Mary Arden
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mary Arden (c. 1537 – 1608) was the mother of William Shakespeare. She was the daughter of Robert Arden and his first wife of whom we know absolutely nothing. The Ardens were a prominent Warwickshire family. She was the youngest of eight daughters, and she inherited her father's farm, now called Mary Arden's House, in Wilmcote, Warwickshire when he died in December of 1556.
Her aunt Abigail Webb married Richard Shakespeare.[citation needed] Richard was the father of Mary's husband John Shakespeare. Mary most likely married John Shakespeare in 1557. Mary gave birth to eight children: Joan (1558), Margaret (1562-1563), William (1564-1616), Gilbert (1566-1612), Joan (1569-1646), Anne (1571-1579), Richard (1574-1613), and Edmund (1580-1607).[1]
Contents |
[edit] Mary Arden's House
_-Wilmcote.jpg/180px-Mary_Arden's_House_(rear_view)_-Wilmcote.jpg)
Mary Arden's House, has been maintained in good condition because it had been a working farmhouse over the centuries. It was bought by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in 1930 and refurnished in the Tudor style.[2]
In 2000 it was discovered that the building preserved as Mary Arden's house belonged to a friend and neighbour Adam Palmer and the house was renamed Palmer's Farm. The house that belonged to the Arden family which was near to Palmer's Farm had been acquired by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in 1968 for preservation as part of a farmyard without knowing its true provenance.[3]
[edit] Shakespeare's family tree
[edit] References
- ^ A Shakespeare Genealogy
- ^ Mary Arden's House (the mother of William Shakespeare). Online Shakespeare.
- ^ The Shakespeare Houses - The Official Guide, Revised 2008, ISBN 978-0-7117-2949-0
[edit] External links
|
|||||
 |
This English biographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
