Who were the Nuns?

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

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Ann Howard, in religion Dominic.
Born: 1674.
Died: 28 Nov 1734 in Bruges, aged 60.

father: Lord Henry Howard earl Arundel, 6th duke Norfolk
mother: Jane Bickerton of Cash

Augustinians, Bruges choir nun.
She was clothed 21 Apr 1692.

She professed 8 Jun 1693.

She was the sister of Catherine Howard.
She was the cousin of Catherine Howard, Elizabeth Howard, Mary Howard.
She was the kinswoman of Alatheia Howard.

uncle: (great) William Howard Viscount Stafford
uncle: Cardinal Philip Howard OP

Sources: CR; Bruges Annals I: 155, 160; Bruges Annals II: 24-6.

Family tree (Howard of Norfolk and Lords Stafford)

Notes:

Problems over the independence of her profession are indicated in the obituary of her given in the annals 24-6: ...'Some time before her death she told one of our religious that she did not now repent her being a religious, and if it ware againe to do, it should be her own choice: that it was not so her first coming was wholly unknown to ye comunity tell after her profession or she would never have been professed here.'