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Mary Lawson, in religion Benedicta.
Born: 1610 in Heaton Hall, Northd.
Died: 1672 in Ghent.

father: Roger Lawson Esq of Brough, Yorks
mother: Dorothy Constable Cath of Burton Constable, Yorks

Benedictines, Ghent choir nun.

She professed 24 Jun 1631.

Portress

She was the aunt of Mary Lawson.
She was the great aunt of Mary Lawson.
She was the sister of Margaret Lawson, Dorothy Lawson.

Sources: Ghent Annals: 15; RAG B1326: 134v.

Family tree (Constable of Burton Constable)
Family tree (Lawson of Brough)

Notes:

Aunt of Francis Lawson OSB.