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Mary Bedingfield, in religion Mary.
Born: 1630.
Died: 13 May 1693 in Bruges, aged 53.

father: John Bedingfield of Redlingfield, Suffolk
mother: Suzanna Wyborne

Augustinians, Bruges choir nun.
She was clothed 13 Feb 1651.

She professed 23 Apr 1652.

Novice Mistress in 1655
Prioress 1661 - 1693

subject: portrait in convent
sponsor: building wide marble cloister and 10 cells

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

Sources: Bruges Annals I: 35, 46-7, 54, 56, 59, 69, 94, 163-71.

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

Notes:

Came with Catherine Bartlett who was received as a servant in order to be a lay sister: I Ann p35 Came as scholar but after one year sent back to England to satisfy her mother: Ann 46-7.