Because his younger daughter Judith had got engaged to a bit of a Jack the Lad called Thomas Quincey who ran a pub in Stratford. Thomas had a child by another woman in the town which caused a big scandal. It then turned out he hadn't got a license for the marriage and he and Judith were excommunicated (a serious punishment).
So he cut Thomas out of his will altogether. SHAME
Shakespeare's will shows that a number of provisions were added after the first draft was prepared by the lawyer drawing it up, and some words deleted.
The changes were:
Shakespeare gave his wife his second-best bed. People have long thought that this was an unusual gift--why not the best bed? Scholars now think there are two reasons for this: the best bed was the guest bed, but the second-best bed was the marriage bed, the bed that William and Anne had shared. It therefore had sentimental value. In addition, the Shakespeares put up a pile of money to lure Dr. John Hall as a husband to Susannah, and this marriage settlement probably included the best bed.
Shakespeare left his wife his second-best bed in his will. This is weird because he didn't leave anybody his first-best bed. However, most of his stuff was supposed to go to his daughter Susanna so presumably she got it. Also the second-best bed may have been Will and Anne's bridal bed and thus sentimental.
that he didn't really write hisown will. he had a group of people to write it for him.
William left the second bed to his wife.
This was the marriage bed; the best bed was in the guest bedroom.
It's about three pages of dense, crabbed writing. You can read it at the related link.
There is no evidence that Shakespeare changed his name. He received a Coat of Arms for his father which enabled him to be Gentleman, but his name did not change.
None of the theatres Shakespeare was involved in changed their names.
Shakespeare did not make the change. Even if the company could have the right to change the name, Shakespeare did not have the right to speak for the company--Richard Burbage was its leader not Shakespeare. The name was changed by King James I. When he came to the throne, he took over patronage of the company. When the patron changed, the name changed.
Shakespeare did not change his name. It was always William Shakespeare. Although it got spelled a lot of peculiar ways from time to time. People in his day didn't get as anal about the spelling of names as people do now.
yes he did he was an inspreation
There is no evidence that Shakespeare changed his name. He received a Coat of Arms for his father which enabled him to be Gentleman, but his name did not change.
None of the theatres Shakespeare was involved in changed their names.
A play by Shakespeare had been performed by the actors.
Shakespeare did not make the change. Even if the company could have the right to change the name, Shakespeare did not have the right to speak for the company--Richard Burbage was its leader not Shakespeare. The name was changed by King James I. When he came to the throne, he took over patronage of the company. When the patron changed, the name changed.
King's Men
He did not.
By Puberty
Shakespeare did not change his name. It was always William Shakespeare. Although it got spelled a lot of peculiar ways from time to time. People in his day didn't get as anal about the spelling of names as people do now.
yes he did he was an inspreation
Shakespeare did not change his life in any way as a result of Hamnet's death. Shakespeare left Stratford for London sometime between 1585 and 1590. Hamnet did not die until 1596, by which time Shakespeare was well-settled in London.
he added -ment to create a noun
According to my English teacher, he changed from Catholic to Protestant