A will made in 1642 which resulted in a legal row concerning William Shakespeare has been discovered at The National Archives in Kew.

A will made in 1642 which resulted in a legal row concerning William Shakespeare has been discovered at The National Archives in Kew.

The will, made by Thomas Nash, has been found in a box of 17th century Chancery documents. Nash was married to Shakespeare’s granddaughter Elizabeth and living in New Place in Stratford-upon-Avon at the time. He made the will leaving the house, believed to be the biggest property in the town at the time, to his cousin, Edward Nash. But he had no right to bequeath the property as it had been left by Shakespeare in his will to his eldest daughter,…