We don’t have much information about his family but, we do have information regarding his maternal grandfathers. The poet’s paternal grandfather was Richard Shakespeare, a farmer in Snitterfield, a village four miles northeast of Stratford. He had three sons named Henry, John (William’s father), and Thomas. Richard was a tenant of Robert Arden, father in law of John. Richard died in late 1560 and issued his property to William’s dad, John. John Shakespeare became an alderman in 1565. In 1568 he was elected mayor

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