What is Judith Quiney?
{{one source|date=April 2024}} {{Complex}} {{Infobox person | name = Judith Quiney | birth_name = Judith Shakespeare | birth_date = {{circa}} 1585 | baptised = {{birth date|1585|2|2|df=yes}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|1662|2|9|1585|2|2|df=yes}} | nationality = English | spouse = {{Marriage|Thomas Quiney|1616}} | children = {{hlist|Shakespeare|Richard|Thomas}} | parents = [[William Shakespeare]] (father)<br>[[Anne Hathaway (Shakespeare)|Anne Hathaway]] (mother) | signature = Judith Shakespeare Signature.svg }} '''Judith Quiney''' ([[baptised]] 2 February 1585 – 9 February 1662), [[Birth name|née]] Shakespeare, was the younger daughter of [[William Shakespeare]] and [[Anne Hathaway (Shakespeare)|Anne Hathaway]] and the fraternal twin of their only son [[Hamnet Shakespeare]]. By the time of Judith Quiney's death, she had outlived her children by many years. == Life == On 10 February 1616, Shakespeare’s younger daughter Judith married a local man, Thomas Quiney. At the start of 1616 her impending marriage must have been the cause of [[Celebrations|celebration]] in the family. Shakespeare first saw his [[lawyer]] to draft his [[Will (law)|will]] in January 1616. This is often taken to mean he was already ill, but with his daughters married or betrothed it was also a good time to make sure they would be provided for. Things started to go wrong soon after that first session with the lawyer. In the first drafting of the will, he is mentioned specifically with a bequest “vnto my sonne in L[aw]”. The marriage occurred outside the usual period for marriages (as Shakespeare’s own had been). Anne Hathaway was already [[Pregnancy|pregnant]]. This wasn’t the case with Judith. Shakespeare’s marriage had been arranged by license from [[Worcester]], but in Judith’s case no license was granted. Marrying without going through the proper procedures was frowned on, and both Judith and Thomas were excommunicated. None of this soun