Missing will at centre of battle for Shakespeare’s home found after 150 years

Missing will at centre of battle for Shakespeare’s home found after 150 years

The document that caused a rift in the famous playwright’s family has been found in an unlabelled box.

Family feud resurfaces after discovery of 1642 will that wrongly granted William Shakespeare’s Stratford home to a cousin outside the bloodline - TDPel Media

Just when historians thought they had pieced together the legacy of William Shakespeare, a forgotten will has surfaced — one that stirred up family drama nearly 400 years ago. The document, drawn up in 1642, was recently uncovered in a box of 17th-century Chancery papers and had never before been seen by modern researchers. The Man Behind the Will The will belonged to Thomas Nash, who was married to Shakespeare’s granddaughter, Elizabeth. At the…