Anno Domini 1582 . . . Novembris . . . 27 die eiusdem mensis. Item eodem die supradicto emanavit Licentia inter Wm Shaxpere et Annam Whateley de Temple Grafton.[1]
(B) Marriage Bond from Worcester Episcopal Registry, November 28, 1582:
Noverint universi per praesentes nos Fulconem Sandells de Stratford in comitatu Warwici agricolam et Johannem Rychardson ibidem agricolam, teneri et firmiter obligari Ricardo Cosin generoso et Roberto Warmstry notario publico in quadraginta libris bonae et legalis monetae Angliae solvend. eisdem Ricardo et Roberto haered. execut. et assignat. suis ad quam quidem solucionem bene et fideliter faciend. obligamus nos et utrumque nostrum per se pro toto et in solid. haered. executor. et administrator, nostros firmiter per praesentes sigillis nostris sigillat. Dat. 28 die Novem. Anno regni dominae nostrae Eliz. Dei gratia Angliae Franc. et Hiberniae Reginae fidei defensor &c. 25°.[2]
The condition of this obligation is such that if hereafter there shall not appear any lawful let or impediment by reason of any precontract, consanguinity, affinity or by any other lawful means whatsoever, but that Willm Shagspere on the one party and Anne Hathwey of Stratford in the diocese of Worcester,
- ↑ ‘Likewise on the same day aforesaid there went out a license [for marriage] between Wm. Shaxpere and Anne Whateley of Temple Grafton.’ (Latin abbreviations have been expanded.)
- ↑ ‘Let all know by these presents that we, Fulke Sandells of Stratford in the county of Warwick yeoman and John Richardson of the same place yeoman, are held and firmly bound to Richard Cosin gentleman and Robert Warmstry notary public in the sum of forty pounds of good and legal English money to be paid to the same Richard and Robert, their heirs, executors, and assigns, for the good and faithful performance of which payment we firmly bind ourselves and each of us individually for the whole, our heirs, executors, and administrators, by this paper sealed with our seals. Given the 28th day of November in the twenty-fifth year of the reign of our lady Elizabeth, by the grace of God Queen of England, France, and Ireland, defender of the faith, etc.’
