Who were the Nuns?

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

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Gertrude Thimelby, in religion Gertrude.
Died: 24 Jul 1668 in Louvain, aged 48.

father: Sir Walter Aston 1st Baron of Forfar Prot of Tixall, Staffs
mother: Gertrude Sadleir Cath of Standon, Staffs

Augustinians, Louvain choir nun.
She was a widow

She professed 29 Sep 1658, aged 40.

She was the sister-in-law of Mary Thimelby, Frances Thimelby.
She was the aunt of Catherine Aston, Gertrude Aston, Gertrude Persall.
She was the great aunt of Mary Somersett.

husband: Mr Henry Thimelby of Irnham, Lincs

Sources: Louvain MS Chronicle: 617-19, 628; Hamilton: Pedigrees.

Family tree (Aston of Forfar)
Family tree (Thimbleby or Irnham and Poolam)

Notes:

Her brother, Herbert Aston, married Catherine Thimelby, sister to the nuns, Frances and Mary Thimelby, as well as to her own husband.

Generally listed in literary sources as Gertrude Aston.