Who were the Nuns?

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

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Franciscans, Brussels

namerole(s)date(s) of connectiondeathsourcesnotes
Anderton, John Evangelist, OFMConfessor1764-741795 JanBC 76-80: BD 233acted as supply confessor Augustinians Bruges 1774
André, Philip, OFMConfessor17401772BC 69, 79: BP 161: BD 214: Bellenger p. 33 
Barker, [Thomas] Giles of St Ambrose, OFMConfessor1631, 16341660 MayBC 18, 23: BP 133-4: Necrology 266 
Baynham, [George] Athanasius, OFMConfessor1778 Jul1803BC 81, 85: BP 168: Bellenger p. 37 
Bell, Arthur Francis, OFMConfessor1623-16301643 DecBC 4, 6, 10, 12, 15, 17, 18: BP 123-130, 134: Necrology 260martyr; wrote part of the Book of Clothings
Benson, Thomas of St Anne, OFMConfessor1678-89, 1681, 1686 Apr1705 AprBC 41, 42, 45, 49: BP 148, 193: Necrology 286Replaced Charles Pora for a year and a half
Berne[y], Robert of St Francis, OFMConfessor1640, 1650-21659 MayBC 24-5, 31: BP 141-2: BD 182-4: Necrology 265Confessor to Judith Acton (BF002)
Bix, Angel of St Agnes, OFMConfessor1682-841695JanBC 44-8: BP 148-9: Necrology 281: Bellenger p. 40also went to Aire
Browne, Bernard of St Lewis, OFMConfessor16401640 Novc.BC 24, 25: Necrology 263Described as dead on 3 Nov 1642 in BC; FN says about 1 Nov [All Saints] 1640.
Chapman, Romanus, OFMConfessor1749-52, 17711794 DecBC 72, 80, 82: BP 163, 167-8, 233 
Clay, Daniel of St Francis, OFMConfessor1654-91680 NovBC 38: BP 142-3: Bellenger p. 48 
Clifton, Bernadinus, OFMConfessor17381738 DecBP 142: BD 213-4: Necrology 305Already ill when appointed
Codrington, Anthony, OFMtemporary Confessor1728 9 May/ lector1719, 17281729 DecBC 62, 64: BC 158: BD 208: Necrology 301supplied for Confessor
Cox, Felix, OFMConfessor1749, 1761-651788BC 72, 75-6: BP 165: BD 218: Bellenger p. 51 
Davenport, [Christopher] Francis a Sancta Clara, OFMConfessor1621-221680 MayBC 8, 9, 12, 15, 16, 19, 23, 31, 38: BP 119-122, 129-30, 133: Necrology 274-5 
Day, [John] Nicholas, OFMConfessor1647-491665 JulBC 29-31: BC 120, 122, 140-1: BD 140-1, 183-4: Necrology 265 
Dickinson, Matthew, OFMConfessor1757-611767BC 74-5: BP 164-5: BD 217-18: Bellenger p. 54 
Eyston, Bernard of St Francis, OFMConfessor1674-6, 1682, 1688-91, 16971709 MayBC 40-2 44-5, 51-5: BP 147-8, 151-2: BD 191-2: Necrology 288-9: Bellenger p. 58Brother of Vicaress Mary Agnes Eyston (BF078), to whom he gave last sacraments and burial. Also at Eyre see p. 52
Grafton, Thomas Stephen, OFMConfessor1794-1802, 1803, 18111847BC 87-92, 95: BP 171:BD 237-8: Bellenger p. 65supplied for Hart
Grimbalson, Lewis, OFMConfessor1692, 1701-161737 FebBC 52-5, 59-61: BP 151, 153-5: BD 198-9, 201-5: Necrology 304 
Grimston, Martin of St Charles, OFMConfessor1693-51729 AprBC 53-4: BP 151: BD 199: Necrology 299-300 
Hart, Joseph John, OFMsupply confesssor1793-41803BC 87: BP 170: BD 232-3: Bellenger p. 69Poor health caused him to leave
Hawarden, Michael, OFMConfessor1694-5, 1698-17011738 AugBC 54-6: BP 151-3: BD 200-1: Necrology 305: Bellenger p. 69 
Hickins, Joseph, OFMConfessor1728, 1742-431773BC 64, 69-70: Bellenger p. 71See also Higgins: Confessor at Aire 1741 27 Sept
