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Margaret Radcliffe, in religion Margaret of St Paul.
Died: 26 Jul 1654 in Aire, aged 71.

father: Sir Francis Radcliffe 1st bart of Dilston, Northd
mother: Isabel Grey of Chillingham, Northd

Poor Clares, Gravelines choir nun.
She was clothed 2 Jul 1611.
She left 1622 .
disputed election

Franciscans, Brussels choir nun.
She joined 1622 as a founder member.
She left 1626 to return to her former convent.
Sent as abbess.

Poor Clares, Gravelines choir nun.
She arrived 1626.
She left 1627 .

Poor Clares, Dunkirk choir nun.
She arrived 1627.
She left 1629 to help found another convent.

Poor Clares, Aire choir nun.
She joined 1629 as a founder member.

She professed 3 Jul 1612, aged 27. Her dowry was £100.

Abbess 1622 - 1626 invited to lead the , Brussels
Abbess in 1626 , Gravelines
Abbess in 1629 , Aire

dedicatee: A translation of the life of Sister Joan of the Cross, Francis Bell, 1625
creator: Account of the duties of the vicaress by Rev. M. Margaret Paul Radcliffe.

She was the great aunt of Catharin Widdrington, Mary Errington, Margaret Errington, Catherine Ratcliffe, Elizabeth Ratcliffe, Christine Tunstall, Margaret Tunstall, Elizabeth Widdrington.
She was the aunt of Dorothy Radcliffe, Clare Radcliffe, Ursula Radcliffe.
She was the sister of Ann Radcliffe, Dorothy Radcliffe, Elizabeth Radcliffe.

Sources: Aire register; ODNB; CRS 14: 39-40; Gravelines MS Chronicle: 31, 33, 37, 45, 147-8, 154-9, 161-3; BC: 9, 12, 14.

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Family tree (Radclyffe of Derwentwater)

Notes:

Parents in Foster, Visitation Pedigrees Northd., pp98-9

In January 1626 the Commissary deposed Abbess Tildesley and installed Margaret Paul in her place, to the great discontent of many of the nuns. She was removed and sent with 10 supporters to Dunkirk. The Commissary struggled to enforce his will, but eventually yielded after the nuns at Gravelines successfully appealed to Rome (Gravelines Chron, 145-65).

1st Abbess Aire