as servant of Lord Chamberlain, 14; actor in Every Man in his Humour and Sejanus, 27–28; part owner of Globe Theatre, 32; dramatis persona in Return from Parnassus, 88, 107–108; one of ‘King’s Men,’ 46, 49; assists Shakespeare in producing impresa for Earl of Rutland, 73–74; principal actor in Shakespeare’s plays, 96; mentioned with Shakespeare in forged letter, 99; employed on theatrical business by Sir W. Cope, 102; 114, 182. Burghley, Lord: Shakespeare’s indifference to, 146, 150.
Cambridge: Shakespeare’s reputation at, 36–37, 38–39, 107–108; Hamlet acted at, 134.
Camden, William: joins with Dethick in second grant of arms to John Shakespeare, 32-34; praises Shakespeare’s works, 47–48.
Carewe, Lord, of Clopton: obstructionist concerning Stratford tithes, 60, 61.
Cecil, Lord, of Essingdon (Sir Robert Cecil); James I’s license of the ‘King’s Men’ addressed to him as Keeper of the Privy Seal, 47. See also Cranborne.
Chamberlain’s (Lord) Company: Shakespeare an important member in 1594, 14; noted on title-pages of his plays, 24–25; act Jonson’s Every Man in his Humour, 27–28; lose the services of Kempe, 38; perform Richard II on the eve of Essex’s revolt, 106; at Cross Keys and Newington Butts in 1594, 129–130, 131.
Chapman, George: 155.
Chettle, Henry: apologizes for Greene’s attack on Shakespeare, 10–11.
Clayton, John: sued by William Shakespeare (probably not the poet), 99.
Clopton: Stratford family, 21, 22; Lord Carewe of, 60, 61; Clopton hedge, 77.
Coleridge, S. T.: on Shakespeare’s romanticism, 138.
Collier, J. P.: forgeries ascribed to, 98–100.
Collins, Francis (draughtsman of Shakespeare’s will): bequest to him, 84; named overseer of Shakespeare’s will, 86; witness to it, 87.
Combe family (of Stratford and Warwick): 55, 60, 62.
Combe, John: sells arable land to Shakespeare, 39–41, 63; bequeathes him £5,75.
