He's not the Bard, he's a very naughty boy.

Yet another claim that Shakespeare didn't write Shakespeare but this time with a little more meat on it. The Claim to Fame lands this time on the shoulders of one Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, whose writing style by all accounts fits 'Shakespeare's' to a tee. Some saying that his background and birthrightwould have given him the needed knowledge to write 'Shakespeare', more so, muchmoreso than the lowly William.
BUT, the best bit of 'evidence' (at least I think so) is the discovery that Edward de Vere had a nickname at Court...and guess what it was?It was...wait for it...it was...*'Spear-shaker'.
For more on this interesting turn of events and the thought that the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust might have to return all the dosh they have made go HERE.

*Which fits in with my own personal theory that the name Shakespeare was an in-joke that depicted someone who was perhaps known to all the major players as a rather nervous extra (or spear carrier) in various theatrical production. Perhaps someone of importance who insisted in appearing in all the plays even though they were useless and became the laughing stock?