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"Several of the name [ie Shakespeare] lived near Bishopsgate before and after his [ie the Poet's] death.

John Scatcliffe, of St. Botolph's, Aldersgate, cook, bachelor, twenty-four, and Mary Shakespeare, of the same, spinster, twenty-four, at St. Botolph's, December 20, 1637;² in later years, Nathaniel³ Shaxpere and Elizabeth---, widow, married August 18, 1663, in St. Botolph's, Bishopsgate; Henry Shakespeare, of St. Botolph's, Bishopsgate, bachelor (twenty-five), and Elizabeth Hartwell, of same, spinster (twenty), her parents dead, with consent of her grandmother, Elizabeth Gaye, of same, at St. Botolph's, March 26, 1663; William⁴ Winch and Abigail Shaxpere, married September 30, 1680; Francis Hill and Saray Saxpere, September 28, 1682; John Shakespeare and Edith Murry, married at St. Botolph's, Bishopgate, January 2, 1699; William Shakespear and Anna Maria Carter, both of this parish, July 9, 1733."

Little more is known of these individuals, but given the geographical location a number of them were probably related. Further details on Henry Shakespeare and Elizabeth Hartwell can be seen here.