1 W~^*^*v&mf/MjL£>„ K^ ^ Htl SI I V^T""" i fffy/ [ki^ ^j^P^^SI vV^i\ p- : ^^0^^Sk x -,J^«^^Nil> ■— ^x: \ v 1 BRi^>-', :^ra^^^pr*2S^. v'^ S h""-"^ Jw* ^\ Nv 4 - -^ - -,- ^ ' 1 HHB^y y v ^2^£€*sP^sSs^ ^K^ r >^>- - ■> £ ^ 1 f*^2Si ' ^^^^jjj^M^^V nfcV^ .^?IS tf -■ lit^ ^ i *^^ ^v^^r^ 3*g ■ a^-«K OBRARY OF CONGRESS, <&Lfi. Fjl.2,13.2. ~ ~9%0t£ '.±£>.gS STATES OF AMERICA, 3sfc £*. f S"*^ A BRIEF HAND-LIST OF THE WHELER COLLECTION. ^^=€>-> One hundred Copies printed. , ... A ai' 1 A BRIEF HAND-LIST OF THE COLLECTIONS RESPECTING THE LIFE AND WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE, AND THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF STRATFORD- UPON-AVON, FORMED BY THE LATE ROBERT BELL WHELER, THE HISTORIAN OF STRATFORD, AND PRESENTED BY HIS SISTER, MISS WHELER, TO THAT TOWN, TO BE PRESERVED FOR EVER IN THE SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY AND MUSEUM. LONDON: PRINTED AT THE CHISWICK PRESS. 1863. & PREFACE. OR upwards of half a century the late Mr. Wheler diligently occupied himfelf in the completion of one of the moft remarkable local antiquarian collections ever formed by a fingle individual. The following pages, being merely, as the title intimates, a brief hand-lift of thefe treafures, convey a very inadequate idea of their importance and value ; but as the conftruction of a more elaborate calendar would have required a considerable time, it was thought that a fketch of the contents of the collection would be an acceptable firft- offering to the public, efpecially to the inhabi- vi PREFACE. tants of Stratford, who will not fail to appreciate the generofity of Mifs Wheler in prefenting the Town with fo important a gift, and the judgment which dictated the place of its locality. It would not only have been fad, and an injury to the local topo- graphical literature, had thefe collections, formed by fo much labour and anxiety, ever been difperfed ; but they would have loft much of their intereft and value had they been allowed to depart from Stratford. The late Robert Bell Wheler was born at Strat- ford on January ift, 1785, in the houfe in Old Town in which he continued to refide during his life, and where he died on July 15th, 1857, aged 72. His father, Mr. Robert Wheler, his predecefTor in his profeflion of a folicitor, entered the office of Mr. Bradley, the Town-Clerk, and a folicitor of large practice, in January, 1757. He died in Auguft, 1819, aged 77. His fon, the object of this notice, was articled to him, but, unlike moft articled clerks, he ferved no part of his time in London, merely going there for about a month at the time of his PREFACE. vii admiffion. His affection for Stratford, and love for Shakefperian purfuits, were fo intenfe that he never feemed to be happy out of his native town ; fo that, in the whole courfe of his long life, he fpent very little portion of his time indeed out of Stratford. In early life he was a member of the Stratford volunteer corps, and he afterwards became a commiffioned offi- cer, a lieutenant and quarter-mafter, in the third regi- ment of the Warwickshire local militia ftationed at Stratford, in which capacity he was much efteemed by his brother officers and by Colonel Sheldon, then in command of the regiment. Mr. Wheler's firft work, and that by which he is chiefly known, is the admirably compiled " Hiftory and Antiquities of Stratford-upon-Avon," publifhed in 1806. His next feparate production was a "Guide to Stratford-upon-Avon," 18 14, one which is well termed by a diftinguifhed writer, " a very fuperior book to many which bear a fimilar title," Hunter on Shake/pear e, i. 107. This was followed, in 1824, by his excellent fketch of the hiftory of viii PREFACE. Shakefpeare's Birth-place. Befides thefe works, he was the writer of feveral articles of intereft in the " Gentleman's Magazine" and other periodicals. His publifhed works, however, form but a fmall part of the remits of his labours, the extent of which will only be duly eftimated by the careful examiner of the prefent collection. Upon his autograph manufcripts in this collection will henceforth reft his principal title to literary diftinction, and in fecuring them for ever to Stratford, his furviving fifter, Mifs Anne Wheler, has paid the beft poflible tribute to his memory, and realized his own moft probable afpirations. J. O. Halliwell. March i8tt>, 1863. THE WHELER COLLECTION. THE WHELER COLLECTION. OLLECTANEA DE STRATFORD. 4 to. MS. This marvellous example of the re- fults of the unrivalled induftry and accuracy of the late Mr. Wheler, in 536 quarto pages, fo minutely written, that a tranfcript in ordinary calligraphy would fill half-a-dozen volumes of a like fize, well deferves to be placed in the fore-front of this little hand-lift ; and the rather that we are enabled to add an excellent index to the principal contents of the 4 THE WHELER volume, from the equally accurate pen of W. O. Hunt, Efq. Astroits, or Star Stones, found in great plenty at Baden (now called Bordon) Hill. See Gent. Mag. June 1794, vol. 64, p. 505 to 508 . . . 197 Avon. Account of a great flood in 1588 . 393 River made navigable to Stratford in 1637 . 200 Correfpondence between the Corporation of Coventry and Wm. Sandys, Efq., and a Letter from the King (Chas. II.) to the Corporation of Coventry as to extending the navigation to the city of Coventry, March, 1663-64. ..... 157 Petition to Parliament from the Corporation of Strat- ford regarding the navigation and tonnage of the Avon, 1 75 1 . . . . . . 