Who were the Nuns?

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

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Mary Fitzherbert, in religion Mary Bernard.
Born: 1744.
Died: 13 Feb 1807 in Paris, aged 63.

father: Thomas Fitzherbert Esq of Swynnerton, Staffs
mother: Mary Throckmorton of Coughton Court, Warws

Augustinians, Paris choir nun.
She was clothed 1 Jun 1762, aged 18.

She professed 13 Jun 1763, aged 19. Her dowry was £400.

Sacristan in 1790

She was the cousin of Mary Simeon-Weld.
She was the great niece of Elizabeth Throckmorton, Catherine Throckmorton, Wenefride Fitzherbert, Catherine Fitzherbert.
She was the niece of Jane Throckmorton, Mary Fitzherbert.
She was the sister of Frances Fitzherbert.

Sources: Paris pd; Cedoz ms list; Paris Augustinians Profession Book: 56; Chapter Book: 65-7.

Family tree (Fitzherbert)
Family tree (Throckmorton of Coughton and Wigmore of Lucton)

Notes:

Her brother's widow married George IV.