Anne Throckmorton

Anne Throckmorton or name in religion Anne Frances (1664 – 5 June 1734) was an English poet who was prioress of the Convent of Our Blessed Lady of Syon in Paris from 1720 to 1728. Life Throckmorton was born in 1664. She was one of the three daughters of Anne (born Monson) and Sir Francis Throckmorton. She had four brothers and her father was the second baronet of Coughton Court in Warwickshire and her great aunt was the prioress Margaret Throckmorton of St Monica's convent in Leuven. She began her education English Blue Nuns in the rue de Charenton in Paris. She was there for five years before her mother joined her. Her mother had separated from her husband in 1677 and she came to spend the rest of her life with the Blue Nuns. Anne (the daughter) professed as an Augustinian nun at another convent on the outskirts of Paris on 2 July 1687. This Augustinian Convent of Our Lady of Syon had been founded by English expatriate Catholics in 1634. She was a poet and she would create long poems as a record. In 1708 Ann Tyldesley was the prioress and Throckmorton write verses about St Paul and they were written in letters of gold to celebrate Tyldesley's golden jubilee. In that year her niece Elizabeth Throckmorton came to the convent with her six sisters to attend the convent's school.