Who were the Nuns?

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

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Isabella Turville , in religion Mary Teresa.
Born: in Ashbourne, Derbys.
Died: 3 Dec 1733 in Bruges, aged 77.

father: Sir Aston Cokayne of Pooley, Warws, & Ashbourne, Derbys
mother: Isabella Kniveton

Franciscans, Bruges choir nun.
She was a widow
She was clothed 6 Aug 1697, aged 38.

She professed 15 Aug 1698, aged 39. Her dowry was £200 .

She was the stepmother of Catherine Turville, Grace Turville.
She was the sister-in-law of Dorothy Englefield.

husband: William Turville Esq of Aston Flamville, Leics

Sources: BC: 60; BD: 211; BP: 152.

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Appears in BP as Cockayne rather than Turville. In addition to the normal £200 dowry brought an additional £200 for which special arrangements were made to include provision for her children: see BC p60