Who were the Nuns?

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

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Mary Hesketh, in religion Aloysia.
Born: 1720 in Mains, Little Singleton, Lancs.
Died: aft 1748 in Ghent.

father: William Hesketh Esq of Mains, Little Singleton, Lancs
mother: Mary Brockholes of Claughton Hall, Lancs

Benedictines, Ghent choir nun.
She was clothed 15 Sep 1738, aged 18.

She professed 17 Sep 1739, aged 19.

subject: portrait, reproduced in Annals facing 62

She was the sister of Catherine Hesketh.
She was the niece of Perpetua Hesketh.
She was the kinswoman of Mary Leckonby, Ann Leckenby.

Sources: Ghent Annals: 61, 62, 64; RAG B137: 23v, 31r-v.

Family tree (Hesketh and Norris of Speke)