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Anne Levesson, in religion Anne of St Teresa.
Born: 1607 in Staffs.
Died: 15 Sep 1667 in Dusseldorf, aged 63.

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

Carmelites, Antwerp choir nun.

She professed 16 Jul 1627, aged 20.

Prioress

She was the sister of Elizabeth Leveson.
She was the kinswoman of Catherine Giffard.
She was the cousin of Joyce Gifford, Mary/Magdalen Leveston.

Sources: Antwerp Annals: 258-68; Hallett, Lives: 73-7.

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

Notes:

Moved to Dusseldorf, then to Munsterfelt returned to Dusseldorf in 1659. In 1661 at the request of the local ruler went to Newburgh to found a Carmel taking with her others from Antwerp; see Hallett, 74-5. See also account in Hoogstraten archives image 489