Who were the Nuns?

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

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Ann Caryll, in religion Mary Ann.
Died: 17 Jan 1736 in Bruges, aged 41.

father: Philip Caryll the younger esq of Catherington, Hants
mother: Mary Caryll

Augustinians, Bruges choir nun.
She was clothed 27 Apr 1711.

She professed 1 Jun 1712.

She was the great niece of Frances Caryll, Barbara Caryll, Mary Caryll, Elizabeth Caryll, Catherine Caryll, Elizabeth Caryll.
She was the niece of Dorothy Caryll, Martha Caryll, Teresa Caryll.
She was the sister of Mary Caryll.

Sources: CR; Bruges Annals I: 289, 293; Bruges Annals II: 33, 34.

Family tree (Caryll)

Notes:

pupil of convent school. She gave 'the guilding of the little altars by the choir door' in 1729.

Her sister, Elizabeth, also attended the convent school from 4 Nov 1720, leaving on 27 April 1721 (I ann 376, 384).

Another sister, Catherine, came to the convent on 6 Jan 1721 to try a change of air having previously suffered from a fever and lived in a Dutch convent at Poperinge. She was again advised to change air to aid her recovery and left for a Dutch monastery in Ghent on 10 Mar 1721 (I ann 378, 383).

caught small pox and died within a very short time