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Personal data John BERNARD 


Household of John BERNARD

He is married to Elizabeth HALL.

They got married on June 5, 1649, he was 44 years old.


Notes about John BERNARD

On 5 June 1649, eighteen months after her husband's death, Elizabeth married John Barnard (1604-74) of Abington, near Northampton. Barnard was a widower with several children. It is not known how they met, since he did not live near Stratford, but it was most likely through Elizabeth's Royalist connections. Like Nash, he had been a strong supporter of the Royalists in the Civil War. Five weeks after the marriage, Elizabeth's mother Susanna died. As a result, Elizabeth inherited the Shakespeare family property. The couple moved to Stratford, to live in New Place.

As a staunch Royalist, Barnard's social position improved dramatically after the Restoration in 1660. He became the MP for Huntingdon in 1660 and was made a baronet in 1661, thus giving his wife the title Lady Barnard. They left Stratford to move into the Barnard family home in Abington. The couple had no children.

In February 1662, Judith Quiney died in Stratford-upon-Avon, making Elizabeth Barnard the last descendant of William Shakespeare. She wrote her will on 29 January 1669, which did not give much to her husband, Sir John Barnard. Elizabeth died at Abington, Northamptonshire on 17 February 1670. There is a memorial plaque in the Church of Saint Peter & Paul, Abington, where she is buried.

The family home of Sir John and Lady Barnard is now a museum, Abington Park Museum, and the grounds are now a park in the town of Northampton.
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Historical events

  • Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1604: Source: Wikipedia
    • June 24 » Samuel de Champlain discovers the mouth of the Saint John River, site of Reversing Falls and the present-day city of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
    • September 1 » Adi Granth, now known as Guru Granth Sahib, the holy scripture of Sikhs, was first installed at Harmandir Sahib.
    • October 9 » Supernova 1604 is sighted, the most recent supernova to be observed within the Milky Way.
    • October 17 » Kepler's Supernova is observed in the constellation of Ophiuchus.
    • November 1 » William Shakespeare's tragedy Othello is performed for the first time, at Whitehall Palace in London.
  • Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1674: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 19 » England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster, ending the Third Anglo-Dutch War. A provision of the agreement transfers the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam to England, and it is renamed New York.
    • March 14 » The Third Anglo-Dutch War: The Battle of Ronas Voe results in the Dutch East India Company ship Wapen van Rotterdam being captured with a death toll of up to 300 Dutch crew and soldiers.
    • May 21 » The nobility elect John Sobieski King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania.
    • September 24 » Second Tantrik Coronation of Shivaji.
    • November 10 » Third Anglo-Dutch War: As provided in the Treaty of Westminster, Netherlands cedes New Netherland to England.


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