Main Menu Plays Sonnets Poems Notes   Index    Record of Death   25th April 1616 the burial of "Will Shakspeare gent" was recorded in the Stratford parish register (Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Records Office, DR 243/1.)     The exact date of Shakespeare's death is generally believed to be 23rd April 1616, but it is not known for certain as only a record of his burial two days later has survived.     Ben Jonson'e poem To the Memory of My Beloved Sir William Davenant's poem In Remembrance of Master William Shakespeare   Baptismal record Marriage record Property records Legal and Tax records Heraldic records Stratford-upon-Avon Council records Theatre and acting records Letters record The six signatures of Shakespeare Other evidence Will record First Folio Introduction First Folio Dedication Evidence of Shakespeare's life etc   Shakespeare connections       Return to top Main Menu Plays Sonnets Poems Notes   Index