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          Barbara Anne Constable was born in London, England..

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          Barbara Constable (1617–1684), professed as Dame Barbara Constable, was an English Benedictine nun, writer and transcriber.

          Barbara Constable (–), professed as Dame Barbara Constable, was an English Benedictine nun, writer and transcriber.

        1. Barbara Constable (–), professed as Dame Barbara Constable, was an English Benedictine nun, writer and transcriber.
        2. She married Sir William Babthorpe about They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters.
        3. Barbara Anne Constable was born in London, England.
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        5. Barbara, who was born Barbara Ann Deeks in Shoreditch in August , started tracing her ancestors with little knowledge of her family tree.

          6. Her writing was a support to recusant Catholic communities and some of her transcriptions are the only known copies of Father Augustine Baker's works.

          Early life

          Constable, born in 1617, was one of the daughters of Sir Philip Constable, 1st Baronet and Anne Roper; Sir Philip was a baronet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

          Barbara Constable and her family were Roman Catholics.

          Religious life

          Constable arrived in 1638 at the monastery of Our Lady of Consolation in Cambrai, France, which had been founded in the 1620s; she died there in 1684.

          Her poor health made contemplative prayer more difficult so she wrote copiously as part of her religious practice.

          Writing

          Constable wrote and compiled devotional writing collections as well as transcribing the writings of Father Augustine Baker, spiritual director at Cambrai f