Who were the Nuns?

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

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Dorothy Taunton, in religion Clementina.
Born: in Dorset.
Died: 3 Mar 1766 in Bruges, aged 22.

father: Samuel Taunton Esq of Axminster, Devon
mother: Elizabeth Chapman

Augustinians, Bruges choir nun.
She was clothed 22 Sep 1761.

She professed 29 May 1763.

She was the sister of Elizabeth Taunton, Nanny Taunton, Fanny Taunton.

Sources: BB F59; CR; Bruges Annals II: 136, 148, 149, 157, 165-6; BB AE-66: 13r.

Notes:

Pupil at school. Also known under diminutive of baptismal name as Dolly.