Joan Shakespeare (bef. 1558 - bef. 1569)

Born before 15 Sep 1558 in Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England

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Died before 15 Apr 1569 at about age 10 in Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England

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Biography

Joan Shakespeare was born in Warwickshire, England.

Joan Shakespeare died young.

Joan Shakespeare was the first of eight children of John Shakespeare, glover, of Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, and his wife Mary Arden.

She was baptised on 15 September 1558 at Holy Trinity, Stratford, and entered in the parish register as "Jone shakespere Daughter to John Shakspere."^[1][2]

She is thought to have died as an infant,^[3] possibly during the severe typhus and influenza epidemics of the late 1550s.^[2] John and Mary Shakespeare had another daughter baptised Joan on 15 April 1569.^[4][3]

Sources

1. ↑ Richard Savage, The registers of Stratford-on-Avon, in the County of Warwick, Baptisms, 1558-1652 , London: privately printed, 1897, page 1. Internet Archive (accessed 18 Apr 2020)
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} 'Parish register entry recording Joan Shakespeare's baptism, 1558', 15 Sep 1558, Shakespeare Documented, Folger Shakespeare Library (accessed 19 Apr 2020)
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} S. Schoenbaum, William Shakespeare A Compact Documentary Life, Oxford University Press, 1977, pages 27-8. Internet Archive (accessed 20 Apr 2020)
4. ↑ Richard Savage, The registers of Stratford-on-Avon, in the County of Warwick, Baptisms, 1558-1652 , London: privately printed, 1897, page 15. Internet Archive (accessed 18 Apr 2020)