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
Greatest Hurts: The Best of Jann Arden Greatest Hurts: The Best of Jann Arden Greatest Hurts: The Best of Jann Arden is a 2001 greatest hits album by Jann Arden. In addition to Arden's best-known hits, the album also includes two new songs ("Thing For You" and "Never Mind"), two songs that Arden recorded for compilation albums ("You Don't Know Me", from the soundtrack to "My Best Friend's Wedding", and "If It Be Your Will", from the Leonard Cohen tribute "Tower of Song"), an alternate version of "Sleepless" and a live version of Arden's most famous song, "Insensitive". All songs written by Jann Arden, except where noted.