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Margaret Simeon, in religion Francis Joseph.
Died: 5 Oct 1664 in Rouen, aged 36.

father: Sir John Simeon of Brightwell Baldwin, Oxon
mother: Anna Sulyard of Haughley Park, Suffolk

Poor Clares, Rouen choir nun.
She was clothed 19 Jan 1646.

She professed 21 Jan 1647, aged 18.

Portress in 1659

She was the sister of Mary Simmions, Penelope Simons, Anne Simmions, Philippa Symons.
She was the cousin of Frances Symons, Anne Tempest, Catherine Gascoigne, Francis Gascoigne, Margaret Sulyard.

uncle: Andrew Sulyard aka Sutton SJ

Sources: Rouen Poor Clares Profession Book; Rouen Chronicle I: 5, 61, 63, 73, 142, 145, 162.

Family tree (Sulyard)
Family tree (Weld-SimeonWeld)

Notes:

Was a scholar at Gravelines before going to Rouen. No space in coaches so joined the convent a year after foundation in 1645. Lady Arundel paid for her clothing.

Chron Chap 5 describes her as having been educated at Gravelines and left two sisters at Ghent: in fact only one entered there the other was a cousin. Chronicle describes her as cousin to Margaret Bedingfield. Because she was too young to enter as a nun was sent to the Ursuline convent at Boulogne to learn French.

Originally entered in database with Elizabeth Sulyard as mother but given Anne Sulyard's daughters as sisters: Foley has four daughters of Anne as nuns, but doesn't name three of them. CB He also gives the mother's name as Elizabeth or Anne. The convent sources agree to call her Anne, the form we retain. Their evidence confirms that we have four sisters. The name of their father has been normalized because of the level of inconsistency in the spelling. KKR