Who were the Nuns?

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

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Anne Worthington, in religion Anne Perpetua.
Born: 1662 in Lancs.
Died: 18 Mar 1707 in Louvain, aged 46.

father: Thomas Worthington of Blainscough Hall, nr Chorley, Lancs
mother: Jane Plumpton of Yorks

Augustinians, Louvain choir nun.
She was clothed 21 Aug 1679.

She professed 13 Oct 1680.

She was the sister of Dorothy Worthington, Mary Worthington, Agnes Worthington.
She was the aunt of Jane Worthington.
She was the great niece of Mary Worthington, Anne Worthington.
She was the kinswoman of Frances Plumpton.

brother: Fr Thomas Worthington OP

Sources: Louvain MS Chronicle: 150, 631; CB: 10.

Family tree (Plumpton)
Family tree (Westby-Allen of Rossall-Worthington-Haydock)
Family tree (Worthington of Blainscough)

Notes:

She suffered from a stammer and had been a scholar in the convent.

Sister Frances probably attended Louvain as scholar, left 1673: Hamilton pedigree