Was she well educated? Was she rich? Was her family powerful? Family approve of her marriage to John Shakespeare? Picture of Arden Forest owned by the family of Mary Arden William Shakespeare Index Mary Arden, the heiress, and John Shakespeare, the Yeoman, married in presumably in the parish church of St John the Baptist, Aston Cantlow Mary was 17 and John was 26 years old at the time of their marriage Mary Arden's father left her his most valuable possession - the Arden estate in Wilmcote, which was called Asbies, so she was quite a catch for John Shakespeare Mary was illiterate - she used a running horse as her signature!
The village of Stratford had a population of people, and only houses at this time Her husband was extremely ambitious and traded in wool and other farm produce and also as a Glover and Whittawer making saddles, harnesses and fine leather gloves Mary's husband was also a money lender! The exact Birthdays of the children are unknown as births were not registered, however, children were generally baptised 3 days after their birth. How to watch Loading. Cast role name Presenter Michael Wood.
She's the Man? Warm Bodies? Maybe you need to watch these again This legacy of Bloody Mary and the constant threat to England from the Catholic France and Spain gave rise to hostile feelings towards any Catholics.
Perhaps this was the reason that the Bard's father's application for the Coat of Arms back in was refused. Perhaps this was the major reason that led to his downfall. Life carried on with John and his sons working in the family business and then in another blow was dealt to the parents when their 18 year old son, William Shakespeare, came home with the news that 26 year old Anne Hathaway was three months pregnant.
The scandal to the family and his mother and father caused by the conception of a child, by a much older woman, outside marriage must have caused immense gossip in the community and would have blackened the family name still further. The marriage between Will and Anne Hathaway must have been hastily arranged and a special licence had to be sought and issued by the Bishop of Worcester - a nightmare for his parents. The banns were only read once, instead of the conventional three times and William and Anne were married in November Due to the necessity of the swift marriage it can be assumed that William and Anne had no option but to move in with the Bard's parents.
Six months after the marriage, in May , John and Mary became grandparents to Susanna Shakespeare. William probably helped with his father's businesses during this time and possibly also took work as a teacher and perhaps even worked with a lawyer.
William's twins Hamnet and Judith were born two years later in but despite the arrival of more children, fortune continued to go badly with William. There are indications that William might have offended Sir Richard Lucy by poaching a deer on his grounds. What with this and what with the general misfortunes of the family it was about this time that William left Stratford to seek his fortune in London.
His parents struggled on but in John was finally removed from the Board of Aldermen. In he was fined for not attending church, was this perhaps the Protestant Church?
It was , his parents were in debt and John had been stripped of all Civic duties. But this was all about to completely change. Their errant son William had started to become a success as a poet and was also making his name in Theatres of London. By William was mixing with the elite.
The aristocrats and nobles of the Realm were his friends. In he would even play before the Queen. And John's fortunes were also rising. On October 20, by permission of the Garter King of Arms, John Shakespeare, and his children, were granted permission to display a coat-of-arms. His mother and father had achieved a long ambition. The coat-of-arms was gold with a black banner bearing a silver spear. The motto was "Non sans droit" or "not without right". John and his sons were then entitled to put "gentleman" after their name, they were officially part the Gentry.
This title was reserved for those who were below knights but who had been granted the right to bear arms. It is probable the application was initiated by William who , like his father, was ambitious to rise in the Elizabethan social order.
By his father was reinstated on the Stratford Town Council. His father had regained his social standing, bore a Coat-of-Arms, was a member of the Gentry and he had regained his former wealth. The interpretation of the description of the Coat of Arms granted to Shakspere would have been the choice of the designer chosen by the family. It does not appear with the crest on the Shakespeare monument in Stratford church, nor does it appear anywhere else. The crest design would have not formed part of the Heraldic Documentation.
As such an original crest is not in existence there are various interpretations of the Shakespeare Coat of Arms. The image below is an interpretation of the description of the Coat of Arms designed by william-shakespeare. John Shakespeare enjoyed his new status until when John, the father of the great Bard, died at the age of His loyal wife Mary, the mother of the great Bard lived for a further seven years until her death in Biography Index.
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