*Looking further, I found that Shakespeare was the son of John Shakespeare, a glover and tanner who went on to deal in farm products and wool, and Mary Arden, daughter of a wealthy farm owner. In a brief search, I couldn't find anyone with a title mentioned in his ancestry, though apparently Mary's grandfather may have been "an aristocrat". [http://www.shakespeare-online.com/biography/index.html#parents] I don't know if Burke's Peerage goes back that far. --[[User:Hsmom|Hsmom]] 23:07, 9 May 2009 (EDT) | *Looking further, I found that Shakespeare was the son of John Shakespeare, a glover and tanner who went on to deal in farm products and wool, and Mary Arden, daughter of a wealthy farm owner. In a brief search, I couldn't find anyone with a title mentioned in his ancestry, though apparently Mary's grandfather may have been "an aristocrat". [http://www.shakespeare-online.com/biography/index.html#parents] I don't know if Burke's Peerage goes back that far. --[[User:Hsmom|Hsmom]] 23:07, 9 May 2009 (EDT) |