404 Bishopton Chapel. Founded by Sir Wm. Bifhopton as a Chauntry, temp. Edward III. 47, 67, 68 Regifter, commencing 1590 . . . 271 Bell, mowing where it was in 1833 . . 463 Bishopton. The Church-houfe of Stratford was fold for 40/. and paid to Mr. Henry Smith of Stratford, who was by his land at Bifhopton to fecure 50^. per annum for ever unto the Church from Midfummer, 1630 213 COLLECTION. 5 Barnard, Mrs. (Shakefpeare's grand-daughter). 28 June, 1650. Mrs. Barnard for Shottery CornTithes of the yearly value of 120/. was rated 6/. up to the pound rent. See " Nafh, Mrs. Elizabeth" 217 Bridgetown. Hermitage and Chapel, on the fite where the Shoulder of Mutton Inn now Hands. Sir John Clopton built a large houfe here about 1677, which was afterwards converted into an Inn called the Bear, and was kept by William Bradford (fee his Token amongft the " Stratford Tokens"). It was the largeft public Inn in thefe parts, till it was ruined by Mr. Payton coming to the White Lion, from which time it went to decay, and was used as a Warehoufe till fitted up in 1793 for the refi- dence of a Tenant who rented one of the Clopton Farms at this place . . , . 199 Bridge. An Account of the Bridge . . 194 Orders of Court for repairing it . 143, 195, 202 Bridge wall thrown and repaired by the Corporation, 1666 167 Bridge wall mended. Sack and wine to Sir Edwd. Walker, 1672 167 Paid for cleaning the Bridge when King William and Queen Mary were coming, is. 6d., 1695 167 Subfcription for raifing the Walls, 1696 . 489 6 THE TVHELER The Corporation petition Parliament to confider means for repairing it. About Charles II. 's time 139 Meafure of each of the 14 arches and 13 piers 143 Breadth of the River at the Bridge, 414 ft. 6 in. 143 Bowling Green. The Chapel Orchard let for fifty {hillings for a Bowling Green . . 167 Brookhouse. An Account of the Brookhoufe, the fite of which was purchafed by Mr. Wm. Hunt in 1769, and forms part of the Summer Houfe Garden towards the River .... 467 Clopton. Account of the Clopton Family 175 to 190 Clopton, Sir Hugh. Sheriff of London, 2 Hen. VII., i486. Kept his Mayoralty in the Old Jewry, I49 2 5 8 Clopton, Sir John. Owner of the Pew on the North fide of the nave, eafterly, belonging to New Place, 1692 225 Refigns Recorderfhip, 1709 . . . 136 Clopton, Hugh. Senefchal, 26 April, 1709 . 227 Appointed Deputy Steward of Stratford, 1721 137 Knighted, 1732 298 Clopton, Mrs. Martha. Widow of Edw. Clopton, late of Clopton, Efq., then refiding in London, owned the Houfe (adjoining Mr. Wheler's) occu- COLLECTION. 7 pied as a School by Mrs. Pitt, afterwards by Mifs Williams, then by Mifs Soden, fince by Mifs Bate- man, and now (1862) by Mifs Whittle, 8 April, 1729 • 229 Charnel House. It. the Mifter's ftudye over the Bone- houfe to be repayred, 1620 . . . 211 The moft ancient part of the Church . 198 Ordered to be taken down, 4 July, 1799 — a faculty for the purpofe obtained — directions given as to its removal. A part of the ftone was ufed in building Mr. Oldaker's Houfe in Mill Clofe . 237 College. Survey of property at the diflblution of reli- gious houfes, 37 Hen. VIII., 1545 . 59 Church House. To be tranflated into tenements for the benefit of the Church, 1619 . . . 211 To be fold — feveral orders of Veftry relating thereto, 1624101630 , . . . 212,213 Church. The Churchwardens cited to Worcefter be- caufe the Church and Bells were out of order, and other prefentments made for not having the Book called God and the King. 24 0£t. 16 17. The Pulpit removed. 1617. Porch Gates coft 3/. 13*. 4^., 5 Dec. 161 7 208 A Net to keep the Birds out of the Belfry paid for, 35. 6d., 161 7 209 8 THE WHELER Orders of Veftry for repairs of the Church, 1619 211 Faculty for the Corporation old Seats, 1635 384 Weft Window repaired and glazed, 1694 . 225 Faculty to erecl: a Gallery in the Church, 1754 385 Agreed to raife the Tower of the Church, 12 Aug. 1763 2 3 2 Agreed to erecl: a new Spire of Stone, inftead of raifing the Tower as agreed at a former Meeting, 4 Sept. I7 6 3 ■ 2 3 2 The Pulpit, Reading Defk, and Clark's Seat removed from the eaft central pillar fouth fide, to the middle aifle, nearly under the Organ, and oppofite the weft window — a faculty obtained. An eftimate to be made for new pewing the Church, 1792 236 Requifition for erecting an additional Gallery in the Church, 181 1 387 An Examination of the Tower and Spire, which were confidered in danger, and the report of Mr. Wyatt, architect, thereon, 18 10 . . . 431 Churchyard. Stating who are the parties liable to re- pair the Churchyard Wall, and for what length, 161 1. [Anthony Nam, the father of Thomas Nam, who married Shakefpeare's grand-daughter, was prefent, reprefenting Wellcombe] . 239 Another entry, mewing the proportions of each, 1763 347 COLLECTION. 9 All the trees in the Churchyard to be cut down and fold to repair the Church. If trees belong to the Corporation, the value to be paid by a parochial levy, but the lop beftowed on the Vicar. Trees cut down and fold for 29/. 4.S. n*/., 22 Dec. 1622 211 Mr. John Hunt having paved the Walk from the Church Gate to the Church Door at his own proper cofl, the Churchwardens are at their firft conve- veniency to put up polls and rails in a handfome and decent manner to preferve the walk from being abufed by horfes or any other way, 1720 228 Sir John Clopton, Kt., Edward Clopton, and Hugh Clopton, Efqs. (his fons), and R. Tyler, Gent., or- dered two trees (opposite the College Gates ) ftanding in the Churchyard, to be cut down, and ufed in re- pairing the Vicar's Houfe or Outhoufes, by virtue of a Rule of Court, 11 March, 17 16 . 