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Catherine Whettenhall, in religion Maura.
Born: 1695 in East Peckham, Kent.
Died: 6 Feb 1762 in Brussels.

father: Henry Whettenhall Esq convert of East Peckham, Kent
mother: Lettice Tichborne of Tichborne, Hants

Benedictines, Brussels choir nun.
She was clothed 4 Oct 1712.

She professed 7 Jan 1716, aged 19. Her dowry was £700.

Abbess 1757 - 1762

She was the cousin of Mary Paston, Mary Paston.
She was the kinswoman of Isabelle Blount.
She was the niece of Mary Tichborne.

Sources: AMbenbx-3; Brussels Obit: 135-42; AMbenbx-7: 18; Brussels Benedictine Annals: 175, 192-3; Brussels Benedictines Profession Book: 193.

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Family tree (Arundel of Lanherne, Wardour)
Family tree (Tichborne)

Notes:

in monastery school aged 8: