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Elizabeth Rookwood, in religion Elizabeth.
Born: in Euston, Suffolk.
Died: 26 Sep 1621 in Brussels, aged 39.
father: Edward Rookwood Esq of Euston, Suffolk
mother: Elizabeth Browne of Elsing, Norfolk
Benedictines, Brussels choir nun.
She was clothed 5 Oct 1612.
She professed 24 Feb 1615, aged 33. Her dowry was 4000fl.
She was the sister of Susannah Rookwood, Dorothy Rookwood.Sources: Brussels Obit: 7; Brussels Benedictine Annals: 88-9; Brussels Benedictines Profession Book: 181.
QuotationsFamily tree (Rookwood and Foster of Copdock)
Notes:
Her brother, Robert Rookwood, was a priest and served as confessor to the Poor Clares at Gravelines (1626 c - 1644 c) and then Rouen (1644 c - 1668). Their father had entertained Queen Elizabeth I in 1578 but died in prison at Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, in 1598 (Anstr II, pp.271-2).