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Philippa Bedingfield, in religion Tecla.
Born: 1609 in Bedingfield, Suffolk.
Died: 14 Dec 1636 in Ghent, aged 27.

father: Francis Bedingfield Esq of Redlingfield, Suffolk
mother: Katherine Fortescue of Salden, Bucks

Benedictines choir nun.

She professed 11 Jun 1630, aged 21.

Infirmarian

She was the great aunt of Agnes Bedingfield, Mary Bedingfield, Dorothy Bedingfield.
She was the aunt of Mary Bedingfield, Lucy Hamilton, Anne Hamilton, Catherine Hamilton.
She was the cousin of Margaret Bedingfield, Mary Bedingfield, Margarita Bedingfield, Anne Bedingfield , Jane Bedingfield , Margaret Downes , Helen Beaumont, Katherin Beaumont.
She was the sister of Margaret Bedingfield, Ann Bedingfield, Helen Bedingfield, Grace Bedingfield, Elizabeth Hamilton, Katherine Bedingfield , Magdalen Bedingfield , Frances Bedingfield, Maria Bedingfield, Winefrid Bedingfield.
She was the niece of Mary Fortescue.

Sources: Ghent Obit: 21-2; Ghent Annals: 14, 18; RAG B1326: 134v.

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Family tree (Bedingfield of Bedingfield and Redlingfield)
Family tree (Fortescue of Salden)