Grave stoneAugust. Shakespeare's son dies, and is buried, while his father is on tour in Kent. The cause of death is unknown, although plague and famine were rife at that time in the Stratford area. Hamnet was 11 years old. There would be no more male children in William and John Shakespeare's line.
Burial of Hamnet Shakespeare
John Shakespeare
Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire