Blessed Sebastian Newdigate

Blessed Sebastian Newdigate, also known as Blessed Sebastian Newdigate of Harefield, was born in Harefield, Middlesex, England. He belonged to a devout family, being the younger son of John Newdigate, a king's sergeant, and Amphelys, the daughter and heiress of John Nevill of Sutton, Lincolnshire. Blessed Sebastian's sister chose the religious life and became a Dominican nun at the convent in Dartford, England.