227 The right of a Carriage Road into the Churchyard claimed by Mrs. Partheriche of Clopton and others difputed, 1788 235 Trees in the middle walk to be fupported and arched, I79 8 -236 Chancel. The Chancel repaired by a Levy upon the c io THE WHELER Tithe owners, proportions ftated, 15 Dec. 1648, 28 June, 1650 259 The like, 14 Dec. 1790 .... 26c Chapel. Infcription on the Chapel Bells, 1633 — 1782 391 Crab Tree. See " Shakefpeare's Crab Tree." Forster, Sir Reginald. A Monument to the Memory of him and Dame Mary his wife, againft the eaft wall of the fouth aifle in the Parifh Church 225 Falcon Inn. Jofeph Phillips occupied the Falcon in 1673. See his Token among the " Stratford Tokens," 1668 ..... 277 Guild of Holy Cross. Inventory of goods and orna- ments, temp. Hen. VI., 12 July, 1458 . 54 Survey of property at the diflolution of Religious Houfes, 37 Hen. VIII., 1545 . . 60 Grubb, Edward, Stone Carver and Portrait Painter, an account of ..... 408 Hall, Mr. John (Dr. Hall), Elected by the Vicar to be Churchwarden, but excepted againft becaufe he lived in the Borough. Entry fubfequently can- celled . . . . . . . 214 Harts. Abftracl of Title Deeds relating to Houfes in Henley Street, formerly belonging to the Poet Shakefpeare . . . . . . 123 COLLECTION. n Huckell, John, an account of . . . 411 Inns. — The Bear. The Bear Inn (now the Old Red Lion), at the fouth-eaft end of Bridge Street, con- veyed from Adrian Quiney to Richard Godwin, 1567 530 The Falcon. The Falcon Inn was kept by Jofeph Phillips in 1673 : ^ ee a biU of his to the Corporation for Wine. He was a Witrfefs to the conveyance from Lady Barnard's Truftees to Sir Edward Walker, of New Place, in 1675 . . 277 J. Phillips refided at the Falcon in 1668. See his Token amongft the " Stratford Tokens" 155 On the 8th of June, 1657, Alice Bellamy and others convey to Richard* Phillips, of Stratford-on- Avon, Painter, a mefluage or tenement, Gatehoufe, Backfide, and Garden, in the occupation of Bridgett Wafhbrook, Widow ; fituated in Chapel Street on the weft part of faid Street, the land of Hugh Taylor being on the fouth fide, the land of the Bailiff", &c. on the north j the barn of faid Alice Bellamy on the weft. * Richard Phillips was appointed by Sir Edward Walker, Garter principal King of Arms, to paint the King's Arms in all churches and chapels. See Wheler's MSS. " Colleclanea de Stratford," p. 277. Query, was Richard Phillips father of the above Jofeph ? i2 THE JVHELER Thefe premifes could not be the prefent Falcon Inn, which is bounded on the fouth by Scholars Lane, but might aniwer the defcription of the ad- joining two houfes, formerly one, which was bounded on the north by Corporation property, occupied by John Canning. Richard Phillips is conjectured by Captain Saunders to be the perfon who painted the firft fign of the Falcon. Jordan, John, called the Poet Jordan, died July, 1809, buried near the fite of the Charnel Houfe ; a tablet to his memory is over the fite, at the back of Shake- fpeare's Monument .... 200 King Charles II. His Majefty's own account of his efcape from the battle of Worcefter, defcribing his paffing through Stratford . . . 273 Keyte, Sir W. Refided at Stratford College, 370. Ac- count of his extraordinary life and death . 373 Luddington belonged to the College of Stratford 63 Chapel Bell, infcription on it . . . 144 Order of Seffions for Luddington to pay poor levies to the Borough of Stratford, 7 Jan. 1650 278 Lucy. Richard Lucie, Efq. fummoned by Oliver Crom- well to Parliament as a Member for the County of Warwick, a drawing of the feal and facfimile of Cromwell's fignature .... 197 COLLECTION. 13 Long Marston. Jack which King Charles II. wound U P J 99> 275 Land. Several pieces of land belonging to the Church- wardens, by the fide of the Alcefter Turnpike Road, let to different Tenants at fixed rents, 19 April, 1808 238 Mulberry Tree (no fcion from it). Mr. Wheler ftates that it is well known that neither the Mulberry- Tree in New Place (Bowling Green) Garden, nor in Mr. Batterfbee's Garden, nor in the Lion Gar- den, nor any other reprefented as fuch, fprung from Shakefpeare's Tree .... 369 A Box made from the Tree prefented to the Prince of Wales (afterwards George IV.), 1 Sept. 1806. A full account of the Prefentation . . 146 Mason. An account of the Mafon family and their property at Stratford .... 278 Mill Bridge. Deed of Covenant from the Corporation of Stratford to keep the Mill Bridge in perpetual repair, 1 May, 1618 .... 487 Nash, Edward, Esc^., of Stratford, Captain in Crom- well's Army. Coufin german, fir ft coufin to Thomas Nafh, Efq. who married Shakefpeare's grand-daughter . . . . . 151 Is not this the fame perfon whom Lady Barnard H THE WHELER in her will, dated 20 Jan. 1669, calls her " loving coufin Edward Nafh, Efquire," and directs that he fhall have the firft offer of New Place and the other Shakefpeare property? — W. O. H. Nash, Mrs. Elizabeth. Mrs. Elizabeth Nafh for Shottery Corn Tithes of the yearly value of 100/. was rated 5/. being 5 per cent upon the annual value, towards repairing the Chancel, 15 Dec. 1648. See " Barnard, Mrs." . . 217 Nashe, Thomas, Esq., who married Shakefpeare's grand- daughter, was fon of Mr. Anthony Nafhe of Wel- combe ....... 240 Nason, the Rev. Stephen, Vicar of Stratford from 1763 to 1787. Defcription of a Tablet to his memory . . . . . . 116 Oaths. A Roll of thofe Inhabitants to whom the Oaths of Allegiance, Supremacy, and Abjuration were adminiftered at the Borough Quarter Seflions in 1723 165 Population of the Parifh of Stratford-upon-Avon, 1764 146 Of the Borough in 1765 was 2287 and the names of the Inhabitants given .... 