1620s | Shakespeare Documented

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ca. 1625- 1650

Manuscript copy of William Basse's elegy on William Shakespeare

William Basse (1583?-1653?) apparently attended Oxford University before entering the service of Francis Lord Norris (or Norreys) (ODNB).

ca. 1620- 1650

Manuscript marginalia referring to Shakespeare

A copy of the third edition of William Camden’s Britannia (1590) now in the Huntington Library in San Marino, California, carries an inscription in ink on the lower margin of page 452: et Gulielmo Shakespear Roscio plané nostro

ca. 16th century

Thomas Dowse's manuscript note from Lucrece in Peter Idle's "Instructions to his son"

Two annotations written on the endpapers of a manuscript book may – or may not – be an early quotation of Shakespeare.

ca. 1614 - ca. 1705

Armorial compiled by various heralds, with the coat of arms of “William Shackspeare"

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early 17th century

Manuscript songbook including "Come away, come away Come away, come away Hecate" from Macbeth

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ca. 17th century

Armorial with the arms of "Shakespear the player"

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ca. 17th century

Armorial arranged by category, with the arms of “Shakspeare” depicted under “Lances”

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ca. early 17th century

Alphabet of Arms, with Shakespeare’s arms in shorthand blazon

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