Table of Contents

Introduction
Hoghton of Hoghton Tower
Sir Thomas Hesketh of Rufford
John Cotton of Tarnacre
John Weever and the Hoghtons
Shakespeare and Lord Strange's men
The Shakespeare epitaphs and the Stanleys
Thomas Savage of Rufford
The phoenix and the turtle
Shakespeare's religion
Conclusion
Appendices
Notes
Index

About the Author

E. A. J. Honigmann was, until his retirement, Joseph Cowen Professor of English Literature at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne