Who were the Nuns?

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

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Teresa Vaughan, in religion Teresa Augustine.
Died: 6 Aug 1731 in Bruges, aged 49.

father: Richard Vaughan Esq of Courtfield, Herefs
mother: Agatha Berington of Cowarne, Herefs

Augustinians, Bruges choir nun.
She was clothed 20 Jan 1708.

She professed 13 Jun 1709.

She was the half-sister of Mary Vaughan, Clare Vaughan.
She was the great aunt of Mary Weld.
She was the sister of Ann Vaughan, Mary Vaughan.

Sources: CR; Bruges Annals I: 243, 252, 266; Bruges Annals II: 6-7.

Family tree (Berington of Moat Hall and Winsley)
Family tree (Vaughan)

Notes:

Was sent to the school when aged 10, but her father recalled her two years later. She remained with her family for 13 years. Visited the Carmelites at Lierre where she had a relative, but was advised to join her first place, the Augustinians. Thought to have died of spotted fever.