Who were the Nuns?

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

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Lucy Ireland, in religion Lucy Delphina.
Died: 23 Oct 1750 in Brussels, aged 81.

father: Thomas Ireland Esq of Albrighton, Shrops
mother: Elizabeth Clayton

Benedictines, Brussels choir nun.
She was clothed 21 Nov 1694.

She professed 22 Nov 1695, aged 21.

She was the sister of Rachel Ireland, Francis Ireland, Mary Ireland.

Sources: Brussels Obit: 120; Brussels Benedictine Annals: 190.

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The Albrighton parish registers show the baptisms of in 1678 and 1684 of Catherine and Thomas, children of Thomas Ireland and Elizabeth his wife, and the burial of a daughter Anne in 1675: see transcript at http://melocki.org.uk/salop/Albrighton.html