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Lucy Cary, in religion Magdalena.
Born: 1619.
Died: 1 Nov 1650 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 31 Aug 1638, aged 19.
She professed 1640, aged 21.
creator: MS Lady Faulkland: her life. Lille MS 20 H9
She was the kinswoman of Penelope Longueville.
Sources: Cambrai crs: 44, 79.
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Her brother, Patrick, a poet, entered the Benedictine novitiate but left, unable to cope with the demands (ODNB).
For a full discussion of Lucy Cary's authorship of Lady Falkland's Life see ed Heather Wolfe, Elizabeth Cary, Lady Falkland Life and Letters, RTM Publications, Cambridge, 2001
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).