The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-06
shakespeare a. . Man.

Btlhtig hefNlru OttlCe IN lSlnuou n reTtcs
of official papers. mainly dispositions in
a suit AZ law. by means Of which the
world now possesses for the first time
a vivid picture Of SHAKESPEARE ~ he
moved and orkcd among men.
Mr. MALIACF. who il associate pro-
feSsor If English literature in the Uni
eeirSitv nf Nebraska learned that the
Public ReCord Ofiice of London IL stored
from top Ia bottom with countless dOcu-
menis an skins. psrchments. and Tapers
of various size. which constitute the
chief records of all England from Anglo
Saxo-, times down to the present He
reasoned thar there IL anywhere he
might find somc Tangible material affect
ing the great poet ndauntcd by the
seemingly endless proportions Of the
task ahead of him. he went 10 work.
aided by his wife Together they
searched and searched until they were
finally rewarded by discovering twenty
ak documents in n case NJ court where
SHAKKsPEARE was interested. The law
suit involved as principals family
named MoUNTgoY. with which SHAKE
AREARE lived for wears while in London.
The MoUSTIoYs were French. possibly
Hnguenot refugees: the head ~ the
house. -CHRIsToPHER MoNIoV." was
maker ~ fashionable headdressss and
wigs He had n apprentice the stepsOn
VI an old friend in France. a lad named
STEPHEN BELIOTT. and house and shop
being under one roof young STEPHEN
hved with his employer family.
Side by side with him worked MARY.
the modest maiden Of the household.
rrnlv,hih of MOUNTJOT; and AZ the end
Of his six years apprenticeshipS STEPHEN
hal proved himself 40 good a workman
and ~ lovable a youth that Madam
MoUNTIoY NJ any rate seemed well
pleased with the idea that the two young
psopEe should he falling IN love. Toward
the close of IGO4. however, STEPHEN
IOnged for foreign travel. and made "a
short soiourn in spain. but soon returned
to the house and shop. Not long after
that Madam MOUNTJOY. informing
SHAKEsPEAKE that MARY and young
-DEL1.OTr evidently care,i much for each
~sihar. asked his good Offices IN making
two hearts happy. She told the poet
that il he could bring the Young man to
a formal proposal of marriage a dover
fitting "a their station should be settled
upon them ~ their wedding One NAV
imagine the willingness with which the
creator If Romeo and juliet listened
70 Madam MOUNTJoY's request that he
a,sSist in the unfolding Of love story
In real life
IL II unnecessary here 10 relate the
details ~ the delicate situation. suffice
20 say that SHAKEsPEARE undertook
the good offices Indicated that he was
30 far successful that the marriage set
Element was made and the wedding
--olenniled few wears later MoUNt-
: Sud and his son-rn-iaw found they could
no longer agree They mad continued
in business under partnership ar
rangemsnt, and dispute over money
matters followed which perhaps might
have been avoJded had not Madam
MoUNTIoY died some time previous
In 1872 SIEPHEN. considering himself III
,sSpd. went into the Court Of Requests
"a secure tulfilnent Of promises that hs
asserted had bsen made Ia him al this
seems trivial enough. and u t. but for
the iar ihlt SHAkEsPTAKF WIS in
vOlNed 1ho-r twcnty--IX old records
brought - light bv Mr. aud Mrs WAL
LACE are mainly written on skins and
parChmsnts and are Of all sizes. from
kttIe strips an Inch wide TO great skins
finrso feet wtfe and six long or large
nDil. "omppssi Of parchment- Sewed
rui 20 end hundrpi 10 three hundred
SeeL m length hey give rs the first
clear pWuTe of SHAEEsPEARE a. h.
lived IA London. with his hOmsy si,r-
rOundIngs. hi- place IN the Mount iOy
hou-ehnld. hrs nsighbOrs he associates
Beruri-r ~ them We now know far more
about ~HNKEspEAHE ~ London. whil,. Ne.
WIS IN th" fufl radianoe of his creative.
work. than We know about his NJ. even
at StratiOpi.
Dispositions In the lawsuit referred
To have eunbled NJ. WALLACE - iocate
the eSntt HOUSE where SHAKESPFARE
lived during his great days m London
Maps and other documents satisfy Mr.
WALLACE that MIUNTIOY' home was az
the corner Of MuggalI and Silver streets.
AMI dates mentioned ~ the various
records make 1t almost certain that there
SHAKEsPEARE wrnte some Of his greatest
play-, among them Henry v Much
Ado, As \ on Lake II. Twelfth Night. r.
-Hamlct. Julius Caesar. Macbeth. 70
-Othello Not far away lived BEN
JONsoS. &ATHANIEL tIELD, THOMAS
DFKKER. AN1HuNY MUNbVY. WILLIAM
JOHNSON. tho actor m another direction
lived joss HEMiNGs and HENRv CON-
pSILr- SBGKEsFEARE 5 friends, hs a.