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DIARY OF THE " BLUE NUNS." PART
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OBITUARY OF THE COMMUNITY . Joseph Hawkins . [In the handwriting of Mother Susanna ] .
Burialls Sister Francis Anthony alias Tymperley made her profession in the seaventh month of her noviship upon her Death and Departed this life after having Received all the Rights of our holy Mother the Church the 19 of November & year of our Lord 1661. She was very patient in sicknesse and vehemently Thirsted to see God Mr Terret [Tyrwhitt] the Confessor performed her funerall obsiquis. Sister Marie Alexia alias Penne Departed this Life the Ninth Day of November 1664 She was one of those that came as a scoller with our Beginners out of Newport and passed all hardships with great currage. She was second portres and Discreet She was very exemplar in the vertues of humility & obedience exactly following the quire & all Religious Dutis though but week & infirme accomplishing in little time a great Degree of perfections, alwais prepared for a happy end , was suddenly taken away in her last sickness at six a clock in the mourning have left us examples of her Discression & other vertues much above her yeares . in the 21 of her age & sixt in Religion. Our Rd Mother Vicaris Sister Margerit Bruno alias Floyd Dyed on the 20 day of September 1674 about ten a Clock in the mourning . She was one of our four Beginners of this Monastery . She was a Discreet severall years before she came from Newport : She was clothed and professed by the Glorious Martire Ŕd Father Bell a Fryar Minor, her one Father being then a Carthusian assisting at her profession She bore there the offices of Infirmarian and Mistres of the quire for 15 years with great sweetness and Discretion , much beloved of all , and in this Monastery was our first vicaris and procuratrisse which offices she Discharged with wonderfull satisfaction, sweetnesse in conversation , and motherly Charity to all for the space of 15 years together , She Dyed in the said offices amidst the Tears and prayers of the poor sisters strengthned with the Last Sacrements, & Rights of our holy Mother the Church, and is Interd neer the quire Grait in our church Built by the french Ladis . Mr De Lastre our superior performing her funeral obsiquis She dyed in the 61 of her age and 46 in Religion . Requiescat in pace Amen .
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The - of November 1679 about five a clock in the morning Departed this Life our Rd and venerable Mother Jubelarian sister Catherine Lewis alias Knevet one of the four Beginners of this Monestary and Constant Mistress of Novices for 18 years togeather. She was visited the two last years of her Life with great fitts of