Who were the Nuns?

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

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Frances Witham, in religion Mary Gertrude.
Died: 29 Dec 1812 in Spetisbury, Dorset.

father: Thomas Witham of Durham, Durham
mother: Elizabeth Maynell of Aldborough, Norfolk

Augustinians, Louvain choir nun.
She was clothed 1775.

She professed 4 Oct 1782, aged 25.

Sub-Prioress

She was the great niece of Dorothy Witham, Mary Witham.
She was the cousin of Mary Tempest.

Sources: AM augLv-4; Louvain MS Chronicle: 639, 662.

Family tree (Meynell of Kilvington)
Family tree (Witham of Cliffe)