Who were the Nuns?

A Prosopographical study of the English Convents in exile 1600-1800

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Mary Chichester , in religion Mary of the Angels.
Born: in Devon.
Died: 13 Jun 1632 in Alost, aged 23.

father: Amyas Chichester Esq of Arlington, Devon
mother: Susan Plater of Sotterley, Suffolk

Carmelites, Antwerp choir nun.
She was clothed 1629.
moved to the Carmel at Alost in 1632

She professed 3 May 1630, aged 21.

She was the sister of Elizabeth Chichester.

Sources: Hardman: 48, 51-2; Antwerp pb; Antwerp Annals: 287-97.

Family tree (Chichester of Arlington)