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Bridget Fiennes, Countess of Lincoln
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'''Bridget Clinton, Countess of Lincoln''', formerly Bridget Fiennes, was an English noblewoman, who became Countess of Lincoln in 1619.
She was the daughter of [[William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele]], and his wife, the former Elizabeth Temple.<ref>George Edward Cokayne, editor, The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes (no date (c. 1900); reprint, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983), volume I, page 14. </ref> She married [[Theophilus Clinton, 4th Earl of Lincoln]], some time before 1622, and their children were:
*Lady Catharine Clinton (died c.1643), who married [[George Booth, 1st Baron Delamer]] of Dunham Massey, and had one child
*Lady Arabella Clinton (died 1667), who married [[Robert Rolle (died 1660)|Robert Rolle]] and had children
*Margaret Clinton (died 1688), who married [[Hugh Boscawen (1625–1701)|Hugh Boscawen]] and had children
*Edward Clinton, Lord Clinton (1624-1657), who married Lady Anne Holles and had one child, [[Edward Clinton, 5th Earl of Lincoln]]<ref>Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. Volume 1, page 824</ref>
In 1622, her mother-in-law's book, ''The Countess of Lincoln's Nursery'', was dedicated to her.<ref></ref> It praised the young countess for opting to [[breast-feeding|breast-feed]] her own children.<ref name="Bassnett2016"></ref>
[[Thomas Dudley]], who as the earl's steward had been involved in arranging her marriage to Clinton,<ref name="RudrumBlack2000"></ref> wrote to her in 1631, reporting on the experiences of settlers in New England, indicating that she was a popular figure with emigrants from Lincolnshire.<ref name="Bassnett2016"/>
==References==
[[Category:17th-century English women]]
[[Category:English countesses]]
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