Shakespeare of Stratford/The Biographical Facts/Fact 31

by Tucker Brooke

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XXXI. DEATH OF SHAKESPEARE’S FATHER (1601).

Stratford Burial Register.

1601 Septemb. 8 Mr. Johannes Shakspeare.

Note. On his father’s death the poet, as eldest son, inherited the double house in Henley Street in which he had been born. His mother continued to live there until her death, as did also his married sister, Mrs. Joan Hart, and her family.