The Stratford man didn’t abandon his wife after all. We now know that because the fragment of a letter, addressed to “good Mrs Shakspaire,” was found sewn into the binding of a 1,000-page theological book in the city of Hereford, about 50 miles from Stratford-upon-Avon: https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/24/uk/shakespeare-anne-hathaway-letter-discovery-intl-scli/index.html
Another report: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5ygregz439o says it was “… addressed to “good Mrs Shakespeare” ”
Shakespeare? Shakspaire? Must they be the same person from Stratford? This article from Bryan Wildenthal is a good primer: https://shakespeareoxfordfellowship.org/spelling-reflections/