John Shakspere and Margery Roberts were married Nov. 25, 1584. Hamnet' and Judith, son and daughter of WILLIAM SHAKSPERE, were baptized February 2, 1584. [1584-5.] Margery, wife of John Shakspere, was buried Oct. 29, 1587. the Rolls Chapel I found the inrolment of a deed made in the 44th year of Queen Elizabeth, conveying "to Thomas Shakspeare of Warwick, yeoman, Sachbroke, alias Bishop-Sachbroke, in Com. Warw." MALONE. * Mr. West imagined that our poet's only son was christened by the name of Samuel, but he was mistaken. Mr. Hamnet Sadler, who was related, if I mistake not, to the Shakspeare family, appears to have been sponsor for his fon; and his wife, Mrs. Judith Sadler, to have been godmother to Judith, the other twin-child. The name Hamnet is written very distinctly both in the entry of the baptism and burial of this child. Hamnet and Hamlet seem to have been confidered as the fame name, and to have been used indiscriminately both in speaking and writing. Thus, this Mr. Hamnet Sadler, who is a witness to Shakspeare's Will, writes his christian name, Hamnet; but the scrivener who drew up the will, writes it Hamlet. There is the fame variation in the Register of Stratford, where the name is spelt in three or four different ways. Thus, among the baptifms we find, in 1591, "May 26, John, filius Hamletti Sadler;" and in 1583, Sept. 13, Margaret, daughter to Hamlet Sadler." But in 1588, Sept. 20, we find "John, fon to Hamnet Sadler;" in 1596, April 4, we have "Judith, filia Hamnet Sadler;" in 1597-8, "Feb. 3, Wilhelmus, filius Hambnet Sadler;" and in 1599, "April 23, Francis, filius Hamnet Sadler." This Mr. Sadler died in 1624, and the entry of his burial stands thus: "1024, O&. 26, Hamlet Sadler." So also in that of his wife: "1623, March 23, Judith, uxor Hamlet Sadler." The name of Hamlet occurs in several other entries in the Regifter. Oct. 4, 1576, " Hamlet, son to Humphry Holdar," was buried; and Sept. 28, 1564, "Catharina, uxor Hamoleti Hassal." Mr. Hamlet Smith, formerly of the borough of Stratford, is one of the benefactors annually commemorated there. Our poet's only son, Hamnet, died in 1596, in the twelfth year of his age. MALONE. : Thomas, son of Richard Queeny, was baptized Ursula, daughter of John Shakspere, was baptized 2 This gentleman married our poet's youngest daughter. He had three fifters, Elizabeth, Anne, and Mary, and five brothers; Adrian, born in 1586, Richard, born in 1587, William, born in 1593, John in 1597, and George, baptized April 9, 1600. George was curate of the parish of Stratford, and died of a confumption. He was buried there April 11, 1624. In Doctor Hall's pocket-book is the following entry relative to him : "38, Mr. Quiney, tussi gravi cum magna phlegmatis copia, et cibi vomitu, feb. lenta debilitatus," &c. The cafe concludes thus: "Anno feq. (no year is mentioned in the cafe, but the preceding cafe is dated 1624,) in hoc malum incidebat. Multa fruftra tentata ;-placide cum Domino dormit. Fuit boni indo, lis, et pro juveni omnifariam doctus." MALONE. 3 This Urfula, and her brothers, Humphrey and Philip, appear to have been the children of John Shakspeare by Mary, his third wife, though no such marriage is entered in the Register. I have not been able to learn her furname, or in what church she was married. She died in Sept. 1608. It has been suggested to me that the John Shakspeare here mentioned was an elder brother of our poet, (not his father,) born, like Margaret Shakspeare, before the commencement of the Register: but had this been the cafe, he probably would have been called John the younger, old Mr. Shakspeare being alive in 1589. I am therefore of opinion that our poet's father was meant, and that he was thrice married. MALONE. • A great many names occur in this Register, with an alias, the meaning of which it is not very easy to ascertain. I should have supposed that the persons thus described were illegitimate, and that this Thomas Greene was the son of one of our poet's kinsmen, by a daughter of Thomas Greene, Esq. a gentleman who refided in Stratford; but that in the Register we frequently find the word bastard expressly added to the names of the children baptized. Perhaps this latter form was only used in the case of servants, labourers, &c. and the illegitimate offspring of the higher order was more delicately denoted by an alias. The Rev. Mr. Davenport observes to me that there are two Humphrey, son of John Shakspere, was baptized May 24, 1590. Philip, fon of John Shakspere, was baptized Sept. 21, 1591. Thomas, son of Mr. Anthony Nash, was baptized June 20, 1593. Hamnet, fon of WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE, was bu ried Aug. 11, 1596. William, fon of William Hart, was baptized Aug. 28, 1600. Mr. John Shakspeare was buried