Who were the Nuns?

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

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Mary Short, in religion Mary Ursula.
Born: in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.
Died: 30 Nov 1741 in Brussels, aged 25.

father: Francis Short gent of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
mother: Jane Harrison

Dominicans, Brussels choir nun.
She was clothed 27 Jul 1734.

She professed 8 Sep 1735, aged 17. Her dowry was 1000 guilders. [examination]

She was the sister of Margarit Short.

Sources: AMdombx-1: 35; OA: 214; BP: 229; Brussels Dominicans Council Book: 233.

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Probably sister of Anastasia Short (LA230) and Margaret Short (BD061)