507 Plan and Survey of Stratford, made by Mr. Samuel Winter, Schoolmafter of Stratford in 1759 146 ■■-.,•■,:■'."'■ COLLECTION. 15 Partheriche, Mrs. Frances, only furviving daughter of Edward, fon of Edward Clopton, eldeft fon of Sir John Clopton and Barbara his wife, fole daughter and heirefs of Sir Edward Walker, Knt., an ac- count of ..... 197 Quiney, George, Curate of Stratford, born in 1600, died of confumption, buried 1624. Was brother of Thomas Quiney, who married Shakefpeare's youngeft daughter Judith . . . 240 Shakespeare's Monument. A full account of the pro- ceedings taken when it was repaired and beautified by Mr. John Hall in 1748 . . . 148 Shoulder of Mutton Inn. See " Bridgetown" 199 Swan Inn. The Swan Inn, called the Old Swan Inn previous to 1647, was at tne north-eaft end of Bridge Street, and was taken down by Mr. Richard Smith, Tobacconift and Mayor in 1754, who on the fire erected two large Houfes facing the Bridge 219 Southern's Lane, called fo from a family of the name of Southerne who lived in Old Town and owned molt of the property in that lane . . 409 George Southerne was Chamberlain in 1678 167 Shakespeare's Crab Tree. An account of the tradition of Shakefpeare fleeping under a Crab Tree near Bidford, 1794 ... . 201 16 THE WHELER Stratford Register. Extracts from, commencing 1553 3 01 Shottery. Devifed to Richard Harewell, 16 Richard II., 1392, Said Harewell lies buried before the Altar of St. Andrew the Apoflle in the Church of the Holy Trinity, Stratford . . . 151 An account of Shottery from Sir Simon Archer's MSS. 360, 362 Orders of the fields and meadows of Shottery 378 Stratford-upon-Avon. Names of the Inhabitants upon whom a Levy was made for the repair of the Church, 13 October, 1617, and the account thereof, 7 April, 1618, mewing the Inhabitants of the feveral Wards, and the amount of their refpeitive rates paid ....... 203 Statement of intended rate in 1801, Inhabitants at that time ....... 415 An account of the Inhabitants in 1765 . . 507 Sexton, his fees fettled. 1 December, 1680 . 223 Sparrows, yl. per dozen for fparrows and fparrows' eggs to be paid by Churchwardens . . 237 Stafford, Sir Thomas, faid to have been an illegitimate fon of the Earl of Totnefs, fome account of 297 Shakespeare's Hall (the Town Hall). A Lift of the Subfcribers to the fund for rebuilding the Hall in 1767. See "Town Hall" . . . 427 COLLECTION. i 7 Shakespeare's Seal-ring. An account of the Finger Ring with the initials W. S. found at Stratford 470 Totness. Lord Carew, created Earl of Totnefs, 1 Charles I. 1625 280 His Portrait at Gorhambury. Engraving by Voerft 296 Extracts from his Will .... 294 Town Hall. The Hall blown up during the Civil Wars, 1642 491 Tokens. Defcription of Tokens ifTued by Inhabitants of Stratford . . ' . . . 155 Walker, Sir Edward. Royal Orders and Warrants in which Sir Edward's name appears . 132 Sometime domeftic fervant to Thomas, Earl of Arundel 296 Correfpondence refpecling grants of Arms 299, 300 Warwick Hospital, the Earl of Leicefter's. Petitions in favour of Candidates from Stratford . 38 1 Yaranton. His project for forming an extenfive colony and trading eftablifhment in Bridgetown in 1677 200 i8 THE WHELER i. rm CURIOUS and valuable collection of tokens Js|l^l and medals, fc. : — Lavvrance and Elizabeth Horwood. n. d. Francis Smith his halfe-penny. n. d. John Efon. 1657. I. B. in Stratford, mercer. n. d. A fingle fpecimen only, found at Stratford in February, 1848. Richard Hickes. The Angel, his halfpeny. n. d. John Boulton, carrier, n. d. Edward Rogers, bookbinder, 1668. Tokens of provincial bookbinders are of unufual occurrence, and it is rather curious that Stratford fhould at fo early a period have fupported this fpecial trade. Thomas Taylour of Stratford-upon-Avon. n. d, John Willmor. Stratford, n. d. Daniel Mafon, 1668. Grocers' Arms. Daniel Mafon. n. d. Edward Smith in Stratford upon Avon. n. d. COLLECTION. 19 William Bradford at the Bear in Bridgtown. n. d. Samuel Phillips. 1652. Jofeph Phillips at the Falcon. 1668. Mulberry Tree Inn. W. Court. Modern. Warwickfhire Halfpenny. 179 1 . A duplicate inferior example is alfo kept, becaufe it is marked as having been found at the Birth-Place in 1862. Richard Hunt, 1651 and 1667. Borough of Stratford halfpenny, 1669. 11 Agreed that 6 lbs. of halfpence be bought and ftamped with the Corporation armes upon them, and delivered into the hands of the Chamberlynes to ex- change the fame, and what profit mail accrue by putting them forth fhall be layed out for the benefitt of the poore." — Corporation MSS.^ 1669. There is an order dated October 1, 1669, " for other perfons who have put forth halfpence, etc., to call them in under a penalty." A Shakefpeare halfpenny, n. d. Three Nuremberg tokens, two found at the Mill 20 THE WHELER in 1855, the other (the one with a crofs) on the fite of Luddington Chapel in April, 1844. Three filver coins of Charles the Firft, one of which is noted by Mr. Wheler as having been found in February, 1839, on taking down the old Work- houfe in Henley Lane at the corner of Hell Lane. A Queen Anne's farthing, 17 14, of the common type. A farthing of the year 1675, f° un d in the garden of Shakefpeare's Birth-Place, June, 1862. 3- ?