Note added to a 1598 survey of the property of the Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation that William Shakespeare and Thomas Combe now held the tithes at an annual rent of £34

xxxviij^o Elizabeth Regine graunted vnto

Katherine Hill widowe for xxj^te yeres
for the yerely rent of xxvij^s to be
paide quarterly with a clause of
reentry for none payment within tenne daies
& to kepe the reparacions
xxvij^s

William ^Roger Smythe holdeth a Tenemente cum pertinentiis
at the will of the bailiffe & burgesses
rent by the yeare
[‘William’ later deleted by Thomas Greene and ‘Roger’ substituted]
xxiij^s

Thexecutors of Sir Iohn Hubaud ^{Mr Thomas Combes & Mr William Shakespeare} doe
holde all man[n]er of Tythes of Corne
grayne & hey in the Townes hamlettes
villages & ffieldes of Olde Stratford
Welcome & Bishopton, & all maner
of Tythes of woole, lambe, hempe
fflaxe & other small & privie tythe
for the yerely rent of xxxiiij^li paiable
at our Lady Day & Michaelmas
xxxiiij^li

[‘Thexecutors of Sir Iohn Hubaud’ later underlined by Thomas Greene for deletion and ‘Mr Thomas Combes & Mr William Shakespeare’ substituted]

Shotterie
16 September. examinat’ & amendum
cum originale

Iohn Pace holdeth ij^o tenementes & ij^o yarde lande
cum pertinentiis in Shottery by Indenture dated
the xiiij^th of Marche Anno xxv^to Elizabeth
Regine for xx xlj^te yeares to begin at
Michaelmas last before the date therof
for the rent of xx^s to be paide
xx^s