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Grace Babthorpe
Died: 30 Jan 1635 in Louvain, aged 64.

father: William Birnand Esq of Brimham, Yorks
mother: Grace Ingelby of Ripley, Yorks

Augustinians, Louvain choir nun.
She was a widow

She professed 1 Aug 1621, aged 50.

She was the grandmother of Frances Babthorpe, Grace Constable, Ursula Babthorpe, Elizabeth Babthorpe, Marie Babthorpe, Ursula Palmes, Grace Palmer , Frances Constable, Barbara Constable.
She was the former employer of Anne Stonehouse, Ursula Wittall.
She was the mother of Barbara Babthorpe.
She was the cousin of Anne Ingleby, Elizabeth Inglebie.

husband: Sir Ralph Babthorpe of Babthorpe, Yorks
son: Rev Ralph Babthorpe SJ

Sources: Louvain MS Chronicle: 201, 218, 388.

Family tree (Babthorpe)
Family tree (Ingleby Middleton of Stockeld and Maire of Hartbrushes)

Notes:

Two of her sons, Ralph and Thomas Babthorpe, were Jesuits, whilst another, Robert Babthorpe, was a Benedictine.