Who were the Nuns?

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

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Catherine Weston, in religion Catherine Joseph.
Died: 5 Oct 1688 in Rouen, aged 52.
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father: Jerome Weston 2nd earl Portland
mother: Frances Stuart

Poor Clares, Rouen choir nun.

She professed 8 Sep 1662, aged 26.

She was the sister of Elizabeth Weston, Frances Weston.
She was the cousin of Gertrude Aston.

Sources: Rouen Poor Clares Profession Book; Rouen Chronicle I: 68, 70-71, 103, 154-156.

Family tree (Weston)

Notes:

Three sisters arrived as scholars 1648: were converted at convent. Mother was daughter of the 3rd duke of Lennox.