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Mary Stapleton, in religion Etheldred.
Born: 1624 in Quosque Hall, Yorks.
Died: 6 Aug 1668 in Cambrai.

father: Gilbert Stapleton Esq of Carlton, Yorks
mother: Ellinor/ Helen Gascoigne of Lasingcroft, Yorks

Benedictines, Cambrai choir nun.
She entered 4 Jul 1648, aged 23.

She professed 1650, aged 25.

She was the cousin of Mary Hoghton, Francis Gascoigne, Anne Thwing, Catherine Thwing, Helen Thwing, Catherine Gascoigne, Anne Tempest.
She was the great aunt of Elizabeth Erington.
She was the niece of Catherine Gascoigne, Margaretta Gascoigne.

cousin: Fr Thomas Thwing martyr

Sources: Cambrai crs: 47.

Family tree (Gascoigne)
Family tree (Stapleton)

Notes:

Quosque Hall was the dower house of the Stapleton family. The martyr Thomas Thwing, a cousin of the Stapletons, started a school there c. 1668 (Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913, under Ven. Thomas Thwing).