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Elizabeth Cary, in religion Augustina.
Born: 1617.
Died: 17 Nov 1682 in Cambrai.
Convert.
father: Henry Cary 1st viscount Falkland Prot of Aldenham, Herts
mother: Elizabeth Tanfield convert of Burford Priory, Oxon
Benedictines, Cambrai choir nun.
She entered 27 Oct 1638, aged 21.
She professed 1640, aged 23.
She was the sister of Lucy Cary, Mary Cary, Anne Cary.She was the kinswoman of Penelope Longueville.
Sources: Cambrai crs: 45.
Family tree (Cary)Notes:
Her brother, Patrick, a poet, entered the Benedictine novitiate but left, unable to cope with the demands (ODNB).
Her father was an advocate of persecuting Catholics in Ireland (ODNB).
Her mother publicly converted to Catholicism and was placed under house arrest for doing so. She subsequently wrote books in defence of her faith, including one dedicated to Queen Henrietta Maria, causing estrangement from her husband. She was behind the conversion of her daughters (ODNB).
Her grandfather was Sir Lawrence Tanfield, chief baron of the exchequer (ODNB).