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Dorothy Rookwood, in religion Dorothy.
Died: 16 Nov 1606 in Louvain.
Entered St Ursula's in 1593.
father: Robert Rookwood Cath of Stanningfield, Suffolk
mother: Dorothy Drury of Hawsted, Suffolk
She professed 5 Jun 1595.[as choir nun at St Ursula's, Louvain]
She was the great aunt of Frances Rookwood, Mary Rookwood.She was the sister of Anne Rookwood.
She was the aunt of Mary Forster.
Sources: Louvain MS Chronicle: 20-2.
Family tree (Rookwood and Foster of Copdock)Notes:
Her brother, Ambrose Rookwood, was executed for his role in the Gunpowder Plot. Another brother, Henry, became a Franciscan, living in Rouen and Lisbon (ODNB).
She was sent to become a nun by Rev John Gerard SJ, who recorded a short account of her life as a nun (Gerard autobiography, pp.33, 226, 261).