Who were the Nuns?

A Prosopographical study of the English Convents in exile 1600-1800

Jump to menu
  • Include:

Wildcards
? : any single character   * : any characters

Details

Mary Bagnall, in religion Mary Magdalen.
Died: 8 Jun 1709 in Gravelines, aged 37.

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 18.

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

Sources: Gravelines Profession Book: 114.

Quotations
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).