Who were the Nuns?

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

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Penelope Longueville, in religion Victoria.
Born: 1648.
Died: 22 Feb 1674 in Pontoise, aged 26.
Convert.

father: Sir Edward Longueville bart of Wolverton, Bucks
mother: Margaret Temple of Stowe, Bucks

Benedictines, Pontoise choir nun.
She was clothed 11 Feb 1670.

She professed 15 Feb 1671, aged 22. Her dowry was 3143 livres.

She was the kinswoman of Anne Cary, Elizabeth Cary, Lucy Cary, Mary Cary.
She was the cousin of Anna Lenthall, Dorothy Knightley.

Sources: Pontoise ob 68H4: 70; Register Pontoise: 297.

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bib dict refers to private devotions extant among Pontoise records. First cousin once removed to the Carys through her paternal grandmother Katherine Cary of Aldenham.