Sept. 8, 1601. Mr. Richard Quiney, Bailiff of Stratford, was bu ried May 31, 1602. Mary, daughter of William Hart, was baptized June 5, 1603. Thomas, fon of William Hart, hatter, was baptized July 24, 1605. John Hall, gentleman, and Susanna Shakspere, were married June 5, 1607. families at present in Stratford, (and probably several more) that are diftinguished by an alias. "The real name of one of these families is Roberts, but they generally go by the name of Burford. The ancestor of the family came originally from Burford in Oxfordshire, and was frequently called from this circumstance by the name of Burford. This name has prevailed, and they are always now called by it; but they write their name, Roberts, alias Burford, and are so entered in the Register. "The real name of the other family is Smith, but they are more known by the name of Buck. The ancestor of this family, from fome circumstance or other, obtained the nickname of Buck, and they now write themselves, Smith, alias Buck." MALONE. 5 This gentleman married our poet's grand-daughter, Elizabeth Hall. His father, Mr. Anthony Nash, lived at Welcombe, (where he had an estate,) as appears by the following entry of the baptifm of another of his sons: "1598, O&. 15, John, fon to Mr. Anthony Nash, of Welcombe." MALONE. • This was the father of Mr. Thomas Quiney, who married Shakspeare's youngest daughter. MALONE. Mary, daughter of William Hart, was buried Dec. 17, 1607. Elizabeth, daughter of John Hall, gentleman, was 23, 1608. Gilbert Shakspeare, adolefcens, was buried Feb. 3, 1611. [1611-12.] Richard Shakspere, was buried February 4, 1612. [1612-13.] Thomas Queeny and Judith Shakspere & were married Feb. 10, 1615. [1615-16.] William Hart, hatter, was buried April 17, 1616. WILLIAM SHAKSPERE,' gentleman, was buried April 25,2 1616. This was probably a son of Gilbert Shakspeare, our poet's brother. When the elder Gilbert died, the Register does not inform us; but he certainly died before his son. MALONE. * This lady, who was our poet's youngest daughter, appears to have married without her father's knowledge, for he mentions her in his will as unmarried. Mr. West, as I have already observed, was mistaken in supposing she was married in Feb. 1616, that is, in 1616-17. She was certainly married before her father's death. See a former note in p. 92, in which the entry is given exactly as it stands in the Register. As Shakspeare the poet married his wife from Shottery, Mr. West conjectured he might have become possessed of a remarkable house, and jointly with his wife conveyed it as a part of their daughter Judith's portion to Thomas Queeny. "It is certain," Mr. Weft adds, "that one Queeny, an elderly gentleman, fold it to Harvey, Esq. of Stockton, near Southam, Warwickthire, father of John Harvey Thursby, Esq. of Abington, near Northampton; and that the aforesaid Harvey fold it again to Samuel Tyler, Esq. whose sisters, as his heirs, now enjoy it." But how could Shakspeare have conveyed this house, if he ever owned it, to Mr. Queeny, as a marriage portion with his daughter, concerning whom there is the following clause in his will, executed one month before his death: "Provided that if such husband as she shall at the end of the said three years be married unto," &c. MALONE. 9 This William Hart was our poet's brother-in-law. He died, it appears, a few days before Shakspeare. MALONE. Shakspere, son of Thomas Quiney, gentleman, was baptized Nov. 23, 1616. Shakspere, son of Thomas Quiney, gentleman, was buried May 8, 1617. Richard, fon of Thomas Quiney, was baptized Feb. 9, 1617. [1617-18.] Thomas, son of Thomas Quiney, was baptized Aug. 29, 1619. Anthony Nash, Esq.3 was buried Nov. 18, 1622. Hall, April 22, 1626. Thomas,5 son of Thomas Hart, was baptized April 13, 1634. Dr. John Hall," [" medicus peritissimus,"] was buried Nov. 26, 1635. He died, as appears from his monument, April 23d. MALONE. 2 No one hath protracted the Life of Shakespeare beyond 1616, except Mr. Hume; who is pleased to add a year to it, contrary to all manner of evidence. FARMER. 3 Father of Mr. Thomas Nash, the husband of Elizabeth Hall. MALONE. * This lady, who was the poet's widow, and whose maiden name was Anne Hathaway, died, as appears from her tomb-ftone (fee p. 61, n. 9.) at the age of 67, and confequently was near eight years older than her husband. I have not been able to afcertain when or where they were married, but suspect the ce remony was performed at Hampton-Lucy, or Billesley, in August, 1582. The register of the latter parish is lott. MALONE. 5 It appears from Lady Barnard's will that this Thomas Hart was alive in 1669. The Register does not ascertain the time of his death, nor that of his father. MALONE. • It has been supposed that the family of Miller of Hide-Hall, |