| Date | Location | Event Recorded |
| 26 Apr. 1564 | Parish church records | Christening |
| 27 Nov. 1582 | Diocese of Worchester Reg. | Special marriage license issue recorded (bond of surety, 28 Nov. 1582) |
| 26 May 1583 | Stratford Parish Church | Christening of Susanna, daughter |
| 2 Feb. 1585 | Stratford Parish Church | Christening of Hamnet/Judith, twins |
| 1588 | Public Record Office | Bill of complaint: Sh vs. Lambert |
| Mar. 1595 | Public Record Office | Payment to Chamberlain's men for perf. (1st record of this association) |
| 20 Oct. 1596 | College of Arms | Coat of arms granted to John Sh. |
| Oct-Nov 1596 | Public Record Office | Writ for arrest of Sh et al (disc. 1931) |
| 4 May 1597 | Public Record Office | Record of Sh's purchase of New Place |
| 15 Nov. 1597 | Public Record Office | Record of tax defaultation (5s) |
| 1 Oct. 1598 | Public Record Office | Record of tax defaultation |
| 1598-99 | Public Record Office | Subsidy account; delinquent in assessment of subsidies |
| 1598-99 | Public Record Office | Tax defaultation |
| 1599-1600 | Public Record Office | Tax defaultation |
| 24 Jan. 1598 | Stratford Museum | Letter mentioning sh's desire to buy property |
| 4 Feb. 1598 | Stratford Museum | Sh noted as possessing 80 bushels of malt |
| 25 Oct. 1598 | Stratford Museum | Bailiff's letter requesting loan of L30 (follow-up 30 Oct. 1598) |
| 4 Nov. 1598 | Stratford Museum | Letter referring to Sh's agreement to lend |
| 17 Nov. 1599-
24 Mar. 1600 | College of Arms | Draft for grant permitting Arden coat of arms |
| 16 May 1599 | Public Record Office | Inventory of Brend's property, showing Sh and other occupying Globe playhouse |
| 25 Mar. 1601 | Worcester Probate Registry | Will mentioning Anne as Sh's wife |
| 21 Mar. 1602 | Bodleian Library, Oxford | Defends grant of arms |
| 1 May 1602 | Stratford Museum | Sh buys 107 acres of farmland n of Stratford for L320 |
| 28 Sept. 1602 | Public Record Office | Sh allowed to hold cottage and garden in Chapel Lane, Stratford |
| 17-19 May 1603 | Public Record Office | King James' warrants for patent creating the King's Men |
| 15 Mar. 1604 | Public Record Office | Master of Wardrobe records issue of 4 1/2 yards of red cloth to Sh & King's Men for entry of King James into London |
| 1604 | Court of Record | Sh brings suit to recover debt of 35s.10d. for malt supplied |
| 4 May 1605 | Somerset House Probate Registry | Will bequesting 30s to Sh |
| 24 July 1605 | Stratford Museum | Abstract assigned interest in tithe lease in Stratford to Sh |
| 17 Dec. 1608-
7 June 1609 | Stratford Museum | Suit by Sh for debt of L6 |
| 11 Sept.1611 | Stratford Museum | Sh named as contributing toward repair of Stratford highways |
| 5 Oct. 1611 | Stratford Museum | Inventory mentioning barn leased from Sh |
| 1612 | Public Record Office | 16 documents relating to quarrel over marriage settlement to which Sh was witness |
| 28 Jan. 1613 | Somerset House Probate Registry | Bequest to Sh of L5 |
| 10 Mar. 1613 | Chancery, Close Rolls | Conveyance of house in Blackfriars to Sh (supporting deed 11 Mar. 1613) |
| 31 Mar. 1613 | Duke of Rutland's Manuscripts | Record in household account book of payment to Sh and Richard Burbage, fellow actor |
| 5 Sept.1614 | Stratford Museum | Diary entry listing Sh as freehold of 4 yds. of land |
| 28 Oct. 1614 | Stratford Museum | Agreement protecting Sh's interest in tithes against enclosure (supporting documents 17 Nov.-15 Sept. 1615) |
| 9 Oct. 1615 | Public Record Office | Plea mentioning Sh as shareholder in both Globe and Blackfriar's theatres |
| 25 Mar. 1616 | Somerset House Probate Registry | Sh's last will and testament |
| 25 Apr. 1616 | Holy Trinity Church Register | Sh's burial record |
| 5 May 1637 | Public Record Office | Answer of Sh's daughter to complaint for recovery of debt owed by her deceased husband |