baptised february february née shakespeare younger daughter william_shakespeare twin shakespeare son shakespeare married circumstances marriage including misconduct prompted shakespeare thomas struck inheritance attached provisions safeguard husband bulk shakespeare estate left elaborate fee tail elder daughter male heirs children time death children years depicted works fiction attempt piece unknown portions father life birth early life daughter william_shakespeare younger sister twin sister died age baptism february recorded shakespeare vicar parish register twins named husband wife friends parents baker unlike father husband probably witnessed deed sale house future mother law elizabeth eldest son adrian signed twice mark instead marriage february married assistant vicar later married sister mary probably wedding took place pre season time marriages period marriages banned church including ash wednesday lent started january sunday ended april sunday easter marriage required special licence issued couple failed obtain presumably posted required church cited marrying licence considered sufficient 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 died child buried march days later 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 church chapel spared public humiliation cage lived marriage 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 house known cage house traditionally associated 20th century cage time bar 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 houses lands shakespeare set estate bequeathed descending order choice following daughter death males second son male heirs son male heirs male heirs 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 grandfather richard common paternal grandfather uncle named richard died months age richard buried days years old respectively deaths children resulted new legal consequences father inheritance led daughter son law settlement elaborate legal device inheritance branch family legal continued thirteen years death died february day burial week birthday surviving child years buried grounds exact location grave unknown husband records little later years speculated died parish burial records incomplete left known nephew living london time holding lease cage literary references portrayed love affairs adventures published main characters play portrays years father retirement appears final stories graphic novel compared character shakespeare subject novel father daughter tale radio play portrays playwright father life travels london join affair young shakespeare daughter title short story short listed sunday irish writer prize room created character supposed shakespeare sister daughter similar names setting direct connection shakespeare daughter creation fact shakespeare sister named joan story shakespeare sister denied education brother despite obvious talent father tries marry runs away join theatre company ultimately rejected gender pregnant abandoned partner commits suicide created attempt fill historical gap intended point struggle female poet playwright age speculated talented women time find observed known women eighteenth century
Judith Quiney