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duke of Buckingham, who had it from Sir William D'Avenent.

It appears from Roscius Anglicanus (commonly called Downes the prompter's book), 1708, that. Shakspere took the pains to instruct Joseph Taylor in the character of Hamlet, and John Lowine in that of King Henry VIII, STEEVENS,

Baptisms,

* Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials of the SHAKSPERE Family; transcribed from the Register-Book of the Parish of Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire.

JONEt, daughter of John Shakspere, was baptized

Sept. 15, 1558.

Margaret, daughter of John Shakspere, was buried April 30, 1563.

WILLIAMI, son of John Shakspere, was baptized April 26, 1564.

Gilbert, son of John Shakspere, was baptized Oct. 13, 1566.

Jone §, daughter of John Shakspere, was baptized April 15, 1569.

Anne, daughter of Mr. John Shakspere, was bap tized Sept. 28, 1571.

* With this extract from the register of Stratford, I was favoured by the Hon. James West, Esq. STEEVENS. + She married the ancestor of the Harts of Stratford. Born April 23, 1564.

This seems to be a grand-daughter of the first John.

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Richard, son of Mr. John Shakspere, was baptized

March 11, 1573.

Anne, daughter of Mr. John Shakspere, was buried April 4, 1579.

Edmund, son of Mr. John Shakspere, was baptized May 3, 1580.

Elizabeth, daughter of Anthony Shakspere, of Hampton, was baptized Feb. 10, 1583.

Susanna, daughter of WILLIAM SHAKSPERE, was baptized May 26, 1583.

*

Samuel and Judith, son and daughter of WILLIAM SHAKSPERE, were baptized Feb. 2, 1584.

John Shakspere and Margery Roberts, were married Nov. 25, 1584.

Margery, wife of John Shakspere, was buried Oct. 29, 1587.

Ursula, daughter of John Shakspere, was baptized March 11, 1588.

Thomas Greene, alias Shakspere, was buried March 6, 1.89.

Humphrey, son of John Shakspere, was baptized May 24, 1590.

Philip, son of John Shakspere, was baptized Sept. 21,

1591.

Samuel, son of WILLIAM SHAKSPERE, was buried August 11, 1596.

Mr. John Shakspere was buried Sept. 8, 1601,

*This Samuel, only son of the poet, died aged twelve.

John

John Hall*, gent. and Susanna Shakspere, were married June 5, 1607.

Mary Shakspere, widow, was buried Sept. 9, 1608. Gilbert Shakspere, adolescens, was buried Feb. 3, 1611.

Richard Shakspere was buried Feb. 4, 1612.

* This gentleman was a physician: he married the poet's eldest daughter.

John Hall Susanna, daughter and coheiress
of William Shakspere.

Elizabeth Hall. Thomas Nash, Esq.

A daughter. Sir Reginald Forster, of

Warwickshire.

Franklyn Miller. Jane Forster.

of Hide-Hall, co.

Hertford,

Nicholas Miller. Mary.

Nicholas Franklyn Miller, of Hide-Hall, the only sur viving branch of the family of Miller.

This descent appears from the old writings in the possession of that family. I am indebted for it to the kindness of the Rev. Mr. Whalley, the learned editor of the Works of Ben Jonson.

Thomas

Thomas Queeny and * Judith Shaksperet, were mar.

ried Feb. 10, 1616.

WILLIAM SHAKSPERE‡, gentleman, was buried April 25, 1616.

Mrs. Shakspere § was buried Aug. 6, 1623.

*Judith was the poet's youngest daughter.

+ As Shakspere the poet married his wife from Shottery, a village near Stratford, possibly he might become possessor of a remarkable house there, as part of her portion; and jointly with his wife convey it as part of their daughter Judith's portion to Thomas Queeny. It is certain that one Queeny, an elderly gentleman, sold it to Harvey, Esq. of Stockton, near Southam, Warwickshire, father of John Harvey Thursby, Esq. of Abington, near Northampton; and that the aforesaid Harvey sold it again to Samuel Tyler, Esq. whose sisters, as his heirs, now enjoy

it.

Died the 23d.

§ The poet's widow. She died at the age of sixty-seven.

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