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Scandals and Weird Facts about the life of William Shakespeare! Many of William Shakespeare life facts are unknown - these years are referred to as the 'Lost Years' William Shakespeare is rumoured to be the father of an illegitimate son called William Davenant! Treason! William Shakespeare and the Globe Actors were implicated in the Essex Rebellion of 1601! Treason! William Arden, a relative of Shakespeare's mother Mary Arden, was arrested for plotting against Queen Elizabeth 1, imprisoned in the Tower of London and executed! Shakespeare's Father, John was a money lender! William was also involved in Money lending! The wife of William Shakespeare, Anne Hathaway was 8 years older than William Shakespeare and three months pregnant when they married! The husband of William Shakespeare's daughter Judith was Thomas Quiney who had made another girl pregnant and was prosecuted for 'carnal copulation' In the Last Will and testament of William Shakespeare he left his wife his "second best bed"
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