Who were the Nuns?

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

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Mary Howard, in religion Maria Delphina.
Died: 14 Jan 1714 in Brussels, aged 56.

father: Sir William Howard viscount Stafford of Arundel, Sussex
mother: Mary Stafford viscountess Stafford of Stafford Castle, Staffs

Dominicans, Brussels choir nun.

She professed 2 Mar 1677, aged 19. Her dowry was 3500 guilders.

She was the sister of Ursula Howard, Alatheia Howard, Alatheia Howard.
She was the kinswoman of Catherine Howard.

cousin: Cardinal Philip Howard OP
grandfather: (great) Philip Howard Earl of Arundel

Sources: OA: 203; Brussels Dominicans Profession Book: 227.

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Family tree (Howard of Norfolk and Lords Stafford)

Notes:

Her father was beheaded in 1680.

Surname also given as Stafford Howard: see OA 203