following e. k. chambers and ian wilson, joseph pearce maintains that one of the most compelling pieces of evidence is shakespeare's purchase of blackfriars gatehouse, a place that had remained in catholic hands since the time of the reformation, and was notorious for jesuit conspiracies, priest holes to hide fugitives, and covert catholic activity in london. the same year that one john robinson was named as shakespeare's tenant there, robinson's brother edward entered the seminary at the english college in rome; shakespeare ensured that the tenant robinson remained in the house. shakespeare's daughter susanna, who inherited the house, continued his tenancy until 1639. schoenbaum, however, assigns a purely fiscal motive to the purchase: after examining the complex financial arrangements surrounding the transaction he concludes, "an investment, pure and simple".