Who were the Nuns?

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

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Dorothy Rookwood, in religion Dorothy.
Died: 1624 in Rome.

father: Edward Rookwood Esq of Euston, Suffolk
mother: Elizabeth Browne of Elsing, Norfolk

Mary Ward Institute choir nun.
She entered bef 1615.
Flanders

She was the sister of Susannah Rookwood, Elizabeth Rookwood.

Sources: companions: 113; Mary Ward texts.

Family tree (Browne Lords Montaigu)
Family tree (Rookwood and Foster of Copdock)

Notes:

Her brother, Robert Rookwood, was a priest and served as confessor to the Poor Clares at Gravelines (1626 c - 1644 c) and then Rouen (1644 c - 1668). Their father had entertained Queen Elizabeth I in 1578 but died in prison at Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, in 1598 (Anstruther II, pp.271-2).

Her brother, Robert Rookwood, was a priest and served as confessor to the Poor Clares at Gravelines (1626 c - 1644 c) and then Rouen (1644 c - 1668). Their father had entertained Queen Elizabeth I in 1578 but died in prison at Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, in 1598 (Anstruther II, pp.271-2). Her cousin Ambrose Rookwood was executed in 1606 because of his part in the Gunpowder Plot.