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Frances Parker, in religion Francis.
Died: 5 Feb 1653 in Louvain, aged 47.

father: William Parker Lord Morley and Monteagle Prot of Gt Hallingbury, Essex
mother: Elizabeth Tresham of Northants

Benedictines, Brussels choir nun.
She left 1622? .
Held to be too sickly (see notes)

Augustinians, Louvain choir nun.

She professed 14 Jun 1626, aged 20.

She was the former employer of Margaret Robinson.
She was the cousin of Lucy Tresham.
She was the niece of Helen Parker.

Sources: AMbenbxl-REG.654.12: 1622; Brussels Benedictine Annals: 136; Louvain MS Chronicle: 251.

Family tree (Stanley earls of Derby)
Family tree (Throckmorton of Coughton and Wigmore of Lucton)

Notes:

Foley 973 Tried out in Benedictine convent Brussels but was never well and decided to leave.

According to a letter from Elizabeth Southcote of July 13 1622, there had initially been problems with securing Francis Parker's dowry. However, with this sorted, the community desires to recommend her for profession but need a dispensation because she is very sickly and their constitutions forbid them from proceeding in such a manner.

Her father consented to her entering the convent at Louvain 'in respect that she was crooked and therefore not so fit for the world' (Hamilton, ii, p. 37).