Who were the Nuns?

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

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Charlotte Stapleton, in religion Caroline.
Died: 12 Jan 1778 in Louvain, aged 58.

father: Nicholas Stapleton Esq of Carlton, Yorks

Augustinians, Louvain choir nun.
She was clothed 1737, aged 17.

She professed 15 Aug 1738, aged 18. Her dowry was 4000 guilders.

She was the sister of Mary Stapleton.
She was the half-sister of Elizabeth Stapleton.
She was the kinswoman of Barbara Clavering, Anne Barbara Clavering.

Sources: AM augLv-4; Louvain convent list; Louvain MS Chronicle: 637.

Family tree (Stapleton)

Notes:

Charlotte was daughter of Nicholas Errington Stapleton and his second wife Mabel Bagenall,according to Foster's Pedigrees of Yorks, ii, Stapleton of Carleton, which, however, dates the marriage to 1722. The obit date of Nicholas's first wife Charlotte Eure is not given. Charlotte is mentioned in the Will of his stepmother Mary Sandys in 1735 (Records of the English Catholics 1715, p. 80). Convent records refer to Caroline rather than Charlotte