asking Egerton’s protection for Blackfriars players, particularly Burbage and Shakespeare. Collier, New Facts. Manifest forgery.
1600. March. Authentic document relating to suit by William Shakespeare against John Clayton of Bedfordshire for a debt of seven pounds contracted May 22, 1592. Judgment for Shakespeare with twenty shillings costs. No sufficient reason for identifying this Shakespeare with the poet. Cf. Lee, Life of Shakespeare, p. 321; Mrs. Stopes, Shakespeare’s Industry, pp. 259, 262.
1603. Oct. 3. ‘Mr. Shakespeare of the Globe’ mentioned in letter from Mrs. Alleyn to her husband. Printed by Collier, Memoirs of Edward Alleyn, 1841, p. 63. Spurious.
1604. Apr. 9. Shakespeare named in list of players appended to Privy Council letter to Lord Mayor. Printed by Collier, ibid. p. 68. Spurious.
1604. July. Suit of William Shakespeare against Philip Rogers in Stratford court for debt on malt. Document printed by Halliwell-Phillipps, Outlines, ii. 77 f. Cf. Mrs. Stopes, Shakespeare’s Industry, p. 268: “There was another William Shakespeare . . . born at Rowington in 1564, whose trade was the selling of malt.’
1605. Sept. 28. William Shakspere listed as a trained soldier in a Rowington muster roll. Probably refers to the above.
1609. Apr. 8. Shakespeare named in list of taxpayers in Southwark. Printed in Collier’s Memoirs of Edward Alleyn, 1841, pp. 90–92. Spurious.
