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Draft of William Shakespeare's agreement with Ralph Hubaud, July 1605. Page 1

On 24 July 1605, Shakespeare purchased from Ralph Hubaud a lease of part of the Stratford tithes. Some days before, this draft was prepared for perusal by the Stratford Corporation, the tithe owners. ...

Nineteenth-century endorsement of the conveyance in which William Shakespeare buys land in Stratford, 1 May 1602.

William Shakespeare bought 107 acres of land in Stratford, 1 May 1602. This document was once part of the collections of R.B. Wheler. After his death, these had been given by his sister to the Trustees ...

Ralph Hubaud binds himself to observe an agreement with William Shakespeare, 24 July 1605.

On 24 July 1605, Shakespeare purchased from Ralph Hubaud a lease of part of the Stratford tithes. As was usual in property transactions of the time, the parties signed another document binding themselves ...

Shakespeare protects his interests when enclosure is proposed, 28 October 1614

Part of an agreement between William Shakespeare and William Replingham, setting out procedures to ensure that Shakespeare would not suffer financially as a result of the proposed enclosure at Welcombe. As ...

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

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. 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 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 ...

William Shakespeare, a Stratford tithe holder, c. 1612. Detail

Entry in a survey of Corporation property identifying William Shakespeare and Thomas Combe as lessees of the tithes of corn, grain and hay growing in the fields of Old Stratford, Bishopton and Welcombe. A ...

William Shakespeare, and two others, seek redress in a legal dispute concering the Stratford tithes, c. 1610. Page 1

In 1605, William Shakespeare had acquired a sub-lease of a share in the Stratford tithes, part of property once belonging to the Stratford College, but subject to a rent of £5 to the chief lessee. Five ...

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