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  • Shakespeare dedicated two narrative poems to the earl of Southampton, Henry Wriothesley, “who also [like Oxenford] was a ward of Lord Burghley and grew up in the same household,” Justice Stevens says.

    Stromata Blog: 2009

  • Oxenford was confident that the French would back any alternative to James, “how small soever his title were”.

    History 2010

  • This minor incident displays Oxenford at his vainglorious and ineffective norm.

    Anti-Stratfordianism on the Screen 2010

  • With a little digging, the reporter might have discovered that the Justice himself has written a complimentary missive to one of the theorists furthest out on the fringe (though not absolutely the nuttiest slice of the fruit cake – that honor belongs to the pair of linguists who claim that Oxenford wrote not only Shakespeare but almost all other Elizabethan literature).

    Stromata Blog: 2009

  • Historical Footnote: Oxenford played a role in the drama over the succession to the throne, though not at all like the one apparently assigned to him by director Emmerich.

    Anti-Stratfordianism on the Screen 2010

  • Shakespeare dedicated two narrative poems to the earl of Southampton, Henry Wriothesley, “who also [like Oxenford] was a ward of Lord Burghley and grew up in the same household,” Justice Stevens says.

    Law 2010

  • His belief that the “true author” was Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (or, as the man himself preferred, “Oxenford”), has long been known to people who pay attention to such matters, even if it was a surprise to many commenters at the Volokh Conspiracy.

    Law 2010

  • Not what you want at this hour.89th over: England 225-5 Bell 19, Prior 3: This is excellent umpiring from Bruce Oxenford.

    Pakistan v England: day three – live! | Jacob Steinberg and Rob Smyth 2012

  • With a little digging, the reporter might have discovered that the Justice himself has written a complimentary missive to one of the theorists furthest out on the fringe (though not absolutely the nuttiest slice of the fruit cake – that honor belongs to the pair of linguists who claim that Oxenford wrote not only Shakespeare but almost all other Elizabethan literature).

    Law 2010

  • Oxenford was confident that the French would back any alternative to James, “how small soever his title were”.

    Anti-Stratfordianism on the Screen 2010

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