Who were the Nuns?

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

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Margaret Cross, in religion Mary Francis Borgia of the Passion.
Born: 1772 in Ince Blundell, Lancs.
Died: 23 Jun 1820 in New Hall, nr Chelmsford, Essex.

father: Mr Richard Tristram of Ince Blundell, Lancs
mother: Helen Gerard of Kirby Hall, Lancs

Sepulchrines, Liège choir nun.
She entered 25 Jul 1791.

She professed 4 Jul 1793, aged 21. Her dowry was £200.

She was the sister of Mary Cross.

Sources: Chap: 24.

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According to Foley, vii, 183, Tristram was probably the family name and Cross an alias.