Who were the Nuns?

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

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Mary Gascoigne, in religion Paula.
Born: 1690 in Parlington, Yorks.
Died: 17 Jan 1746 in Cambrai.

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

Benedictines, Cambrai
She entered 11 Nov 1712, aged 22.

She professed 1714.

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

Sources: Cambrai crs: 60.

Family tree (Gascoigne)
Family tree (Widdrington)

Notes:

Left the convent but returned and professed. see Bantoft.