Who were the Nuns?

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

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Gaynor Constantia Monington, in religion Clare.
Died: 16 Jul 1756 in Louvain.

father: Thomas Monington
mother: Maria Tijldon

Augustinians choir nun.

She professed 4 Aug 1726.

She was the sister of Frances Monington.
She was the aunt of Ann Monington.

Sources: Louvain MS Chronicle: 636.

Family tree (Somerset earls of Worcester)

Notes:

Of the family of Monington of Sarnesfield, Herefs. The third sister, given in Stirnet as Lewesia, was very likely the Catherine Monington who became a Poor Clare at Rouen. See C. J. Robinson, The Manors and Mansions of Herefordshire (1872).