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Frances Gawine, in religion Mary Francis.
Born: 1576 in Norrington, Wilts.
Died: 7 May 1640 in Cambrai, aged 64.

father: Thomas Gawen Esq of Norrington, Wilts
mother: Catherine Waldegrave of Stanninghall, Norfolk

Benedictines, Brussels choir nun.
She was clothed 21 Nov 1599.
She left 1623 .

Benedictines, Cambrai choir nun.
She arrived 3 Dec 1623.

She professed 21 Nov 1600, aged 24. Her dowry was 4500fl.

Abbess 1623 - 1629 , Cambrai
Guardrobe in 1623 c , Brussels

dedicatee: A Rule of Good Life, 1633

She was the aunt of Gertrude Gawen, Marie Gawen.
She was the cousin of Elizabeth Southcote, Barbara Waldegrave, Hieronyma Waldegrave.
She was the kinswoman of Dorothy Yaxley.

Sources: AMmechl-11: 36-7; Brussels Obit: 60-2; Brussels Benedictine Annals: 47, 84-5, 126-7; Cambrai crs: 76; Brussels Benedictines Profession Book: 176; bib dict: 3: 407.

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Family tree (Waldegrave)

Notes:

For a guide to the descent of this family see VCH Wilts 3, 52-60 (Ebbesborne Wake).