There are three 17th century accounts of Shakespeare poaching on the estate of Thomas Lucy. Thomas Caryle refers to it in his book, LECTURES ON HEROES. There is no sound proof that the stories are true.
Poaching. But just about everyone nowadays thinks that story is bogus. The court records are surprisingly complete from that era and Shakespeare's name is not in them (his father's and daughter's names are in the record for being convicted of offences, not his). The poaching story was made up hundreds of years after Shakespeare's death to explain why he left Stratford and went to London by romantic people who couldn't stand the idea that he left to look for a job.
It's far from clear that he was "kicked out" at all. Most likely he left of his own volition, looking for a better job. There is an old story that he left town because he had been caught poaching but that is now discredited.
William Shakespeare left home and headed towards England so that he could follow his dream in play writing.
Nicholas Rowe, the first person to write a biography of Shakespeare, almost 100 years after his death, claimed that he had to leave Stratford because he was caught poaching. The details of the story as told by Rowe do not add up, so it is generally believed that it is mere rumour.
We know very little about Shakespeare's private life except what is revealed in his public life. Thus we do not know to what extent his actions were the result of conscious decisions on his part and to what extent they were the result of external forces. The most significant event in Shakespeare's life was his move to London to find a job there. Nowadays most people assume that to have been a conscious decision on Shakespeare's part. Yet for years most people believed that he left Stratford unwillingly, because he was wanted for poaching Sir William Lucy's deer. Even though the poaching story has now been completely exploded it is still not impossible that Shakespeare was forced by circumstance to leave Stratford for London.
Poaching. But just about everyone nowadays thinks that story is bogus. The court records are surprisingly complete from that era and Shakespeare's name is not in them (his father's and daughter's names are in the record for being convicted of offences, not his). The poaching story was made up hundreds of years after Shakespeare's death to explain why he left Stratford and went to London by romantic people who couldn't stand the idea that he left to look for a job.
Many people are caught poaching lions. Their punishment is way too lenient.
It's far from clear that he was "kicked out" at all. Most likely he left of his own volition, looking for a better job. There is an old story that he left town because he had been caught poaching but that is now discredited.
William Shakespeare left home and headed towards England so that he could follow his dream in play writing.
There were 183 poaching arrests inn 2008.
Poaching a panda is now illegal, so if a poacher is caught, they are arrested.
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Nicholas Rowe, the first person to write a biography of Shakespeare, almost 100 years after his death, claimed that he had to leave Stratford because he was caught poaching. The details of the story as told by Rowe do not add up, so it is generally believed that it is mere rumour.
Nobody knows. There is a romantic story that he was wanted for poaching and had to leave town but that is unsubstantiated gossip. As to how, I'm sure he walked.
There was a plague outbreak in Stratford near the time of Shakespeare's birth, but the point is that he did not catch the disease, which is why he survived.
Poaching is what it is called when you illegally kill an animal. There are many laws against poaching and game wardens are in charge of enforcing them.
An old legend says that he escaped prosecution for deer poaching, but this is almost certainly a romantic fiction. His real reason was no doubt to look for a job.