What did Shakespeare's parents do for a living?

Answer 1

His father, John was a leather merchant and glover (glove maker), and his mother Mary was the daughter of a landowner.
William's father John Shakespeare was a glover (a glovemaker) then become a famer in Stratford-upon-Avon.

Answer 2

Shakespeare's father John Shakespeare was a glover, or maker of gloves and fine leathers, and alderman. His mother, Mary Arden was the daughter of an affluent farmer and a housewife (most women were then).

Answer 3

Shakespeare's father was a glover (maker of gloves) and whittawer (tanner of fine or delicate leathers appropriate for glove-making). He was also a trader and businessman. Shakespeare's mother looked after the house, which was a full-time job when there were no modern conveniences.

Answer 4

His father was a glover and his mother kept the house.

Answer 5

His father was a leather glove maker and his mother was what women were in those times, a housewife

Answer 6

Hamnet died and Shakespeare's daughters married.

Answer 7

Nothing. They are dead. When they were alive his father was a glover and businessman and his mother kept the house.

Answer 8

Gloves and other fine leather goods.