ACTORS, at Stratford-upon-Avon, 116,
119, 148, 264; foreign tours, 121;
licensed by James I., 162; at White-
hall, 164; in Shakespeare's plays,
named in the First Folio, 175
Adam, played by Shakespeare in As
You Like It, 122, 272 n
Alleyn, Edward, the actor and mana-
ger, 143
All's Well that Ends Well, 171, 176,
189, 258
Anne Hathaway's Cottage, 28, 32
Antony and Cleopatra, 165, 171, 176,
258
Arber, Dr., on Nash's alleged allusion
to Shakespeare, 81 n; transcripts of
the registers of the Stationers' Com-
pany, 144-77
Arden, Mary. See Shakespeare, Mary
Arden, Robert, death and probate of
will, 145; copy of his will and in-
ventory, 261-3
Arms, grant of, to John Shakespeare,
127
Asbies estate at Wilmcote, bequeathed
to Mary Arden, 101; mortgaged by
John and Mary Shakespeare, 102,
150; John Shakespeare's attempts
to regain possession of, 105, 127,
157; William Shakespeare named
in a Bill of Complaint concerning,
153
Aston Cantlow residence of the Arden
family, 101, 145
As You Like It, 122, 160, 171, 176,
258, 272
Aubrey, John, his account of Shake-
speare, 71-2; opinions concerning the
value of his account of Shakespeare,
vi., 82-5, 89; on Shakespeare's
occupations, 109; on Shakespeare
as schoolmaster, 40 n, 110, 112; on
Shakespeare's speech when killing
a calf, 95; Shakespeare's age on his
removal to London, 118, 123; inter-
pretation of his account of the
departure from Stratford-upon-
Avon, 82; on Shakespeare's visits to
Stratford, 72, 93 n; on Shakespeare
as an actor, 71, 122; account of Sir
William Davenant, 2, 185; his in-
quiries at Stratford-upon-Avon, 253-
4; account of William Beeston, 249
Austin, Mr. Evans, 55 n, 61 n
BACON, Lord, on Marriage and Single
Life, 117 n
Banns of marriage, one publication
only in Shakespeare's case, 48; in
prohibited seasons, 67; various con-
ditions as to, 205
Barkstead, William, eulogy of Shake-
speare in Mirrha the Mother of
Adonis, 165
Barnard, Lady Elizabeth, marriage,
254; bequests to daughters of her
kinsman Richard Hathaway, 33;
death and burial, 137, 179, 254.
See also Hall, Elizabeth, and Nash,
Elizabeth
Barnard, Sir John, second husband of
Shakespeare's grand-daughter Eliza-
beth, 79, 179
Barnfield, Richard, eulogy of Shake-
speare in Poems in Divers Humors,
Bear Garden, Shakespeare's residence
near, 128
Beeston, Christopher, Shakespeare's
fellow-comedian, 89 n, 249
Beeston, William, actor, son of Chris-
topher Beeston, 72, 89 n, 249
Bellew, Rev. J. C. M., 33 n, 47 n
Benfleet, South, reference to the pro-
hibited seasons in the parish register,
247-8
Berkeley, Lord, visit of his company
of players to Stratford-upon-Avon,
116
Berrow's Worcester Journal, 217 n
Betterton, Thomas, his inquiries at
Stratford-upon-Avon, 78, 86-7, 253–
4; his performance of Hamlet, 78
Bible, Shakespeare's knowledge of the,
Bidford, the Crab-tree legend, 81, 252
Billesley, referred to by Malone as
the place of Shakespeare's marriage,
Birthplace, Shakespeare's, 101-2
Bishopsgate, St. Helen, a William
Shakespeare assessed in the parish
of, 128
Bishops' Registers at Worcester, pecu-
liarities of marriage licence entries,
Bishops' Registry, Worcester, practice
at, in Shakespeare's day, 9
Blackfriars, Shakespeare's purchase of
a house in, 129, 167
Blackfriars Theatre, 121
Bowden, Revd. H. S., 54 n, 62, 103 n,
195 n, 242
Box, Revd. C. F., Vicar of South
Benfleet, 248
Bracton, Henry, on marriage and
dower, 7 n
Brandes, Mr. George, 57 n
Brassington, Mr. W. Salt, 100 n, 128 n,
236 n
Bullingham, Bishop, 10 n, 11 n, 148,
225-6
Bund, Mr. J. Willis, 200 n, 231
Burbage, Cuthbert and Winifred, 121
Burbage, James, livery-stable keeper,
120
Burbage, Richard, Manningham's
anecdote concerning, 140, 186
