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Margaret Mostyn, in religion Margaret Teresa of the Immaculate Conception.
Born: 1659 in Greenfield, Flints, Wales.
Died: 7 Feb 1743 in Lierre.

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

Poor Clares, Rouen choir nun.
She was a widow
She entered 5 Jun 1691.
She left 8 Mar 1692 for health reasons.

Benedictines, Dunkirk choir nun.
She was a widow
She was clothed Dec 1692.
She left 1693 .

Carmelites, Lierre choir nun.
She was a widow

She professed 25 Mar 1694, aged 36. Her dowry was 1820 fl.

Prioress 1700 - 1743 , Lierre

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

husband: Bartholomew Fettiplace Esq of Swyncombe, Oxon

Sources: Dunkirk History: 38-9; Hallett, Lives: 191; Liv-I: 184-203; Rouen Chronicle I: 328.

Family tree (Fettiplace-Wollascott-Hawkins)
Family tree (Mostyn of Talacre)

Notes:

The Rouen Chronicle records that she found it difficult to settle at Rouen, constantly asked for dispensations and could hardly be brought to frequent the holy sacraments. She left Rouen in March 1692 and the same year took the habit at the English Benedictines at Dunkirk. However she left them after a few months and joined the Carmelites at Lierre where her Aunt was Prioress.

Letter No 86, 26 Aug 1697 printed in Lambeth Papers, CRS Misc Records 56, 1954, p157. Here she is wrongly identified as Elizabeth Fettiplace.

Mentioned in Hardman (1937), pp. 86-87. Dunkirk History p38 explains that her deafness was brought on by walking barefoot.