Who were the Nuns?

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

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Eleanor Tyldesley, in religion Eleanor Helene Augustine.
Born: 15 Nov 1686 in Culcheth, Lancs.
Died: 14 Oct 1760 in Paris, aged 74.

father: Thomas Tyldesley of Myerscough Lodge, The Fylde, Lancs
mother: Eleonor Holcroft of Holcroft, Lancs

Augustinians, Paris choir nun.
She was clothed 11 Nov 1706.

She professed 24 Nov 1707.

creator: picture of St Paul

She was the sister of Francisca Tyldesley, Mary Tyldesley, Anne Tyldesley.
She was the great niece of Ann Tyldesley, Elizabeth Tyldesley, Dorothy Tyldesley.

Sources: Paris pd; Paris Augustinians Profession Book: 30-1; Chapter Book: 46-7.

Family tree (Anderton of Lostock and Horwich)
Family tree (Standish of Standish)

Notes:

Her father was an ardent Jacobite. Her birth date supplied from the Newchurch Register (1905) by Peter Tyldesley.

She received the veil from the queen, Mary of Modena.

To mark the 50th jubilee of her great aunt, Ann Tyldesley, she created a miniature picture of St Paul (pd 16 Jul 1708).