MW
's father, Marmaduke Ward
, was an ardent Catholic but resisted her desire to become a nun. He probably died before her mother.
Chambers, Mary Catharine Elizabeth. The Life of Mary Ward (1585-1645). Editor Coleridge, Henry James, Burns and Oates, 1882, 2 vols.
1: 71, 305
Family and Intimate relationships
Mary Ward
Between the ages of ten and thirteen, Mary attracted a series of prospective marriage partners, whose names are variously given in various accounts.
Peters, Henriette. Mary Ward: A World in Contemplation. Translator Butterworth, Helen, Gracewing Books, 1994.
42
The first she liked and would have been willing to marry...
Travel
Mary Ward
MW
and her father
travelled to London just as the Gunpowder Plot by Catholics was discovered: her father was arrested (as were many of their relations) and interrogated.