Who were the Nuns?

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

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Mary Trentham, in religion Mary of St Albert.
Born: in Staffs.
Died: 20 Mar 1629 in Antwerp, aged 22.

father: Francis Trentham Esq of Rocester, Staffs
mother: Katherine Sheldon of Beoley, Worcs

Carmelites choir nun.

She professed 21 Jun 1624, aged 17.

She was the cousin of Philippa Pershall.
She was the sister of Vere Trentham, Anne Trentham.

Sources: Hardman: 27-30; Antwerp Annals: 242-56.

Family tree (Sheldon of Beoly-Canning-Fowler-Fleetwood-Pershall)

Notes:

Named in the Will of her father (d. 1626), Lichfield Record Office, Catalogue Index B/C/11 (available at http://www.oxford-shakespeare.com/, accessed 26/2/2011), who left her five hundred pounds. Also named in the Will of her aunt Elizabeth de Vere (d. by February 1613)), widow of the 17th earl of Oxford, TNA PROB 11/121,who hoped to educate and train her up (for service at court) and who left her five hundred pounds towards a marriage portion.