Marriage

The picture below shows the place

that Shakespeare marriage

" Temple Grafton"

On 29 November 1582 at Temple Grafton

near Stratford,

the 18-year-old Shakespeare

married Anne Hathaway, who was 26.

Two neighbours of Hathaway,

Fulk Sandalls and John Richardson,

posted bond that there were no

impediments to the marriage.

The ceremony may have been

arranged in some haste;

Hathaway gave birth six months later.

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The picture below shows Shakespeare's wife.

This is Anne Hathaway.

The wife of Shakespeare.

On 26 May 1583 Shakespeare's first child,

Susanna, was baptised at Stratford.

Twin children, a son, Hamnet,

and a daughter,Judith,

were baptised on 2 February 1585.

Hamnet died in 1596, Susanna in 1649

and Judith in 1662.

After his marriage, Shakespeare left few

traces inthe historical record until he

appeared on the London theatrical scene.

Indeed, the period from 1585

(when his twin children were born) .

In 1592

is known as Shakespeare's "lost years"

because no evidence has survived to show

exactly where he was or why

he left Stratford for London.

This is the signature of

" William Shakespeare "