Who were the Nuns?

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

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Mary Conquest, in religion Mary Benedict.
Born: 1659 in Beds.
Died: 19 Nov 1686 in Cambrai.

father: John Thimbleby Conquest Esq of Houghton Conquest, Beds
mother: Eleanor Hall of High Meadow, Gloucs

Benedictines, Cambrai choir nun.
She entered 19 Nov 1670, aged 11.

She professed 1677.

She was the kinswoman of Catherine Aston, Mary Moore.
She was the great niece of Frances Thimelby, Mary Thimelby.
She was the sister of Eleanor Conquest.
She was the niece of Cecilia Hall, Catherine Hall, Barbara Hall.

Sources: Cambrai crs: 51.

Family tree (Somerset earls of Worcester)
Family tree (Thimbleby or Irnham and Poolam)

Notes:

crs fn says she was niece of Cecily and Catherine Hall both of this convent