Judith Quiney
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Judith Quiney, née Shakespeare, was the younger daughter of William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway and the fraternal twin of their only son Hamnet Shakespeare. She married Thomas Quiney, a vintner of Stratford-upon-Avon. The circumstances of the marriage, including Quiney's misconduct, may have prompted the rewriting of Shakespeare's will. Thomas was struck out, while Judith's inheritance was attached with provisions to safeguard it from her husband. The bulk of Shakespeare's estate was left, in an elaborate fee tail, to his elder daughter Susanna and her male heirs.
Judith Shakespeare's "pigtail" mark (a cursive "J" facing down). The given name and surname were added by a law clerk.
Holy Trinity Church, Stratford upon Avon, where Judith was married. View from the opposite bank of the River Avon.
Nash's House, standing adjacent to the site of New Place
Judith unwisely allows a young man to have a preliminary look at her father's manuscript of The Tempest, a scene from William Black's Judith Shakespeare, illustrated by Edwin Austin Abbey.
Elizabeth Barnard
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Elizabeth, Lady Bernard was the granddaughter of the English poet, playwright and actor William Shakespeare. Despite two marriages, she had no children, and was his last surviving descendant.
Elizabeth and her first husband, Thomas Nash