1670s

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March 4, 1670

Will of Elizabeth Barnard, Shakespeare's granddaughter and his last surviving descendant: original copy

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March 4, 1670

Will of Elizabeth Barnard, Shakespeare's granddaughter and his last surviving descendant: registered copy

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January 29, 1670

Will of Elizabeth Barnard, Shakespeare's granddaughter and his last surviving descendant: probate copy

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ca. 1677

Shakespeare, "the great Poet and Commedian": his arms described in blazon

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1679/ 1680

"Brief Lives" by John Aubrey: including "Mr. William Shakespeare."

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ca. 1679/ 1680

John Aubrey's notes on Shakespeare

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ca. 16th century

Thomas Dowse's manuscript note from Lucrece in Peter Idle's "Instructions to his son"

Two annotations written on the endpapers of a manuscript book may – or may not – be an early quotation of Shakespeare.

ca. 1614 - ca. 1705

Armorial compiled by various heralds, with the coat of arms of “William Shackspeare"

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ca. 17th century

Armorial arranged by category, with the arms of “Shakspeare” depicted under “Lances”

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ca. late 17th century

Alphabet of Arms, with blank entry for "Shakespere"

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