Mary Shakespeare Mary Shakespeare Mary Shakespeare, née Arden, (c. 1537–1608) was the mother of William Shakespeare. She was the daughter of Wilmcote gentleman farmer Robert Arden, a cadet of the Arden family prominent in Warwickshire since before the Norman Conquest. She was the youngest of eight daughters, and when her father died in 1556 she inherited land at Snitterfield and Wilmcote from her father as a dowry. The house was left to her stepmother Agnes Hill. Richard Shakespeare, the father of John Shakespeare, was a tenant farmer on land owned by her father in Snitterfield. As the daughter of Richard's landlord, she
The Name Game (American Horror Story) common room, Judy recites the names of the patients there to herself. Mother Superior Claudia (Barbara Tarbuck) sits in front of her and, after a brief rambling, Judy pleads for her help in getting Lana out of the asylum. The monsignor performs last rites on Mary Eunice, with Arden attending. He says she needs to be prepared for burial and Arden suggests cremation, adding that the very cells of her body have been corrupted by the Devil. The monsignor relents. Alone, Arden later prepares the furnace for the cremation. He starts the fire inside, climbs on top of Mary Eunice's