ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -William’s father, John Shakespeare, was an affluent glove maker, tanner and wool dealer who owned property in Stratford. For a number of years he played a prominent role in the municipal life of the town. He served on the town council and was elected bailiff (mayor).

Detailed explanation-2: -Alongside his fatherly and civic roles, John kept a trade as one of the 22 glovemakers in Stratford. Gloves were in high demand in Tudor England for practical uses as well as markers of status for the elite, and the government protected the trade from foreign competition.

Detailed explanation-3: -John Shakespeare ( c. 1531 – 7 September 1601) was an English businessman in Stratford-upon-Avon and the father of William Shakespeare. He was a glover and whittawer (leather worker) by trade.

Detailed explanation-4: -Shakespeare’s father was known to be a glovemaker, but he also worked as a wool-dealer and informal money-lender, occupations that got him in trouble with the law. Government informers accused him of illegal activity in those trades between the years of 1569 and 1572.

Detailed explanation-5: -His father was fined for making a dunghill outside his house. (A dunghill is the polite way of describing what we would flush down the toilet!) 5. He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon.