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Elizabeth Plowden, in religion Mary Bernard of the Doulours of our Blessed Lady.
Born: 1729.
Died: 14 Dec 1787 in Liège, aged 58.

father: William Plowden Esq of Plowden, Shrops
mother: Hon Frances Dormer of Wing, Bucks

Sepulchrines, Liège choir nun.
She entered 9 Apr 1747.

She professed 10 Nov 1748, aged 19. Her dowry was £400.

Procuratrix 1757 - 1762
Procuratrix 1777 - 1782

She was the sister of Mary Plowden, Dorothy Plowden, Barbara Plowden, Catharine Plowden.
She was the niece of Anne Dormer, Elizabeth Dormer, Mary Dormer.

uncle: Bishop John Talbot Stonor of the London district

Sources: Liège History: 78, 83; Chap: 17; Stonor, 1951: 307.

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Notes:

sister to 2 Jesuits

For uncle, see Stonor.