Who were the Nuns?

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

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Elizabeth Lye, in religion Elizabeth Eugenia.
Born: in Lee Hall, Shrops.
Died: 31 Jan 1684 in Bruges, aged 54.

father: Sir Richard Lye
mother: Elizabeth Allen

Franciscans, Nieuport choir nun.
She was clothed 1656?, aged 23.

She professed 12 Mar 1656, aged 24.

Sources: BC: 33; BD: 194; BP: 142.

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Her father was Sir Richard Lee of Langley, Shrops, Bart (d. 1660) and her mother Elizabeth daughter of Edward Allen, alderman of London (Visitation of Shrops, 1623, pt II). Her sister Mary was wife of Sir Edward Smythe bart of Esh, brother of Margaret OB113 and Isabella OB114.