Who were the Nuns?

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

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Margaret Gillibrand, in religion Margaret.
Born: in Lancs.
Died: 17 Jul 1678 in Louvain, aged 52.

father: Thomas Gillibrand Cath convert of Chorley, Lancs
mother: Ann Blundell of Little Crosby, Lancs

Augustinians choir nun.

She professed 10 Feb 1643.

She was the sister of Elizabeth Gillibrand.
She was the niece of Margaret Blundell.
She was the cousin of Ann Blundell, Margaret Blundell.

Sources: Louvain MS Chronicle: 481, 630.

Family tree (Blundell of Crosby)

Notes:

1642: 'This year also Mr Gillibrand sent us aforehand half of his 2 daughters portion, 4 hundred pound. They were then novices, & the rest was, according to our agreement, to have sum upon rent there untill he should pay in the full portion, which was as much more 4 hundred pound, but this rent fail’d afterwards like the rest for som 12 years til tims were more quiet, he paid in the rest in the year 1655': see Chronicle 481.