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Catherine Talbot, in religion Alicia.
Born: 1758 in London.
Died: 20 Feb 1822 in Haggerston, Northd, aged 64.

father: Hon Charles Talbot Esq
mother: Mary Mostyn of Flints, Wales

Augustinians, Bruges choir nun.
She was clothed 28 Apr 1778.
She left after 1788 .

Poor Clares, Rouen choir nun.
She left before 1822 .
did not wish to return to Bruges with her community

She professed 16 Nov 1780, aged 23.

Procuratrix in 1788 , Bruges

She was the cousin of Charlotte Blundell.
She was the niece of Lucy Talbot.
She was the kinswoman of Mary Talbot.
She was the great niece of Mary Talbot.

uncle: Bishop James Robert Talbot of the London district
uncle: Bishop Thomas Joseph Talbot of the Midland district
uncle: George Talbot 14th earl of Shrewsbury

Sources: BB F59; CR; BB AE-78: 101v-102r; Forster Rouen II: 177; Rouen Chronicle III: 36.

Family tree (Mostyn of Talacre)
Family tree (Talbot of Shrewsbury)

Notes:

Pupil at school.

Perhaps you have heard of the step one of our community has taken, Sister Alipia Talbot, sister to Lord Shrewsbury. Between you and me it has not surprised any of us as for some years there has appeared a great oddity in her. She has resolved and gone to the Poor Clares of Graveline, who lives now at Gosfield, and she intends to enter their order. I pity the community, for I shall not be surprised any day to hear she is quite crazy poor thing. Reverend mother had done all in her power to keep her but all in vain... from a letter from Sister Sales to Lady Jerningham Jan 1803. Quoted in MASON MJ Nuns of the Jerningham Letters: Elizabeth Jerningham 1727-1807 & Frances Henrietta Jerningham 1745-1824 Augustinian Canonesses of Bruges /MJ Mason Recusant History 22 n3 (1995)p360 fn 62 suggests Sister Alipia left the Gravelines community and joined the Rouen community at Haggerston where she died.