It is important to first define who is being addressed in this paper. The âpastorâs. wifeâ or âministerâs wife,â is a woman who is serving beside her husband in ministry. These titles will be used simultaneously throughout the paper. These titles can include. the senior pastorâs wife, the associate pastorâs wife, the youth pastorâs wife or the wife of.
William Shakespeare was the son of John Shakespeare, an alderman and a successful glover originally from Snitterfield, and Mary Arden, the daughter of an affluent landowning farmer. He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon and baptised there on 26 April 1564.
William and his youngest brother Edmund went to seek their fortunes in London in 1585, both initially working as actors. The first record we have of William Shakespeare in London is of him living in Bishopsgate in 1596. No-one knows how long he resided there but he was definitely living in the parish of St Helens, as according to the parish records he was assessed on goods valued at Â£5 and taxed 5 shillings.