Who were the Nuns?

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

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Barbara Ward, in religion Barbara.
Born: 1592 in Yorks.
Died: 25 Jan 1623 in Rome.

father: Marmaduke Ward of Mulwith, nr Ripon, Yorks
mother: Ursula Wright of Holderness, Yorks

Mary Ward Institute choir nun.
She entered 1609.
St Omer

She was the sister of Mary Ward, Elizabeth Ward, Frances Ward .
She was the kinswoman of Helena Catesby.

Sources: companions: 52-5.

Notes:

One of the original companions. With Mary Ward and other early members, she made the journey on foot from Liège to Rome in 1621. (CK-B)

Her uncles, Thomas Percy, John and Christopher Wright, were all implicated in the Gunpowder Plot.