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.
Richard Shakespeare, the father of John Shakespeare, was a tenant farmer on land owned by her father in Snitterfield. As the daughter of Richard's landlord; she may have known John since childhood. Mary married John Shakespeare in 1557, when she was 20 years old. She bore eight children: Joan (1558), Margaret (1562â63), William (1564â1616), Gilbert (1566â1612),â³ Joan (1569â1646), Anne (1571â79), Richard (1574â1613), and Edmund (1580â1607). Though Mary gave birth to many children, several of them died young.