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58:, who were unhappy with Ward. Wigmore's loyalty to Ward led to her deposing the Liège superior, Mary Copley, and the rift gave ammunition to the Institute's detractors in the papal court. Though the pope suppressed the Institute in 1631, and Wigmore was briefly imprisoned, the 'English ladies' kept up discreet communal life in 81:
made it dangerous to continue living in England, and in 1650 Institute members relocated to Paris under the leadership of Barbara Babthorpe. Wigmore was headmistress of a school of English girls there. She died in April 1657, and was buried in the cemetery of the Benedictine nuns.
39:, became Jesuits. She met Mary Ward in 1605, and lived with her in London on Ward's return to England in 1609. She remained "Mary Ward's close friend and loyal companion until Mary's death", helping found the 66:. Wigmore stayed in Rome with Ward, acting as her novice mistress, secretary, and nurse. She accompanied Ward to England in 1637, living with her in London and 164: 211: 74: 143: 40: 216: 108:
A briefe relation of the holy life & happy death of our dearest mother, of blessed memory, Mrs. Mary Ward
54:, and in 1624 she was appointed superior in Naples. In 1630 Ward sent Wigmore to deal with the foundation at 35:, one of twelve children born to Sir William Wigmore and Anne Throckmorton. Three of her brothers, including 135:
A Biographical Encyclopedia of Early Modern Englishwomen: Exemplary Lives and Memorable Acts, 1500-1650
78: 133: 206: 201: 8: 19:(1585-1657) was an English Roman Catholic nun and teacher, a friend and biographer of 139: 169: 94: 181: 131: 90: 36: 20: 173: 195: 67: 55: 46:
In 1622–23 Wigmore became headmistress of schools established in
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Carole Levin; Anna Riehl Bertolet; Jo Eldridge Carney (2016).
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Ward and Poyntz composed Ward's first biography, the
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Index

Mary Ward
Lucton
William Wigmore
Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Rome
Naples
Liège
Munich
Rome
Heworth
Mary Poyntz
execution of Charles I
French
English



A Biographical Encyclopedia of Early Modern Englishwomen: Exemplary Lives and Memorable Acts, 1500-1650
ISBN
978-1-315-44071-2


Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
doi
10.1093/ref:odnb/68089
UK public library membership
Categories
1585 births
1657 deaths
17th-century English Roman Catholic nuns

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