Who were the Nuns?

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

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Elizabeth Ratcliffe, in religion Elizabeth.
Died: 26 Oct 1727/8 in Louvain, aged 68.

father: Francis Radcliffe 1st earl of Derwentwater of Dilston, Northd
mother: Katharine Fenwick of Meldon, Northd

Augustinians choir nun.

She professed 12 Jul 1688.

She was the sister of Catherine Ratcliffe.
She was the niece of Dorothy Radcliffe, Clare Radcliffe, Ursula Radcliffe.
She was the great niece of Ann Radcliffe, Dorothy Radcliffe, Elizabeth Radcliffe, Margaret Radcliffe.
She was the cousin of Christine Tunstall, Margaret Tunstall.
She was the kinswoman of Mary Moore.

nephew: James Radcliffe 3rd earl of Derwentwater

Sources: Louvain MS Chronicle: 633.

Family tree (Fenwick-Blakiston)
Family tree (Radclyffe of Derwentwater)

Notes:

Her nephew, James Radcliffe, 3rd earl of Derwentwater, was executed following the 1715 Jacobite rebellion.

Her sister-in-law was Mary Tudor, daughter of Charles II and sister of King James II. Parents in Parents in Foster Visitation Pedigrees, pp98-9