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Addenbrooke summoned to answer William Shakespeare, 15 March 1609. Front

There is no record of the hearing of the case which William Shakespeare brought against John Addenbrooke, but the jury clearly found in favour of Shakespeare. Here the serjeants-at-mace are ordered to ...

John Addenbrooke released on bail: August 1608, back

Thomas Hornby, a Stratford townsman, agreed to stand bail for John Addenrooke, whereupon he was released, pending further action. Shakespeare Birthplace Trust reference: BRU 15/5/139, verso

Names of the jurors summoned in the case, Shakespeare v Addenbrooke, c. January 1609

List of twenty-four men summoned by order of 21 December 1608 to form a jury to hear the case, Shakespeare v Addenbrooke. Shakespeare Birthplace Trust reference: BRU 15/5/127b

Order to summon jurors in the case, Shakespeare v Addenbrooke, 21 December 1608

In August 1608, William Shakespeare had alleged in the local Court of Record that John Addenbrooke owed him £6. In this document, the court orders that a twenty-four men be summoned to form a jury to ...

Raphael Holinshed, The... Chronicles , London for George Bishop, 1577, - Elizabethan men at a meeting, woodcut, page 119, detail.

John Shakespeare, an alderman of Stratford. When William Shakespeare's father, John, a glove-maker by trade, attended aldermen's meetings in Stratford-upon-Avon in the 1560s and 1570s, the council ...

Shakespeare pursues Philip Rogers for the recovery of a debt of 35s 10d, plus damages.

Note of a hearing in Stratford's Court of Record concerning a claim by William Shakespeare that he was owed 35s 10d by Philip Rogers arising out of the sale of 20 bushels of malt. Shakespeare's allegation ...

Shakespeare takes action against John Addenbrooke's surety, 7 June 1609. Front

The final document concerning this case is a summons to Thomas Hornby, who had stood bail for Addenbrooke when he was arrested the previous year. He now had to explain, in Addenbrooke's absence, why action ...

Shakespeare v Addenbrooke, front

Order binding jurors to appear in the case. Shakespeare Birthplace Trust reference: BRU 15/5/115

Shakespeare v Addenbrooke, front

Names of the jurors and their verdict. Shakespeare Birthplace Trust reference: BRU 15/5/116

Stratford upon Avon. Guild Street almshouses

Alms houses in Guild Street, Stratford upon Avon. 1900s

Stratford upon Avon. Guild Street, police station

The police station and houses in Guild Street, Stratford upon Avon. 1900s

Stratford upon Avon. John Street/Guild Street

A house at the corner of John Street and Guild Street, Stratford upon Avon. 1900s

Stratford upon Avon. St James Church tea

Group of men, women and children forming an orchestra at St James Church Tea, Stratford upon Avon. 1912

Stratford upon Avon. St James the Great Church

St James the Great Church, Guild Street, Stratford upon Avon. Two men with bicycles in the road outside. 1900s

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 ...

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