Who were the Nuns?

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

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Joanne Berkeley (BB015)Dorothy Blanchard (BB018)
Dorothy Blundell (BB021)Maria Crispe (BB050)
Anne Eccles (BB069)Anna Forster (BB076)
Anna Lenthall (BB111)Elizabeth Macdonald (BB116)
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Mariana Salisbury (LB137)Mary Smith (LB149)
Ursula Sutton (LB153)Anne Wiseman (LB169)
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Jane Howse (BF129)Mary Lawson (BF149)
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Jane Perkins (BF184)Mary Powell (BF192)
Margaret Roper (BF207)Mary Simeon-Weld (BF221)
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Margarite West (BF265)Margaret Radcliffe (GP233)
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Mary Dickinson (AP041)Margaret Dodd (AP043)
Mary Gifford (AP053)Frances Golding (AP055)
Alice Hayles (AP068)Mary Hodgson (AP072)
Jane Metcalfe (AP088)Susanna Jane Mill (AP090)
Winifred Orrat (AP096)Jane Pye (AP109)
Audry Randolph (AP114)Elizabeth Sykes (AP128)
Sarah Warner (AP138)Martha Wilford (AP142)
Elizabeth Evelinge (GP109)Catherine Keynes (GP176)
Margaret Radcliffe (GP233)Ann Bradkirk (DP020)
Catharine Fletcher (DP051)Elizabeth Foster (DP054)
Mary Hawarden (DP066)Mary Howard (DP076)
Elizabeth Langdale (DP081)Catherine Maire (DP093)
Agnes Reed (DP108)Mary Rooksby (DP112)
Ann Blundell (GP037)Ann Browne (GP052)
Eleanor Dillon (GP101)Frances Rookwood (GP240)
Mary Rookwood (GP241)Catherine Bagnall (GP019)
Ann Bedingfield (GP026)Henrietta Maria Cannell (GP062)
Susanna Gage (GP126)Mary Gough (GP143)
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Hellen Petre (GP218)Margaret Radcliffe (GP233)
Luysia Taylor (GP263)Elizabeth Tyldesley (GP270)
Mary Corcoran (LS050)Mary Dennett (LS061)
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Margaret Vavasour (RP191)Terry Vavasour (RP192)
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Elizabeth Crane (PC019)Elizabeth Green (PC040)
Anne Hancock (PC043)Mary Harris (PC045)
Susanna Hawkins (PC049)Anne Mary Howard (PC051)
Frances Lee (PC066)Margaret Mannock (PC073)
Mary Ogilvie (PC080)Catherine Rice (PC090)
Anastasia Stafford (PC107)Louisa Stafford (PC109)
Elizabeth Stock (PC112)

Details

Joanne Berkeley, in religion Joanna.
Born: in Beverston Castle, Gloucs.
Died: 2 Aug 1616 in Brussels, aged 60.

Entered Rheims 12 Nov 1580.

father: Sir John Berkeley knt of Beverston Castle, Gloucs

Benedictines choir nun.
She joined 1598 as a founder member.

She professed 6 Dec 1581, aged 25.[as a choir nun at Rheims]

Abbess 1599 - 1616

dedicatee: The dialogue of dying well, trans R Verstegan, 1603
dedicatee: The virgin Maries life, Luca Pinelli, 1604

Sources: AMbenbx-3: 1599; Brussels Obit: 12-18; Brussels Benedictine Annals: 35-43, 62-96; History Princethorpe: 90; Brussels Benedictines Profession Book: 174-5.

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