Burgess, J. Tom, 18 n, 24 n, 33 n,
38 n
Butler, Mr. Samuel, 4 n, 138 n, 255
CAMDEN, WILLIAM, Shakespeare named
in Remaines of a Greater Worke
Concerning Britaine, 163-4
Campbell, Lord, comment upon
Shakespeare and his wife, 3; on
Shakespeare's knowledge of law,
111-2
Blackstone's Commentaries, 49 n, 52, Campbell, Thomas, 3
Boas, F. S., 5 n, 57 n, 121 n, 256
Bodenham, John, Shakespeare men-
tioned in Belvedere or the Garden of
the Muses, 160
Bohn, H. G., 57 n, 233 n
Bond for Shakespeare's marriage
licence, revealed approximate date
of the completion of his marriage, 2;
incorrectly interpreted, 3; facsimile
of, 9; where was it signed? 17, 19;
"Andrew Walker, scribe," the writer
of, 19 n; supposed impression of
"R. H." on the seal, 33; inferences
drawn from the seal, 53; the sureties
also named in Richard Hathaway's
will, 33; Shakespeare's residence
not given, 39; place of marriage
not named, 41; consent limited to
friends of the bride, 48; opinions of
various authors on the terms of, 48;
description of, 202-3
Bonds for marriage licences, penalties
of, 13; changes in the conditions
of, in 1581-3,-16, 49; defects in
descriptions of the parties, 39; at
the Worcester Registry, 202-3, 215
Cardwell, Dr., 10 n, 12 n, 51 n, 195 n,
215 n, 232 n, 247 n
Carew, Richard, allusion to Shake-
speare in The Excellencie of the
English Tongue, 169
Carter, Revd. T., 54 n, 103 n, 105 n,
108 n, 242
Castle, William, parish clerk of
Stratford-upon-Avon, 75, 254
Chalmers, George, 89, 91, 93 n
Chamberlain, the Lord, his company
of players, 121
Chandos, Lord, visit of his company of
players to Stratford-upon-Avon, 116
Charlecote, Vicar of, in Shakespeare's
day, 111 n, 265
Chester, Dr. J. L., on London licences,
43 n
Chester, Robert, Love's Martyr or
Rosalin's Complaint, 161
Chettle, Henry, his apology for Robert
Greene's attack, 80, 154
Cibber, Theophilus, traditions con-
cerning Shakespeare's early years
in London, 79–80
Clandestine marriage, Winsor and
White, 215-6
Clarke, Dr. Andrew, 71, 185, 249 n
Clarke, C. and M. C., 5 n
Clarke, William, an allusion to Shake-
speare in Polimanteia, 156
Collier, J.P., editor of Dowdall's
letter, 250
Collins, Francis, overseer and witness
of Shakespeare's will, 270
Collins, Mr. J. Churton, 112, 126-7,
256
Combe, John, sale of land to Shake-
speare, 166; bequest to Shakespeare,
169; burial, 169; Shakespeare's
epitaph upon, 72
Combe, William, a promoter of the
Welcombe enclosure, 131 n; sale of
land to Shakespeare, 166
Comedy of Errors, 159, 171, 176, 189,
Condell, Henry, actor, Shakespeare's
partner in the profits of the Globe
Theatre, 122, 172
Consent of Anne Hathaway's friends,
38, 48
Consent of parents to marriage, law
relating to, in 1582,-50; in a Lon-
don marriage licence, 52; certificates
of, 237-40
Consistory Court of Worcester, actions
upon precontracts, 190-4; records
of, 208-11
Contention of the two famous houses
of York and Lancaster, 1st part,
155
Contract of marriage. See Precontract
Coote, Chas., H., 41, 42, 45, 51
Coriolanus, 171, 176, 258
Cosin, Dr. John, 66
Cottom, John, master of Stratford-
upon-Avon Grammar School, 108
Curd worth, the Ardens of, 101
Curtain Theatre, the, Moorfields, 121
Cymbeline, 166, 171, 176, 258
DALL, Mrs., on Anne Hathaway's
parentage, 22
Danter, John, printer of Romeo and
Juliet, 157
Davenant, John, of Oxford, vintner,
185
Davenant, Sir William, his alleged
relationship to Shakespeare, 2, 140;
account of, by Aubrey, 185
Davies, Revd. Richard, his account of
Shakespeare, 74, 113; on Shake-
speare's religion, 141
Davies, John of Hereford, Shakespeare
mentioned in his Scourge of Folly,
122, 166
Departure from Stratford-upon-Avon,
