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Four years later he married Mary Arden (1537-1608). It is thought Shakespeare’s parents may have known each other from childhood, as John’s father was a tenant farmer on land owned by Mary’s father. Mary’s family had a distinguished history and could trace itself back to the Norman Conquest. Thomas Arden had fought in the 13th Century ...
Feb 13, 2015 · Let us return our attention now to Mary Arden, born around 1535 into an old Warwickshire farming family and just in time to live through all the social, political and religious upheavals Henry ...
Apr 26, 2022 · Mary Arden, c. 1537-1608, was the youngest daughter of Robert Arden (d. 1556/7) of Wilmcote, Warwickshire by his first wife, Mary Webb (1512-before 1550). Shortly after inheriting ten marks and a property called Asbyes upon her father’s death, Mary married John Shakespeare (d.1601). Although she was the mother of William Shakespeare (1564 ...
Feb 12, 2015 · Michael Wood tells the extraordinary story of an ordinary woman in a time of revolution. Born during the reign of Henry VIII, Mary Arden is the daughter of a Warwickshire farmer, but she marries ...
Mary Arden Shakespeare was the mother of William Shakespeare the Great Bard. She lived between 1540 - 1608. Mary's father, Robert Arden, was a member of the noble Catholic family of the Ardens of Park Hall whose family forebears had been given land by William the Conqueror. Mary Arden was the youngest of eight daughters.
Sir John was the great-uncle of Mary Shakespeare, -- his brother Thomas, the second son of Walter Arden, being her grandfather. Thomas Arden is found residing at Aston Cantlowe during the first half of the 16th century, and in the year 1501 he united with his son Robert Arden, Mary Shakespeare's father, in the purchase of the Snitterfield estate.
Mary Arden may refer to: Mary Shakespeare (c. 1537–1608), née Mary Arden, mother of William Shakespeare. Mary Arden, Lady Arden of Heswall (born 1947), British judge. Mary Arden (actress) (1933–2014), American actress. Category: Human name disambiguation pages.
