He appears to have arrived in the capital sometime around 1590. Why William came to leave Stratford and his young family is again unclear perhaps to seek his fortune in London. Many believe that in these early years of marriage, William may well have supported his new family by becoming a schoolteacher. Two years later Anne gave birth to twins, Hammet and Judith. Anne was 26 at the time, and very, very shortly after the wedding, their daughter Susanna was born. What is known is that an 18 year-old William married Anne Hathaway, a farmer’s daughter from the nearby village of Shottery in 1582. Perhaps the former would have closely followed the latter! What he did immediately after leaving school is also a little vague local Warwickshire legends recall tales of him poaching deer at the nearby Charlecote Estate, and nights of heavy drinking sessions in several of the local village pubs. Little is known of William’s early life, but it is thought that he may have attended the town’s free grammar school, learning Latin and Greek amongst many other subjects. It appears the John’s business interests may have taken a turn for the worse when William was in his early teens, as William failed to follow his father into the family business.
William’s father John was a wealthy merchant and a respectable member of the community within the small Warwickshire town. The most famous of all English playwrights was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564.
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