Margaret Cornwall

Sir Alexander Webb, Jr., Kt. {Fictional} was not her son.

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Arden-6

Margaret Arden was the daughter of Robert Arden.[1][2][3][4] The fact that she was his daughter is established by, among other things, a July 17, 1550 grant by Robert Arden to his daughters of remainder interests (after his and his wife's deaths) in his Snitterfield estates, which included a grant (in Latin) to "Margarete Webbe, nunc uxoris Alexandri Webbe de Bereley, filie mei, predicti Roberti Ardern,"[5] which translates to "Margaret Webbe, now wife of Alexander Webbe of Bereley, daughter of me, the aforesaid Robert Ardern." As discussed in Robert Arden's profile, the identity of Robert's first wife, and the mother of Margaret and all of Robert's other children, is unknown.

First Marriage and Children

Margaret married, first, Alexander Webbe.[11][12] Based on the fact that the grant in July 17, 1550 by Robert Arden to his daughters of remainder interests (after his and his wife's deaths) in his Snitterfield estates included a grant (in Latin) to "Margarete Webb, nunc uxoris Alexandri Webbe de Berely,"[1][2] Margaret and Alexander appear to have been married sometime before July 17, 1550. Since Margaret's family was from Aston Cantlow, Warwickshire and her family appears to have been more prominent than his, they were probably in or near Aston Cantlow.

Margaret and Alexander had the following children:

1. Robert Webb, b. probably sometime in 1548-1554 in Bearley,[13] m. September 1, 1581 Mary Perkes, bur. May 29, 1597. (See discussion and sources in Robert's profile.)
2. Anne, b. probably sometime in 1555-6[14] in Bearley,[13] living in April 1573[15]
3. Elizabeth, b. probably about 1557-8[14] in Bearley,[13] living in April 1573[15]
4. Mary, b. probably about 1559-60[14] in Bearley,[13] living in April 1573[15]
5. Edward, bpt. July 30, 1562 in Snitterfield,[16][17] living in April 1573[15]
6. Saray/Sarah, bpt. April 23, 1565 in Snitterfield,[18][19] living in April 1573[15]

The above-listed children are established by their being named in Alexander's will[20] and, in the case of Edward and Saray/Sarah, by their baptismal records. No reliable evidence has been found that establishes that Margaret and Alexander had any other children, and the fact that Alexander named the 6 listed above[20] in his will makes it almost certain that they did not have any other children who were living at the time Alexander made his will in June 1573.

Death of First Husband

Margaret's first husband, Alexander Webbe, died and was buried at Snitterfield on Snitterfield, Warwickshire on April 17, 1573.[21][22] According to Halliwell-Phillipps, he most likely died of the plague that was so fatal about that time in various parts of England.[20]

In 1576, Edward and Margaret Cornwell bought the inheritance rights of Margaret's sister Agnes from Thomas Stringer, Agnes's second husband

Second Marriage

Margaret married, second, Edward Cornwall[11]or Cornwell[23][24] who was the constable of Snitterfield at the time they got married.[24] According to Pogue, they were married about 1574.[24]

Death

According to Pogue, Margaret died in 1614, but she does not cite the source for that date.[4] Some online genealogy webpages says that Margaret died on September 9, 1608,[8] but no reliable evidence for that date has been found and, since that is the date of her sister Mary (Arden) Shakespeare was buried,[25] it is likely the result of the confusing the information of the two women. Since both her first and second husbands lived in Snitterfield, it is reasonably likely that she died there.

Notes

William Shakespeare's mother was Mary Arden. She was born in the year 1540 and died in the year 1608. Her family was from Warwickshire. She married John Shakespeare somewhere in the year 1557 and they had eight children between them.But the two of them had been cousins as her mother and that of John Shakespeare, Mary Webb and Abigail Webb, were sisters.

Mary Arden's mother Mary Webb had been born on the 5th of February 1511 in the town of Stratford on Avon. She had a brother by the name of Henry Alexander Webb. Her brother ended up marrying Robert Arden's sister; or his sister's sister in law. She had inherited her father's land and farm after he died even though she was his youngest daughter amongst seven others. Her house located in Wilmcote in Stratford upon Avon that is known as Mary Arden's cottage is still standing to this day.

links

• http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/aa/arden2.php#shak (membership required to view without interruption)
• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sharonkforehand/page%208Sm...
• SOURCE CITATION: Title: Ancestral File ( SOURCE: Conn. 77a--WEBB records in Libr Ancestral File Number:<AFN> 84QF-H6 Line !She md (1) 1555 Alexander Webb, Sr. (2) SOURCE CITATION: Title: Ancestral File ( !NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Lat BAPL DATE 7 MAR 1922 23 JAN 1937 ENDL DA
• http://jimwebb.rootsweb.ancestry.com/webb/pafg08.htm#9468
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Shakespeare_Project_-_Recommend...
• Stopes, Mrs. C.C. Shakespeare's Family, Being a Record of the Ancestors and Descendants of William Shakespeare with Some Account of the Ardens. James Pott & Company, 1901. p. 37. Link to page at archive.org. < Archive.Org >