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Helen Beaumont, in religion Aloysia.
Born: 1612.
Died: 9 April 1635 in Ghent, aged 23.

father: Sir John Beaumont of Grace Dieu, Leics
mother: Elizabeth Fortescue of Salden, Bucks

Benedictines choir nun.

She professed 24 Jun 1631, aged 19.

She was the sister of Katherin Beaumont.
She was the great aunt of Barbara Beaumont, Mary Byerley.
She was the cousin of Philippa Bedingfield, Frances Bedingfield, Maria Bedingfield, Winefrid Bedingfield, Elizabeth Hamilton, Ann Bedingfield, Margaret Bedingfield, Katherine Bedingfield , Magdalen Bedingfield , Helen Bedingfield, Grace Bedingfield.
She was the niece of Mary Fortescue.

Sources: Ghent Obit: 19-20; Ghent Annals: 15, 16; RAG B1326: 134v.

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Family tree (Beaumont of Thringston)
Family tree (Fortescue of Salden)

Notes:

kinship links with Fortescue, Annals p15. Mother is sister of Catherine Fortescue

Her beautiful voice in the choir was missed.