Richard Shakespeare
Grandfather of William Shakespeare
Richard Shakespeare | |
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| Born | 1490 |
| Died | before 10 February 1561 |
| Nationality | English |
| Occupation | Farmer |
| Known for | Grandfather of William Shakespeare |
| Spouse | Abigail Webb |
| Children | John Shakespeare; Henry Shakespeare |
Richard Shakespeare (1490 – before 10 February 1561) was a husbandman of Snitterfield, Warwickshire, four miles (6.5 km) north-northeast of Stratford-upon-Avon, the father of John Shakespeare and the grandfather of William Shakespeare.[1][2]
Life
Shakespeare was born in the Wroxall area, about 7 miles (11 km) to the north in Warwickshire.[3] At some time before 1529, he removed to Snitterfield, where he was a tenant farmer until his death on land owned by Robert Arden, the father of Mary Arden, who married John, the poet's father.[4]
Richard Shakespeare is mentioned in the court and manorial records as a prosperous farmer with livestock. Thomas Atwood alias Taylor, a prosperous vintner and clothier who was a member of the Stratford Guild, bequeathed him a team of four oxen he was keeping. He was fined two pence for not attending the manor court in 1529, and he was charged with overburdening the commons with his cattle and fined for letting them run loose in the meadows and neglecting to ring or yoke his swine.[5]
At the time of his death, Richard leased 80 acres of farm land on which his house stood, situated from the corner of High Street (now Bell Lane) down to the ford over the stream that flowed through the village into the Avon.[6] His estate was valued at £38 17s (equivalent to £16,237 in 2023).[7]
See also
- The Shakespeare baronets, said to be descendants of Richard Shakespeare.
References
- ^ Chambers, E.K. (1930). William Shakespeare: A Study of Facts and Problems, 2 vols., Oxford: Clarendon Press, ISBN 0-19-811774-4, OCLC 353406, I:11, II:26.
- ^ Schoenbaum, Samuel (1987). William Shakespeare: A Compact Documentary Life (Revised ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-505161-0, pp. 14, 16.
- ^ Honan, Park (1998). Shakespeare: A Life, Oxford: Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-811792-2, p. 28.
- ^ Schoenbaum, 15.
- ^ Schoenbaum, 15.
- ^ Wood, Michael (2003). Shakespeare, New York: Basic Books, ISBN 0-465-09264-0, p. 21.
- ^ Honan, Park (1998). Shakespeare: A Life, Oxford: Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-811792-2, p. 28.
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William Shakespeare's family tree
Direct ascendants and descendants of William Shakespeare are shown with a blue background
Shakespeare's siblings are shown with a red background
Anne Hathaway and ascendants are shown with a yellow background
People related to Shakespeare only through marriage are shown with a green background
Relations whose identity is not known are shown with a dashed border
Years given are usually approximate and typically reflect baptismal and burial years, rather than birth and death. For remarriages, the number in parentheses after the name indicates the order of the marriages.
| Richard Shakespeare (1490–before 1561) | (unknown) | (unknown) | Robert Arden (died 1556) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| John Shakespeare (c. 1531–1601) | Mary Arden (c. 1537–1608) | (unknown) (1) | Richard Hathaway (–1581) | Joan Hathaway (2) (–1599) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joan (1558–1558) | Margaret (1562–1563) | Gilbert Shakespeare (1566–1612) | Joan Shakespeare (1569–1646) | William Shakespeare (1564–1616) | Anne Hathaway (1555–1623) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Anne (1571–1579) | Richard (1574–1613) | Edmund Shakespeare (1580–1607) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| John Hall (1575–1635) | Susanna Hall (1583–1649) | Judith Quiney (1585–1662) | Thomas Quiney (1589–1662) | Hamnet Shakespeare (1585–1596) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thomas Nash (1) (1593–1647) | Elisabeth Barnard (1608–1670) | John Barnard (2) (1604–1674) | Shakespeare Quiney (1616–1617) | Richard Quiney (1618–1639) | Thomas Quiney (1620–1639) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sources
- Chambers, E. K. (1930). William Shakespeare: A Study of Facts and Problems. Oxford: Clarendon Press. pp. Vol. I 11–12, 18, Vol. II 8–9. OCLC 353406.
- Schoenbaum, S. (1977). William Shakespeare: A Compact Documentary Life. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 292. ISBN 0195051610.
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