Shakespeare of Stratford/The Biographical Facts/Fact 57

by Tucker Brooke

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LVII. BURIAL OF RICHARD, THE POET’S BROTHER (1613).

Stratford Burial Register.

1612 [ie. 1618] February 4 Rich. Shakspeare.

Note. Richard, whose burial occurred just a year and a day after that of Gilbert (see no. LV), appears to have been the last surviving brother of the poet.