Who were the Nuns?

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

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Elizabeth Mostyn, in religion Lucy of the Holy Ghost.
Born: 1654 in Flints, Wales.
Died: 15 Nov 1707 in Lierre, aged 71.

father: Sir Edward Mostyn Bart of Talacre, Flints, Wales
mother: Elizabeth Downes of Bodney, Norfolk

Carmelites, Lierre choir nun.
She was clothed 3 Nov 1667.

She professed 5 Nov 1670, aged 17. Her dowry was 5000 fl.

She was the sister of Anne Mostyn, Margaret Mostyn.
She was the niece of Margaret Mostyn , Elizabeth Mostyn .

Sources: Hallett, Lives: 190; Liv-I: 229-37.

Family tree (Mostyn of Talacre)

Notes:

Mentioned in Hardman (1937), p. 86.