Walker, Henry. Bargain and sale from Henry Walker, citizen and minstrel of London, to William Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon, Gent., and to his trustees, William Johnson, citizen and vintner of London, John Jackson, and John Hemmyng of London, Gents

Halliwell-Phillipps, J.O. Calendar of the Shakespearean rarities, drawings & engravings formerly preserved at Hollingbury Copse (1891): 148
Ricci, S. de. Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada: 449.1
Folger bibliographic ID: 227807
Folger call number: Z.e.7, p. 18-19
Folger holdings ID: 280258

Shakespeare's copy of the deed for his purchase of the Blackfriars Gatehouse, London. Consideration: £140

General notes

Shakespeare paid £80 of the £140 selling price up front and on the day after the conveyance he mortgaged the remaining £60 back to Walker. Johnson, Jackson and Heminge acted as trustees in Shakespeare's interest and were in charge of the sale of the property following Shakepeare's death (See Folger MS Z.c.22 (44)) Rev. Mr. Featherstonehaugh -- Albany Wallis -- Sir William Tite -- J.O. Halliwell-Phillipps -- Marsden J. Perry Also available on microfilm and as a digital reproduction Acquired in 1908

Publications

Infinite variety: exploring the Folger Shakespeare Library / edited by Esther Ferington. Seattle : Distributed by University of Washington Press, c2002, p. 140-141 "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. 73-74 Counterpart originally given to Walker is now in the Guildhall Museum, London

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: matted and framed

Item information about Folger Z.e.7, p. 18-19

Facsimile, incomplete

Extended title: Bargain and sale from Henry Walker, citizen and minstrel of London, to William Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon, Gent., and to his trustees, William Johnson, citizen and vintner of London, John Jackson, and John Hemmyng of London, Gents 1612/13 March 10

author: Walker, Henry, -1616?
associated with: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
associated with: Johnson, William, approximately 1574-
associated with: Jackson, John, -1625
associated with: Heminge, John, approximately 1556-1630
former owner: Wallis, Albany
former owner: Tite, William, 1798-1873
former owner: Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889
former owner: Perry, Marsden J. (Marsden Jasiel), 1850-1935
former owner: Featherstonehaugh, Rev., of Oxted Surrey