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Mary Tempest, in religion Mary Anselm.
Born: 1754 in Broughton, Yorks.
Died: 3 Jan 1799 in Preston, Lancs, aged 44.

father: Stephen Tempest of Broughton, Yorks
mother: Frances Meynell of Aldborough, Yorks

Benedictines, Ghent choir nun.

She professed 10 May 1775.

Sacristan
Portress
Infirmarian

She was the cousin of Frances Witham.
She was the great niece of Mary Tempest, Frances Tempest, Mary Tempest.
She was the niece of Elizabeth Tempest, Anne Tempest, Mary Tempest.

Sources: Ghent Obit: 89-90; Ghent Annals list: 199; Ghent Annals: 61, 66, 92.

Quotations
Family tree (Lawson of Brough)
Family tree (Meynell of Kilvington)
Family tree (Tempest of Broughton)

Notes:

Letter to her brother describing events 1789 29 Dec, quoted in Nolan History Ypres 301--4