Who were the Nuns?

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

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Lucy Poole, in religion Mary Aloysia.
Died: 3 Apr 1799 in Hengrave Hall, Suffolk, aged 70.

father: Rowland Poole Esq
mother: Bridget Huddleston of Millom Castle, Cumbd

Augustinians, Bruges choir nun.
She was clothed 26 Sep 1746, aged 19.

She professed 8 Oct 1747.

She was the kinswoman of Martha Englefield, Frances Poole, Mary Poole, Philippa Poole.
She was the sister of Elizabeth Poole.

Sources: CR; Bruges Annals II: 107, 108; Bruges Annals III: 108, 124-5.

Family tree (Poole)

Notes:

Pupil at school. Jubilarian 1797. Annals claim she was a branch of the same family as Cardinal Poole: see III ann 124. This was probably a mistake: see http://www.tim.ukpub.net/visitation/pooles.html