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Agnes Bedingfield, in religion Agnes Genoveva.
Died: 18 Aug 1725 in Bruges, aged 55.

father: Francis Bedingfield Esq of Redlingfield, Suffolk
mother: Mary Paston of Appleton, Norfolk

Augustinians, Bruges choir nun.
She was clothed 27 Mar 1686.

She professed 15 Jul 1687.

She was the sister of Mary Bedingfield, Dorothy Bedingfield.
She was the great niece of Ann Bedingfield, Margaret Bedingfield, Grace Bedingfield, Helen Bedingfield, Elizabeth Hamilton, Philippa Bedingfield, Katherine Bedingfield , Magdalen Bedingfield , Frances Bedingfield, Maria Bedingfield, Winefrid Bedingfield, Catharine Paston, Margaret Paston.
She was the niece of Mary Bedingfield.
She was the kinswoman of Charlotte Stanley, Dorothy Stanley, Elizabeth Stanley, Agnes Stanley, Winifred Stanley.

Sources: Bruges Annals I: 141, 144, 364, 408-11.

Family tree (Bedingfield of Bedingfield and Redlingfield)
Family tree (Paston and Towneley)

Notes:

Pupil at convent school 1643

She was chosen arcaria in 1719.