Who were the Nuns?

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

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Elizabeth Leveson, in religion Eugenia of Jesus.
Born: 1618 in Staffs.
Died: 18 Aug 1652 in Lierre, aged 34.

father: Mr Thomas Leveson of Willenhall, Staffs
mother: Mary Comberford of Comberford, Staffs

Carmelites, Antwerp choir nun.
She was clothed 1634, aged 16.
She left 1648 to help found another convent.

Carmelites, Lierre choir nun.
She joined 1648 as a founder member.

She professed 10 Aug 1640, aged 22/24.

She was the great aunt of Catherine Giffard.
She was the cousin of Joyce Gifford, Mary/Magdalen Leveston.
She was the sister of Anne Levesson.

Sources: Antwerp pb; Antwerp Annals: 412-13; Liv-I: 1-9.

Family tree (Brooke of Madeley)
Family tree (Leveson of Wolverhampton-Stanford of Perry Hall)

Notes:

She had been in England between 1634 and 1640 for medical reasons. Mentioned in Hardman (1937), p.42.