 Thomas Quiney was born in Stratford @-@ upon @-@ Avon and baptised on 26 February <unk> in Holy Trinity Church . He was the son of Richard and Elizabeth Quiney . He had 10 siblings , among them a Richard Quiney who was a <unk> in London , Mary Quiney who later married Richard Watts , the vicar of <unk> , and Elizabeth Quiney who married William Chandler . There is no record of Thomas Quiney 's attendance at the local school , but he had sufficient education to write short passages in French , run a business , and hold several municipal offices in his life . 
