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Mary Sheldon, in religion Delphinia Elizabeth.
Died: 23 Feb 1727 in Louvain, aged 66.

father: Edward Sheldon of Steeple Barton, Oxon
mother: Catherine Constable of Everingham, Yorks

Augustinians choir nun.

She professed 2 Aug 1678.

Prioress 1715 - 1727

She was the great aunt of Catherine Sheldon, Anne Scrope, Barbara Sheldon, Anne Sheldon, Mary Sheldon.
She was the aunt of Katherine Sheldon.
She was the cousin of Elizabeth Constable, Anne Constable.
She was the sister of Elizabeth Sheldon.
She was the niece of Barbara Constable.

Sources: Louvain MS Chronicle: 631, 636-7, 649.

Family tree (Constable of Everingham)
Family tree (Sheldon of Beoly-Canning-Fowler-Fleetwood-Pershall)

Notes:

Baptismal name given in pedigree printed in J.G. Nichols ed. The Herald and Genealogist III, p. 423.