Shakespeare's supposed reasons for,
115; various dates for, 89-92, 116
De Quincey, Thomas, 1 n, 3, 18 n, 58 n,
93 n, 187-8
Dibdin, Chancellor, 16 n
Digges, Leonard, lines on Shakespeare
in the First Folio, 174-5
Discrepancies between Shakespeare's
licence bond and the record in the
bishop's register, 9, 17
Dowdall, John, on Shakespeare's ap-
prenticeship and departure from
Stratford, 55, 82, 110; his alleged
visit to Stratford-upon-Avon, and
notes on Shakespeare, 75; MS. of
his "Letter" missing, 75 n; re-
marks upon the authenticity of his
letter, 250-1
Dowden, Professor, 53 n, 127, 257-8
Dower, church marriage ceremony ne-
cessary for title to, 7 n
Drake, Nathan, 56 n, 89, 91-2, 93 n,
111 n, 255
Drayton, Michael, the merry meeting
with Shakespeare, 135
Dryden, John, reference to, by Aubrey,
249
Dugdale, William, 135, 231
Dyce, Alexander, 93 n
EDGAR Tower, Worcester, episcopal
muniments at, 211
Elizabeth, Queen, 14, 77, 149, 162
Elsinore, visits of English players to,
Elze, Dr. Karl, 3, 21, 33 n, 40, 53 n,
56 n, 58 n, 88 n, 90, 140 n
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 139
Errors in the lists of marriage licences
and other documents, 37, 219-20
Espousals in Elizabethan times, 5
Every Man in His Humour, Shake-
speare takes part in the performance
of, 122, 158
Excommunication and other penalties
for disobedience of decree of Court
in matrimonial cases, 6, 197
Field, Henry, of Stratford-upon-Avon,
tanner, 119, 154
Field, Richard, the printer and pub-
lisher of Venus and Adonis and
Lucrece, 119, 155, 198
First Folio, Dedications, Addresses,
Names of Plays and Actors in, 172-6
Fleay, F. G., 5 n, 7 n, 89, 91, 93 n,
121 n, 127
Foard, Mr. J. T., on Betterton's visit
to Stratford, 87
Forgeries of Shakespearean documents,
Ireland, W. H., 202, Jordan, John,
230
Forman, Dr. Simon, present at perform-
ances of Shakespeare's plays, 166
Freeman, Thomas, praise of Shake-
speare in Runne and a Great Cast,
168
French, G. R., 41, 47 n, 48 n, 87 n,
Fuller, Thomas, references to Shake-
speare, 72-3
Fullom, S. W., on Shakespeare's de-
parture from Stratford, 46, 91
Fulman, Revd. Wm., notes on Shake-
speare, 74
Furnivall, Dr. F. J., 7 n, 56 n, 111,
113 n, 127, 128 N, 257-8
GARNETT, Dr. Richard, on Aubrey, 84
Geary, Sir W. N., 196 n, 247
Gervinus, Professor G. G., 5 n, 93 n,
127, 138 n, 256
Gesta Grayorum, 257
Ghost, in Hamlet, played by Shake-
speare, 77
Gibson, Edmund, 49 n, 67
Giffard, Bishop, 200, 231
Gillow, Joseph, 103 n, 242 n
Globe Theatre, built in 1599,-121,
160; Shakespeare a sharer in the
profits, 122; Petition of the Bur-
bages as to, 121; destruction of, 122,
167
Godwin, Mr. Parker, 255
Grammar School, Stratford-upon-Avon,
108, 148
Graves, Joseph, 5 n
Gray's Inn, performance of Comedy of
Errors in 1594,-257
Green alias Shakespeare, Thomas, 153
Green, Mr. C. F., the Bidford Crab-
Greene, Robert, supposed allusion to
Shakespeare in his Groatsworth of
Wit, 80, 123, 154; Menaphon, 112 n,
Greene, Thomas, of Stratford-upon-
Avon, 127-8, 130-1, 166, 169
Grendon, Shakespeare at, 72
Grindal, Archbishop, 16 n, 49 n, 54
Groatsworth of Wit, the supposed
attack on Shakespeare by Robert
Greene, 80, 154
Guy & Ferrier, Principles of Forensic
Medicine, 188
HALES, Professor J. W., on the assess-
ment of a William Shakespeare in
St. Helen's, Bishopsgate, 129
Hall, Mr. A., 22, 38 n
Hall, Elizabeth, Shakespeare's grand-
daughter, baptism, 165; marriage to
Thomas Nash, 79, 176. See also
Barnard, Elizabeth, and Nash, Eliza-
beth
Hall, John, the poet's son-in-law,
153 n, 177
Hall, Susanna, the poet's daughter,
plaintiff in a defamation suit in the
Worcester Consistory Court, 167;
her burial and epitaph, 178, 254.
