Hall, John
Hall, John (c.1575–1635),Shakespeare's son-in-law, born in Bedfordshire and (like his father Dr William Hall) a physician. He graduated from Queens' College, Cambridge, in 1593–4 and took his MA in 1597. Though he is not known to have taken a medical degree, he may have studied medicine in France, perhaps at Montpellier. He settled in Stratford at some unknown date, and his father's assistant Matthew Morris appears to have followed him; his master bequeathed him £4 and all his astrology and astronomy books in 1607 so that he could teach these skills to John.
John Hall married Susanna Shakespeare on 5 June 1607. Her father gave her 107 acres (43 ha) of land in Old Stratford when the marriage was arranged. They may have lived in the house in Old Town now known as Hall's Croft. Their only child Elizabeth was baptized on 21 February 1608. In 1613 their marriage was afflicted by scandal; Susanna sued John Lane for defamation...
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