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in 1598, Wm. Shackspere of Chapple Street Ward, Stratford,
was listed as holding 80 bushels of grain. Three wet seasons
had left the town with a great dearth of grain (*okay, well,
maybe not exactly famine, but a time of hardship. The Privy council
ordered him and others to to sell the grain but he and
others held onto theirs. The council termed them 'wicked
people.. like wolves... and there was hope in the town amoung
the people that Lord Essex (who was popular with commoners
and later attempted to usurp the crown) would come down and
'see them hanged on gibbets at their own doors.' This from
E.K. Chambers, by was of Charlton Ogburn, 'The Mysterious Wm.
Shakespeare.' Shakespeare also purchased tithes to parish lands,
in other words, tenants lived on monastery lands, but after Henry 8
the collections were turned over to private leases. So he was
sort of fuedal landlord. Then somewhere between Dec 1608 and June
1609, he had a john Addenbrooke arrested for 6 pounds he owed
'Shackspere' as his name was written on the document. Plus,
Shackspere got an extra 1 pound, 5 pence for costs.
Posted by Bill Routhier on April 15, 1997 at 13:42:20
In Reply to "Evidence" posted by Thersites on April 15, 1997 at 09:34:33
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