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Mary Cary, in religion Mary of St Winifride.
Born: 1621.
Died: 22 Sep 1693 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 17.
She left 1651 to help found another convent.
Benedictines choir nun.
She joined 1651 as a founder member.
She left 1652 .
Benedictines, Cambrai choir nun.
She arrived 1652.
She professed 1640, aged 19.
She was the sister of Anne Cary, Elizabeth Cary, Lucy Cary.She was the kinswoman of Penelope Longueville.
brother: Fr Henry [Placid] Cary OSB
Sources: Cambrai crs: 44; Paris, History: 30.
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).