Who were the Nuns?

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

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Elizabeth Berington, in religion Elizabeth Magdalin.
Died: 12 May 1666 in Dunkirk, aged 62.

father: William Berington Esq of Winsley Hall, Herefs
mother: Eleanor Goodman

Poor Clares, Gravelines choir nun.
She left 1655 .

Poor Clares, Dunkirk choir nun.
She arrived 1655.

She professed 8 Sep 1622, aged 19.

Novice Mistress , Gravelines
Vicaress , Dunkirk

She was the kinswoman of Mary Berington.

Sources: Dunkirk Obit: 4; CRS 14: 57.

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Family tree (Berington of Moat Hall and Winsley)

Notes:

Her maternal grandfather was Richard Goodman, chief-yeoman of the buttery to Queen Elizabeth (CRS 14, p 57).