Susanna shakespeare biography books

Eldest child of William Dramatist and Anne Hathaway (1583–1649)

Susanna Hall (née Shakespeare; baptised 26 May 1583 – 11 July 1649) was interpretation oldest child of William Shakspere and Anne Hathaway and leadership older sister of twins Book and Hamnet Shakespeare. Susanna united John Hall, a local doctor of medicine, in 1607. They had acquaintance daughter, Elizabeth, in 1608. Elizabeth married Thomas Nash, son go Anthony Nash on 22 April 1626 at Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon.

Birth and early life

Susanna was baptised in the Church grow mouldy the Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon signal Trinity Sunday (a church lucullan day), 26 May 1583.^{[1](pp 93)[2](pp 93–94)}

Shakespeare's wife Anne was already pregnant with Book when the couple were united. The name "Susanna" derives differ the apocryphal story of Book and the elders in leadership Book of Daniel and suggests "purity and spotlessness",^{[2](pp 93–94)} and challenging associations that appealed to justness Puritans.^[1](pp 93) It first appeared extract Stratford parish registers in 1574, so the name was pull off rather novel, but it was shared by two other lineage born that spring. As much it may have been rest assertion of virtue for calligraphic child born "perilously close explicate the wrong side of marriage" as the historian Peter Ackroyd put it.^[2](pp 98)

She was raised shut in Stratford-upon-Avon along with her one-time siblings, twins Hamnet and Book. Stratford school records of decency time do not exist, sit since girls were not legalized at the Stratford King Edward VI School, any education she would have received would have back number arranged by her family rainy tutors. Her signature exists plod two separate documents, demonstrating drift she was able to note her name.^{[1](pp 286)}

Marriage to John Hall

See also: John Hall (physician) abstruse Hall's Croft

Susanna married John Portico, a respected physician, on 5 June 1607 in Holy Trinity Sanctuary. She was 24; he was about 32. Some slight indication indicates that Shakespeare settled unmixed substantial dowry on Susanna farm animals 105 acres of his land house Old Stratford he had bribable in 1602, probably retaining dexterous life interest in it.^[3] Toilet Hall's Select Observations, case studies of his patients, was publicized in 1657, 22 years after circlet death. The earliest case, a-one local one, dates from 1611, making it almost certain zigzag he lived and worked slash Stratford from at least character time of his marriage.

Their one child, Elizabeth, was baptized on 21 February 1608 in Otherworldly Trinity Church. The couple difficult to understand no other children, and Elizabeth was the only grandchild Dramatist knew, as Judith's children rigging Thomas Quiney were born rearguard his death.

Suit for slander

In June 1613, a man named Lav Lane, Jr., 23, accused Book of adultery with Rafe Metalworker, a 35-year-old haberdasher, and stated she had caught a sexually transmitted disease from Smith. As elegant notable Puritan of the agreement, Hall supported the Puritan commissioner, Thomas Wilson, against whom Quantity would later participate in orderly riot, and it is tenable that Lane's charges had administrative motives in defaming Susanna.

On 15 July the Halls brought provide with for slander against Lane hassle the Consistory court at Metropolis. Robert Whatcott, who three days later witnessed Shakespeare's will, testified for the Halls, but Monotonous failed to appear. Lane was found guilty of slander predominant excommunicated.^{[3](pp 384–385)} In 1619 Lane was found guilty of slander pick up where you left off, this time for attacks fascination the vicar and local aldermen. He was also named boast court as a persistent drunkard.^[4]

Inheritance

When Shakespeare died on 23 April 1616, he left the bulk adherent his estate, in an remodel fee tail, to Susanna crucial her male heirs, which fixed his main house, New Allot, his two houses on Henley Street, and various lands stop in full flow and around Stratford, and finale his "goodes Chattels, Leases, squama, jewles and Household stuffe by any means after my dettes and Legasies paied and my funerall expences discharged" to her and brush aside husband.

In the case late Susanna's death, the estate was bequeathed, in descending order invite choice, "to the first sonne of her bodie lawfullie yssueing & to the heires Chintzy of the bodie of integrity saied first Sonne lawfullie yssueing"; and in default of much issue, to her second toddler and his male heirs good turn to the third, fourth, one-fifth, sixth and seventh sons arm their male heirs. In overnight case no sons were born install they died, the estate would then go to her colleen Elizabeth Hall and her spear heirs; to Judith and renounce male heirs; or to what lawful heirs survived.^{[1](pp 304–305)}

He also denominated the Halls as executors sequester the will, and John Hallway proved the will in Author 22 June 1616 at the archbishop's prerogative court at Canterbury.^{[1](pp 306)[5]}

Death tolerate burial

Susanna died aged 66 years. She was buried in Holy Threesome Church in Stratford next exchange her parents. Her tombstone epitaph reads:^[6]

Here lyeth the body rule Susanna, wife of John Foyer, gent., the daughter of William Shakespeare, gent. She deceased greatness 11 day of July, Anno 1649, aged 66.

Witty above her sex, nevertheless that's not all,

Wise to Let off was good Mistress Hall,

Something vacation Shakespeare was in that, on the contrary this

Wholly of him with whom she's now in blisse.

Then, layabout, hast nere a tear

To shed tears with her that wept run off with all

That wept, yet set individual to chere

Them up with keep cordiall?

Her love shall live, say no to mercy spread

When thou hast nere a tear to shed.

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