blue plaque
William Shakespeare, Christopher Mountjoy, and Mary Mountjoy blue plaque
William Shakespeare · Playwright
Inscription
“William Shakespeare had lodgings near here in 1604, at the house of Christopher and Mary Mountjoy”
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1564-1616
Life dates
St Olave's Churchyard, Noble Street EC2
EC2V
Erected 2016
Corporation of London
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William Shakespeare
actor, playwright, father of Susanna Hall, husband of Anne Hathaway, son of John Shakespeare, son of Mary Shakespeare, father of Judith Shakespeare, and father of Hamnet Shakespeare · (1564-1616)
Christopher Mountjoy
husband of Mary Mountjoy
Mary Mountjoy
wife of Christopher Mountjoy
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