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Will at heart of Shakespeare row unearthed
Western Mail
|August 22, 2025
A 17TH-CENTURY will which sparked a family row over William Shakespeare's grand Stratford-upon-Avon home has been found.
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The document, drawn up by Thomas Nash on August 25 1642, was discovered by Dr Dan Gosling, a historian at The National Archives, who was looking through unlisted boxes containing hundreds of deeds.
This story is from the August 22, 2025 edition of Western Mail.
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