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Margaret Roper, in religion Scholastica.
Died: 7 Mar 1641 in Ghent.

father: Lord Christopher Roper 2nd baron Teynham of Lynsted, Kent
mother: Catherine Seaborne of Sutton St Michael, Herefs

Benedictines, Ghent choir nun.
She was clothed 9 Nov 1626, aged 18.

She professed 14 Sep 1627, aged 19.

Novice Mistress in 1641

She was the sister of Mary Roper.
She was the great aunt of Mary Bagnall, Catherine Bagnall.
She was the aunt of Mary Roper.
She was the cousin of Mary Southcote, Frances Lovell, Joyce Vaux.
She was the niece of Jane Lovell.
She was the kinswoman of Catherine Roper, Mary Roper.

Sources: Ghent Obit: 29-30; Ghent Annals: 19-20; RAG 2773/1; RAG 2773/5.

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Family tree (Roper, barons Teynham)

Notes:

Had suffered almost continual infirmity from the time of her profession: Annals 19-20. The obituary notice which follows hers is for her niece Catherine Roper still a schoolgirl in 1641 when she died.