Who were the Nuns?

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

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Barbara Beaumont, in religion Barbara Mary.
Born: in Barrow, Derbys.
Died: 18 Aug 1730 in Bruges, aged 45.

father: Robert Beaumont Esq
mother: Cecily Beaumont

Franciscans, Bruges choir nun.
She was clothed 20 Oct 1699, aged 14.

She professed 19 Mar 1702, aged 17.

Discreet in 1728

She was the cousin of Mary Byerley.
She was the great niece of Helen Beaumont, Katherin Beaumont.

Sources: BC: 55, 65; BD: 208; BP: 153.

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Family tree (Beaumont of Thringston)

Notes:

'She had a great genious to all sorts of Musick as well as Singing, which though it was painful to her haueing a Cancer, yet she constantly sung or played on some instrument.' (BD: 208).