Lucy Cary

Lucy Cary
Born	1619
Died	1650 Cambrai
Nationality	Kingdom of England
Other names	Dame Lucy Magdalena, O.S.B.
Occupation	Benedictine nun
Parent(s)	Henry Cary, 1st Viscount Falkland Elizabeth Cary
Relatives	Anne Cary

Lucy Cary (1619 – 1650) was an English Benedictine nun and biographer.

Biography

Lucy Cary was born in 1619 to Henry Cary, 1st Viscount Falkland, and Elizabeth Cary. She was fourth of eleven children and one of her sisters was Anne Cary, the writer. Cary's mother converted to Catholicism in 1626 and Cary converted in 1634, guided by Father John Fursdon, their mother's confessor. Cary was sent to Flanders. She joined the 'Our Lady of Consolation' convent at Cambrai 31 August 1638 and professed in 1640. Cary wrote a biography of her mother entitled The Lady Falkland: Her Life by One of Her Daughters. Cary died in Flanders on 1 November 1650.[1][2][3][4][5]

Sources

1. "Lucy Cary". orlando.cambridge.org. Orlando Project.
2. Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages. Yorkin Publications. 2007.
3. Levin, Carole; Bertolet, Anna Riehl; Carney, Jo Eldridge (3 November 2016). A Biographical Encyclopedia of Early Modern Englishwomen: Exemplary Lives and Memorable Acts, 1500-1650. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-315-44071-2.
4. "Cary, Lucy". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/105828. ISBN 9780198614111. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
5. "Who were the Nuns?". wwtn.history.qmul.ac.uk.