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Elizabeth Sheldon, in religion Elizabeth Genoveva.
Died: 25 Jan 1685 in Louvain.

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

Augustinians, Louvain choir nun.
She was clothed 10 Dec 1680.

She professed 28 Apr 1683.

She was the aunt of Katherine Sheldon.
She was the great aunt of Dorothy Widdrington, Anne Scrope, Barbara Sheldon, Anne Sheldon, Mary Sheldon.
She was the cousin of Mary Partington, Anne Constable.
She was the sister of Mary Sheldon.
She was the niece of Barbara Constable.

Sources: Louvain MS Chronicle: 632.

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

Notes:

Parents supplied from pedigree printed in J.G. Nichols ed. The Herald and Genealogist III, p. 423.