baptised february husband william_shakespeare daughter held municipal offices corporation highest chamberlain fined minor offences married marriage took place season special licence required church couple failed obtain leading brief summoned fewer months wedding answer charges died scholars believe result events william_shakespeare altered favour daughter excluded inheritance thomas children shakespeare richard thomas died months age richard thomas lived past death child led legal william_shakespeare lasted scholars speculate died burial records incomplete birth early life born baptised february son richard siblings london later married vicar married record attendance local school sufficient education write short passages french run business hold municipal offices life business municipal offices dealt tobacco held lease house known purpose running tavern later traded houses brother law larger house known cage set shop upper half recorded selling wine corporation late man education knowledge french signing accounts chamberlain decorated french romance writes est pour sage pour son original pour sage son original translates english happy wise serves men troubles version sense respected man borough elected constable acting chamberlain signing accounts records council voted imperfect attend meeting attend later meeting accounts passed appear needed explanation reputation slightly spotted fined swearing suffering house point danger prosecution wine marriage february married william_shakespeare daughter assistant vicar later married sister mary probably wedding took place season prohibited lent started january sunday ended april sunday easter marriage required special licence issued couple failed obtain cited marrying licence cited marrying required licence presumed posted church minor apparently caused minister couples february summoned appear court worcester later involved case found guilty signatures taking bribes failed appear required date register recorded judgement march unknown case punishment long november year church baptism child marriage begin recently woman die child buried march march appeared dealt things open court submitted correction sentenced open white sheet according custom congregation sundays admit crime time wearing ordinary clothes minister sentence essentially letting fine given parish poor chapel spared public humiliation cage lived married unknown owned father cottage chapel lane thomas held lease tavern called high street cottage later passed sister settlement father july thomas swapped houses brother law moving shop upper half house corner high street bridge street known cage house traditionally associated 20th century cage time restaurant turned cage provides insight shakespeare trusted husband tried sell lease house prevented protect interests children lease signed trust husband husband niece vicar nearby brother law thomas wedding eventually november lease cage ended hands thomas eldest brother london william_shakespeare testament beginnings marriage spite husband family led speculation cause william_shakespeare hastily altered testament summoned lawyer january march alterations probably dying concerns provision struck inserted daughter bequeathed discharge marriage relinquish cottage children alive end years following date receive interest principal money explicitly denied lands equal value separate given broad silver finally bulk estate included main house new place houses lands shakespeare set estate bequeathed descending order choice following daughter death males second son male heirs son male heirs male heirs elizabeth male heirs male heirs heirs law normally recognise elaborate usually taken indicate entrusted shakespeare inheritance speculated simply indicate favoured child children children shakespeare baptised november buried richard baptised february buried february thomas baptised january buried january shakespeare named mother father richard common grandfather uncle named richard died months age richard buried month years old respectively deaths children brought new legal consequences father inheritance led daughter son law settlement use elaborate legal device inheritance branch family legal continued thirteen years death fate records little speculated died parish burial records incomplete certainly nephew london time held lease cage
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