Thomas Quiney was the husband of William Shakespeare's daughter Judith Shakespeare, and a vintner and tobacconist in Stratford-upon-Avon.
22 Facts About Thomas Quiney
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Thomas Quiney was summoned before the Bawdy Court less than two months after the wedding to answer charges of "carnal copulation" with a Margaret Wheeler, who died in childbirth.
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Judith and Thomas Quiney had three children: Shakespeare, Richard, and Thomas Quiney.
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Shakespeare Quiney died at six months of age, and neither Richard nor Thomas lived past 21.
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Thomas Quiney was the son of Richard and Elizabeth Quiney.
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Thomas Quiney had 10 siblings, among them a Richard Quiney who was a grocer in London, Mary Quiney who later married Richard Watts, the vicar of Harbury, and Elizabeth Quiney who married William Chandler.
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Thomas Quiney held the lease to a house known as "Atwood's" for the purpose of running a tavern, and later traded houses with his brother-in-law, William Chandler, for the larger house known as "The Cage" where he set up his vintner's shop in the upper half.
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Thomas Quiney is recorded as selling wine to the corporation of Stratford-upon-Avon as late as 1650.
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Thomas Quiney was a man of some education, with knowledge of French and calligraphy.
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Thomas Quiney writes "Bien heureux est celui qui pour devenir sage, Qui pour le mal d'autrui fait son apprentissage" but the original is "Heureux celui qui pour devenir sage, Du mal d'autrui fait son apprentissage".
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Thomas Quiney was a well-respected man in the borough, and was elected a burgess and constable in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1617.
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Thomas Quiney did not attend this meeting, but he did attend the later meeting where the accounts were passed, so they appear to have needed further explanation.
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Thomas Quiney's reputation was slightly spotted; he was fined for swearing and for "suffering townsmen to tipple in his house", and was at one point in danger of prosecution for "dispensing unwholesome and adulterated wine".
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Thomas Quiney was nevertheless summoned by Walter Nixon to appear before the Consistory court in Worcester.
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Thomas Quiney was sentenced to open penance "in a white sheet " before the congregation on three Sundays.
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Thomas Quiney had to admit to his crime, this time wearing ordinary clothes, before the Minister of Bishopton in Warwickshire.
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Judith owned her father's cottage on Chapel Lane, Stratford, while Thomas Quiney had held, since 1611, the lease on a tavern called "Atwood's" on High Street.
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Around 1630 Thomas Quiney tried to sell the lease on the house but was prevented by his kinsmen.
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Thomas Quiney's estate was bequeathed, in descending order of choice, to the following:.
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Judith and Thomas Quiney had three children: Shakespeare ; Richard ; and Thomas.
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Richard and Thomas Quiney were buried within a month of each other; they were 19 and 21 years old, respectively.
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Thomas Quiney certainly had a nephew in London, who by this time held the lease to The Cage.