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England and Wales. Court of Common Pleas. Final concord between William Shakespeare and Hercules Underhill, Gent

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England and Wales. Court of Common Pleas
Date
1602 Michaelmas
Location
Stratford-upon-Avon,  England
Great Britain
Media format
Manuscript text
Extent
2 items

Language
English
Size
118 x 397 mm
Genre
Official documents
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Reference IDs
Halliwell-Phillipps, J.O. Calendar of the Shakespearean rarities, drawings & engravings formerly preserved at Hollingbury Copse (1891): 140
Ricci, S. de. Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada: 2068.2
Folger bibliographic ID: 229349
Folger call number: Z.c.36 (110-111)
Folger holdings ID: 281739
Accession Number: cs2068
Summary
To reconfirm purchase of New Place, Stratford-upon-Avon, which was originally purchased in May 1597 from Underhill's father, William. The elder Underhill died two months after the initial purchase, supposedly poisoned by his eldest son Fulke, who was hanged in 1599 for the crime
Notes
General notes

Contains two parts of the final concord, those of the purchaser, Shakespeare, and of the vendor, Hercules Underhill. The third part, or "foot," was retained by the court and is now part of The National Archives, Kew (CP 25/2/237/44/45ElizIMich, no. 15) Also available as a digital reproduction

Publications

"The pen's excellencie" : treasures from the manuscript collection of the Folger Shakespeare Library / compiled and edited by Heather Wolfe. Seattle : Distributed by University of Washington Press, 2002, p. 68-70 Infinite variety : exploring the Folger Shakespeare Library / edited by Esther Ferington. Seattle : Distributed by University of Washington Press, 2002, p. 138-139

Exhibited

Exhibited: "The Pen's Excellencie" : Treasures from the Manuscript Collection of the Folger Shakespeare Library, curated by Heather Wolfe, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C., February 6- June 8, 2002 Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2016.Shakespeare, Life of an Icon. January 20th-March 27th ,2016.Display: Flat

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Extended title: Final concord between William Shakespeare and Hercules Underhill, Gent 1602 Michaelmas
Subjects
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Related names
author: England and Wales. Court of Common Pleas
subject: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
associated with: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
associated with: Underhill, Hercules, Gent

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