Who were the Nuns?

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

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Mary Stourton, in religion Mary.
Born: 1642.
Died: 16 Nov 1661 in Paris, aged 19.

father: Hon. Edward Stourton of Stourton, Wilts
mother: Mary Petre of Thorndon, Essex

Augustinians, Paris choir nun.
She was clothed 1661.

She was the great aunt of Catharine Stourton, Elizabeth Stourton.

Sources: Cedoz ms list; Rouen Chronicle I: 86-7.

Family tree (Stourton)

Notes:

Went first (1651) to PCs Rouen, but did not stay. Was granddaughter to Lord Stourton. After Rouen went to Carmelites Antwerp then returned to England to live with her grandmother before going to Paris: see R chron I chap 11. These details permit the identification of her parents as Edward Stourton, eldest son of William 11th Lord Stourton, who died before his father in 1644 and his wife Mary Petre.