I had another cat... show more My cat has a sore behind his ear. It is obviously itchy and bothersome because he is constantly scratching the heck out of it.So much so that it bleeds. had another cat... show more My cat has a sore behind his ear. It is obviously itchy and bothersome because he is constantly scratching the heck out of it. So much so that it bleeds.
You are here: Home / William Shakespeare Resources / Shakespeareâs Family / Shakespeareâs Parents. William Shakespeareâs parents were John and Mary Shakespeare â respectable, middle class parents who lived in the market town of Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire. Shakespeareâs parents had eight children, five of whom survived to adulthood. William was the third child and their first son.
The coat-of-arms appears on Shakespeare's tomb in Stratford. In 1599 John Shakespeare was reinstated on the town council, but died a short time later, in 1601. He was probably near seventy years old and he had been married for forty-four years. Mary Shakespeare died in 1608 and was buried on September 9. How to cite this article: Mabillard, Amanda. Shakespeare of Stratford: Shakespeare's Parents. Sometime between 1556 and 1558 John Shakespeare married Mary Arden, the daughter of the wealthy Robert Arden of Wilmecote and owner of the sixty-acre farm called Asbies.