Date:4th of May 1597
Description:In May 1597, William Shakespeare purchased New Place from William Underhill. This was reputedly the second largest house in Stratford, and stood on the corner of Chapel Street and Chapel Lane. It had been built by Hugh Clopton about a hundred years earlier. Not all the documentation for this purchase has survived. This document, known technically as an exemplification of a fine, records a fictitious legal action the result of which was Shakespeare's successful acquisition of the property. This was enrolled in the records of the central courts and could be turned up should a dispute later arise, rather like registration today . Shakespeare Birthplace Trust reference: ER 27/4
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On the back of a 1572 lease of a barn and garden in Chapel Lane, a clerk later scribbled ...
Copy of court roll recording the assignment to William Shakespeare of premises in ...
Artist's impression of New Place as it would have been in the time of William Shakespeare. New ...
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In May 1597, William Shakespeare purchased New Place from William Underhill. This was reputedly the ...
Artist's impression of New Place as it would have been in the time of William Shakespeare. New Place ...
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Donor ref:ER 27/4a (18/10045)
Source: The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust - Records
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