Who were the Nuns?

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

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Elizabeth Anne Whetenhall, in religion Benedicta Theresa.
Born: 7 Apr 1693 in East Peckham, Kent.
Died: 14 Dec 1723 in Paris, aged 31.

father: Thomas Whetenhall Esq of East Peckham, Kent
mother: Anne Saunders of Shankton, Leics

Conceptionists, Paris choir nun.
She was clothed 21 Mar 1710.

She professed 22 Jul 1711, aged 35. Her dowry was 3,000 livres.

Portress 1717 - 1720
Procuratrix in 1720
Discreet in 1720

sister: Catherine Whetenhall boarder at convent

Sources: Daumet; Conceptionist Annals: 61, 62, 71, 75, 79; Conceptionist Book of the Dead: 258-9; Conceptionist BP: 243.

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Buried next to her sister Catherine, who died as a pensioner of the convent in 1717 (Ann. 433).