[231] November 25, 1584, Stratford-on-Avon Register. Mr. R. B. Wheeler, writing in the _Gentleman's Magazine_, September, 1816, takes for granted the poet's father had three wives; a belief which Rowe also held. See Reed's ed., vol. i., p. 136. [232] "Ursula, daughter of John Shakespeare, bapt. March 11, 1588-89; Humphrey, son of John Shakespeare, bapt. May 24, 1590; Philip, son of John Shakespeare, bapt. September 21, 1591."--Stratford-on-Avon Register. "This Humphrey was ancestor to the George Shakespeare living in Henley-in-Arden in 1864, and since in Wolverhampton." See French's "Shakespeareana Genealogica." [233] See "Rot. Claus.," 23 Elizabeth. [234] See St. Nicholas' Churchwardens' Accounts, transcribed and printed by Mr. Richard Savage, of Stratford-on-Avon. The register states: "1579. July Sexto die huius mensis, sepultus fuit Gulielmus Shaxper, qui demersus fuit in Rivulo aquae, qui vel vocatur Avona." [235] A collection of thirty-five MSS. containing the name of Shakespeare. Besides these of William, there are papers of Thomas Shakespeare of Tamworth, 1679; Edward Shakespeare in the Manor of Solihull, October 2, 1688, and in 1690; John Shakespeare, 1707, 1709, 1710, 1711, 1712; Widow Shakespeare, 1712-1714; Benjamin Shakespeare, 1713; Benjamin Shakespeare's Barne, 1714. [236] Stratford-on-Avon Records. [237] _Notes and Queries_, Third Series, xii., pp. 81 and 161, August 3, 1867, contains all the papers. A draft bill of their Chancery suit is preserved among the miscellaneous documents of Stratford-on-Avon. [238] See "MS. Episc., Worcester," and Halliwell-Phillipps, "Outlines," ii. 256. [239] Dom. Ser., State Papers, James I., xv. 65, September 23, 1605. [240] "Mr. Collier says we have intelligence regarding no other William Shakespeare than the poet at that date" (French, "Shakespeareana Genealogica," p. 526). [241] Dom. Ser., State Papers, Car. I., Dxiv. II. [242] "Hist. MS. Com. Rep.," Appendix II., Davenport MSS. [243] French, "Shakespeareana Genealogica," p. 540. [244] Communicated in full by the Rev. E. T. Codd to _Notes and Queries_, Third Series, vol. viii., December, 1865, p. 185. [245] Somerset House, 88 Drax, proved July, 1683. [246] _Notes and Queries_, First Series, vol. xii., p. 123, August 18, 1855. [247] Somerset House, 131 Fines. [248] Budbrooke Registers. [249] 7 St. John, and 168 Aylett, Somerset House. [250] The name of Nicolas Shakespeare of Budbrooke appears in a Recusant Roll of 16 Charles I. [251] Somerset House, 51 Lee. [252] Admin. 1654, f. 127, July 13. [253] Lib. 7, 318, Wotten, Somerset House. [254] Worcester Wills. [255] Worcester Wills. [256] Chancery Cases, S.s. 25. [257] Subsidy Rolls, Warwick, 35 Elizabeth, 193/235, and 39 Elizabeth, 193/247, P.R.O. [258] See Rowington Court Rolls, 65. [259] Mr. Yeatman's "Gentle Shakespere," p. 146. [260] Chancery Cases, S.s. II. [261] Exchequer Q.R. licenses to Pass Beyond Seas, No. 17, June 13, 1632.