See also Shakespeare, Susanna
Halliwell-Phillips, J. O., 6, 21, 28 n,
29 n, 32 n, 33 n, 40 n, 47, 53, 54 n,
56 n, 62, 71 n, 74, 75 n, 81 n, 83, 85,
86 n, 88 n, 94 n, 95 n, 97 n, 100, 101 n,
104
N, 105 n, 106 n, 110, 121 n, 127 n,
128, 131 n, 132, 133 n, 136, 140 n, 144,
187 n, 188 n, 208 n, 236, 242, 252-3,
255, 256 n; his descriptions of the
seals on the Shakespeare-Hathaway
licence bond, 34; his interpretation
of Rowe's account of the departure
from Stratford-upon-Avon, 92-3; his
opinion of Aubrey, 83
Hamlet, 77-8, 81, 122, 128, 162-3, 176,
193 n, 256, 258
Hammick, J. T., 6, 195
Hampton Lucy, a supposed place of
Shakespeare's marriage, 47
Hardwicke, Lord, 16, 41
Hart family, the, 137
Hart, Joan, the poet's sister, 87, 137,
178, 254. See also Shakespeare, Joan
Hart, William, baptism, 160; burial,
170
Hathaway, Anne, adverse criticism of,
2; Rowe's account of, 21, 76; Anne
or Agnes, 29; the "friends" referred
to in the bond, 30; her residence;
30; her relationship to Joan Hatha-
way, 31; possibly a daughter of
Richard of Shottery, 31, 114, 118;
reasons for the supposition that she
was related to the Shottery family,
28, 33; the seal formerly on the
bond no guide to her identity, 35;
her marriage to William Shake-
speare, 46-7, 65-9, 116, 137. See
also Shakespeare, Anne
Hathaway, Bartholomew, his relation-
ship to Joan Hathaway, 32
Hathaway family, of Shottery, con-
jectural pedigree, 32
Hathaway, Joan, Whittington's refer-
ence to her will, 33
Hathaway, Richard, of London, grant
of marriage licence to, 44, 120 n,
233-4
Hathaway, Richard, of Shottery, sug-
gestive references in his will, 31;
the seal on the bond not his, 33;
legacy to his daughter Agnes, 29,
118; copy of his will, 221-3
Hathaway, Richard, the dramatist,
233-4
Hazlitt, Mr. W. Carew, 5 n, 29 n
Heming, John, actor, Shakespeare's
partner in the profits of the Globe
Theatre, 122
Henry IV. (parts 1 and 2), 77, 157, 159,
160, 176, 258
Henry V., 160, 176, 258
Henry VI., 153
1 Henry VI, 153, 161, 176, 257
2 Henry VI., 155, 161, 176, 257
3 Henry VI., 154, 171, 176, 257
Henry VIII., 122, 167, 171, 176, 258
Henslowe, Philip, 153-4, 233, 256
Hill, Mr. Joseph, 18 n, 24, 38 n
Holder against Shaw, action upon a
contract of marriage, 6, 190-2
Holland, Hugh, lines upon Shake-
speare in the First Folio, 174
Hornebe, Richard, blacksmith,
Henley Street, Stratford-upon-Avon,
101
Hunsdon, Lord, Shakespeare a member
of his company of players, 121
Hunt, Simon, appointed teacher in the
Grammar School, Stratford-upon-
Avon, 108, 148
JACOB'S Law Dictionary, 247
James I., patron of Shakespeare's com-
pany of players, 121, 162
Jenkins, Thomas, master of Stratford-
upon-Avon Grammar School, 108
John, King, 101 n, 159, 176, 258
Johnson, Gerard, 135
Johnson, John, 194, 232
Johnson, Dr. Samuel, 2 n, 80, 95 n
Jonson, Ben, references to, by Aubrey,
72, 73, 249; allusion to "Surly
Ben," by F. Manning, 143 n; on
Shakespeare's "small Latine and
lesse Greek," 124; his praise of
Shakespeare, 143, 172-4, 177-8;
Shakespeare an actor in his plays,
158, 162; his merry-meeting with
Shakespeare at Stratford-upon-Avon,
Jordan, John, his account of Temple
Grafton, 230; of Luddington, 236
Julius Cæsar, 171, 176, 258
Justice Shallow, 78
KEMPE, WILLIAM, member of Shake-
speare's company, 121
Kenilworth Castle, Queen Elizabeth's
visit to, 149
Kenny, Thomas, 89
Kind Harte's Dream, Chettle on Shake-
speare as an actor, 122
King's Players, Shakespeare a member
of the company, 162
Knight, Charles, 1 n, 5 n, 18 n, 34 n,
40, 56 n, 58 n, 253
Kyd, Thomas, 256
LAMBERT, EDMUND, mortgagee of the
Asbies estate, 151
Lambert, John, son of the mortgagee
of the Asbies estate, 97
Lane, John, excommunicated for defa-
mation at the suit of Susanna Hall,
167, 208
Lane, Nicholas, proceedings against
John Shakespeare, 100, 152
Langbaine, Gerard, Junior, 2 n, 128 n,
Lanier, Mr. Sidney, 90
Latin, Shakespeare's knowledge of
IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY, forger of "Latten," reference to in the Plume
Shakespearean documents, 202
Law, Shakespeare's knowledge of, 111
Lear, King, 164, 176, 258
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