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Mary Pole, in religion Mary.
Born: 1582 in Lordington, Chichester, Sussex.
Died: 4 Nov 1640 in Bruges, aged 56.

father: Geoffrey Pole
mother: Catherine Dulton

Augustinians choir nun.
She left 8 May 1635 .
Elected prioress in Bruges

Augustinians, Bruges choir nun.
She arrived 1635.

She professed 19 Jun 1622.

Prioress 1635 - 1640 , Bruges

She was the cousin of Constance Coufaud.
She was the kinswoman of Helen Bedingfield.

Sources: CR; Hamilton: I, 241-4, II, 114-8, 123, 141, 183; Bruges Annals I: 18, 27-31; Louvain MS Chronicle: 234-6, 390-2.

Family tree (Pole)
Family tree (Pole)

Notes:

Kinswoman of Sr Augustina Bedingfield LA023 (first cousin twice removed). Great niece, according to Bruges Annals for 1640. See also note in Hamilton, Chron II, 115, to Cardinal Reginald Pole.

According to the Bruges Annals (p28) she lived with her brother in France and entered a Teresian convent there much against her brother's will. However she did not persevere in that order. (VvH)