Search for: Close. She was the eldest child of Anne and William Shakespeare; her twin siblings Judith and Hamnet were born in early Although girls did not receive a school education, it is possible that Susanna was taught by tutors, as there are two extant documents which bear her signature see below.
Therefore, she was able to write her name, at least. With her mother and sister she moved into New Place, which her father had bought in In Susanna, aged 22, was one of 21 people in Stratford who refused to take Holy Communion on Easter Sunday, giving rise to suspicions that she had Roman Catholic leanings. However, it is assumed that she did agree to take Communion on future feast days, as the case against her for this misdemeanour was dropped.
Their only child Elizabeth was born on 21 st February , the first grandchild for Anne and William and the only one he knew.
As a result, on 15 th July the Halls went to court, accusing John Lane of slander. He was subsequently found guilty and excommunicated by the church. William Shakespeare held his son-in-law in high regard, often including him in his business trips, and made both Susanna and John Hall executors of his will.
When he died on 23 rd April , William left Susanna the bulk of his estate. This included New Place. Susanna and John designed the memorial to her father — a bust of the Bard which is assumed to bear a strong resemblance to him.
It was placed in Holy Trinity Church in Judith was 31 years old and Thomas Quiney was 27 years of age William Shakespeare's initial approval of the marriage would have quickly changed when he discovered the scandalous news that Thomas Quiney had made another girl pregnant, nether-the-less the marriage went ahead But there were more problems!
A special licence necessary for all weddings during Lent - Quiney did not get one! The situation was so serious that on March 12th Judith and Thomas were excommunicated!
On March 26th Thomas Quiney was prosecuted for 'carnal copulation' with a woman called Margaret Wheeler. She had died in childbirth along with her baby by Quiney Thomas Quiney admitted his guilt and was sentenced to perform public penance.
His son died at the age of And the cause of his dead was Black plague, which at that time was a severe disease, which killed half the people of middle east. Hamnet was buried at Startford, on 11 August. And passed away in At the age of retirement, he was with this two daughters who were with him at his last breaths. According to the records, it is been said that Susanna was married to a doctor by the name of Dr. John Hall. Until his death he was married to his wife Anna Hathway.
He loved his children more then anything. And they were always with him, but the death of his son left him no heir to the Shakepears family. Anonymous answered. Sadly, there was no epitaph praising her wit and wisdom. Mitchell, p. Mitchell's book includes many detailed accounts of John Hall's remedies and excerpts from his personal case-book. Boyce, p. How to cite this article: Mabillard, Amanda.
Shakespeare of Stratford: Shakespeare's Children. Shakespeare Online. References Boyce, Charles. Shakespeare A to Z. New York: Roundtable Press, Mitchell, C. The Shakespeare Circle.
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