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Parish Register of Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon
February 4,
1613

DR243/1: Burial register, folio 42 verso

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Creator: Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon
Title: Parish Register of Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon
Date: 1558-1776
Repository: The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK
Call number and opening: DR243/1: Burial register, fol. 42v
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Item Creator
Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon
Item Title
Parish Register of Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon
Item Date
1558-1776, entry for February 4, 1613
Repository
Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK
Call Number
DR243/1: Burial register, fol. 42v

DR243/1: Burial register, folio 42 verso, entry detail

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Creator: Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon
Title: Parish Register of Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon
Date: 1558-1776
Repository: The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK
Call number and opening: DR243/1: Burial register, fol. 42v
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Item Creator
Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon
Item Title
Parish Register of Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon
Item Date
February 4, 1613
Repository
Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK
Call Number
DR243/1: Burial register, fol. 42v

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Reproduced by permission of Shakespeare Birthplace Trust

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The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust has graciously contributed images under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommerical ShareAlike 4.0 International license. Visitors may download, link to and cite the images for personal research only. Any further use, including, but not limited to, unauthorized downloading or distribution of the images, commercial or third party use, is strictly prohibited. Visitors must contact the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust to request additional use, at: images.scla@shakespeare.org.uk

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Creator: Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon
Title: Parish Register of Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon
Date: 1558-1776
Repository: The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK
Call number and opening: DR243/1: Burial register, fol. 42v
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Robert Bearman, "Parish register entry recording Richard Shakespeare's burial," Shakespeare Documented, https://doi.org/10.37078/470.

Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, DR243/1: Burial register, folio 42 verso. See Shakespeare Documentedhttps://doi.org/10.37078/470.

Richard, William Shakespeare’s brother, was buried on February 4, 1613, according to the Holy Trinity Church parish register. Next to the entry, an “X” added by a later hand highlights its significance. He was nearly 39 years old. As with his older brother Gilbert, who had died almost exactly a year before, Richard, as far as is known, left no will nor did his estate require administration, suggesting that he was not maintaining an establishment of his own but living with his brother William at New Place.  His cause of death is unknown, but the mortality rate that winter (28 burials during the months December–February) was higher than the 23 burials over the same period the previous winter. The man writing the entries from September 1612 and for some 12 months afterwards has not been identified.    

Written by Robert Bearman

Last updated May 22, 2020