Born before 2 Dec 1562 in Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire, England

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Died before 30 Apr 1563 in Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire, England

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Biography

Margaret Shakespeare was born in Warwickshire, England.

Margaret Shakespeare died young.

Margaret Shakespeare was the second child of John Shakespeare, glover, of Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, and his wife Mary Arden.

She was baptised on 2 December 1562 at Holy Trinity, Stratford, and entered in the parish register in Latin as "Margareta filia Johannis Shakspere."^[1][2]

She died soon after birth. Like her elder sister Joan, she possibly died during the severe typhus and influenza epidemics of the late 1550s.^[2]

She was buried at Holy Trinity, Stratford, on 30 April 1563.^[3][4]

Sources

1. ↑ Richard Savage, The registers of Stratford-on-Avon, in the County of Warwick, Baptisms, 1558-1652 , London: privately printed, 1897, page 6. Internet Archive (accessed 19 Apr 2020)
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} 'Parish register entry recording Margaret Shakespeare’s baptism', 2 Dec 1562, Shakespeare Documented, Folger Shakespeare Library (accessed 19 Apr 2020)
3. ↑ Richard Savage, The registers of Stratford-on-Avon, in the County of Warwick, Burials, 1558-1622-3 , London: privately printed, 1905, page 8 Internet Archive (accessed 19 Apr 2020)
4. ↑ 'Parish register entry recording Margaret Shakespeare’s burial', 30 Apr 1563, Shakespeare Documented, Folger Shakespeare Library (accessed 19 Apr 2020)

See also:

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 04 October 2019), memorial page for Margaret Shakespeare (1562–1563), Find A Grave: Memorial #104529997, citing Holy Trinity Churchyard, Stratford-upon-Avon, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England ; Maintained by Anonymous1 (contributor 46801300) .

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