Who were the Nuns?

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

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Helen Coop , in religion Dorothy Leopoldina of Divine Providence.
Born: 1730 in Walton, Lancs.
Died: 3 Jan 1805 in Canford, Dorset, aged 74.

father: Mr George Coup
mother: Emerentiana Heas

Carmelites, Hoogstraten choir nun.
She was clothed 6 Jan 1750, aged 19.

She professed 7 Jan 1751, aged 20. Her dowry was 1042 florins.

She was the niece of Margaret Coop , Elizabeth Rigby .

Sources: Hardman: 198; Hoogstraten prof bk; Hoogstraten Annals: 44, 45, 163-4.