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Ann Bedingfield, in religion Ann Bonaventure.
Born: 1623.
Died: 17 Nov 1697 in Gravelines, aged 73.

father: Francis Bedingfield Esq of Redlingfield, Suffolk
mother: Katherine Fortescue of Salden, Bucks

Poor Clares choir nun.

She professed 12 Aug 1640, aged 17.

Infirmarian
Abbess 1667 Sep - 1697

dedicatee: A Method of Conversing with God, Michael Boutauki, 1692

She was the sister of Helen Bedingfield, Philippa Bedingfield, Elizabeth Hamilton, Katherine Bedingfield , Grace Bedingfield, Magdalen Bedingfield , Margaret Bedingfield, Frances Bedingfield, Maria Bedingfield, Winefrid Bedingfield.
She was the cousin of Margarita Bedingfield, Jane Bedingfield , Margaret Bedingfield, Anne Bedingfield , Mary Bedingfield, Margaret Downes , Helen Beaumont, Katherin Beaumont.
She was the aunt of Mary Bedingfield, Lucy Hamilton, Anne Hamilton, Catherine Hamilton.
She was the great aunt of Agnes Bedingfield, Mary Bedingfield, Dorothy Bedingfield.
She was the niece of Mary Fortescue.

Sources: Gravelines Profession Book: 72-3; Gravelines MS Chronicle: 218-26.

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Family tree (Bedingfield of Bedingfield and Redlingfield)
Family tree (Fortescue of Salden)

Notes:

Gravelines chr gives death as 1704: chr 226