The final piece of evidence that convinced me is the manuscript of the play “Sir Thomas More.” Only that one manuscript of the play exists. Anthony Munday, usually credited as the principal author, was Oxford’s secretary. “Hand D,” one of several handwriting styles in the work, has been credited to William Shakspere of Stratford, although only six scratchy signatures of his exist. The manuscript was sold to the British Library by one of Oxford’s descendants. The work is far more interesting as a historical document, which suggests an author dictating to a secretary, then the work being censored and during the revision process possibly abandoned.
Clare Davies: How I Became an Oxfordian
September 10, 2020