Who were the Nuns?

A Prosopographical study of the English Convents in exile 1600-1800

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Nuns

Associated People

Mr Bedingfield: Catherine Mildmay (BD049)

Fr Edmund Bedingfield canon of Lierre: Elizabeth Timperley (BF241)

Fr Edmund Bedingfield canon of Lierre: Anne Cobb (LC018), Mary Cobb (LC019), Justina Timperley (OB129), Ann Bedingfield (LC005), Margaret Bedingfield (LC006), Frances Timperley (PC117), Elizabeth Cobbe (PA037), Dorothy Cobbe (PA036)

Edmund Bedingfield of Kirby Bedon, Norfolk: Mary Bedingfield (LA025)

Edward Bedingfield Esq of York, Yorks: Mary Bedingfeld (GB014)

Lady Elizabeth Bedingfield BA094 of Redlingfield, Suffolk: Anne Hamilton (RP085), Lucy Hamilton (BA095), Catherine Hamilton (MW078)

Elizabeth Bedingfield of Oxburgh, Norfolk: Anne Cobb (LC018), Mary Cobb (LC019), Elizabeth Cobbe (PA037), Dorothy Cobbe (PA036)

Frances Bedingfield of Oxburgh, Norfolk: Elizabeth Timperley (BF241), Frances Timperley (PC117), Justina Timperley (OB129)

Frances Bedingfield of Oxburgh, Norfolk: Mary Caryll (DB030)

Francis Bedingfield Esq of Redlingfield, Suffolk: Agnes Bedingfield (BA016), Mary Bedingfield (BA018), Dorothy Bedingfield (MW015)

Francis Bedingfield Esq of Redlingfield, Suffolk: Philippa Bedingfield (GB015), Helen Bedingfield (LA023), Elizabeth Hamilton (BA094), Katherine Bedingfield (AC012), Magdalen Bedingfield (AC013), Ann Bedingfield (GP026), Margaret Bedingfield (GP027), Grace Bedingfield (LA024), Frances Bedingfield (MW017), Maria Bedingfield (MW018), Winefrid Bedingfield (MW019)

Sir Henry Bedingfield 1st bart of Beck Hall, Billingford, Norfolk: Ann Bedingfield (LC005), Margaret Bedingfield (LC006)

John Bedingfield of Redlingfield, Suffolk: Mary Bedingfield (BA019)

Mary Bedingfield of Oxburgh, Norfolk: Catherine Eyre (LC027), Martha Eyre (LC028)

Mary Bedingfield of Finchingfield, Norfolk: Margaret Downes (AC041)

Mr Matthew Bedingfield of Amersden, Oxon, & Brussels: Margaret Bedingfield (GB017), Mary Bedingfield (GB018), Anne Bedingfield (AC010)

Thomas Bedingfield of Suffolk: Margarita Bedingfield (GB016), Jane Bedingfield (AC011)

Details

Mary Bedingfeld, in religion Benedicta.
Born: 1758 in York, Yorks.
Died: 27 Mar 1811 in Preston, Lancs, aged 53.

father: Edward Bedingfield Esq of York, Yorks
mother: Katherine Swinburne of Capheaton, Northd

Benedictines choir nun.

She professed 10 May 1775, aged 16.

Guardrobe
School Mistress
Novice Mistress in 1799
Cellarer in 1800
Procuratrix in 1800
Abbess in 1809

Sources: Ghent Obit: 92; Ghent Annals: 92, 96, 98-9.

Quotations
Family tree (Bedingfield of Bedingfield and Redlingfield)
Family tree (Lawson of Brough)
Family tree (Swinburne of Capheaton)

Notes:

Kirk has Sir Henry Bedingfield as father and Mary Swinburne as mother

She was elected Abbess in 1809, but died before consecration. The Annals use the title Abbess when writing about her; see 99