Stationers Register

Topic: Stationers Register

1. Verified Sourced Facts

• Shakespeare Documented states that on 4 August 1600, Henry V, Much Ado About Nothing, and As You Like It were noted on the flyleaf of Liber C of the Stationers' Company.
• Shakespeare Documented describes the entry as a Stationers' Register note for those plays "to be staied."
• The local Neville timeline gives Neville's return from France as:

"2 Aug -- Henry Neville, his wife and children arrive in Dover from France"

• The local Neville timeline gives the adjacent Stationers' Register date as:

"4 Aug -- Henry V, Much Ado About Nothing, and As You Like It were noted on the flyleaf of Liber C of the Stationer's Company"

• These are verified date anchors as separate facts. The claim that the timing implies Neville's approval, revision, or manuscript control remains interpretive.

2. Ken Feinstein Twitter and Blog Information

1 Mar. 2021

• “Here is Neville in June 1605 complaining of having no official duties.”
• “Henry Neville arrived in France on May 2, 1599. He returned on August 2, 1600.”
• “Neville gets back August 2 and August 4 this is entered into the Stationers Register.”
• “This is one hell of a coincidence.”
• The related TWITTER_BOOK_ADDITIONS.md synthesis argues that no Shakespeare plays were entered during Neville's 15-month ambassadorial absence and that three plays cluster at the moment of his return.

3. Citations

• "Stationers' Register entry for As You Like It, Henry V, and Much Ado About Nothing 'to be staied'." Shakespeare Documented, Folger Shakespeare Library, https://shakespearedocumented.folger.edu/resource/document/stationers-register-entry-you-it-henry-v-and-much-ado-about-nothing-be-staied.
• "Henry Neville Timeline." Henry Neville Research Wiki. Local preservation: wiki_timeline.md.
• Feinstein, Ken. Tweet, 1 Mar. 2021, https://twitter.com/user/status/1366420682234494977. Local preservation: twitter_Stationers_Register.md.
• TWITTER_BOOK_ADDITIONS.md, Finding 11.
• ambassador_to_france.md, related packet.

4. Notes on Access

• This is now a dated-alignment packet. It is strong on the external Stationers' Register date and local Neville-return chronology, but still weaker on the inference from timing to authorial involvement.
• Future work should capture the Stationers' Company flyleaf witness directly if the book leans on the visual/documentary form of the entry.

5. Local Images