In the unsatisfactory inquiries relating to Shakespeare's ancestors I have exhausted all that I can find concerning his father's family; but so much remains to be said concerning his mother's family, that in consideration of the old proverb, "like mother, like son," it has seemed to me worth incorporating into this volume some account of the Ardens. FOOTNOTES: [312] Churchwardens' Accounts of Thurston Amere and William Combes, from June 8, 1538, to May 8, 1540, 48th week, 1st year. [313] _Notes and Queries_, Seventh Series, vii. 483, June 22, 1889. Compare Third Series, iii. 318; Third Series, viii. 418; Savage's "Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers in New England," ii. 528; John Timbs' "Curiosities of London," ed. 1855, p. 238, and ed. 1867, p. 297; "Annals of St. Helen's, Bishopsgate," 221, 322. [314] Subsidy Rolls, London, Ward of Billingsgate and others, 39 Eliz., 146/369, P.R.O. [315] Marriage Licenses, Faculty Office, Harl. Publ. [316] Bishop of London's Marriage Licenses, Harl. Publ. [317] Register, St. James's, Clerkenwell. [318] Registers of Christ Church, Newgate Street, Harl. Soc. Publ. [319] He died 1598, and was at one time connected with the Theatre as shareholder. _Notes and Queries_, Seventh Series, vii. 188. [320] Registers of St. James's, Clerkenwell, Harl. Publ. [321] Account of the Treasurer of the Chamber, 1572, _et seq._ [322] "Archaeologia," vol. xiii., appendix, p. 403. [323] _Notes and Queries_, Seventh Series, ii. 247. [324] Registers of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields. [325] Churchwarden's Accounts, St. Martin's-in-the-Fields. [326] Bishop of London's Licenses, Harl. Soc. Publ. [327] Registers of the Church of St. Bride's. [328] Registers of the Church of St. Bride's. [329] Among the expenses of the Royal Household are entered: 1621--"To John Shakespeare for one gilt bit for the sadle aforesayd L3 13s. 6d. To John Shakespeare for fourteen bittes, guilt silvered and chased, at L5 10s. a peice. For one payre of bosses, richly enamelled, 52s. 6d_, L73 12s. 6d. For 7 bittes for the sadles aforesayd at 52s. 6d. each, L18 7s. 6d."--"Early Illustrations of Shakespeare," published by the Shakespeare Society. [330] State Papers, Dom. Ser., Car. I., ccclxxiv. 20, Docquet. [331] State Papers, Irish, Dublin Castle, Vol. M., p. 338. _Notes and Queries_, First Series, vi. 289, 495. [332] Somerset House, 268, Aylett. [333] The Registers of St. Thomas Apostle, London. [334] State Papers, Dom. Ser., Car. I., lxxvi. 41. [335] Somerset House, 249, Aston. [336] Lic. Fac. Office, Harl. Publ. [337] Reg. of St. George's, Hanover Square. [338] Marriage Licenses, Bishop of London, Harl. Publ. [339] Bishop of London's Licenses, Harl. Publ. [340] Foster's "Alumni Oxonienses." [341] Bishop of London's Mar. Lic., Harl. Publ. [342] Somerset House, 248, Aston. [343] _Notes and Queries_, Third Series, vii. 175. [344] "Book of Apprentices," 1666-1736, f. 756