Who were the Nuns?

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

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Anne Kirby, in religion Mary Catherine.
Born: in Kirkham, Lancs.
Died: 14 Jan 1831 in Lisbon, aged 62.

father: Richard Kirby of Westby-cum-Plumpton, nr Kirkham, Lancs
mother: Elizabeth Danson of Kirkham, Lancs

Conceptionists, Paris choir nun.
She was clothed 10 Apr 1788.

Bridgettines, Lisbon choir nun.
She arrived 8 Sep 1806.
Joined after the Conceptionists return to England

She professed 16 Jul 1789, aged 20.

She was the sister of Helen Kirby.

Sources: Conceptionist Annals: 185, 186; Mason, Recusant History, 1998: 115, 117; BP: 252.

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note with Bridgettines: she went to England and professed with them in 1806 became Prioress and died in Lisbon 1831 14 Jan. See Fletcher lists. Movement confirmed in Intro to Conceptionists' Diary xv