Who were the Nuns?

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

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Mary Yates, in religion Mary Catharine.
Born: in Haslingden, Lancs.
Died: 14 May 1773 in Brussels.
Convert.

father: William Yates of Yatebank, nr Blackburn, Lancs
mother: Isabella Rishdon of Haslingden, Lancs

Dominicans, Brussels choir nun.
She was clothed 15 Sep 1733.

She professed 21 Oct 1734, aged 28. Her dowry was £150. [examination]

Prioress 1740 - 1743

Sources: AMdombx-1: 36; OA: 214; BP: 229; Brussels Dominicans Council Book: 232.

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In profession examination 'I pretend nothing from my friends, having lost them for my Religion'.