when and where was william shakespeare buried?
Church of the Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon
entailment
 Shakespeare was buried in the chancel of the Holy Trinity Church two days after his death . The epitaph carved into the stone slab covering his grave includes a curse against moving his bones , which was carefully avoided during restoration of the church in 2008 : 

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 Shakespeare died on 23 April 1616 in Stratford , leaving a signed will to direct the disposal of his large estate . The language of the will is mundane and unpoetic and makes no mention of personal papers , books , poems , or the 18 plays that remained unpublished at the time of his death . Its only theatrical reference — monetary gifts to fellow actors to buy mourning rings — was interlined after the will had been written , casting suspicion on the authenticity of the bequests . 

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 Any public mourning of Shakespeare 's death went unrecorded , and no eulogies or poems memorialising his death were published until seven years later as part of the front matter in the First Folio of his plays . 

contradiction
 Edward 's remains were reburied with lavish public ceremony . Later versions , such as the Passio S. Eadwardi , have more complicated accounts . It said that Edward 's body was concealed in a marsh , where it was revealed by miraculous events . The Passio dates the reburial to 18 February . 

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 After Shakespeare 's death , Ben Jonson explicitly identified William Shakespeare , gentleman , as the author in the title of his eulogy , " To the Memory of My Beloved the Author , Mr. William Shakespeare and What He Hath Left Us " , published in the First Folio ( 1623 ) . Other poets identified Shakespeare the gentleman as the author in the titles of their eulogies , also published in the First Folio : " Upon the Lines and Life of the Famous Scenic Poet , Master William Shakespeare " by Hugh Holland and " To the Memory of the Deceased Author , Master W. Shakespeare " by Leonard Digges . 
