William Shakespeare; poet, dramatist, and man . F>a{>«f^i*6 t-- it.!-I —•• t** v-*;: y,;»„«rt- i^». .i;vH^. >-^/t ^^ V)^^-^ H^tfBttiil shakesikares birth record. The three crosses mark the line. was advanced to the highest position in the gift ofthe municipality, that of Bailiff. There were twodaughters who died in infancy; then came thefirst son, William, who was christened, the parishregister tells us, on the 26th day of April, custom of the time with recrard to the interval BIRTH AND BREEDING 35 between birth and baptism was so well settled thatthere seems no reason to dou
William Shakespeare; poet, dramatist, and man . F>a{>«f^i*6 t-- it.!-I —•• t** v-*;: y,;»„«rt- i^». .i;vH^. >-^/t ^^ V)^^-^ H^tfBttiil shakesikares birth record. The three crosses mark the line. was advanced to the highest position in the gift ofthe municipality, that of Bailiff. There were twodaughters who died in infancy; then came thefirst son, William, who was christened, the parishregister tells us, on the 26th day of April, custom of the time with recrard to the interval BIRTH AND BREEDING 35 between birth and baptism was so well settled thatthere seems no reason to doubt that the poet wasborn on the 22d or 23d of the month. There werethen two detached houses standing in HenleyStreet where the present house now stands; tradi-tion assigns the house to the west as the place ofthe poets birth. This house finally came into thepossession, by the bequest of the poets grand-daughter, of the family ofhis sister Joan Hart, anduntil 1806 was occupied bythem ; the adjoining houseto the east was let as an 1S46 both houses weresecured for preservation, re-stored as far as possib
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