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Shakespeare and the Welsh “Upon St Davy’s day”

Posted on March 1, 2016 by Sylvia Morris

Every first of March the Welsh celebrate St David’s Day. Shakespeare was well aware of this: in Henry V the Welsh Captain Fluellen says to the King: I do believe your majesty takes no scorn To wear a leek upon … Continue reading →

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Symbols of honour: heraldry at the Folger Shakespeare Library

Posted on July 2, 2014 by Sylvia Morris

The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC, has just opened a new exhibition on the subject of heraldry, entitled Symbols of Honour: Heraldry and Family History in Shakespeare’s England. We think of coats of arms as belonging only to the … Continue reading →

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The mysteries of emblems, mottoes, and Shakespeare’s own chair

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Sylvia Morris

In my last post I looked at how Shakespeare acquired his family’s coat of arms. It is set down in two drafts made on 20 October 1596, described as follows:   The arms are blazoned. “Gold, on a bend sable, a spear of … Continue reading →

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The facts about Shakespeare’s coat of arms

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Sylvia Morris

At some time in the late 1560s or early 1570s William’s father John Shakespeare enquired about acquiring a coat of arms for his family. John had ambition: as a young man he left the little village of Snitterfield for the … Continue reading →

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