Always ethereal - did Shakespeare actually exist?

Willm Shakp
Bellott v. Mountjoy deposition
12 June 1612

William Shakspēr
Blackfriars Gatehouse
conveyance
10 March 1613

W^m Shakspē
Blackfriars mortgage
11 March 1616

William Shakspere
Page 1 of will
(from 1817 engraving)

Willm Shakspere
Page 2 of will

William Shakspeare
Last page of will
25 March 1616

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his Last Will and Testament, which contains three signatures, one on each page, dated 25 March 1616

The signatures appear as follows:

• Willm Shakp
• William Shakspēr
• W^m Shakspē
• William Shakspere
• Willm Shakspere
• By me William Shakspeare