Excerpt from History and Antiquities of Stratford-Upon-Avon: Comprising a Description of the Collegiate Church, the Life of Shakspeare, and Copies of Several Documents Relating to Him and His Family, Never Before Printed, With a Biographical Sketch of Other Eminent Characters In this compilation, much assistance has been derived from the ms. Collcetions of the late learned and Reverend Jossmr Gnnexn, formerly Master of the Free Grammar School, at Stratford, and Rector of W'elford, in Glouces. Tershire, which were obligingly communicated by his rela. Tire, Mr. Eight of Lichfield; to whom many thanks are thus returned, for his so generously promoting this work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.