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Agnes Stanley, in religion Mary Xaveria.
Died: 20 Jul 1723 in Bruges, aged 32.

father: Sir Rowland Stanley bart of Ches
mother: Ann Paston of Barningham, Norfolk

Augustinians, Bruges choir nun.
She was clothed 20 Jan 1710.

She professed 25 Jan 1711.

She was the sister of Winifred Stanley, Dorothy Stanley, Elizabeth Stanley, Charlotte Stanley.
She was the kinswoman of Agnes Bedingfield, Mary Bedingfield, Mary Bedingfield, Dorothy Bedingfield.
She was the great niece of Elisabeth Stanley, Catharine Paston, Margaret Paston.
She was the cousin of Margaret Towneley, Cecily Towneley, Dorothy Paston.

Sources: CR; Bruges Annals I: 268, 273, 394-7.

Family tree (Paston and Towneley)
Family tree (Stanley of Hooton)

Notes:

Pupil at school.

She walked with a limp.