Shakespeare’s family

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Shakespeare’s family comprises the relatives and household of the playwright William Shakespeare, including his wife Anne Hathaway and their children, who lived in Stratford-upon-Avon and were closely tied to his personal and social life.

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instanceOf Early Modern English family
family
associatedWith Henley Street house, Stratford-upon-Avon NERFINISHED
Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon NERFINISHED
New Place, Stratford-upon-Avon NERFINISHED
basedIn Stratford-upon-Avon NERFINISHED
burialSiteOfMembers Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon NERFINISHED
country England
culturalSignificance provides biographical context for William Shakespeare’s life and works
documentedIn Stratford parish records
legal documents and wills of the period
economicActivity glove-making through John Shakespeare
wool dealing through John Shakespeare
governedByCustom English common law of the Tudor period
hasLineageConnection Arden family of Warwickshire NERFINISHED
Hathaway family of Shottery NERFINISHED
hasMember Anne Hathaway NERFINISHED
Anne Shakespeare NERFINISHED
Edmund Shakespeare NERFINISHED
Gilbert Shakespeare NERFINISHED
Hamnet Shakespeare NERFINISHED
Joan Shakespeare NERFINISHED
John Shakespeare NERFINISHED
Judith Quiney NERFINISHED
Mary Arden NERFINISHED
Richard Shakespeare NERFINISHED
Susanna Hall NERFINISHED
William Shakespeare NERFINISHED
headOfFamily William Shakespeare NERFINISHED
language Early Modern English NERFINISHED
maritalConnection Shakespeare–Hathaway marriage
matriarch Mary Arden NERFINISHED
notableEvent birth of Susanna Shakespeare in 1583
birth of twins Hamnet and Judith in 1585
death of Hamnet Shakespeare in 1596
marriage of William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway in 1582
purchase of New Place by William Shakespeare in 1597
patriarch John Shakespeare NERFINISHED
propertyOwnership Henley Street house, Stratford-upon-Avon NERFINISHED
New Place, Stratford-upon-Avon NERFINISHED
region Warwickshire NERFINISHED
religiousBackground likely Catholic origins
socialStatus middle class
studiedInField Early modern English social history
Shakespearean biography
timePeriod 16th century
17th century

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Nash’s House and New Place associatedWith Shakespeare’s family
Judith Quiney notableFamily Shakespeare’s family
this entity surface form: Shakespeare family