Who were the Nuns?

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

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Penelope Simons, in religion Ignatia.
Died: 15 Jan 1717 in Bruges, aged 78 c.

father: Sir John Simeon of Brightwell Baldwin, Oxon
mother: Anna Sulyard of Haughley Park, Suffolk

Augustinians, Bruges choir nun.
She was clothed 20 Apr 1655.

She professed 23 Apr 1656.

She was the cousin of Margaret Sulyard, Anne Tempest, Catherine Gascoigne, Francis Gascoigne, Frances Symons.
She was the sister of Margaret Simeon, Philippa Symons, Anne Simmions, Mary Simmions.

Sources: Bruges Annals I: 56, 70, 73, 335-6.

Family tree (Weld-SimeonWeld)

Notes:

Pupil at school.

For roughly 30 years she was 'in charge of the woolen habit', which included folding the wet linen in wash weeks.