Who were the Nuns?

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

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Elisabeth Forster, in religion Teresa of St Augustine.
Born: in Suffolk.
Died: 2 Jun 1672 in Lierre, aged 41 .

father: Henry Forster Esq of Copdock, Suffolk
mother: Elizabeth Mason of Hunts

Carmelites, Lierre choir nun.
She was clothed 11 Jun 1651, aged 20.

She professed 12 Jun 1652, aged 21. Her dowry was 4000 fl.

She was the sister of Frances Teresa Forster, Etheldreda Forster, Mary Foster, Margaret Monica Foster, Anna Forster.
She was the niece of Mary Forster.

brother: Rev Joseph Forster SJ
brother: Rev Michael Forster alias Gulick SJ
uncle: Rev Robert Forster alias Wilson SJ
uncle: Rev Bartholomew Forster alias Darcy SJ

Sources: Liv-I: 27-8.

Family tree (Rookwood and Foster of Copdock)

Notes:

Father became a Jesuit laybrother after the death of his wife. Mentioned in Hardman (1937), p. 63.