§fi| SERIES of Roman Coins, firft, fecond, and ffe^t third brafs, found at Stratford-on-Avon be- tween the years 1800 and 1856. They confift of about eighty fpecimens, ranging from Germanicus, b.c. 15, to Gratianus, a. d. 367; including Nero, Vefpafian, Antoninus Pius, Verus, Commodus, Philippus, Poftumus, Gallienus, Maximianus, Claudius Gothicus, Tetricus, Conftantine, Crifpus, COLLECTION. 21 Decentius, Magnentius, and Gratianus. The only emprefs whofe coins appear among the feries is Faustina the younger, wife of Marcus Aurelius. As ufual with hoards of coins found in England, thofe of Conftantine greatly preponderate ; in this inftance about half the entire number belonging to the reign of that emperor. There are no remarkable or rare reverfes in the collection, the moft interesting being thofe of Antoninus Pius, with Britannia feated on a rock, and thofe ftruck by the ufurping Roman governors Caraufius and Alleclus, in Britain. All thefe, with one exception, were found at Strat- ford-on-Avon, the exception confifting of a third brafs, vrbs . roma, with the wolf and twins on the reverfe, found at Welcombe in 18 31. 4- SERIES of about forty Roman Coins, flmi- lar to the above, generally in bad condition. They were found at Stratford-on-Avon in various years before 1 800. THE IVHELER 5- HIRTEEN filver pennies of Henry the rQl Third, all with fhort crofs reverfes, found at the Crofs-on-the-Hill. Forty-feven pennies of Edward I., Edward II., and Edward III., minted in various cities, none rare. Found at the fame place. Eighteen groats and half-groats of Edward I., Edward II., and Edward III., fifteen minted at London, two at Canterbury, and one at York. Found at the fame place. Ten groats, half-groats, and pennies of Henry V. and Henry VII., minted at Calais and Canter- bury. Found at the fame place. Thefe coins, and thofe in the two laft articles, were kindly arranged by F. W. Fairholt, Efq., F.S.A. COLLECTION. 23 6. IISCELLANIES collected by R. B. Wheler, including original papers by Jordan, inven- tory of the goods at Stratford College in 1796, handbills diftributed at the Jubilee, papers refpecling the gunpowder plot, 1605-6, inventory of the fix- tures at New Place, 1753, brief for the fire, 16 14, Extenta manerii de Veteri Stratford, 1252, pedigree of the Hart family, &c. In one volume, folio. 7- jgj§f HE Works of Mr. William Shakefpear. In sg|Jgg' ten volumes. Published by Mr. Pope and Dr. Sewell. Poft 8vo. Lond. 1728. Plates. jg|URLING (Captain). Foreft Youth, or Shakfpere as he Lived. An Hiftorical Tale. 8vo. Lond. 1853. Frontifpiece of the Birth- Place. 24 THE WHELER 9- TRATFORD-UPON-AVON Grammar School, Tercentenary Volume. i2mo. 1853. It includes an Addrefs by the Rev. T. R. Medwin on the hiftory of the Grammar School. 10. " GILT table" from the China clofet at Stratford College, purchafed at the fale of the effects of the College in 1797. 1 1. HREE volumes of Shakefperian fcraps and correfpondence, nearly all modern, collected by R. B. Wheler. 8vo. All are lettered, ff Mis- cellanies collected by R. B. Wheler." They include the rare complete fet of the Stratford Theatrical Review, 1827; a bill with the autograph of Shax- COLLECTION. 25 peer Hart, 1695 ; Portrait of James Cooke ; fcarce engravings of localities at Stratford ; poems by Jofeph Greene, 1733 ; memoranda by Malone on fires at Stratford ; Sketches of the Folly Houfe in Middle Row, the Water Side, Shakefpeare's Great Garden, &c. 12. [ODERN Shakefperian works, including Collier's New Facts, 1835 ; his New Par- ticulars, 1836 ; Edwards on Finger Rings, 1855 ; Huckell's Avon, 1 8 1 1 ; Poems, with Life by Dyce, 1832 ; Ward's Diary, 1839 ; Ayfcough's Index to Shakefpeare, 1790; Green's Legend of the Crab- tree, 1857 ; and a number of Shakfperian pamphlets of recent date. 26 THE WHELER l 3- ff ISTORY and Antiquities of Stratford-upon - J Avon, comprifing a Defcription of the Col- legiate Church, the Life of Shakefpeare, and copies of feveral Documents relating to him and his Family never before printed, by R. B. Wheler. 8vo. The author's interleaved copy, with manufcript notes. 14. GUIDE to Stratford-upon Avon, by R. B. Wheler. 8vo. Stratford-upon- Avon, 1 8 1 4. The author's interleaved copy, with manufcript notes. 1 S- ■ N Account of an Analyfis made on the Strat- ford Mineral Waters, by Charles Perry, M.D. 8vo. Northampton, 1744. Short Remarks on Dr. Perry's Analyfis made on the Stratford COLLECTION. 27 Mineral Waters, by William Baylies, junior. 8vo. Stratford-upon-Avon, 1745. Interleaved in one volume, with manufcript notes by R. B. Wheler. 16. |§fS| ELECT Obfervations on Englifh Bodies of S^^E Eminent Perfons in Defperate Difeafes, firft written in Latin by John Hall, phyfician, after Englifhed by James Cook. The third edition. 8vo. 1683. Interleaved. 17- DIARY of a Journal of a Tour through Scotland, by the Rev. Francis Gaftrel, 1760. A manufcript including notices of Shakfperian loca- lities in Scotland. 4-to. 28 THE WHELER IjOLLECTIONS by the poet Jordan, in- cluding the original manufcript of Welcombe Hills, 1776; lift of fubfcribers to ditto ; apanegyric on fome worthy men who were natives and bene- factors to the town of Stratford, 1791 ; notes of monuments in Stratford Church ; addrefs to the volunteers of Stratford-upon-Avon ; a {ketch of the room in which Jordan was born ; and a fragment of a life of Shakefpeare. 19. ISCELLANIES collected by R. B. Wheler, a thick quarto volume containing a great variety of curious papers, chiefly modern, but in- terfperfed are feveral of intereft, and fome of an- tiquity, e.g. Sir Edward Grevyle's minutes to the Corporation " aboutes the corne paid to the towne for kepinge paved and cleane fwept the markett- SHAKSfEi K ?. n ///■ ■ ^W^ ^'4' 'i ,i .!