What did William Shakespeare leave to whom on his will?

Answer 1

William Shakespeare famously left his "second best bed" to his wife. This may not have been as chintzy as it sounds as that may have been their marriage bed and of great sentimental value (and no small monetary value either). It would have been her right, through English Common Law, to one-third of his estate as well as residence for life at New Place, so he did not have to provide for her upkeep in the will, only offer gifts of a sentimental nature.

Scholars have argued whether this was an insult or a compliment.

The insult - second best - may be obvious, but the second best bed would probably have been their marital bed as the best bed would be reserved for guests. This may have been an expression of his affection.
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Answer 2

William Shakespeare famously left his "second best bed" to his wife. This may not have been as chintzy as it sounds as that may have been their marriage bed and of great sentimental value (and no small monetary value either). It would have been her right, through English Common Law, to one-third of his estate as well as residence for life at New Place, so he did not have to provide for her upkeep in the will, only offer gifts of a sentimental nature.

Scholars have argued whether this was an insult or a compliment.

The insult - second best - may be obvious, but the second best bed would probably have been their marital bed as the best bed would be reserved for guests. This may have been an expression of his affection.
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Answer 3

Shakespeare's will is three pages of crabbed handwriting (written probably by the lawyer who was supposed to draft it) full of additions and erasures. It covers a lot of ground. Here are some of the things left in it:

£150 to his daughter Judith.

£150 more, also to Judith on some rather bizarre conditions.

£20 to his sister Joan Hart

All his clothes also to Joan.

The house in Stratford where they grew up to Joan also

£5 each to Joan's three sons.

All the plate except the gold and silver bowl to his granddaughter Elizabeth

The silver gilt bowl went to Judith

£10 to the poor of Stratford

A sword to Thomas Combe

£5 to Thomas Russell

13/6/8 to Francis Collins

26/8 to Hamnet Sadler, Anthony Nash, Richard Burbage, John Heminges, Henry Condell and William Reynolds to buy rings

20 shillings to his godson William Walker

"My second best bed with the furniture" to his wife Anne

All of his real property holdings, which are described in great detail, to his daughter Susanna

Everything else (after payment of debts and funeral expenses) to Susanna.

We must bear in mind that the Dower laws of the time required that one-third of the estate went to the widow no matter what it said in the will. Presumably that would be paid out of Susanna's share.

Answer 4

He left her his second-best bed. There are two schools of thought about this. The first is that he did not like his wife and thus gave her the second best furniture. It is true that when he bought a house in Blackfriars in London he went through a complicated mortgage scheme to keep the house out of Anne's dower share of his estate. The other school of thought is that the second-best bed was actually their marriage bed and had sentimental value for them. In this view, William and Anne were happily married.

In either case, Anne was entitled to and got one third of the estate as dower. The will clearly shows that Shakespeare was counting on this.

Answer 5

Well it's a long and complicated and tedious document which you can read at your leisure at the attached link. But basically he left everything to his daughter Susanna and her husband John Hall, who were the executors. There was a provision made for his other daughter Judith, but it was tied up with legal complications to prevent her nogoodnik husband Thomas Quiney from getting his hands on it. Also there was a sizeable provision for his sister Joan Hart and her family. There were also a number of sentimental gifts to his theatre friends and to his wife (who would have got a third of the estate in any case as dower) and to others.

Answer 6

William Shakespeare left 10 dollars to the poor in his town. He also left his wife their marital bed. He left his daughter, Judith, the most in his will.

Answer 7

William Shakespeare left ten pounds to the poor of stratford in his will.

Answer 8

his two children judith and susanna although he actually had three children his other child was hamnet who died at the age of 11

Answer 9

he left 40 shillings

Answer 10

What did William Shakopee leve to his wife in his will