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Bridgett Sheldon, in religion Magdalen.
Born: in Worcs.
Died: 12 Dec 1699 in Brussels, aged 59.

father: Edward Sheldon Esq of Beoley, Worcs
mother: Mary Wake of Northants, & Kent & Antwerp

Dominicans, Brussels choir nun.
She was clothed 13 Jul 1664.

She professed 14 Jul 1665, aged 25. Her dowry was 5000 guilders.

She was the great aunt of Mary Sheldon, Catherine Sheldon, Frances Sheldon.
She was the sister of Teresa Sheldon.
She was the cousin of Catherine Sheldon, Mary Appleton.
She was the niece of Mary Margaret Wake .

Sources: AMdombx-1; OA: 179, 199; Brussels Dominicans Profession Book: 226.

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Family tree (Markham)
Family tree (Sheldon of Beoly-Canning-Fowler-Fleetwood-Pershall)

Notes:

Barnard, Sheldons, p47 says Mary Wake dau of Lionel Wake of Antwerp and Pedington, Northants. Had 10 children one, Lionel became Benedictine monk, chaplain to Anne, duchess of York