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Sir John Shakespeare II (c. 1530-September 1601) was an English nobleman, politician, and knight. He was Sir William Shakespeare 's father and husband of Mary Arden. Statue of Sir John Shakespeare II. Sir John Shakespeare II was the son of English nobleman Sir Richard Shakespeare I (1490-1561) and Abigail Webb (1493-1565), John II was named ...
Sep 18, 2018 · According to a university press release, the problems explain why John Shakespeare, who served a magistrate and alder, withdrew from civic life in his hometown of Stratford-upon-Avon in 1577.
Sep 13, 2018 · “So John Shakespeare fell victim to a perfectly legal kind of persecution, which ruined his business through the 1570s, and William grew to adulthood in a household where his father had fallen ...
John Shakespeare was elected constable of Stratford-upon-Avon, as shown here, on September 30, 1558. One of the constables’ main duties was to oversee the watch “for the good governement of the Towne” (Minutes and Accounts, i, p. May 4, 1561. John Shakespeare, as one of four affeerors, attests to the level of fines imposed at the manorial ...
Nov 27, 2018 · Like most of Shakespeare’s history plays, King John presents a struggle for the English crown. The struggle this time, however, is strikingly cold-blooded and brutal. John, the younger brother of the late Richard I, is the king, and a savage one. His opponent is a boy, his nephew Arthur, supported by the King of France and the Duke of Austria.
Richard Shakespeare, the father of John Shakespeare and grandfather of Shakespeare, was a tenant farmer on land owned by Mary’s father in Snitterfield. As the daughter of Richard’s landlord it’s possible that she knew John Shakespeare since childhood. Mary Arden married John Shakespeare in 1557, when she was 20 years old and John was 26 ...
Oct 4, 2017 · Synopsis: The events in King John take place in the thirteenth century, well before Shakespeare’s other English history plays. After the death of John’s brother, Richard I, John rules England. John’s young nephew, Arthur, has a claim to the throne and is supported by the French.
