Little is know about the private life of William Shakespeare. He probably was a law abiding citizen since his work was highly praised by the public.
Little is know about the private life of William Shakespeare. He probably was a law abiding citizen since his work was highly praised by the public.
Shakespeare, like everyone else in England was required by law to belong to the Church of England. This was a form of Protestant Christianity.
His son in law disgraced the family by having an affair with a local woman. He changed the will to protect his daughters inheritance from this man.
Shakespeare's father got in trouble with the law for building an unauthorized sewage pit. Shakespeare's daughter also got in trouble with the law for missing church.
Shakespeare's signatures are kind of hard to decipher. The one on the Blackfriars mortgage appears to read "Shaksper". The one at the end of his will looks more like "Shakspeare", but the ones in the middle are "Shakspere". His abbreviated signature on a deposition in a law case reads "Shakp"
Many many times. How do we know this? Because it was against the law to miss church and if you missed you had to pay a fine. If Shakespeare had made a habit of missing church it would have cost him a fortune and probably have landed him in jail.
Shakespeare's son-in-law, John Hall, was a physician. It would have been extremely shabby of Hall not to treat his own father-in-law.
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Shakespeare, like everyone else in England was required by law to belong to the Church of England. This was a form of Protestant Christianity.
Young boys played female parts. It was against the law for women to act.
Yes, his mum, Mary, his father, John Shakespeare, his brothers Gilbert, Richard and Edmund, his sister Joan, his wife Anne, and his daughters Susannah and Judith (and later sons-in-law John and Thomas)
His son in law disgraced the family by having an affair with a local woman. He changed the will to protect his daughters inheritance from this man.
Shakespeare's father got in trouble with the law for building an unauthorized sewage pit. Shakespeare's daughter also got in trouble with the law for missing church.
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Shakespeare's signatures are kind of hard to decipher. The one on the Blackfriars mortgage appears to read "Shaksper". The one at the end of his will looks more like "Shakspeare", but the ones in the middle are "Shakspere". His abbreviated signature on a deposition in a law case reads "Shakp"
If you break the law, you will be a criminal in the particular law-enforcement and will be penalized.
It was against the law for Shakespeare theater goers to cross dress. It was also against the law for people to dress above their station.
Many many times. How do we know this? Because it was against the law to miss church and if you missed you had to pay a fine. If Shakespeare had made a habit of missing church it would have cost him a fortune and probably have landed him in jail.