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Elizabeth Langdale, in religion Elizabeth Peter.
Died: 23 Jan 1748 in Dunkirk, aged 80.

father: Sir William Langdale of Langthorpe, Yorks
mother: Frances Tempest of Broughton, Yorks

Poor Clares choir nun.

She professed 29 Feb 1687, aged 19.

Sacristan
Abbess 1730 - 1748

She was the kinswoman of Dorothy Langdale, Ursula Langdale.
She was the sister of Amanda Langdale.
She was the great niece of Joyce Langdale.

Sources: Dunkirk Obit: 50-1.

Family tree (Langdale and Metham)
Family tree (Tempest of Broughton)

Notes:

Name and parentage given in Le Neve's Pedigrees of the Knights p.114-5.