Labi olayori biography of william shakespeare

William Shakespeare was baptized on 26 April 1564. We don’t know the exact date of his birth but in the 16th century, it was normal for babies to be baptised within a few days of their birth (because so many died).

Shakespeare was born the same year as Christopher Marlowe.

Labi olayori biography of william shakespeare

William Shakespeare’s father John was a glover (maker of gloves) and he seems to have been a leading citizen of Stratford Upon Avon. We don’t know if John Shakespeare was a native of Stratford but he was living in the town by 1552 because in that year he was fined for leaving a dunghill in Henley Street.

At that time Stratford was a small town with a population of between 1,500 and 2,000.

In 1557 John Shakespeare married a woman from nearby Wilmcote called Mary Arden. The Shakespeares had 8 children. In 1558 they had a daughter called Joan (she died in 1563).

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However, in 1563 they had another daughter called Margaret but she too died in childhood. After William in 1563, they had a son called Gilbert in 1566. (