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Margaret Downes , in religion Margaret of St Teresa.
Born: c 1600 in Bodney, Norfolk.
Died: 13 Apr 1682 in Lierre, aged 82.

father: Thomas Downs Esq of Bodney, Norfolk
mother: Mary Bedingfield of Finchingfield, Norfolk

Carmelites, Antwerp choir nun.
She was clothed 1621.
She left 1648 to help found another convent.

Carmelites, Lierre choir nun.
She joined 1648 as a founder member.

She professed 21 Jun 1624, aged 21.

Novice Mistress , Antwerp
Vicaress , Antwerp
Prioress 1648 - 1655 , Lierre

She was the aunt of Mary Teresa Warren.
She was the cousin of Helen Bedingfield, Grace Bedingfield, Philippa Bedingfield, Elizabeth Hamilton, Margaret Bedingfield, Frances Bedingfield, Maria Bedingfield, Winefrid Bedingfield, Katherine Bedingfield , Magdalen Bedingfield , Jane Bedingfield , Margarita Bedingfield, Ann Bedingfield, Anne Bedingfield , Margaret Bedingfield, Mary Bedingfield.

Sources: Hardman: 27-8; Antwerp pb; Antwerp Annals: 242; Hallett, Lives: 171-7; Liv-I: 122-34.

Family tree (Bedingfield of Bedingfield and Redlingfield)

Notes:

She directed the foundations in Bois le Duc (Bulducke) and Alost & Cologne. Mentioned in Hardman (1937), p. 84, 128.