Shakespeare's twin children baptised, 2 February 1585 - detail
Entry in the parish register, Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon, recording the baptism of Shakespeare's children, Hamnet and Judith. The register does not actually describe them as twins, but there ...
Stratford upon Avon, Shakespeare's Birthplace, 1769.
Shakespeare's Birthplace. Engraved from a drawing by Richard Greene and published in the Gentleman's Magazine, 1769.
This image formed the basis of the 'restoration' of 1857-1864.
Stratford's earliest parish register
The earliest parish register, Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon, containing the baptism and burial entries for William Shakespeare and his family. It bears the date 1600 on its cover, the year ...
Survey of leaseholders on the manor of Old Stratford, c. 1603. Page 1
In 1603, a survey was made of leaseholders of land owned by the Corporation. This survey was retrieved by the town clerk from the Corporation archives in 1614 when a dispute arose over an attempt to enclose ...
Survey of Stratford Corporation property, c. 1612. Whole page
Page from a survey of Corporation property including an entry identifying William Shakespeare as a tithe holder.
Shakespeare Birthplace Trust reference: BRT 2/1, p. 59
'The noate of corn and malte', 4 February 1598
A list of Stratford townsmen giving details of how much corn and malt they held in their barns.
During the mid 1590s there was a series of disastrous harvests due to bad weather. Thousands faced near ...
Thomas Greene's Diary, 15 - 22 November 1614
Late in 1614, there was a controversial proposal to enclose some of the old open fields to the east and north-east of Stratford. As a titheholder, and possibly a freeholder as well, William Shakespeare ...
Thomas Greene's note of Shakespeare's freehold lands in Old Stratford, 5 September 1614. Page 1
In 1602, Shakespeare bought 107 acres in Old Stratford, Bishopton and Welcombe. These were made up of parcels scattered through the open fields, with some of them concentrated in the area which was, in ...
William Shakespeare acquires a share of the Stratford tithes, 24 July 1605. 2nd membrane, lower half
Before the Reformation, the tithes of Stratford parish (a payment of a tenth part of all agricultural produce) belonged to the college of priests who served the parish church. At the Dissolution, some ...
William Shakespeare acquires a share of the Stratford tithes, 24 July 1605. Main membrane
Before the Reformation, the tithes of Stratford parish (a payment of a tenth part of all agricultural produce) belonged to the college of priests who served the parish church. At the Dissolution, some ...
William Shakespeare acquires a share of the Stratford tithes, 24 July 1605. Main membrane bottom left corner
Main membrane bottom left corner.
Before the Reformation, the tithes of Stratford parish (a payment of a tenth part of all agricultural produce) belonged to the college of priests who served the parish ...
William Shakespeare acquires a share of the Stratford tithes, 24 July 1605. Main membrane bottom right corner
Main membrane bottom right corner.
Before the Reformation, the tithes of Stratford parish (a payment of a tenth part of all agricultural produce) belonged to the college of priests who served the ...
William Shakespeare acquires a share of the Stratford tithes, 24 July 1605. Main membrane top left corner
Main membrane top left corner.
Before the Reformation, the tithes of Stratford parish (a payment of a tenth part of all agricultural produce) belonged to the college of priests who served the parish ...
William Shakespeare acquires a share of the Stratford tithes, 24 July 1605. Main membrane top right corner
Main membrane top right corner.
Before the Reformation, the tithes of Stratford parish (a payment of a tenth part of all agricultural produce) belonged to the college of priests who served the parish ...
William Shakespeare baptised, 26 April 1564
Entry in the parish register, Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon, recording the baptism of William Shakespeare on 26 April 1564. The entry is in Latin: 'Gulielmus filius Johannes Shakspere' (William ...
William Shakespeare begins legal action against John Addenbrooke, 17 August 1608. Front
In the summer of 1608, William Shakespeare brought an action in the local Court of Record to recover a debt of £6 allegedly owed him by one John Addenbrooke, gentleman. He also claimed a further 24 shillings ...
William Shakespeare buried, 25 April 1616
Entry in the parish register, Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon, recording the burial of William Shakespeare. He had died two days earlier, aged fifty-two. He is described as a gentleman, then ...
William Shakespeare buys 107 acres of land in Stratford, 1 May 1602
Shakespeare, once he had become a man of means, had clearly been toying with the idea of buying some land in or near Stratford since 1598, but it was not until 1602 that he acted, buying from a local ...