Winefred Wigmore (1585–1657) was an English Roman Catholic nun and teacher, a friend and biographer of Mary 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 Munich and Rome.
Wigmore stayed in Rome with Ward, acting as her novice mistress, secretary, and nurse.
[1] The execution of Charles I made it dangerous to continue living in England, and in 1650 Institute members relocated to Paris under the leadership of Barbara Babthorpe.