Artifacts

For centuries, the exact whereabouts of William Shakespeare's only known London property has been one of the most tantalizing unsolved puzzles in literary history. Now, a discovery by a King's College London scholar has pinpointed the precise location of the house the Bard purchased in the Blackfriars district in 1613, potentially rewriting the narrative of his final years. The find, made possible by a previously unknown 17th-century floorplan, not only confirms the exact address but also reveals the property's size and layout for the first time. The discovery was made by Professor Lucy Munro, Professor of Shakespeare and Early Modern Literature at King's College London, while conducting research for a wider project in the archives. It has long been known