Who were the Nuns?

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

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Catherine Gascoigne, in religion Josepha.
Born: 1699 in Parlington, Yorks.
Died: 25 Jan 1774 in Cambrai.

father: Sir John Gascoigne 5th bart of Parlington, Yorks
mother: Mary Widdrington of Harbottle, Northd

Benedictines, Cambrai
She entered 13 Jul 1715, aged 16.

She professed 1717.

Abbess 1741 - 1769

translator: MS A Collection of some familiar answers upon the conduct of soules in a Mistick life: copied by B C
dedicatee: MS Speculum Superiorum 1650 Barbara Constable

She was the sister of Mary Gascoigne.
She was the great niece of Catherine Gascoigne, Francis Gascoigne.

Sources: Cambrai crs: 65.

Family tree (Gascoigne)
Family tree (Widdrington)

Notes:

Resigned as abbess because of ill health.