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

• IntroductionHoghton of Hoghton TowerSir Thomas Hesketh of RuffordJohn Cotton of TarnacreJohn Weever and the HoghtonsShakespeare and Lord Strange's menThe Shakespeare epitaphs and the StanleysThomas Savage of RuffordThe phoenix and the turtleShakespeare's religionConclusionAppendicesNotesIndex

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

• IntroductionHoghton of Hoghton TowerSir Thomas Hesketh of RuffordJohn Cotton of TarnacreJohn Weever and the HoghtonsShakespeare and Lord Strange's menThe Shakespeare epitaphs and the StanleysThomas Savage of RuffordThe phoenix and the turtleShakespeare's religionConclusionAppendicesNotesIndex

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

• IntroductionHoghton of Hoghton TowerSir Thomas Hesketh of RuffordJohn Cotton of TarnacreJohn Weever and the HoghtonsShakespeare and Lord Strange's menThe Shakespeare epitaphs and the StanleysThomas Savage of RuffordThe phoenix and the turtleShakespeare's religionConclusionAppendicesNotesIndex