Myth of the Month 10: Who Was Shakespeare? -- pt. 1: The Monument and the Man
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William Shakespeare and the Coat of Arms
In 15 98, two men in warwickshire proposed the idea of borrowing money from a mister shakespeare. Also in 15 99, an application was submitted to combine together the sh Shakespeare and arden family coats of arms. In 16 hundred, he took legal action in court to try to recover the seven pounds that he had lent to john clayton back in 15 92. And also in 16 o three, upon the accession of james the first to the throne, an acting troop called the lord chamberlain's men received royal patronage - they henceforth became known as the king's men. So it seems probably by this time, shakespeare was using the family coat of arms
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