Who were the Nuns?

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

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Catherine Smithson, in religion Lucy.
Died: 13 Dec 1753 in Bruges, aged 70.

father: Sir Hugh Smithson 3rd bart of Stanwick, Yorks
mother: Lady Elizabeth Langdale of Holme on Spalding Moor, Yorks

Augustinians, Bruges choir nun.
She was clothed 18 Apr 1701.

She professed 23 Apr 1702.

She was the sister of Dorothy Smithson, Bridget Smithson, Mary Smithson.
She was the kinswoman of Elizabeth Anne, Mary Middleton.

Sources: CR; Bruges Annals I: 209, 210; Bruges Annals II: 120-1.

Family tree (Langdale and Metham)

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Pupil at school.