Who were the Nuns?

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

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Joanna Waldegrave, in religion Theodosia.
Born: in Stanninghall, Norfolk.
Died: 12 Dec 1719 in Brussels, aged 70.

father: Sir Henry Waldegrave of Stanninghall, Norfolk
mother: Catherine Bacon

Benedictines, Brussels choir nun.
She was clothed 30 Dec 1664.

She professed 7 Oct 1666, aged 18. Her dowry was 4000fl.

Abbess 1713 - 1719

She was the kinswoman of Mary Yaxley, Dorothy Yaxley, Ann Waldegrave, Frances Waldegrave.
She was the aunt of Elizabeth Waldegrave.

Sources: Brussels Obit: 103-4; Brussels Benedictine Annals: 165, 182, 184; Monasticon Belge, IV-1; Brussels Benedictines Profession Book: 189.

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Her father was cousin to Frances Gawen, Barbara Waldegrave and Elizabeth Southcote, all nuns at the Brussels Benedictine convent.