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Helena Mildmay , in religion Winefred of the Holy Ghost.
Born: in Oxford, Oxon.
Died: 7 Sep 1676 in Antwerp, aged 56.

father: Walter Mildmay Esq
mother: Helena Lacon

Carmelites, Antwerp choir nun.

She professed 16 Jun 1640, aged 20.

She was the half-sister of Anne Bedingfield , Mary Bedingfield, Margaret Bedingfield.
She was the kinswoman of Joanne or Jane Browne.
She was the aunt of Agnes Mildmay, Catherine Mildmay, Margaret Mildmay.

Sources: Hardman: 78-9; Antwerp Annals: 407-10.

Family tree (Browne Lords Montaigu)
Family tree (Mildmay)

Notes:

Helena Lacon of Kinlet, a granddaughter of Anthony Viscount Montacute, occurs elsewhere as Eleanor Mildmay. Firstly wife of Walter Mildmay and mother of Helen Mildmay AC091, she swiftly remarried after his death to Matthew Bedingfield of Redlingfield, by whom she was mother of AC010, GB017 and GB018.