Who were the Nuns?

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

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Joyce Langdale, in religion Flavia.
Born: in Linthorpe, Yorks.
Died: 10 Feb 1672 in Brussels, aged 76.

father: William Langdale Esq of Lanthorpe, Yorks
mother: Elizabeth Constable of Everingham, Yorks

Benedictines, Brussels choir nun.
She was clothed 13 Oct 1619.

She professed 25 Oct 1620, aged 20. Her dowry was 4000fl.

Prioress in 1652

She was the great aunt of Frances Metham, Alathea Metham, Amanda Langdale, Elizabeth Langdale.

Sources: AMbenbx-11: 1652; AMbenbx-12: 1640; Brussels Obit: 80-1; Brussels Benedictine Annals: 119; Brussels Benedictines Profession Book: 184.

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Family tree (Constable of Everingham)
Family tree (Langdale and Metham)

Notes:

Stirnet genealogy suggests that this Joyce was the youngest daughter of William Langdale of Easthorpe and Lanthorpe (b.c. 1578) and his first wife Elizabeth Constable of Everingham (d. 1624).