Who were the Nuns?

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

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Elisabeth Pordage, in religion Margaret Eugenia.
Born: in Rodmersham, Kent.
Died: 1693-6 in Ghent.

father: Thomas Pordage of Rodmersham, Kent
mother: Anne Yue

Benedictines, Ghent choir nun.
She was clothed 12 Jul 1665, aged 15.

She professed 2 Aug 1666, aged 16.

She was the sister of Anne Pordage.

Sources: Ghent Annals: 48; RAG K2293: 21r-v, 42r-v.

Notes:

Prayer Book at St Edmund's Ware: Cabinet F2, Upper Shelf. Inside cover details of her profession. My mother dyed the first day of April according to the English account 1668. My grandmother Mannock dyed the 14th of March according to the English acct. 1667. My Aunt Angela Pordage dyed on the 5 of March 1682. [From Andrew Cichy.]