Addenbrooke, John

Addenbrooke, John,
a ‘gentleman’ whom Shakespeare sued in the Stratford court of record for a debt of £6 in 1608. The case dragged on from 17 August 1608 to 7 June 1609. Addenbrooke was arrested but freed when Thomas Hornby, a blacksmith, stood surety for him. A jury awarded Shakespeare his debt and 24s. in costs which he tried to recover from Hornby as Addenbrooke could not be found.

Stanley Wells