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Catherine Thwing, in religion Catherine.
Died: 13 Apr 1695 in York, Yorks.

father: George Thwing of Heworth, Yorks
mother: Anne Gascoigne of Barnbow, Yorks

Mary Ward Institute choir nun.
She was a widow

Superior 1677 - 1678 Dolebank

She was the sister of Helen Thwing, Anne Thwing.
She was the niece of Catherine Gascoigne, Margaretta Gascoigne.
She was the cousin of Catherine Gascoigne, Francis Gascoigne, Mary Hoghton, Mary Stapleton, Anne Tempest, Joanna Thwing, Jane Thwing.

brother: Fr Thomas Thwing martyr
husband: Edward Lascelles
uncle: Col Dallison

Sources: biog dic; CRS 4: 355.

Family tree (Thwing and Thwaytes)
Family tree (Thwing and Thwaytes)

Notes:

She came from Germany to found the Dolebank community in 1677. She was arrested in 1678 and not released until 1685. She was almost certainly a founder member of the bar Convent in 1686. She was at the house in York when her brother, Fr Thomas Thwing, was martyred in the same city on 1678 23 Oct.

Her great-uncle, Fr Edward Thwing, was martyred in Lancaster on 1600 26 Jul.