Who were the Nuns?

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

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Elizabeth Haggerston, in religion Mary Bernard.
Born: 1726 in Haggerston Castle, Northd.
Died: 16 Jul 1795 in Guildford, Surrey.

father: Sir Carnaby Haggerston 3rd bart of Haggerston Castle, Northd
mother: Elizabeth Middleton of Stockeld Park, Wetherby, Yorks

Benedictines, Pontoise choir nun.
She was clothed 3 May 1746.
She left 1786 when the convent closed.

Benedictines, Cambrai choir nun.
She arrived 1786.
She left after 1786 .

She professed 11 Jul 1747.

She was the sister of Mary Haggerston.
She was the niece of Elizabeth Haggerston, Jane Haggerston, Mary Haggerston, Mary Middleton.

Sources: VO G151 Examinations; VO 68H10.

Family tree (Haggerston)
Family tree (Ingleby Middleton of Stockeld and Maire of Hartbrushes)

Notes:

On arriving in England in May 1795, she was taken to relatives at Sutton Place, near Guildford, Surrey, where she died and was buried (Birt 1913, p 230).