Who were the Nuns?

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

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Elizabeth DeBord , in religion Mechtilda.
Born: in Durham.
Died: 6 Oct 1813 in Winchester, Hants, aged 79.

father: Edward Debord of Durham
mother: Claire Gardener

Benedictines, Brussels choir nun.
She was clothed 17 Oct 1752, aged 22.

She professed 15 Jan 1754, aged 22. Her dowry was £200.

She was the sister of Margerite DeBord.

Sources: AMbenbx-3: 1652; Brussels Obit: 211-12; Brussels Benedictine Annals: 191; Brussels Benedictines Profession Book: 197.

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