Who were the Nuns?

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

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Maria Crispe, in religion Marie.
Born: in Isle of Thanet, Kent.
Died: 6 Jun 1757 in Brussels, aged 88.

father: Mr Henry Crisp of Isle of Thanet, Kent
mother: Mary Collins BB043 of Kent

Benedictines, Brussels choir nun.
She was clothed 7 May 1686.

She professed 5 Jun 1687, aged 17.

Abbess 1719 - 1757

subject: poem for jubilee: see annals appendix

She was the daughter of Mary Collins.

aunt:

Sources: Brussels Obit: 124-31; Brussels Benedictine Annals: 169, 184, 191-2; Monasticon Belge, IV-1: 186; Brussels Benedictines Profession Book: 190-1.

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Educated in convent school from 1680 when her mother entered the novitiate.