Hickins, Augustine of St Barbara, OFMtemporary Confessor1737, 17451707 OctBC 70: BP 160-1: BD 213: Necrology 288date of death 1707 given in Necrology does not fit dates of activities in convent.
Hutchinson, Bonaventure, alias Clark, OFMConfessor1729-311750 DecBC 64-5: BP 158-9: BD 208-10: Necrology 310 
Ingram, Angelus [George], OFMConfessor1782 -881803BC 82-5: BD 223, 226, 228: Bellenger p. 75p. 168 appears to give the Confessor as Father Joachim Ingram as Confessor instead of Angelus. Index gives two separate Ingram names.
Jackson, Bonaventure, OFMConfessor1622-23unkn.BC 9-10: Bellenger p. 75did not appear on professions
Jolly, Alexius of St Charles, OFMConfessor1703, 1722-271757 JanBC 56, 63-4, 73: BP 156-7: BD 206-7: Necrology 312 
Kearney, Francis, OFMConfessor17391747 MarBC 161: BD 214: Necrology 308Appears to have been Extra Confessor: described as 'Diffinitor'
Knight, [William] Nicholas, OFMConfessor1777-8, 18011806C 80-81, 90-1: BD 223: Bellenger p. 79 
Lockyer, William, OFMConfessor1695, 16971721 MayBC 54, 55, 56: BP 152: BD 200: Necrology 2951706 described as' Diffinitor'
Massey, Masseus of St Barbara, OFMConfessor1662-31702 JanBC 35-6, 40, 49, 52-4, 56: BP 143-5, 151: BD 188: Necrology 284: Bellenger p. 86Confessor 7-8 mths
Middlemore, Lewis, OFMConfessor1737-91746 NovBC 68-70: BP 161-2: BD 213-14: Necrology 309-10 
Millward, Anselm, OFMConfessor; supply1788-92, 18041813BC 85-6, 90, 92: BP 169-70: BD 229-31, 239: Bellenger p. 88 
Moore, John of the Holy Cross, OFMConfessor1665-691689 DecBC 41-2, 49-51: BP 144-9: Necrology 277-8also described as 'Provincial'
Needham, Joseph, OFMConfessor1753-57, 17791791BC 73-4, 80-1: BP 163-4: BD 216-17: Bellenger p. 91 
Painter, Robert, OFMConfessor1747 - 491770BC 72: BP 162: Bellenger p. 93 
Pora, Charles, OFMConfessor1677, 16781693 NovBC 41-2: Necrology 280: Bellenger p. 98Also at Aire 1671 see p. 40
Porret, George, OFMConfessor16351635 AugBP 135: BD 179, 242Died of plague: alternative spelling Paurett
Pulton, [John] Joseph of St John Baptist, OFMConfessor1720-1, 17311748 MayBC 62, 65: BP 156: BD 205-6: Necrology 310 
Ratcliffe, Fortunatus Felix of St Bonaventure, OFMConfessor1668, 16701673 JanBC 38: BP 145-6: Necrology 270 
Robbs, Gabriel of St Mary, OFMConfessor1671-731678BC 40, 118, 146-7: BD 190: Necrology 272: Bellenger p. 102In Bellenger Roabes: His anniversary mass was said on March 14 yearly.
Roberts, William Austin, OFMConfessor1805, 1809,1827BC 93-4, 101-4: Bellenger p. 102Returned to England with the nuns
Sadler, Philip a Sancta Anna, OFMConfessor1716-171733 AugBC 61-2: BD 204: Necrology 303 
Smith, Thomas Bernadine of St Clare, OFMConfessor1653, 16541666 JanBC 32: BP 142: Necrology 267 
Willoughby, Giles, OFMConfessor16351660BD 178: Bellenger p. 123Only occurs once though said to have been Confessor for four years,
Winter, Jerome of St Bernardine, OFMConfessor1732, 17331742 NovBC 66: BP 159: BD 211: Necrology 306-7alternative spelling Wynter
Woodward, Joseph of St Mary, OFMConfessor1685-871701Feb BC 45, 47-50: BP 149-151: BD 195-6: Necrology 283 
Yeates, [John] Daniel of St John, OFMConfessor1637-391659 JulBC 21-23: BP 136: Necrology 265Important during transfer from Brussels to Newport: alternative spelling Yates

Note: complex system of changing Confessors with many visits from other OFMs