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 ...
Thomas Hill, The gardeners labyrinth..., 1577 - men enjoying wine and fruit, title-page of part 2.
Characters in Shakespeare enjoyed an arbour in their garden scenes.
The practice of enjoying the out-of-doors over a simple meal, or a drink out-of-doors on a summer’s evening may have been the ...
Thomas Hill, The gardeners labyrinth..., 1577 - p.25, gardeners prepare their beds..
Gardening: a task known to Shakespeare
Many of Shakespeare’s scenes are set in gardens. The plays indicate a familiarity with the tasks of setting seeds, weeding and raising plants for pleasure ...
Thomas Hill, The gardeners labyrinth..., 1577 - text, p.A1r, gardeners at work..
Shakespeare’s gardeners in Richard II tended their garden in this way.
Thomas Hill’s handbook which explains the tasks of a garden’s care includes this woodcut of an arbour which ...
Trade Token
These tokens were used as a form of substitute currency in the last quarter of the eighteenth and the beginning of the nineteenth century, due to insufficient availability of official copper coinage. ...
Trade Token
These tokens were used as a form of substitute currency in the last quarter of the eighteenth and the beginning of the nineteenth century, due to insufficient availability of official copper coinage. ...
Vincze Quatercentenary Medals
Presentation box containing seven medals of various metals commissioned by The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust to commemorate the four hundredth anniversary, Quatercentenary, in 1964 of Shakespeare's birth. ...
Vincze Shakespeare Medal
One of a set of four medallions commissioned by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. This side illustrates the scene in The Merry Wives of Windsor when Falstaff hides in a buck (i.e. laundry) basket with ...
Vincze Shakespeare Medal
One of a set of four medallions commissioned by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. The reverse features a portrait of Shakespeare derived from Martin Droeshout's engraving of c.1623.
Designed by Paul ...
Wedgwood Souvenir Dish
This jasperware (fine, unglazed ceramic) dish features a bust of Shakespeare derived from the Chandos and Chesterfield portraits.
Made by Wedgwood, c. 1990
Identity number SBT 1990-9
Wedgwood Souvenir Pendant
This jasperware (fine, unglazed ceramic) pendant, with gold mount and chain, features a bust derived from the Chesterfield and Chandos portraits.
Made by Wedgwood, c. 1990
Identity number SBT 1990-16/21...
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 ...