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Elizabeth Timperley, in religion Elizabeth Anne.
Born: c 1629 in Oxburgh, Norfolk.
Died: 1703, aged 74.

father: Michael Timperley Esq of Hintlesham, Suffolk
mother: Frances Bedingfield of Oxburgh, Norfolk

Franciscans, Nieuport choir nun.
She was clothed 2 Dec 1653, aged 23.
She left ? 1659 .

Conceptionists, Paris choir nun.
She arrived 1659.
She left 31 Oct 1681 .
dispute with discreets about a confessor. Went to a French convent.

She professed with the Franciscans 27 Dec 1654, aged 24.

She brought the Conceptionists a dowry of £700.

Abbess 1661 - 1681 , Paris

She was the sister of Justina Timperley, Frances Timperley.
She was the cousin of Ann Bedingfield, Margaret Bedingfield, Dorothy Cobbe, Elizabeth Cobbe, Anne Cobb, Mary Cobb.
She was the niece of Anne Timperly, Elinor Timperly.

uncle: Fr Edmund Bedingfield canon of Lierre

Sources: Conceptionist Annals: 10, 11, 25, 26, 31; BC: 32; BP: 142; Timperley of Hintlesham: 69-71.

Family tree (Bedingfield of Bedingfield and Redlingfield)
Family tree (Timperley)