Who were the Nuns?

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

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Lucy Tresham, in religion Winefrid.
Died: 14 Apr 1665 in Brussels, aged 67.

father: Francis Tresham Esq of Rushton, Northants
mother: Anne Tufton of Hothfield, Kent

Benedictines, Brussels choir nun.
She was clothed 8 Sept 1614.

She professed 15 Sept 1615, aged 17. Her dowry was 10,000fl.

Procuratrix in 1651

She was the cousin of Frances Parker.
She was the aunt of Barbara Heneage.

Sources: AMbenbx-12: 1630; AMbenbx-3: 1652; Brussels Obit: 70-1; Brussels Benedictine Annals: 73; Brussels Benedictines Profession Book: 182.

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Family tree (Throckmorton of Coughton and Wigmore of Lucton)

Notes:

Her father died in the Tower having been drawn into the Gunpowder Plot.

Her uncle was Sir John Tufton, 1st earl of Thanet. Her aunt was the Countess of Rutland.