Who were the Nuns?

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

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Mary Fortescue, in religion Mary Magdalene.
Died: 21 Jul 1630 in Louvain.

father: John Fortescue Esq of Lordington, Chichester, Sussex
mother: Helen Henslow of Kent

Augustinians white nun.

She professed 22 Jul 1617, aged 26.

She was the aunt of Philippa Bedingfield, Frances Bedingfield, Maria Bedingfield, Winefrid Bedingfield, Elizabeth Hamilton, Ann Bedingfield, Margaret Bedingfield, Katherine Bedingfield , Magdalen Bedingfield , Helen Bedingfield, Grace Bedingfield, Helen Beaumont, Katherin Beaumont.

Sources: Louvain MS Chronicle: 352; Hamilton: I, pp 160, 240.

Family tree (Fortescue of Salden)