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Mary Frances Fortescue, in religion Ignatia.
Born: 1616 in Salden, Bucks.
Died: aft 15 Jul 1672 in Ghent.

father: Sir John Fortescue 1st bart of Salden, Bucks
mother: Frances Stanley of Eynsham, Oxon

Benedictines, Ghent choir nun.
She left May 1662 to help found another convent.

Benedictines, Dunkirk choir nun.
She joined May 1662 as a founder member.
She left May 1665 to help found another convent.

Benedictines, Ghent choir nun.

Benedictines, Ypres choir nun.
She joined 22 May 1665 as a founder member.
She left before 1672 to return to her former convent.

She professed 6 May 1632, aged 34.

Chantress , Ghent
Dean , Ghent

She was the sister of Grace Fortescue.
She was the aunt of Elizabeth Fortescue.
She was the kinswoman of Dorothea Arundell, Gertrude Arundell, Grace Fortescue.
She was the cousin of Mary Talbot.
She was the great niece of Mary Percy.
She was the niece of Frances Fortescue.

Sources: Dunkirk History: 99; Ghent Annals: 15, 39, 41; Nolan: 39; RAG B1326: 134v.

Family tree (Fortescue of Salden)
Family tree (Stanley earls of Derby)

Notes:

Descended from martyr Sir Adrian Fortescue executed 1539: annals p15

Kinship link to Aloysia Beaumont [GB 010]