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Mary Yaxley, in religion Viviana.
Born: 1603 in Yaxley, Suffolk.
Died: 18 Feb 1654 in Brussels, aged 53.

father: Henry Yaxley Esq of Yaxley, Suffolk
mother: Frances Waldegrave of Norfolk

Benedictines, Brussels choir nun.
She was clothed 3 May 1620.
She left 1623 .

Benedictines, Cambrai choir nun.
She arrived 3 Dec 1623.
She left 1650 .

Benedictines, Brussels choir nun.
She arrived 1650.

She professed 9 May 1621, aged 22. Her dowry was 4000fl.

Novice Mistress , Cambrai
Cellarer in 1652 , Brussels

She was the sister of Dorothy Yaxley, Margaret Yaxley.
She was the kinswoman of Hieronyma Waldegrave, Joanna Waldegrave.
She was the cousin of Ann Waldegrave, Frances Waldegrave.

Sources: AMbenbx-3: 1652; AMmechl-11: 36-7; Brussels Obit: 47-51; Cambrai crs: 40-1; Brussels Benedictines Profession Book: 184; Brussels Benedictine Annals: 123, 124.

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Family tree (Bedingfield of Bedingfield and Redlingfield)
Family tree (Waldegrave)

Notes:

Her mother was cousin to Barbara and Hieronyma Waldegrave, nuns at the Brussels Benedictines.

Her father was cousin of Joanna Waldegrave, a nun at the Brussels Benedictine convent.