For a time it was believed that this view was supported by documents from the Episcopal Register at Worcester, which records in Latin the issuing of a wedding licence to " Wm Shaxpere " and one " Annam Whateley " of Temple Grafton.
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Shakespeare may later have disapproved of this choice when it was discovered that Quiney had made another girl pregnant; also Quiney had failed to obtain a special wedding licence needed during Lent, leading to Judith and Thomas being excommunicated on 12 March.