Word: davenand
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...proprietor of the Crown Inn at Oxford, where it was stated Shakspere always stopped when in that city. Du eto this, and the great dramatist's known or rumored admiration to the hostess, there sprang a scandalous story, attributing Davenant's paternity to Shakspere, a legend which Davenand himself encouraged, but which later criticism considers spurious...
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