XLIII. BEQUEST OF A GOLD PIECE TO SHAKESPEARE FROM AUGUSTINE PHILLIPS (1605).
From the will of Augustine Phillips of the King’s Company, May 4, 1605. (Somerset House, London.)
Item, I give and bequeath to my fellow, William Shakespeare, a thirty shillings piece in gold; to my fellow, Henry Condell, one other thirty shilling piece in gold; to my servant, Christopher Beeston, thirty shillings in gold; to my fellow, Lawrence Fletcher, twenty shillings in gold; to my fellow, Robert Armin, twenty shillings in gold; to my fellow, Richard Cowley, twenty shillings in gold; to my fellow, Alexander Cook, twenty shillings in gold; to my fellow, Nicholas Tovley, twenty shillings in gold.
XLIV. SHAKESPEARE PURCHASES AN INTEREST IN THE TITHES OF STRATFORD AND ADJACENT VILLAGES (1605).
Essential sections of deed from Ralph Huband to William Shakespeare, July 24, 1605. (Shakespeare Birthplace Museum.)
This indenture made the four-and-twentieth day of July in the years of the reign of our Sovereign Lord, James . . . that is to say, of England, France, and Ireland the third, and of Scotland the eight-and-thirtieth, between Raphe Hubande of Ippesley in the county of Warwick, Esq., on the one part, and William Shakespear of Stratford-upon-Avon in the said county of Warwick, Gent., on the other part. . . .
This indenture now witnesseth that the said Raphe Hubande, for and in consideration of the sum of four hundred and forty pounds of lawful English money
