Nash, Anthony
Nash, Anthony (d. 1622) and John (d. 1623),brothers, friends of Shakespeare, who left each of them 26s. 8d. to buy mourning rings. They had witnessed the deed by which Shakespeare bought land from John and William Combe in 1602. Anthony also witnessed agreements by Shakespeare in 1605 and 1614. John, like Shakespeare, was a lessee of Stratford tithes. Both brothers seem to have been prosperous, especially Anthony. In 1619 John, sued in Star Chamber, was described by the Attorney General as the leader of rioters who threatened to flay the new Puritan vicar, Thomas Wilson, in church, crying out ‘hang him, kill him, pull out his throat’ and circulating scurrilous verses. Anthony's elder son Thomas, who inherited property from his father, married Shakespeare's granddaughter Elizabeth Hall in 1626.
Stanley Wells
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