Shakespeare and his London Associates 



*7 



is lykewyse most truly affirmed w th out that that this Defendaunte 

 did ev r promise three score pounds or any other somes of mony 

 vnto the sayd Complainaunte eith r in marriage with his sayd 

 Daughter or after his Death or is indebted vnto the Complayn- 

 aunte in the somwe of fforty pounds or any other some what 

 soever as in and by the sayd Bill and Replication is falsly sur- 

 mysed all which matters this Defendaunte is ready to averr mayn- 

 tayne and prove as this Honorable Courte shall award and humbly 

 prayeth as in his sayd Answeare he hath prayed. 



George Hartoppe 



[11] 



Process Book, 6-11 James I, Miscellaneous Books, vol. 183, 

 jo. 269. 



[Summons to Shakespeare and others, Easter Term, 10 James I.] 

 Septimo die Maij/ 



A compulsory to Wil/mm 

 Shakespeare gent and 

 others ad testificandum 

 inter Stephanum Bellott 

 querentem et Xpoferum 

 Mountioy defend entem 



[The note of " nil pauper " refers to the complainant. The note at the 

 right means " returnable immediately."] 



Nil pauper 



-r Imed 



[12] 



Witness Book, 44 Elisabeth to 16 James I, Miscellaneous 

 Books, vol. 199. 



[Shakespeare and others in the Court's list of witnesses examined ex 

 parte Belott, Easter term, 1612.] 



Stephen Belott 



plaintiff 



XpoferMountioy 



def*. 



danyell Nicholas 



Johan Johnson vxor 



Tho : Johnson 



Will/am Shakespeare gent 



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