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Shakespeare, John, -1601

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1580
Foot of fine recording the conveyance of property in Snitterfield by John and Mary Shakespeare to Robert Webbe
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February 13, 1581
Writ directing the Sheriff of Warwickshire to empanel a jury
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November 28, 1583
Writs to the Sheriff of Warwickshire to distrain the goods of George Digby and Sir John Huband, and related findings of the jury
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September 6, 1586
Meeting of the Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation at which John Shakespeare and John Wheeler are removed from the office of aldermen
John Shakespeare may have appeared at a meeting of the Corporation held on December 5, 1576 (Minutes and Accounts, ii, p. 111). However, there is no record of his attendance thereafter until his eventual expulsion at the meeting held on September 6, 1586, shown here.
March 1, 1587
Proceedings in the local court of record in an action brought by Nicholas Lane against John Shakespeare concerning an alleged debt of £22 owed to Lane by his brother Henry Shakespeare: a demurrer
This is part of a sequence of nine loose papers and entries in the Stratford court of record register, documenting the progress of an action brought by Nicholas Lane, a prosperous Alveston husbandman, against John Shakespeare for the recovery of a debt of £22.
January 18, 1587
Proceedings in the local court of record in an action brought by Nicholas Lane against John Shakespeare concerning an alleged debt of £22 owed to Lane by his brother Henry Shakespeare: writ of capias
This is part of a sequence of nine loose papers and entries in the Stratford court of record register, documenting the progress of an action brought by Nicholas Lane, a prosperous Alveston husbandman, against John Shakespeare for the recovery of a debt of £22.
February 1, 1587
Proceedings in the local court of record in an action brought by Nicholas Lane against John Shakespeare concerning an alleged debt of £22 owed to Lane by his brother Henry Shakespeare: formal declaration by Lane’s attorney
This is part of a sequence of nine loose papers and entries in the Stratford court of record register, documenting the progress of an action brought by Nicholas Lane, a prosperous Alveston husbandman, against John Shakespeare for the recovery of a debt of £22.
October 9, 1589
Court of King's Bench, Coram Rege Roll, complaint of John Shakespeare against John Lambert, relating to property in Wilmcote
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1590
Exchequer, survey of the manor of Stratford, showing John Shakespeare holding two properties in Henley Street
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September 25, 1592
Second certificate of the commissioners for Warwickshire showing John Shakespeare failing to attend church 'for feare of processe for debtte'
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