Who were the Nuns?

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

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Mary Roper, in religion Mary Peter.
Born: in Eltham, Kent.
Died: 18 Apr 1668 in Bruges, aged 41.

father: Anthony Roper of Eltham, Kent
mother: Mary Gerard of Trent, Somerset

Franciscans, Nieuport choir nun.
She was clothed 13 Jun 1648, aged 21.

She professed 13 Jun 1649, aged 23. Her dowry was £3000.

She was the cousin of Mary Roper, Margaret Roper, Barbara Constable.
She was the half-sister of Elizabeth Roper.

Sources: BC: 29-30; BD: 189, 244; BP: 141.

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Family tree (Roper, barons Teynham)

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half-sister E R [new number] cousin MR LA218: cousin MR LA217: BC CB043