[16] _Notes and Queries_, 6th Series, iv. 126. [17] "Records of the Borough of Nottingham," by Mr. W. Stevenson. [18] See Dr. Joseph Hunter's MSS., Addit. MSS., Brit. Mus. 24,484, art. 246. [19] In Shakespeare's "Life," prefixed to the folio edition. [20] _Notes and Queries_, J. F. F., 2nd Series, x. 122; see "Rot. Pat. Claus. Cancellariae Hiberniae Calendarium," vol. i., part i., p. 996. [21] _Notes and Queries_, 5th Series, i. 25. [22] Close Rolls, 4 Richard II.; _Notes and Queries_, 7th Series, ii. 318. [23] _Yorksh. Archaeological Journal_, vol. vi., p. 3. Lay-Subsidies, 206/49, Osgodcrosse, West Riding. [24] _Notes and Queries_, 8th Series, vol. viii., December 28, 1895; "Shakespeare's Ancestry," by the Rev. Henry Norris, F.S.A. [25] Mr. W. B. Bickley's "The Register of the Guild of St. Anne at Knowle," 1894. Mr. Bickley, in the _Stratford-on-Avon Herald_, November 9, 1895, shows that "Woldiche," "Oldyche" and "Oldwich" are the same, being a farm in the hamlet of Balsall, in the parish of Hampton in Arden, and about three miles from Knowle. [26] Mr. Yeatman's "Gentle Shakespeare," p. 135. [27] Mr. J. W. Ryland's "Records of Rowington." [28] Proved May 26, 1500, Somerset House; Moone, f. 2. [29] Stevenson's "Transcript of Records of the Borough of Nottingham." [30] French's "Shakespeareana Genealogica," p. 350, and 39/48 "Ancient Miscellanea Exchequer," Treasury of Receipt, Muster Roll of Men at Arms going with Lord Grey. At Conway, 18 Edward IV., August 24. [31] Records of the House of Grayfriars. _Yorksh. Archaeological Journal_, vol. xii., p. 482. [32] _Notes and Queries_,6th Series, iv. 158. [33] "Camden Soc. Publ.," 1851, _Notes and Queries_, 6th Series, vi. 368. [34] Commissary Court of London Wills, Reg. II., 1413, f. 12. [35] The deed is preserved at Cordwainers' Hall. CHAPTER III LATER SHAKESPEARES BEFORE THE POET'S TIME In the sixteenth century there were Shakespeares all over the country, in Essex, Staffordshire, Worcestershire, Nottingham,[36] but chiefly in Warwick. There the family had spread rapidly. But it is only the first half of the century that concerns us at present. There have been Shakespeares noted in Warwick, Alcester, Berkswell, Snitterfield, Lapworth, Haseley, Ascote, Rowington, Packwood, Beausal, Temple Grafton, Salford, Tamworth, Barston, Tachbrook, Haselor, Rugby, Budbrook, Wroxall, Norton-Lindsey, Wolverton, Hampton-in-Arden, Hampton Lucy, and Knowle.[37]