■: fi nx THE RIGHT HCHSTSP LORD WILL OUGHBY DE BROKE. COLLECTION. 35 Autograph and Seal of W. Combe, Efq. Leafe of the Bancroft Trees, 1700. Subfcriptions for raiflng the walls of Stratford Great Stone Bridge, 2 Ocl. 1696. The Corporation to Lord Carew — Deed of Covenant for keeping the Mill Bridge at Stratford in perpetual repair, 1 May, 16 18. Articles to fecure the payment of 5/. yearly for educating Mrs. Woolmer's Charity Children, 1725. Faculty for a gallery in Stratford Church, 1754. Re-leafe of the Newly-erecled Meeting-houfe, 1714. The Award of Sir Fulke Grevile and others refpecling the Churchyard, &c, 5 Od. 33 Eliz. 1591. Counterpart of the Conveyance of Stratford Churchyard in truft to fecure the rights of Sepulture there to the Parifhioners, 1700. Blackford to Blackford — Feoffment of a third part of half a burgage in Sheep Street, 1503. 36 THE WHELER 37- ^.HOTOGRAPHS of the refidence of the late R. B. Wheler, now of Mifs Wheler, front and back views. 38. §«| CATALOGUE of the Furniture of Mr. f|l^| George Beauchamp, deceafed, which will begin to be fold by auclion at his late dwelling at Stratford on Dec, ift, 1768. 39- Jg CATALOGUE of the late Mrs. Barodale's effecls, late of High Street, 177 1. 40. CATALOGUE of the library of the late John Mafon,Efq. of Stratford-upon-Avon, 1761. COLLECTION. 37 41. CATALOGUE of the Furniture of Mrs. Jane Bradley of Old Stratford, 178 1. 42. LARGE folio volume of Mifcellanies, col- lected by R. B. Wheler, containing fketches, engravings, pedigrees, &c. ; chiefly of recent date, but including feveral curious fcraps of the laft century, and fome numbers of the Stratford Journal, 1749-50 to 1753. 43- iN Hiftorical and Defcriptive Account of the Birth-place of Shakefpeare by R. B. Wheler, with lithographic illuftrations by C. F. Green. 4to. Stratford-upon-Avon, 1824. The author's own copy, interleaved, with manufcript additions, and numerous additional illuftrations. 4to. 38 THE WHELER 44. jig HE Hiftory and Antiquities of Stratford- upon-Avon, by John Jordan of Stratford. 4to. The author's holograph manufcript. 45- POWER of Attorney to give poffeffion of half a burgage in Sheep Street, 1479. Grant of half a burgage in Sheep Street — Gardener and Blackwell to Blackford, 1504. The Corporation to Roger Green, mylner — Leafe of a houfe in Henley Street, John Shakefpeare Chamberlain, 1562. The Confent of the Freeholders for the building of the Brick Barne in the Guild Pitts, n. d. Blackford to Smyth — Conveyance of Premifes in Sheep Street, 1598. Hamnet Sadler is a witnefs to this deed. COLLECTION. 39 46. ^^^UBILEE Commemoration Medal, 18 16. 47- gft||HAKESPE ARE'S Garland, being a Collec- SlJliE tion of New Songs, Ballads, Roundelays, Catches, Glees, Comic Serenatas, &c, performed at the Jubilee at Stratford-upon-Avon, 1769. Programme of a Concert at Shakefpeare's Hall at Stratford, 1775. Britton's Remarks on the Monumental Buft of Shakefpeare, 18 16. Songs, Chorufes, &c, in the Mufical Afterpiece called Garrick's Jubilee, 18 16. Jackfon (Z.), Few Concife Examples of Reftorations and Illustrations of Seven Hundred pafTages in Shakefpeare's Plays, 1 8 1 8 . A Catalogue of the neat and elegant Houfehold Furniture, Portraits, Pic- tures, Drawings, &c, of the College fituate in Stratford-upon-Avon, 1797. 8vo. in 1 vol. 4 o THE WHELER H| N important volume of ancient Docu- ments relating to Stratford-upon-Avon, including: — Letter from Richard Lucy, Efq. and Lord Brooke to the Mayor of Stratford refpe&ing a fine impofed on Mr. William Higgins for non-attendance at the halls, 1665. Letter from George Lucy, Efq. of Charlecote, declining the office of Recorder, 1752. Poffeffions of Stratford College, 14 April, 7 Edward VI. Letters to the Corporation, temp. Jac. I. " Roialties in Stratford belonginge to the Lord Trefourer and by him challenged," and other papers on the fubject of the royalties. Letter from Sir Robert Throgmorton and Sir Edward Grevill to the Corporation, defiring them to pay the ftipend to the Vicar, 1559. Letter from Anthony Langfton, Efq., Steward of COLLECTION. 41 the Borough, to Mr. Henry Walker, the Bailiff, concerning the election of a new Steward. Memoranda respecting the Curate of Luddington and the tithes of different places within the Parifh of Old Stratford at the Diffolution. Roll of the Inhabitants of Stratford-upon-Avon who paid the fifteenths to the King, 7 Edward II. Begelyn to the Gild of John the Baptift — Grant of half a burgage in Rother Street, 1354. Petition from the Corporation to James I. for an alteration of their Charter. Ralph le Power to William de Way the — Leafe of a meffuage in Bridgtown and half a virgate of land in Clifford for the leffees' feveral lives, circa 1287. Ricardus Rufchby and Agnes his wife to Robert Arderne of a tenement in Snitterfield, 21 Dec. 11 Hen. VIII. Citation to the prieft of the Guild to anfwer the complaint of the warden of New College, 142 8. John Webb al : Jolyf to Thomas Balfale, matter 42 THE JVHELER of the Guild at Stratford and John Kynges, chap- lain — A power of attorney to give pofTeffion of certain premifes at Stratford and Dodwell to Thomas Jolyf and others, 1457 — (relates to eftates fettled by Thomas Jolyf on the Free School founded by him). Copy of the Corporation of Stratford's addrefs to Charles the Second, 29 October, 168 1. Conveyance of an eftate at Snitterfield from Robert Webbe to John Perkes, 1 Sept. 23 Eliz., made in anticipation of a marriage between the faid Robert and Mary Perkes. Henry de Urchulle to Emma his daughter — Grant of a houfe in Stratford, 7 Edw. III. 1333. Page to Bartilet — Grant of a tenement in High Street, 1332-3. Letter of Richarde Quiney on behalf " the poore futers for Stratforde uppon Avon whofe purfe is weakened with longe lyeinge in London." n. d. Paper " had from Auditor Kyng's Office, 16 Maii, 1609," relating to the pofleffions of Stratford College. COLLECTION. 