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ro. After her-in the year 1718 Sister Agnes was chose again. ' In the year 1721, Sister Mary Rose Howard of Norfolk was , elected Prioress the 21 of June. Confirmed the I I of July following. 12. Sister Agnes was chose the third time, 1724. 13. In the year 1727, Sister Letitia Barker was chose Prioress. 14. In 1730, Sister Julia Brown was chose Superior.* 15. In¡ the year 1733, Sister Mary Anna Chilton was chosen Prioress, & confirmed after her Reelection in the year 1736. 16. In the year 1739, Sister Mary Theresa Sarsfield was chosen Prioress, who dyed four months after in Feb. 1740. 17. In the year 1740, Sister Mary Young was chosen Prioress. 18. In the year 1743, ye 21 st of March upon a Thursday Sr Margaret Joseph Compton was made Prioress of this convent, & confirmed ye same day by Mr Burgis. 19. In the year 1746, Sister Anne Mary Short was chosen Prioress, 19th Superur of ys Convent, ye 24th of March 1746; upon ye same day she was confirmed at sL"{ & half at night in ye great Spick House, by Mr Burgis Provl . 20. Sister Anne Mary Short was made a second time Prioress 1749. 21. Sister Margaret Compton was made a second time Prioress 1752. 22. Sister Anne Mary Short was elected the third time Prioress the 13 of April 1755. II.
SOLI DEO HONOR. OBLIGATIONS OF THIS OUR COMMUNITY, CONCERNING PRAYERS & SUFFRAGES FOR OUR FRIENDS & BENEFACTORS LIVEING & DECEAS'D.
As they were Examined and Determin'd by the Rd Father Master Worthington, Provincial of our English Province & Doc: in Devinity, in the year of our Lord 1726, by the Comand of the Right Rd and Eximious F, Father Augustin Pipia, D. in Divity and Master General of our Order. With Order to register the said Obligations in our Depositum, And to Expose to publick veue in the Comunity, the Prayers and suffrages we are to performe & see perform'd for the Abovesaid. Which accordingly are placed at the Quier Door for perpel\J Memory. To which are added & to be added al such Obligations as have also been since, or may hereafter be accepted in this Community. Written by Sister Elizabeth Dominica Howard of Norfolk, by order of her Superiours, from the Notes taken by the abovesaid
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Sister Julia Brown was a member of a Dominican Community in Galway. In 1729 she received permission from the Master General to leave Ireland for Belgium on account of her health. The General, Fr. Thomas Ripoll, requested the Prioress of the English Dominican Nuns to entertain her hospitably, emphasising the fact that she had no intention of staying on after her health was restored. However, Sister Julia, who appears to have been a masterful woman, soon acquired great influence in the Community and was elected Prioress in 1730. In 1733 there was question of founding a Convent of Irish Sisters in Brussels, 'and Sister Julia returned to Ireland presumably to find subjects for the venture, which was unsuccessful. She died in Ireland, but the place and date of her death are uncertain.