Frances Herbert, in religion Francis
She professed Jan 1598 [as a choir nun at St Ursula's, Louvain]
Founder member of Sint-Monicaklooster [Saint Monica's Convent 1609]
Born 1588 at Powis Castle, Powys, Wales
Died: 9 Jan 1634 in Louvain (site of Saint Monica's Convent in Louvain unknown)
Father: Sir Edward Herbert of Powis Castle, Powys, Wales
Mother: Mary Stanley of Standon, Staffs
Grand Mother - Anne Parr Countess of Pembrokeshire
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15117703/anne-herbert
x7 Great Grand Father - Edward iii King of England
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/1957/edward_iii
Great aunt to:
Charlotte Mort [Choir Nun - Congregation of Jesus, Augsburg, Germany]
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/210487169/fr_ulein_sister_charlotte_carolina-de-mort
Catherine Massey [Nun - The Poor Clares Convent, Flanders]
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/210879635/catherine-massey
Sources: Louvain MS Chronicle: 81, 381.br />
When King Henry VIII broke from the Catholic Church in 1533, then banned monasteries and convents in England in 1540, the Priory of Saint Ursula saw an influx of English nuns.
The number of English nuns was so high, that the Priory founded a completely English convent for them in 1609, called the Sint-Monicaklooster (St Monica Convent). In 1629, these English sisters founded a “pilgrims’ house” in Brugge that became the “Onze Lieve Vrouw van Nazareth” (Our Lady of Nazareth) or more commonly known as the “Engels Klooster” (English Convent), that still exists today on the Carmersstraat in Bruges [link below]:
https://www.the-english-convent.be/en
In 1794 the ladies of St. Monica’s were forced to abandon their beloved convent at Louvain by the approach of the revolutionary French army and decided to take refuge in England since religious toleration had grown sufficiently at home. They left the convent on 28th June, boarded ship at Rotterdam on the 5th July and reached Greenwich on the 17th July 1794.
She professed Jan 1598 [as a choir nun at St Ursula's, Louvain]
Founder member of Sint-Monicaklooster [Saint Monica's Convent 1609]
Born 1588 at Powis Castle, Powys, Wales
Died: 9 Jan 1634 in Louvain (site of Saint Monica's Convent in Louvain unknown)
Father: Sir Edward Herbert of Powis Castle, Powys, Wales
Mother: Mary Stanley of Standon, Staffs
Grand Mother - Anne Parr Countess of Pembrokeshire
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15117703/anne-herbert
x7 Great Grand Father - Edward iii King of England
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/1957/edward_iii
Great aunt to:
Charlotte Mort [Choir Nun - Congregation of Jesus, Augsburg, Germany]
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/210487169/fr_ulein_sister_charlotte_carolina-de-mort
Catherine Massey [Nun - The Poor Clares Convent, Flanders]
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/210879635/catherine-massey
Sources: Louvain MS Chronicle: 81, 381.br />
When King Henry VIII broke from the Catholic Church in 1533, then banned monasteries and convents in England in 1540, the Priory of Saint Ursula saw an influx of English nuns.
The number of English nuns was so high, that the Priory founded a completely English convent for them in 1609, called the Sint-Monicaklooster (St Monica Convent). In 1629, these English sisters founded a “pilgrims’ house” in Brugge that became the “Onze Lieve Vrouw van Nazareth” (Our Lady of Nazareth) or more commonly known as the “Engels Klooster” (English Convent), that still exists today on the Carmersstraat in Bruges [link below]:
https://www.the-english-convent.be/en
In 1794 the ladies of St. Monica’s were forced to abandon their beloved convent at Louvain by the approach of the revolutionary French army and decided to take refuge in England since religious toleration had grown sufficiently at home. They left the convent on 28th June, boarded ship at Rotterdam on the 5th July and reached Greenwich on the 17th July 1794.
Frances Herbert, in religion Francis
She professed Jan 1598 [as a choir nun at St Ursula's, Louvain]
Founder member of Sint-Monicaklooster [Saint Monica's Convent 1609]
Born 1588 at Powis Castle, Powys, Wales
Died: 9 Jan 1634 in Louvain (site of Saint Monica's Convent in Louvain unknown)
Father: Sir Edward Herbert of Powis Castle, Powys, Wales
Mother: Mary Stanley of Standon, Staffs
Grand Mother - Anne Parr Countess of Pembrokeshire
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15117703/anne-herbert
x7 Great Grand Father - Edward iii King of England
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/1957/edward_iii
Great aunt to:
Charlotte Mort [Choir Nun - Congregation of Jesus, Augsburg, Germany]
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/210487169/fr_ulein_sister_charlotte_carolina-de-mort
Catherine Massey [Nun - The Poor Clares Convent, Flanders]
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/210879635/catherine-massey
Sources: Louvain MS Chronicle: 81, 381.br />
When King Henry VIII broke from the Catholic Church in 1533, then banned monasteries and convents in England in 1540, the Priory of Saint Ursula saw an influx of English nuns.
The number of English nuns was so high, that the Priory founded a completely English convent for them in 1609, called the Sint-Monicaklooster (St Monica Convent). In 1629, these English sisters founded a “pilgrims’ house” in Brugge that became the “Onze Lieve Vrouw van Nazareth” (Our Lady of Nazareth) or more commonly known as the “Engels Klooster” (English Convent), that still exists today on the Carmersstraat in Bruges [link below]:
https://www.the-english-convent.be/en
In 1794 the ladies of St. Monica’s were forced to abandon their beloved convent at Louvain by the approach of the revolutionary French army and decided to take refuge in England since religious toleration had grown sufficiently at home. They left the convent on 28th June, boarded ship at Rotterdam on the 5th July and reached Greenwich on the 17th July 1794.
She professed Jan 1598 [as a choir nun at St Ursula's, Louvain]
Founder member of Sint-Monicaklooster [Saint Monica's Convent 1609]
Born 1588 at Powis Castle, Powys, Wales
Died: 9 Jan 1634 in Louvain (site of Saint Monica's Convent in Louvain unknown)
Father: Sir Edward Herbert of Powis Castle, Powys, Wales
Mother: Mary Stanley of Standon, Staffs
Grand Mother - Anne Parr Countess of Pembrokeshire
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15117703/anne-herbert
x7 Great Grand Father - Edward iii King of England
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/1957/edward_iii
Great aunt to:
Charlotte Mort [Choir Nun - Congregation of Jesus, Augsburg, Germany]
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/210487169/fr_ulein_sister_charlotte_carolina-de-mort
Catherine Massey [Nun - The Poor Clares Convent, Flanders]
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/210879635/catherine-massey
Sources: Louvain MS Chronicle: 81, 381.br />
When King Henry VIII broke from the Catholic Church in 1533, then banned monasteries and convents in England in 1540, the Priory of Saint Ursula saw an influx of English nuns.
The number of English nuns was so high, that the Priory founded a completely English convent for them in 1609, called the Sint-Monicaklooster (St Monica Convent). In 1629, these English sisters founded a “pilgrims’ house” in Brugge that became the “Onze Lieve Vrouw van Nazareth” (Our Lady of Nazareth) or more commonly known as the “Engels Klooster” (English Convent), that still exists today on the Carmersstraat in Bruges [link below]:
https://www.the-english-convent.be/en
In 1794 the ladies of St. Monica’s were forced to abandon their beloved convent at Louvain by the approach of the revolutionary French army and decided to take refuge in England since religious toleration had grown sufficiently at home. They left the convent on 28th June, boarded ship at Rotterdam on the 5th July and reached Greenwich on the 17th July 1794.
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