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Winifride Wiseman, in religion Agatha.
Born: in Braddocks, nr Wimbish, Essex.
Died: 19 Nov 1647 in Brussels, aged 62.

father: Sir William Wiseman of Braddocks, nr Wimbish, Essex
mother: Jane Huddlestone of Sawston, Cambs

Benedictines, Brussels choir nun.
She was clothed 22 Jul 1602.

She professed 6 Aug 1603, aged 18. Her dowry was 3500fl.

Prioress in 1630
Prioress in 1639

She was the great aunt of Dorothy Englefield.
She was the cousin of Elizabeth Huddleston, Jane Price.
She was the kinswoman of Mary Huddlestone.
She was the niece of Jane Wiseman, Barbara Wiseman, Anne Wiseman, Bridget Wiseman.

Sources: AMbenbx-11: Renten; Brussels Obit: 40-3; Brussels Benedictine Annals: 49, 60; Brussels Benedictines Profession Book: 178.

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Family tree (Wiseman)

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Father imprisoned for his faith: annals 58-9 Annals record that she went to be cared for at a convent of Black, Nursing sisters for treatment of a painful malady in her arm.