Who were the Nuns?

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

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Gertrude Persall, in religion Gertrude of St Cicilia.
Born: 1637 in Staffs.
Died: 6 Jul 1655 in Liège.

father: Sir William Persall of Canwell, Staffs
mother: Frances Aston of Tixall, Staffs

Sepulchrines, Liège choir nun.
She entered 9 Oct 1651.

She professed 11 Jul 1655, aged 17.

She was the cousin of Dorothy Fleetwood, Anne Stanford, Catherine Aston, Gertrude Aston.
She was the niece of Philippa Pershall, Gertrude Thimelby.

Sources: Chap: 6.

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