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Dorothy Mascy, in religion Mary of Nazareth.
Died: 8 Oct 1670 in Rouen, aged 26.
father: Richard Massey of Rixton Hall, Glazebrook, Lancs
mother: Mary Plowden of Plowden, Shrops
Poor Clares, Rouen choir nun.
She professed 25 Apr 1662, aged 17.
She was the cousin of Ann Clifton, Elizabeth Plowden.She was the niece of Helen Mascy, Anne Massey.
Sources: Rouen Poor Clares Profession Book; Rouen Chronicle I: 149, 260, 263-264.
Family tree (Bradshaigh of Haigh)Family tree (Plowden)
Notes:
Arrived as scholars then sent to a French convent to learn the language. Her Uncle, Thomas Mascey, a secular priest came for her clothing.
Parents supplied from Stirnet genealogy, which accords with details in the Rouen Chronicle. Probably half-sister of Catherine Mascy (RP119). On the family see Mrs. Arthur Cecil Tempest on the ?Descent of the Mascys of Rixton?, in Trans. Hist. Lancs. and Chesh. Soc. (New Ser.), iii, 59?158, and ibid. iv, 156?76 (W. 1?119)