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Grace Fortescue, in religion Barbara.
Born: 1617 in Salden, Bucks.
Died: 15 Feb 1666.

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

Benedictines, Ghent choir nun.

She professed 2 Jul 1634, aged 25.

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

Sources: Ghent Annals: 15, 41; RAG 2773/8.

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

Notes:

descended from martyr Sir Adrian Fortescue executed 1539 [great-great-granddaughter]: Annals p15