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Catherine Bagnall, in religion Catherine Dominic.
Died: 8 Apr 1736 in Gravelines, aged 62.

father: Dudley Bagenal Esq of Dunleckney Manor, co Carlow, Ireland
mother: Anne Butler of co Kilkenny, Ireland

Poor Clares choir nun.

She professed 6 Feb 1691, aged 17.

Abbess 1705 Jan - 1736

subject: portrait

She was the sister of Mary Bagnall.
She was the kinswoman of Mary Roper.
She was the great niece of Margaret Roper, Mary Roper.

Sources: Gravelines Profession Book: 115; Gravelines MS Chronicle: 247-8.

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Family tree (Roper, barons Teynham)

Notes:

Her father had accompanied James II into exile and was an officer at his court, and died at Bruges in 1712. Her paternal grandfather was Colonel Walter Bagenal, born 1614, who was executed by Cromwell at Kilkenny in 1652. Her paternal grandmother was Elizabeth, daughter of Christopher Roper, 2nd Lord Teynham. Her elder sister, Ann, married Sir Gervase Clifton, 4th bart, of Clifton, Notts, and after his death in 1731, she married William Blackburne Esq (CRS 14, pp. 114-15).

Although only 31 when elected abbess obtained letters of confirmation: Bertrand p119