43 Certificate of the Clerk of the Peace refpecting the repair of Stratford Bridge, 17 16. William Smart, A.B., Schoolmafter, and the Corporation — Agreement to make certain allowances out of the fchool matter's ftipend to Sir William Dalam, the fchoolmafter at the Diflblution, and for repairing the decayed houfes, 1555-6. Grant of a refidence and of an annuity of 8/. to Sir William Dalam, the late fchoolmafter, then fuperannuated, he having refigned his penfion of 10/. granted before the Diflblution. 1556. The Corporation to William Smart, A. B., fchoolmafter— Grant of 20/. per an. falary, 1555. Papers on the Stratford enclofures, 16 17. Faculty for the old feats in Stratford Parifh Church belonging to the Corporation, 1635. Letter from the Corporation to Sir Henry Yel- verton, Attorney-General to James I, refpedling the Corporation profecutions, 26 April, 16 19. Petition from the Corporation to Sir William 44 THE WHELER Cecil, Lord High Treafurer, for an alteration of the Charter granted by Edward the Sixth. A true Inventorie of the Goodes and Chatties of Thomas Hiccokes of Wellcomb deceafed, taken the xxij th of November, 1606. Mr. Richard Clerke's Letter to Mr. Edward Archepowle upon Law Matters relating to Lud- dington tithes, 1599. A Petition from the Corporation of Stratford- upon-Avon to the Lord Chief Juftice to reftrain William Combe efquire from enclofing Stratford common fields, with the injunction thereupon, 1616. 49- 1^1 HE original Fine levied on the purchafe of New Place by Shakefpeare, Eafter Term, 597- COLLECTION. 45 50. ILLIAM and John Combe to Shakefpeare — Grant of four yard lands in Stratford Fields, 1 May, 1602. The original grant figned by the Combes. 5 1 - DECLARATION in an aclion in the Borough Court brought by Shakefpeare againft Philip Rogers to recover the fum of 1/. 15J. lod. for malt fold to the latter, 1604. 5 2 - HUBAND to William Shake- fpeare — Alignment of the leafe of a moiety of the great and fmall tithes of Stratford-upon-Avon for the remainder of a term of ninety-two years, 24 July, 1605. 46 THE WHELER 53- I US ANNA HALL, widow, Thomas Nam and Elizabeth his wife, to George Nam and others — Covenant to levy a fine and fuffer a recovery of New Place, and other Shakefperian property, 27 May, 1639. 54- |pf|SETWEEN Sufanna Hall widow and Eliza- fUSSI beth Nam widow of the firft part, Richard Lane and William Smith of the fecond part, and William Hathaway and Thomas Hathaway of the third part— Declaration of ufes relating to New Place and other Shakefperian property, 2 June, 1647. 55- ;OHN BARNARD efquire and Elizabeth his wife to Henry Smith and William Fetherfton — Covenant to levy a fine of New Place and other Shakefperian property, 20 October, 1652. COLLECTION. 47 S 6. |LIZABETH BARNARD to Henry Smith and Job Dighton — Difpofition of the above property in truft, 18 April, 1653. 57- ROBATE of Lady Barnard's Will, 29 Jan- uary, 1669. The original, but unfor- tunately much ftained and defaced. 58. ENRY SMITH and Edward Bagley to Sir Edward Walker, Knight — Conveyance of New Place, &c. 18 May, 1675. 48 THE WHELER 59- ARRIAGE Articles of Hugh Clopton efquire with Mifs Elizabeth Millward, and the alignment of the leafes fettled on their marriage, 1702. 60. RIBAND worn at Garrick's Jubilee. fcEffill LARGE block of the mulberry tree, and a jyS^f piece of the very wood out of which was made the box prefented to Garrick in 1769. 62. H PORTRAIT of Shakefpeare engraved by Howbraken from the Chandos portrait, now the property of the nation. JUlgrav^cUby^I; 3 c (o, /// Me //r„, //6>3. 'Pub. lSZS,bv Saunders & Oi.t.lev.i'rndaif Street, and W/ 1 //'«■;, .v <"'.' '1'cultri, COLLECTION. 49 63. HOTOGRAPH from a portrait of the late R. B. Wheler, taken when he was about thirty years of age. 64. iSSSN oil painting of Stratford, mowing the parim WM^» church before the wooden fpire was taken down in 1764, and alfo the charnel-houfe. 65. |||KNOTHER old view of Stratford, taken from JjlQ^I the Crofs on the Hill. An oil painting. 66. BLASTER cafts of Garrick, John Combe, and others. 5° THE WHELER 67. SMALL block of Shakefpeare's crab-tree. 68. PIECE of wood taken from Shakefpeare's pew in the Parim Church, when the Church was altered. 6 9 . N Apoftle's Spoon. See Henry VIII. 70. N impreflion of the Seal of the Peculiar of Stratford-on-Avon. 7i- WO writs irTued in Shakefpeare's fuit againft John Addenbroke, 1608 and 1609. COLLECTION. 51 72. ICHARD LANE to Thomas Hathway, joiner — Conveyance of a houfe in Chapel Street, 1647. 73- iDRIAN QUINEY to Richard Godwin— Feoffment of premifes in Bridge Street, the old Red Lion Inn, 28 June, 1567. 74- jRS. Elizabeth Quiney, widow, and Mr. Adrian Quiney, to William Mountford — Feoffment of premifes in Wood Street, 4 December, 161 1. Judith Shakefpeare is a witnefs, but figns with a mark. 52 THE WHELER IS- ILLIAM CHANDLER to William Smith —Feoffment of garden ground near Swine Street and Wood Street, I April, 1629. Thomas Quiney is a witnefs to this deed. 76. ||}j||HE celebrated Letter from Mr. Richard ?§||3 Quiney to Shakefpeare, 1 598, the only letter addrefled to Shakefpeare known to exift. 77- jRITTON'S caft of the monumental effigy. 