Mary Arden
(c. 1536–1608)
BIRTH
c. 1536–1538
PLACE
Wilmcote, Warwickshire, England (probable)
DEATH
before September 9, 1608 (burial date)
PLACE
Unknown
FAMILY
MOTHER
William Shakespeare
(1564-1616)
HUSBAND
John Shakespeare
(c. 1520s–1601)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
Mary Arden, later Mary Shakespeare, was William Shakespeare’s mother. The youngest of Robert Arden’s eight daughters, she inherited land in Wilmcote and married John Shakespeare around 1557. They had eight children.
EARLY LIFE
Mary grew up in the Arden family at Wilmcote near Stratford-upon-Avon. Her father Robert Arden left her land and money at his death in 1556; her exact birth date is unknown.
The surviving evidence documents Mary chiefly through family and property records. She inherited and held land in Wilmcote; no separate profession is securely documented.
CAREER
DEATH
The Holy Trinity Church parish register records the burial of Mary Shakespeare, née Arden, in Stratford-upon-Avon on September 9, 1608. Her exact death date and cause are not documented in the reviewed sources. She had outlived her husband John by seven years.
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