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August 23, 1600
Stationers' Register entry for Much Ado About Nothing and Henry IV Part 2
On August 23, 1600, William Shakespeare's name appears in the Stationers' Register as "Mr Shakespere." This is the first of the four times Shakespeare's name appears in the Stationers' Register during his lifetime.
ca. 1600-1615
Edward Pudsey's Commonplace book [portions]: containing first known manuscript quotations from Shakespeare's plays
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ca. late 1500s or early 1600s
Two lines from Venus and Adonis, in a late sixteenth or early seventeenth-century hand, in the margins of a thirteenth-century theological compilation.
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ca. early 1600s
Early 17th-century manuscript note adapting couplet from Pericles at the end of a copy of a Humourous Day's Mirth
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ca. early 1600s
An Historicall Compendium of the Mutabilitie of FORTUNE & HONOUR: early manuscript allusion to Hamlet
A previously unnoticed reference to Hamlet – possibly one of the earliest in existence – is in a manuscript held by the Folger Shakespeare Library.
October 10, 1601
Updated deed of transfer of the Globe and other properties from Nicholas Brend to Sir Matthew Brown and John Collett, listing William Shakespeare
Dated October 10, 1601, this is the second of five enrolled indentures of bargain and sale for the Globe site, naming William Shakespeare as a leasee. The Globe playhouse was first built in 1599 on land leased from Sir Nicholas Brend.
October 7, 1601
Deed of transfer of the Globe and other properties from Nicholas Brend to Sir Matthew Brown and John Collett, listing "William Shackspeare gent.”
Dated October 7, 1601, this is the first of five enrolled indentures of bargain and sale for the Globe site, naming William Shakespeare as a leasee. The Globe playhouse was first built in 1599 on land leased from Sir Nicholas Brend.
1598- 1601
Pilgrimage to Parnassus and Return from Parnassus: multiple references to Shakespeare
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June 26, 1601
Shakespeare's associates buy property: Bargain and Sale of a "tenement" in Blackfriars to Cuthbert and Richard Burbage, Vendor's copy
James Burbage died in 1597. His sons Richard and Cuthbert, who were principal shareholders of the Globe, inherited Blackfriars Theater from their father. In 1601, they purchased rooms adjacent to it. Their signatures on the “bargain and sale” indenture appear in the photo above.
September 8, 1601
Parish register entry recording John Shakespeare's burial
John Shakespeare was buried on September 8, 1601, according to the Holy Trinity Church parish register. Next to the entry, an “X” added by a later hand highlights its significance.

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