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Anna Forster, in religion Anne.
Born: in Caddock Hall, Copdock, Suffolk.
Died: 7 Feb 1717 in Brussels.
father: Henry Forster Esq of Copdock, Suffolk
mother: Elizabeth Mason of Hunts
Benedictines, Brussels choir nun.
She was clothed 5 Oct 1653.
She professed 25 Apr 1655, aged 19. Her dowry was 2500fl.
Abbess 1677 - 1682She was the sister of Etheldreda Forster, Margaret Monica Foster, Mary Foster, Frances Teresa Forster, Elisabeth Forster.
She was the niece of Mary Forster.
brother: Rev Joseph Forster SJ
brother: Rev Michael Forster alias Gulick SJ
uncle: Rev Bartholomew Forster alias Darcy SJ
uncle: Rev Robert Forster alias Wilson SJ
Sources: AMbenbx-3; AMbenbx-3: 1652; AMbenbx-4: 1672; Brussels Obit: 107-10; Brussels Benedictine Annals: 74, 161-2, 168-9; Brussels Benedictines Profession Book: 186.
QuotationsFamily tree (Rookwood and Foster of Copdock)
Notes:
Resigned as abbess because she was melancholic and paranoiac.
Father became a Jesuit laybrother after the death of his wife.
Attended the convent school.