There are no personal items for which we have clear documentary proof to substantiate definite ownership by Shakespeare or his family. There were many extravagant claims made for certain objects during the 18th and 19th centuries. Numerous chairs were pronounced as being 'Shakespeare's Chair', although often they were too late in date for such a link to have been correct. In 1793 a collection of Shakespeare 'relics', including a card and dice box, a sword, an iron deed box, a lock and a firegrate, was passed from Thomas Hart (a descendant of Shakespeare's sister Joan Hart) to the tenants/custodians of Shakespeare's Birthplace, Mr and Mrs Hornby. When the rent increased for the house in 1820, widow Hornby left the house and took the 'relics' with her, later passing them to her grandson. In 1896 some of these artifacts were auctioned and the collection dispersed. The firegrate and the iron lock, bought from this sale, are currently on loan to the Trust from Charterhouse School. In the early 19th century a gold seal-ring, bearing the initials 'W.S.', was found in the church yard of Holy Trinity Church, Stratford. This ring is now in the Trust's collection and it is tempting to speculate that it may have belonged to Shakespeare, but such an attribution cannot be proved. The ring is certainly of the type that was worn by an Elizabethan gentleman and curiously, Shakespeare;s will bears no seal, although it originally concluded with 'I witness whereof I have herunto set my hand and seal', but the 'and seal' was subsequently crossed out. The letters 'W' and 'S' are joined