Curated category
Shakespeare family
- William ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare signed his last will and testament on the 25th of March 1616, describing himself in it as being in "perfect health." Within a month he…
- Mary ShakespeareMary Shakespeare was born around 1537 in Wilmcote, Warwickshire, and history has largely reduced her to a footnote in her son's story.
- John Hall (physician)John Hall was born in 1575 and died on the 25th of November 1635. He spent most of those six decades working as a physician in a small English market town.
- Susanna HallSusanna Hall was born on the 26th of May 1583, just months after her parents married. Historian Peter Ackroyd later described her as coming perilously close…
- Thomas Nash (relative of Shakespeare)Thomas Nash was buried in the chancel of Holy Trinity church in Stratford-upon-Avon, immediately to the left of William Shakespeare himself.
- Judith QuineyJudith Quiney was born on the 2nd of February 1585, the younger daughter of William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway, and the fraternal twin of the only…
- Thomas QuineyThomas Quiney was baptised on the 26th of February 1589 at Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon, the same church where William Shakespeare worshipped…
- 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 died on the 7th of September 1601, and by the next morning his burial was recorded at Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon.