Who were the Nuns?

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

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Philippa Pershall, in religion Lucie.
Born: in Horsley, Staffs.
Died: 15 Jul 1637 in Brussels, aged 28.

father: Sir John Pershall 1st bart of Horsley, Staffs
mother: Anne Sheldon of Beoley, Worcs

Benedictines, Brussels choir nun.
She was clothed 11 Sep 1625.

She professed 21 Jan 1627, aged 18. Her dowry was 5000fl.

She was the aunt of Dorothy Standford, Dorothy Fleetwood, Gertrude Persall, Anne Stanford.
She was the cousin of Mary Trentham.

Sources: Brussels Obit: 30; Brussels Benedictine Annals: 137; Brussels Benedictines Profession Book: 185-6.

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Family tree (Sheldon of Beoly-Canning-Fowler-Fleetwood-Pershall)

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Her father served as sheriff of Staffs.