Who were the Nuns?

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

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Cecily Dillon, in religion Francis.
Died: 1653 in Spain.

father: Sir Theobold Dillon 1st viscount Dillon of Costello-Gallen, co Sligo, Ireland
mother: Eleanor Tuite of co Westmeath, Ireland

Poor Clares choir nun.
She left 1625 to help found another convent.

Poor Clares, Dunkirk choir nun.
She joined 20 May 1625 as a founder member.
She left 1629 .
transported by the Irish Friars to Ireland in 1629 to found convent as abbess

She professed 8 Sep 1622, aged 19.

She was the sister of Eleanor Dillon.

Sources: ODNB; CRS 14: 35.

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