Who were the Nuns?

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

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Petronilla Kemp, in religion Petronill Clare.
Born: in Allington, Kent.
Died: 7 Apr 1628 in Brussels, aged 54.

father: Francis Kemp of Kent
mother: Eleanor Carey

Franciscans, Brussels lay sister.
She was a widow
She was clothed 25 May 1619, aged 45.

She professed 10 Aug 1622, aged 48.

She was the kinswoman of Magdalen Kemp, Martha Kempe, Bridget Kemp.

husband: John Browne

Sources: BC: 6, 8; BD: 177; BP: 124.

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Family tree (Kennet of Coxhoe)

Notes:

With Lucy Sleford took the habit of a lay sister and lived outside the cloister: was responsible for the founding of the convent: see BC p6