![]() ![]() ![]() Their first child, born nine months later in November 1616, was baptized Shakespeare Quiney. More than a decade later, on February 10, 1616, Quiney’s third son Thomas married Shakespeare’s younger daughter Judith. His father, Adrian Quiney, was a colleague of Shakespeare’s father John in Stratford’s Corporation. Richard’s grandfather, his namesake, was acquainted with Shakespeare’s grandfather Richard Shakespeare of Snitterfield. The Quiney and Shakespeare families were long associated. In October 1598 Richard Quiney, a mercer from Stratford-upon-Avon, who served his town as an alderman and bailiff (similar to a modern-day mayor), travelled to London on civic business. Wm Shackespere,” dated “ffrom the Bell in Carter Lane the 25 October 1598” and signed “Ryc. (No known letters survive written by him.) It is addressed “To my Loveinge good ffrend & contreymann Mr. This is the only known surviving letter written to Shakespeare, but he may never have received it. ![]()
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