what further favour you shall shewe to = theeise our=20 Servauntes for our sake', for such favour 'wee = shall=20 take kindlie at your = handes'"

1604 - = Court record.=20 Shakspere (William Shakespeare) sued the = apothecary=20 Philip Rogers for 35s..10d plus 10 shillings = damages,=20 seeking to recover the unpaid balance on a sale = of=20 twenty bushels of malt and a small=20 loan

1604, 15th March - = Royal record.=20 Public Record Office, Lord Chamberlain's = Department. In=20 the Master of the Wardrobe record, Shakspere = (William=20 Shakespeare) is listed among "Players" who were = given=20 scarlet cloth to be worn for the King's Royal = Procession=20 through London

1604, = 24th=20 October - Land survey.Public Record = Office,=20 Exchequer. A survey of Rowington manor reported = that=20 "William Shakespere Lykewise holdeth there one = cottage=20 and one garden by estimation a quarter of one = acre and=20 payeth rent yearly"

1605 = 4th=20 May -=20 Will of Augustine Phillips. Public Record Office = "Item I=20 geve and bequeathe to my ffellowe william = Shakespeare a=20 Thirty shillings peece in = gould"

1605, = 24th=20 July -=20 Property documents. Shakspere (William = Shakespeare)=20 purchased from Ralph Hubaud "a half-interest in = a lease=20 of 'Tythes of Corne grayne blade & heye' in = three=20 nearby hamlets ... along with the small tithes = of the=20 whole of Stratford parish, with certain = exceptions=20 honouring former rights" =

Facts and = information 1606 -=20 1616=20

1606 - Inventory for Ralph Hubaud. = After his=20 death, an inventory of Hubaud's land and goods = included=20 the notation that "There was Owinge by Mr. = Shakspre=20 ..." (William = Shakespeare)

1608 - = 17th August=20 to 1609 7th June - Court records. Shakspere = brought suit=20 against John Addenbrooke for =A36, plus 24s. = damages.=20 Shakspere (William Shakespeare) won and an order = was=20 issued for Addenbrooke's=20 arrest.

1610 - Property documents, Public = Record=20 Office. A Court of Common Pleas fine served to = confirm=20 Shakspere's (William Shakespeare) title to 107 = acres of=20 land and 20 acres of pasture purchased in 1602 = from=20 William Combe

1611, = 11th=20 September - List of Contributors. = Shakspere's name=20 appears on a list of those supporting "the = Charge of=20 prosecutynge [a] Bill in parliament for the = better=20 Repayre of the highe waies and amendinge divers = defectes=20 in the Statues alredy made"

1612, = 11th May to=20 19th June - Court records.Public Record = Office,=20 Court of Requests Shakspere (William = Shakespeare) was=20 called into court and asked to resolve a dispute = regarding the amount offered by him as dowery = when he=20 helped negotiate a marriage in 1604 (, Belott v. = Mountjoy; etc.). "Only Shakespeare himself could = resolve=20 the question ... but what the portion was, or = when it=20 was to be paid, Shakespeare could not say.... = The=20 witness likewise professed ignorance of 'what=20 implementes and necessaries of houshold stuff' = Mountjoy=20 gave with Mary"

1613, = 28th January=20 - Will=20 of John Combe. Public Record Office He = bequeathed =A35 to=20 "mr William Shackspere" (William=20 Shakespeare)

1613, 10th March - = Property=20 documents. Henry Walker's Blackfriars Gate-house = was=20 bought by Shakspere (William Shakespeare), = William=20 Johnson, John Jackson, and John Hemming for=20 =A3140.

1613, 31st March - = Record of=20 payment. Accounts of the Steward of the Earl of = Rutland=20 For work on the Earl of Rutland's impresa, = payments were=20 made "To Mr. Shakspeare in gold, about my Lordes = impreso, xlivs.; To Richard Burbage for painting = and=20 making it, xlivs." The "impreso" was a symbolic = design=20 on a shield which the Earl displayed during a=20 tilt.

1615, 26th April - = Court record. On=20 a Court of Chancery bill of complaint, Shakspere = is=20 listed among those who sought to obtain = Blackfriars=20 property documents

1615,=20 May -=20 Court record. Thomasina Ostler's court plea has = a list=20 of shareholders for the Globe Theater and = Blackfriars=20 property which includes Shakspere's=20 name

1616, 25th March - Last = Will and=20 Testament of William Shakspere (William = Shakespeare) -=20 Public Records Office,
Principal = Probate=20 Registry, Selected Wills

1616, = 25th April=20 -=20 Burial record. The burial of "Will Shakspeare = gent" is=20 recorded in the Stratford parish=20 register =20

THE = WILLIAM=20 SHAKESPEARE FACTS, INFORMATION AND=20 TIMELINE
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The William Shakespeare Timeline = is=20 comprehensive and divided into three parts. It = documents=20 the important events and facts which occurred = and would=20 have been important to William's life. The = Renaissance=20 was a fascinating period of history. New Worlds = were=20 being discovered! New inventions were being = introduced -=20 the timeline for each period will detail all the = facts.=20 Beliefs were being challenged. New Religions = were being=20 followed. People were looking at Art, Literature = and=20 Science from a different perspective. All of = this plus=20 the usual expected events, information and facts = from=20 history such as wars, religion, executions, = massacres,=20 plagues and pestilence!

FACTS=20 - The Last Will and Testament of William = Shakespeare -=20 information, second best bed to wife and gifts = to fellow=20 actors=20

FACTS - Family = Timeline -=20 Time line for all family of William = Shakespeare -=20 timelines and information about
ancestors, = parents,=20 siblings and children=20

FACTS=20 - Elizabethan Timeline 1531 to 1592 - William=20 Shakespeare Time line with information, key = dates and=20 events of the era =20

FACTS - = Elizabethan =20 Timeline 1593 to 1646 - William Shakespeare Time = line=20 with information, key dates and events of the=20 era=20

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