Who were the Nuns?

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

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Dorothy Smithson, in religion Mary Augustine.
Died: 19 Nov 1737 in Bruges, aged 59.

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 8 Jan 1699.

She professed 12 Jul 1700.

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

Sources: CR; Bruges Annals I: 202, 208; Bruges Annals II: 41-2.

Family tree (Langdale and Metham)

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Pupil at school.