Richard Hathaway (1562)

Born 1562 in Shottery, Warwickshire, England

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Biography

Richard Hathaway was born in Warwickshire, England.

Richard Hathaway was the son of Richard Hathaway. husbandman, of Shottery, a small village about a mile west of the market town of Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire.

He was baptised on 4 January 1561/2 at Holy Trinity, Stratford, and entered in the parish register as "Richardus filius Richardi Hathaway als Gardner."^[1]

He is thought to have died young because his father did not mention him when he made his will in September 1581.^[2][3] There is no record of his burial in the parish registers of Holy Trinity, Stratford. However, there are two entries for the burial of "Richardus filius Richardi Hath[a]way also Gardner" on 28 March 1561 and 1 April 1561.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Richard Savage, The registers of Stratford-on-Avon, in the County of Warwick, Baptisms, 1558-1652 , London: privately printed, 1897, page 4. Internet Archive (accessed 17 Apr 2020)
2. ↑ Germaine Greer, Shakespeare's Wife, 2008, chapter 1.
3. ↑ 'Richard Hathaway's last will and testament: original copy', 1 Sep 1582, Shakespeare Documented, Folger Shakespeare Library (accessed 16 Apr 2020). A transcript is here.
4. ↑ Richard Savage, The registers of Stratford-on-Avon, in the County of Warwick, Burials, 1558-1622-3 , London: privately printed, 1905, page 5 Internet Archive (accessed 18 Apr 2020)