The marriage license itself is lost, but a separate document, the marriage bond, survives. On it Anne Hathaway is correctly identified. Shakespeare’s name is rendered as Shagspere—the first of many arrestingly variable renderings.
Bill Bryson
The marriage license itself is lost, but a separate document, the marriage bond, survives. On it Anne Hathaway is correctly identified. Shakespeare’s name is rendered as Shagspere—the first of many arrestingly variable renderings.