Who were the Nuns?

A Prosopographical study of the English Convents in exile 1600-1800

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Margaret Yaxley, in religion Placida.
Born: 1593 in Yaxley, Suffolk.
Died: 25 Nov 1666 in Cambrai.

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

Benedictines, Cambrai choir nun.
She entered 10 Jun 1624, aged 31.

She was the sister of Dorothy Yaxley, Mary Yaxley.
She was the cousin of Ann Waldegrave, Frances Waldegrave.

Sources: Cambrai crs: 40.

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

Notes:

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

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

Relationship to Waldegrave nuns through mother. Nothing in father's lineage to link them. Check ref. KKR