Lost 1642 Will from Shakespeare Family Legal Battle Rediscovered at National Archives
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Summary
A 1642 will that was lost for over 150 years has been rediscovered in an unlabelled box at the National Archives. The document, created by Thomas Nash (husband of Shakespeare's granddaughter Elizabeth Hall), was central to a legal battle among Shakespeare's family over ownership of New Place, the playwright's final home in Stratford-upon-Avon. Nash bequeathed the property to his cousin Edward Nash, but upon Nash's death in 1647, Shakespeare's daughter Susanna Hall and granddaughter Elizabeth refused to honor the will, sparking family conflict over the inheritance.
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The original 1642 document was made by Thomas Nash, who was married to Shakespeare’s granddaughter Elizabeth Hall
In it, he bequeathed New Place, reputedly the second grandest house in Stratford-upon-Avon, to his own cousin Edward Nash
However, on Thomas’s death in 1647, Shakespeare’s daughter, Susanna Hall, and granddaughter Elizabeth, Thomas’s widow, refused
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