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.
William Shakespeare was baptized April 26, 1564, and although it's impossible to know exactly what day he was born, it is widely agreed upon that he was born April 23 of that year. April 23 would be a very convenient day for Shakespeare's birth, as he died on the same day in 1616, and it is also St. George's Day. He grew up in Stratford-upon-Avon, a town 22 miles southeast of Birmingham, with seven siblings, three of which did not live to adulthood. William Shakespeare was the oldest surviving child of John and Mary Shakespeare.