Who were the Nuns?

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

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Hellen Gage, in religion Helen.
Born: in London.

father: John Gage of Haling, Surrey
mother: Margaret Copley of Gatton, Surrey

Franciscans, Brussels choir nun.
She was clothed 10 Aug 1624.
She left 1624 .
She withdrew after a few months of her own accord.

She was the cousin of Elizabeth Copley, Helen Copley, Mary Copley, Dorothy Musgrave.
She was the niece of Elizabeth Gage.

Sources: ODNB; BC: 11.

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Family tree (Copley)
Family tree (Gage of Firle and Hengrave)

Notes:

Her mother was arrested at the house of Anne Line c.1600 during a Mass at the Jesuit safe-house. (Gillow, Bio Dic 4, 250)

Her half-brother, Fr Francis Gage, is thought to have edited 'The Spiritual Exercises of Gertrude More', a Benedictine nun at Cambrai, published at Paris in 1658, though the attribution is not certain. (ODNB)

Her brother, Sir Henry Gage, was killed during the English Civil War.

Her uncle was the apostate priest, John Copley. (ODNB John Copley)

ODNB: Sir Henry, Thomas, George and Francis Gage.