William Shakespeare; poet, dramatist, and man . ation, and, after his death,John Barnard, who was knighted by Charles after the Restoration. Lady Barnard, whowas the last direct descendant of the poet, died in1670. She had come into possession, by variousbequests, of New Place, the Henley Street houses,the land in the neighbourhood of Stratford, and ahouse in Blackfriars purchased by Shakespeare in1613. The houses in Henley Street passed at herdeath into the possession of the grandson of Shake-speares sister Joan, and remained in the family, asreported in a previous chapter, until the p
William Shakespeare; poet, dramatist, and man . ation, and, after his death,John Barnard, who was knighted by Charles after the Restoration. Lady Barnard, whowas the last direct descendant of the poet, died in1670. She had come into possession, by variousbequests, of New Place, the Henley Street houses,the land in the neighbourhood of Stratford, and ahouse in Blackfriars purchased by Shakespeare in1613. The houses in Henley Street passed at herdeath into the possession of the grandson of Shake-speares sister Joan, and remained in the family, asreported in a previous chapter, until the presentcentury. New Place was sold after Lady Barnardsdeath, and subsequently came again into the handsof the Clopton family. Judith Shakespeare married, shortly before her THE LAST YEARS AT STRATFORD 93 OVv) fathers death in 1616, Thomas Quiney, a wine-dealer of Stratford, and hved for thirty-six years ina house still standing at the southeast corner ofHieh and Brids^e streets in Stratford. It wasknown at that time as The Cas^e, because it had. THE DINING-HALL AT CLOPTON. been used at an earlier period as a prison. Thefoundation walls of this ancient house are four feetin thickness; books and Shakespearian souvenirsof every kind are now sold in the shop on theground floor. Judith Shakespeare had three sons,all of whom died in infancy or early youth. She 394 WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE survived her family and her sister Susannah, anddied in 1661, at the age of seventy-six. The records show that after his retirement toStratford Shakespeare continued to give carefulattention to his affairs and to take part in localmovements. In 1613 he bought the house inBlackfriars, not far from the theatre, which subse-quently passed into the possession of Lady deeds of conveyance, bearing Shakespearessignature, are still in existence. Comment hassometimes been made on the fact that the poetspelled his name in different ways, and that otherpeople spelled it with complete disregard of consist
Size: 1684px × 1484px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, booksubjectshakesp, bookyear1901
