He and his twin sister Judith were baptised on 2 February 1584/5 at Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. Their baptism is entered in the parish register as: "Hamnet & Judeth sonne & daughter to Williã Shakspere."[1][2][3]
He and Judith were probably named after the Shakespeare family's friends Hamnet and Judith Sadler, Hamnet Sadler was a baker in Stratford and his name is also recorded in local records as Hamlet.[4]
He died at age 11 and was buried on 11 August 1596 at Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon.[5][6][3]
Sources
↑ Richard Savage, The registers of Stratford-on-Avon, in the County of Warwick, Baptisms, 1558-1652 , London: privately printed, 1897, page 39. Internet Archive (accessed 28 Mar 2020)
↑ 3.03.1 According to "Shakespeare's 'American Descendants'", Nat'l. Genealogical Society Quarterly, Sep. 1959, Milton Rubincam wrote that Hamnet Shakespeare was twin of Judith and the only son whose name was a variant of "Hamlet". he was baptized 2 Feb 1584/5, and was buried at Trinity Church 11 Aug 1596, aged 11 years.
↑ Peter Holland, ‘Shakespeare, William (1564-1616), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn Jan 2013 (accessed 18 Mar 2020).
↑ Richard Savage, The registers of Stratford-on-Avon, in the County of Warwick, Burials, 1558-1622-3 , London: privately printed, 1905, page 55 Internet Archive (accessed 30 Mar 2020)
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According to "Shakespeare's 'American Descendants'", Nat'l. Genealogical Society Quarterly, Sep. 1959, Milton Rubincam wrote that Hamnet Shakespeare was twin of Judith and the only son whose name was a variant of "Hamlet". he was baptized 2 Feb 1584/5, and was buried at Trinity Church 11 Aug 1596, aged 11 years.
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