is will contained the following:1. He left 100 to his daughter Judith for a marriage portion and another 50 if she renounce any claim in the Chapel Lane cottage near New Place previously purchased by Shakespeare. He left another 150 to Judith if she lived another three years, but forbade her husband any claim to it unless he settled on her lands worth the 150. If Judith failed to live another three years, the 150 was to have gone to Shakespeare's granddaughter Elizabeth Hall. 2. He left 30 to his sister Joan Hart, and permitted her to stay on for a nominal rent in the Western of the two houses on Henley Street, which Shakespeare himself inherited from his father in 1601. He left each of Joan's three sons 5. 3. He left all his plate, except a silver bowl left to Judith, to his granddaughter Elizabeth. 4. He left 10 to the poor of Stratford, a large amount considering similar bequeaths of the time. 5. He left his sword and various small bequests to local friends, including money to buy memorial rings. His lifelong friend Hamnet Sadler is mentioned in this connection. 6. He singles out "my fellows John Hemynges Richard Burbage & Henry Cundell," leaving them 26s8d to "buy them Ringes." Heminges and Condell were, seven years later, to become the editors of the First Folio. 7. He does not mention his wife Anne (though it is commonly pointed out that it would have been her right through English common law to one-third of his estate as well as residence for life at New Place), except to leave her his "second best bed." All the Rest of my goods Chattels Leases plate Jewels & household stuff whatsoever after my debts and Legacies paid & my funeral expenses discarded" he left to his son-in-law John Hall and his daughter Susanna. William’s son-in-law, Dr. John Hall, oversaw his final days and treatment. The illness that took his life is still unknown to this day. He died on April 23, 1616, and was later buried on April 25 in the Holy...
