Who were the Nuns?

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

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Mary Howard, in religion Mary Rosa.
Born: in Norfolk.
Died: 18 Apr 1747 in Brussels, aged 70.

father: Colonel Bernard Howard of Glossop, Derbys
mother: Catherine Tattershal of Dorking, Surrey

Dominicans choir nun.

She professed 10 Feb 1695, aged 17. Her dowry was 3500 guilders.

Prioress 1721 - 1724

She was the cousin of Ann Howard, Catherine Howard.
She was the kinswoman of Catherine Hyde, Alatheia Howard.
She was the aunt of Anne Mary Howard.
She was the sister of Elizabeth Howard, Catherine Howard.
She was the niece of Ann Clifton, Elizabeth Clifton.

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

Sources: OA: 208-9, 212; Brussels Dominicans Profession Book: 228.

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Family tree (Howard of Norfolk and Lords Stafford)

Notes:

Her great-uncle was William Howard, viscount Stafford, who was executed in 1680. His daughter was Mary Delphina Howard OSD (BD041)

Additional funds were sent by Lord Cardinal Howard soon after the clothing of his two neices to make each of their portions £400 and £40 for their noviceship year. p207.

Editorial in CRS vol pp208-9 emphasises the role played by Sister Mary Rose Howard in acting as a conduit between the Pretender and his friends and supporters in England see Lockhart papers eg vol ii p341. The editorial says all trace of the letters between Sister Mary Rose and James has been lost.