78. SILVER medal ftruck for the Jubilee, 1769. COLLECTION. 53 79- SMALL oil painting of Garrick. 80. PORTRAIT of Garrick in character. In oil. 81. PORTRAIT of Mrs. Garrick. In oil. 82. lEEDS refpedling the Hathaway family. 54 THE WHELER 33- |HANDLER to Smith— Feoffment of garden ground near Swine Street and Wood Street, 1629. Counterpart of the leafe of the trees and foil in the Bancroft, 1731. Blackford to Black- ford — Feoffment of premifes in Sheep Street, 1578. A deed dated in Oclober, ^ Elizabeth, 1591, to which one Thomas Shaxper is a witnefs. 84. HE Overture, Songs, &c, in the Jubilee or 3 Shakefpeare's Garland, as performed at Strat- ford-upon-Avon, and the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, compofed by Charles Dibdin. 4to. 85. YMNS, Odes, Songs, written and compiled for the mafonic Jubilee at Shakefpeare Lodge, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1793. i2mo. COLLECTION. 55 86. SMALL bottle, hermetically fealed, con- taining juice made from fome mulberries gathered from Shakefpeare's tree before it was cut down in 1758. BRONZE Jubilee Medal of 1824. iN Hiftorical and Defcriptive Account of the Birth-Place of Shakefpeare, byR.B. Wheler, 1823. 4-to, The author's manufcript. 89. AUCER to Saucer — Grant of houfes and premifes in Corn Street, Henley Street, and Church Street, 10 Richard II. 1387. 56 THE WHELER 90. |ANKYN to Gadlyf— Grant of twenty {Killings annually out of half of a burgage in Swine Street, 2 Edward III. H|ENERAL releafe from Sir Roger Dyos, late vicar of Stratford, to the Corporation, 13 November, 1576, It is hardly neceflary to obferve that the title of fir here, applied to a prieft, merely anfwers to that of dominus. 92. m ESTYNTON to Fille and Saucer— Grant of twelve-pence annually out of a houfe in Henley Street. COLLECTION. 57 93- HARTER refpecling the foundation of the Free School of Stratford by Thomas Jolyffe, 22 Edward IV. 148 2. 94. j^RANT of the life-intereft of Alice Trout in lands at Shottery to the Guild, who were entitled to the reverfion thereof, 17 Hen. VI. 1439. 95- g|[§|§ LYTHE and Baker to the Guild of the Ijti Holy Crofs at Stratford, 22 Edward IV. 1482 — Grant of two houfes and gardens in Wood Street. 53 THE WHELER 9 6. OHN Hall of Hooknorton to the Gild of p the Holy Crofs — Grant of a houfe in Wood Street for repairing the Great Bridge, fupporting the Alms People, and paying the Curate, ^December, ii Henry VIII. 1520. 97- R. Robert Parrott's difcharge from ferving offices on payment of 40/., with the auto- graph of Sir Thomas Lucy, 1570. I HE autograph of Edward Clopton, 1693. 99- N abftract of title to the White Lion Inn in Henley Street. 4to. Manufcript. COLLECTION. 59 100. gJgLICE BELLAMY and others fell to Richard S§ Phillips of Stratford-upon-Avon, painter, a mefluage on the weft fide of Chapel Street, 1657. 101. IHOMAS COMBE to William Combe his fon — Conveyance of Drayton tithes and a meadow called Parfon's Piece, 1657. 102. ILLIAM SMITH to William Combe- Conveyance of a clofe at Stratford, 1 1 February, 16 12. 103. HARLES Earl of Middlefex to Martha Weft, widow — Leafe of houfe and premifes in Wood Street, 1675. 60 THE WHELER 104. §g BOND dated 6 April, 1675, to which George Hart is a witnefs. 105. BOND and feoffment from William Welles to Nicholas Lane of Bridgetown, 1584. •-v. m 106. WRIT endorfed by George Carew, 1602. 107. SUPPLICATION to the King and Queen by the Corporation againft John a Combes, fon of John a Combes deceafed, late Matter of the Guild, charging him with having in his hands money received by his late father for lands in Studley for the maintenance of poor people, 1553. COLLECTION. 61 108. [OCUMENTS collected by R. B. Wheler, fol. Including, a fine between John Bar- nard and Henry Smith plaintiffs, and Richard Lane and Mary his wife deforciants, refpecting property at Stratford and Welcombe, 1 650 ; an original letter from Sidney Davenport to Dr. Hall, 1632; extracts from the regifter of Knoll ; articles of agreement made between Shakefpeare and Replingham, 16 14; a fine between John Shakefpere plaintiff, and Edmund Hall and Emma his wife deforciants, of meffuages at Stratford ; original award reflecting Dr. HalFs pew in the parifh church, 1635 ; original memo- randa by Thomas Greene refpecting the inclofures, 16 14; a capias John Pace v. Ric. Hathaway, 1576 ; inventory of Mr. Elderton's effects at the White Lion Inn ; copy of the letter to Mr. Manwaryng refpecting the Stratford enclofures, 16 14; Malone's memoranda on the Lucy family. 62 THE WHELER 109. Collections on Stratford, &c, by r. b. Wheler. 4to. Manufcript. A valuable collection of copies of documents refpecling Shake- fpeare and Stratford-on-Avon, tranfcribed from the archives of the Corporation, and from other fources. no. CONTINUATION of the albums kept at the Church for the names of vifitors to the tomb of Shakefpeare to the year 1854. See No. 2 3- 1 1 1. BRIEF account of Stratford-upon-Avon. i2mo. 1799- Veryjcarce. COLLECTION. 63 112. CLONE'S Life of Shakefpeare, 8vo. 1821, with fome manufcript notes by R. B. Wheler. 113. HAKESPEARE Reliques, illuftrative of the Life of Shakefpeare, in the poffeflion of J. O. Halliwell, Efq. ^to. 1852. 114. RELAND'S Papers and Confeffions, 1796- 805 ; Malone's Inquiry, 1796 ; Huckell's Avon, MS. by R. B. Wheler ; Britton's Remarks, 1 8 18 ; Hiftrionic Topography, 18 18 ; another copy of Wheler's Hiftory of Stratford, with feveral plates inferted by Mr. Wheler. CHISWICK PRESS: — PRINTED BY WHITTINGHAM AND WILKINS, TOOKS COURT, CHANCERY LANE.