Who were the Nuns?

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

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Elizabeth Thwaytes, in religion Collett Clare.
Died: 22 Feb 1675 in Gravelines, aged 82.

father: William Thwaites Esq of Long Marston, Yorks
mother: Eleanor Wharton of Healaugh, Yorks

Poor Clares, Gravelines choir nun.

She professed 1 Jun 1615, aged 22.

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Novice Mistress
Vicaress until 1675

She was the aunt of Aurelia Thwaytes, Lucy Thwaytes.

Sources: Gravelines Profession Book: 44-5; Gravelines MS Chronicle: 213-8.

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Family tree (Thwing and Thwaytes)

Notes:

With 3 other sisters took shelter with the Penitentes Capucines at St Omer following the explosion of May 1654: See Bertrand 69-70.

Jubilarian 1665