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Helen More, in religion Gertrude.
Born: 1606 in Low Leyton, Essex.
Died: 17 Aug 1633 in Cambrai, aged 27.

father: Cresacre More of Barnburgh Hall, Yorks
mother: Elizabeth Gage of Firle, Sussex

Benedictines, Cambrai choir nun.
She entered 2 Dec 1623.

She professed 1 Jan 1625, aged 17.

Cellarer 1629 - 1633

creator: Confessio amantis, Paris, 1658 by Fr Serenus Cressy OSB
creator: Fragments
creator: Apology
subject: The Inner Life of Dame Gertrude More by Fr Augustine Baker OSB
subject: The Spiritual Exercises of Gertrude More, Paris, 1658, Fr Francis Gage
subject: portraits: etchings see covers of Ben Wekking, 2002, below

She was the cousin of Grace More, Joan More, Anne More.
She was the sister of Bridget More.
She was the great aunt of Ann More.
She was the aunt of Margaret More, Mary More.
She was the kinswoman of Margaret Clement.

uncle: Fr Thomas More
uncle: Fr Henry More

Sources: ODNB; Cambrai crs: 39, 74.

Quotations
Family tree (Gage of Firle and Hengrave)
Family tree (More of Bamborough)

Notes:

A founder of the Benedictine convent at Cambrai and initially reacted against the Ignatian prayer practices.

She was the great-great-granddaughter of the martyr, Sir Thomas More. Spiritual Director in London Dom Wm Bennet Jones OSB see bib dict.

Her father had initially intended to become a priest but was recalled to England when his eldest brother died (ODNB). ODNB: Francis Gage

Modern edition of Gertrude More's 'Life' by Augustine Baker see The Life and Death of Dame Gertrude More, edited from all known manuscripts, Ben Wekking, Institute fur Anglistik und Amerikanistik, Universitat Salzburg, A-5020 Salzburg, 2002