claim: Caesar is a comedic adaptation of Julius Caesar.
evidence: William Ford or Foord -LRB- 1559 in Bury St Edmunds -- in or after 1616 -RRB- was a Church of England clergyman .. Bury St Edmunds. Bury St Edmunds. Church of England. Church of England. Ford was educated at Trinity College , Cambridge , where he graduated B.A. in 1578 .. He was elected fellow of Trinity in 1581 , proceeded M.A. in 1582 , and commenced B.D. in 1591 .. He has been identified with a William Ford who became Rector of Thurleigh , Bedfordshire , in 1594 , and was Vicar of Keysoe in 1596-7 .. Thurleigh. Thurleigh. Bedfordshire. Bedfordshire. Keysoe. Keysoe. By 1611 he had become chaplain to the Levant Company at Constantinople .. Levant Company. Levant Company. Constantinople. Constantinople. On 31 July 1611 he petitioned the court for an augmentation of his salary of two hundred sequins ; on the following 1 October the court allowed him an advance from # 30 to # 50 on the ground of his being ` well spoken of for paines and merits in his charge . '. sequins. Sequin ( coin ). On 1 September 1613 he intimated a wish to resign his post , but was requested to remain a year longer .. He received permission to return home , 6 July 1614 .. He may be the William Ford who became Vicar of Bristow -LRB- Bridstow ? -RRB-. Bridstow. Bridstow. , Herefordshire in 1615 .. Herefordshire. Herefordshire