Mrnolte
The site of Shakespeare's home (...from 1597)
Shakespeare lived here, and finally died here in 1616. A while later it was Reverend Francis Gastrell who found his hands upon the house (a horrible man who refused even to pay the poor tax at the time because “God made them poor”) chopped down a mulberry tree, belonging to Shakespeare (given to him by the king) because he was tired of crowds of rich playgoers turning up day and night.
The playgoers had the last laugh as a craftsman brought the wood and went about making objects with it, to which he sold to these hoards of visitors with great profit.
In 1759, Gastrell hit back by destroying the house in spite.
The site of Shakespeare's home (...from 1597)
Shakespeare lived here, and finally died here in 1616. A while later it was Reverend Francis Gastrell who found his hands upon the house (a horrible man who refused even to pay the poor tax at the time because “God made them poor”) chopped down a mulberry tree, belonging to Shakespeare (given to him by the king) because he was tired of crowds of rich playgoers turning up day and night.
The playgoers had the last laugh as a craftsman brought the wood and went about making objects with it, to which he sold to these hoards of visitors with great profit.
In 1759, Gastrell hit back by destroying the house in spite.