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Jane Lovell, in religion Mary.
Born: c 1564 in Lynsted, Kent.
Died: 12 Nov 1628 in Bruges.

father: Lord John Roper 1st baron Teynham of Lynsted, Kent
mother: Lady Elizabeth Parke

Benedictines, Brussels
She left 1609 .
Entered in 1608. No clothing known.

She was the mother of Frances Lovell.
She was the aunt of Mary Roper, Margaret Roper, Joyce Vaux, Elizabeth Lovell.
She was the cousin of Catherine Roper, Elizabeth Roper, Mary Roper.

husband: Sir Robert Lovell of Merton Abbey, Surrey

Sources: Brussels Benedictine Annals: 64, 71, 93-4.

Family tree (Roper, barons Teynham)

Notes:

She subsequently founded the Carmelite convent at Antwerp. See ODNB entry.