Curated category
Shakespeare family
- William ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, and baptised on the 26th of April 1564. His father John worked as an alderman and a…
- Mary ShakespeareMary Arden entered the world around 1536 in Wilmcote, Warwickshire. Her father Robert Arden was a gentleman farmer and part of a junior line within the…
- John Hall (physician)John Hall was born at Carlton in Bedfordshire during the year 1575. He entered Queens' College, Cambridge in 1589 to begin his studies.
- Susanna HallSusanna Shakespeare entered the world of Stratford-upon-Avon on Trinity Sunday, the 26th of May 1583. Her baptism took place in the Church of the Holy…
- Thomas Nash (relative of Shakespeare)The register of Holy Trinity church in Stratford-upon-Avon recorded a baptism on the 20th of June 1593. The entry read Thomas filius Anthonij Nash generosi…
- Judith QuineyThe parish register for Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon recorded a single entry on the 2nd of February 1585. The vicar Richard Barton wrote Hamnet…
- Thomas QuineyThe register of Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon records the baptism of Thomas Quiney on the 26th of February 1589.
- Anne Hathaway (wife of Shakespeare)Anne Hathaway grew up in Shottery, a village just to the west of Stratford-upon-Avon. Her father Richard Hathaway was a yeoman farmer who died in September…
- Hamnet ShakespeareHamnet Shakespeare entered the world in Stratford-upon-Avon, where his baptism record marks the 2nd of February 1585. He stood as the only son of William…
- John ShakespeareJohn Shakespeare arrived in Stratford-upon-Avon during 1551. He left his father Richard behind in the village of Snitterfield.