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Helen Wigmore, in religion Helen of the Holy Cross.
Born: 1599 in Herefs.
Died: 21 Dec 1672 in Antwerp, aged 73 app.
father: Sir William Wigmore of Lucton, Herefs
mother: Anne Throckmorton Cath of Coughton, Warws
Mary Ward Institute choir nun.
She entered c 1626.
She left c 1626 .
Carmelites, Antwerp lay sister.
She was clothed 1627, aged 29.
She professed 25 Dec 1628, aged 29.
She was the aunt of Grace Turner, Frances Turner , Anna Wigmore.She was the sister of Winefrid Wigmore, Elizabeth Wigmore.
She was the cousin of Mary Poyntz.
Sources: Hardman: 18; companions: 115; Antwerp Annals: 280-4; Antwerp pb.
Family tree (Throckmorton of Coughton and Wigmore of Lucton)Family tree (Wigmore of Lucton)
Notes:
Entered in London, then called to St Omer. Travelled to Ghent to see her sister without getting permission. Companions 115.
She came with a large fortune but chose to be a lay sister.
Three of her brothers, William, Robert and Richard Wigmore, were Jesuits.