INDEX AND ELUCIDATION Abercorn, James , 1st Earl of ; vide de Grammont, Elizabeth ; Hamilton , Sir Geo.; Tyrconnel, F. Abercorn, James Hamilton , 6th Earl of ; vide Connell, P. Abraham, Victoire , came to the school Jan. 11, 1791, and returned to her 188 , 189 parents in Paris April 11 , 1792, Acton , Dorothy, O.S.F. , a novice aged 18 , accompanies the colonists from the convent at Nieuport to Paris, 1658 ; went to England to obtain her 8 , 10 portion in June, 1659 ; did not return, Adamson, Mr. , vide Barrow, Eliz . Adamson, Anne Teresa, Sister, daughter of Mr. Thomas Adamson, of Broughton, near Preston, co . Lancaster, and his wife Isabella Whitaker . Her grandfather , Thomas Adamson, of Broughton, married Ellen, daughter and coheiress of William Haydock, of Cottam Hall, co . Lancaster, and her great uncle , John Adamson, entered the English college at Valladolid in 1600, was ordained priest , and was serving the mission in Lancashire in 1632. Anne, with her sister Elizabeth , came to the convent in 1689, and received the veil on May 28. She was an expert watch-maker, and her sister excelled in the art of studding the cases , by which the community hoped to profit. Their joint portions were consequently fixed at £200. Habit Nov. 14, 1689 ; professed Dec. 8, 1690 ; held several offices, including that of vicaress for several years from June 8, 1720 ; lost her reason in 1704, but restored to health after about a year and a half ; died Oct. 30, 1729, aged 73, religion 40, 36, 37, 38, 40, 55, 59, 63, 73, 75 , 79, 82, 84, 88 , 205, 206, 207 , 208 , 209 , 241 Adamson, Elizabeth Clare , Sister, came with her sister Anne (q.v.) in 1689, and was clothed and professed on the same dates ; elected discreet and first portress Oct. 17, 1700 ; died Jan. 18, 1707, in 52nd year of age and 18th 36, 37, 38, 50, 56, 59, 197 , 199, 200, 240, 241, 256 of religion , d'Agen, le Duc, son of Marechal de Noailles ; vide de la Fayette, A. Ainscough, Hugh, of Fairhurst Hall, co. Lancaster ; vide Nelson, M. Albemarle , Henry FitzJames, Duke of, natural son of James II, and by him created duke in the year of his deposition ; vide Churchill , A. Alcock , Mr. , a Protestant gentleman, made his abjuration in the convent church April 29, 1756 ; vide Green, S., 133 Alcock, Mary , came to the school Oct. 4, 1751, left Feb. 4 , 1753, to return to her parents in England ; returned Oct. 19 , 1756, for a time,-125, 126, 134 Alessen , Elizabeth , alias de Dufour , aged between 12 and 13 , came to the school June 29, 1785, recommended by Mr. Fitzgibbons, an Irish 181 physician, Alexander VII ( 1655-67 ), Pope, 236 5 , 28 Alexander, Miss , came to school in 1678, Alexander, Mary , daughter of Edward Francis Willoughby , of Aspley and Cossal , co. Notts ., and wife of Mr. Alexander ; vide Willoughby , M. Alice , Dame, and her school at Fernyhalgh ; vide Harrison, A. Allan , John, vere Woolfe, priest (q.v.) Allen , William , Cardinal ; vide Risdon, M. Anderton , family, of Euxton Hall , co . Lanc.; vide Daniel, W. Anderton , Sir Francis, Sir James , and Sir Laurence ; vide Bedingfeld, Frances Anderton , Mrs., and her daughter, came en pension in 1679. Margaret, daughter of Roger Kirkby, of Kirkby, co. Lanc., married Hugh Anderton , of Euxton Hall, co. Lanc ., who died in 1670. Her brother- in -law, Dom Robert Anderton , alias Ashton, O.S.B., was professed at St. Edmund's Monastery at Paris in 1636 ; nearly fell a victim to the Green Ribbon Club in 1678-9 , but escaped to the Continent , where he died within two years, probably in Paris. He had three brothers Benedictines : James,
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