Who were the Nuns?

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

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Catherine Wakeman, in religion Teresa of Jesus.
Born: in Gloucs.
Died: 25 Apr 1698 in Antwerp, aged 62.

father: Edward Wakeman Esq of Beckford, Gloucs
mother: Mary Cotton of Warblington, Hants

Carmelites choir nun.
She left 1681 .

Carmelites, Hoogstraten choir nun.
She arrived 1681.
She left Sep 1687 to return to her former convent.
sent to be Prioress: returned Antwerp 1687 Sep

Carmelites, Antwerp choir nun.
She arrived 1687.

She professed 11 Oct 1661, aged 25.

Prioress 1681 18 Sep - 1687 , Hoogstraten

She was the sister of Dorothy Wakeman , Ursula Wakeman , Teresa Wakeman , Lucy Carew , Anna Wakeman, Elizabeth Wakeman.
She was the cousin of Chrysogona Badger.
She was the niece of Chrysogona Marie Wakeman , Margarette Cotton.

Sources: Hardman: 104; Antwerp Annals: 516-19; Hoogstraten Annals: 8, 9.

Family tree (Giffard of Chillington)
Family tree (Shelley of Michelgrove-Cotton of Warblington)
Family tree (Wakeman)

Notes:

check father who is given in some annals as William: Dutch article William p28