There might have been an indefinite number of cousins by marriage among the Hathaways. I only mention this now in relation to one strange example of the desire of association somehow with Shakespeare. In the catalogue of the Shakespeare Library of Warwick Castle is the title of a book written by a Hathaway clergyman of Tewkesbury, said to be "a descendant of Anne Hathaway," ignoring the fact that _Anne Hathaway_ was _Mrs. Shakespeare_. Yet he might after all have been a cousin twice removed. FOOTNOTES: [220] See "Valor Ecclesiasticus," Warwickshire, at Dissolution, Henry VIII. [221] Worcester wills. [222] _Ibid._ [223] Admin. Bond at Worcester. [224] "Henricus Shaksper, frater dicti Johannis," February 1, 29 Elizabeth, 1587. [225] Snitterfield Registers. [226] Henry had a fight with Edward Cornwall, and drew blood, October 12, 1574. See Halliwell-Phillipps, "Outlines," vol. ii., p. 209. [227] Ingon is in the parish of Hampton-on-Avon. [228] Malone's "Life," vol. ii., p. 23, ed. 1821. [229] "Johana Shaxspere mortua est et sepulta January quinto, anno 1595." No record has been found of the death of Richard's wife, if this be not she. [230] Green's "Diary," Nov. 17, 1614, Stratford-on-Avon Records. See also Ingleby's "Shakespeare and the Enclosure of Welcombe." Thomas Green was a Councillor of Middle Temple and a solicitor. (See Quyney's Town Accounts, January and February, 1600-1.) He was appointed Steward of the Court of Record, Stratford-on-Avon, on September 7, 1603. There was no Town Clerk then, and the Steward did the duties until the Charter granted to the town by James I., July 8, 1610, created the office of Town Clerk. He held part of the remainder of the tithes, the half of which were held by Shakespeare. CHAPTER XII CONTEMPORARY WARWICKSHIRE SHAKESPEARES Outside the immediate family of the poet there were many contemporaries in Warwickshire, who may have been connected in some far-off degree.