DVS member David Shakespeare has uploaded to his own YouTube channel a fascinating exploration of the ‘Harleian Miniature’ portrait of ‘Shakespeare’, housed in the Portland collection at Welbeck Abbey along with the authenticated well-known ‘Welbeck’ portrait of Edward de Vere. David....

One of the earliest known Elizabethan map of London during the time of ‘Shakespeare’ has been found during a house clearance. Printed in 1572, it shows two ‘bear bayting’ theatres on the south bank of the Thames, close to today’s Globe Theatre. See full article in the Daily Mail HERE. The ....

The ‘Hedingham Castle Estate Elizabethan Gold Ring’, possibly owned by Edward de Vere, was sold by Timeline Auctions for £46,000 in February 2021. The ring was found in December 2018 by a metal detectorist near the River Colne on land owned by the de Vere family from the time of the Norman battle for  Bri....