Reference code: GB-0298-LC/A18
Title: Lisbon College Teaching Papers
Dates of creation: 1639-1931
Extent: 4 files
Held by: Ushaw College Library
Origination: Lisbon College
Language: Latin and English
The English College of SS. Peter and Paul at Lisbon (or, as it is more commonly known, Lisbon College) was founded by Pedro Coutinho in 1624 as a college for English students training for the priesthood and mission work in England. As a
pontifical college it was awarded the same privileges and rights as other colleges centrally controlled by Rome, such as the English College in Rome, whose aim was the maintenance of the Catholic faith in England, Scotland and Ireland. The driving
force behind the college in its early years was William Newman. Although he was never to become president, Newman founded the college from property entrusted by the estate of the late Nicholas Ashton, a Catholic chaplain in Lisbon. Initial progress
was slow until the arrival of a group of English students and teachers from the English College at Douai in 1628. The first president, albeit briefly, was Archdeacon Joseph Haynes who died the following year. The reputation of the college as a
centre of academic excellence and its relevance as an English institution in Lisbon attracted patronage from varied sources during the seventeenth century, including Pedro da Costa and Maria de Oliveira Leitoa who transferred important funds to the
college in exchange for daily masses for their special intention. In 1679, Pope Innocent XI granted the college the privilege of being considered as a High Altar of Christ on the Cross. In spite of its wealthy benefactors and papal patronage, the
college faced a number of challenges in the following centuries. In 1755, Lisbon was shaken by a terrible earthquake in which 20,000 people died and 60,000 houses and 60 palaces and convents were destroyed. The college suffered badly both in terms
of the physical devastation of its buildings and the mental well-being of many of its students and superiors who, like most of the population of Lisbon, chose to live under tents in the gardens of the college rather than risk being inside in fear of
another quake. The college suffered another setback when it was occupied by French forces during Napoleon's invasion of Portugal in 1807 and, just days before the second French invasion, the president decided to close the college down, with all
students being sent to an Anglo-Portuguese school in England until the war ended in 1814. The college was finally closed in 1973. Since the passing of the Roman Catholic Relief Act in Britain in 1829, the college's raison d'etre had ceased to exist
although its high reputation as a teaching and training establishment enabled it to survive for another 144 years.
Small miscellany of items connected with courses taught at the college, mostly disputations and certificates conferring degrees
Lisbon College closed in 1973 and this collection, along with the rest of the Lisbon Archive and Library, was transferred to Ushaw College by Mgr James Sullivan the following year.
Open for consultation.
Permission to make any published use of material from the collection must be sought in advance from the Lisbonian Society and, where appropriate, from the copyright owner. The Library will assist where possible with identifying copyright owners,
but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user of the material
The papers follow the original arrangement of the collection which is broadly chronological.
Calendared card catalogue
LC/A18/1 23 May 1639
Language: Portuguese
Opinion of two doctors proving the college's right of conferring academic degrees (two copies) (no card description exists for this item).
6f/6f
Old Catalogue Number 351
LC/A18/2 [1650 x 1659]
Form for conferring degrees for doctorates (With a typescript transcript)
3f
LC/A18/3 23 June 1652
(1) Conclusiones theologicae pro gradu baccalureij
(2) Conclusions theologicae pro doctoratu
With transcripts of both
2f
LC/A18/4 23 June 1652
Language: Latin
Patent of Francisco de Castro, protector and inquisitor general, making Clayton a Doctor of Divinity, with two copies
3f
LC/A18/5 23 June 166[?0]
Language: Latin
Conclusiones theologicae pro gradibus baccalaurei and doctoratus in SS theologia suscipendis (T. Godden)
Two fragile copies with a transcript
4f
LC/A18/6 May 1668
Theoremata miscellanea pro gradibus baccalaureatus and doctoratus (J. Barnesley)
With a transcript
2f
LC/A18/7 [1692 x 1695]
Language: Latin
Report on the college (Compendiosa Ratio)
Two copies with a transcript
4f
LC/A18/8 11 August 1701
Language: Latin
(1) Joseph Pryme (President)
(2) John Thorpe (Student)
Printed disputation: Theses Catholico-controvertisticas et theologico-thomisticas de augistissimo Eucharistine sacramento et missae sacrificio
John Thorpe later adopted the pseudonym of John Manley
1 broadside
LC/A18/9 1742
Language: Latin
(1) Emmanuel A Conceptione (president)
(2) Emmanuel A Divo Joseph (student)
Printed disputation:
Conclusiones Theologicas de Pr壥stionatione, et Reprobatione Divina. Ad veram Mariani, Subtilisque Doctoris Mentem Beatissimo, Seraphicoque Patri nostro Francisco Dictatas. Pr岩de Fr. Emmanuele A' Conceptione, Sacr䉔heologia Primario Lectore; Defendet Fr. Emmanuel A' Divo Joseph in Aula Conventus Deipara de Jesu die 6 Hujus Mensis Vespere (Lisbon)
3p
LC/A18/10 1855
Language: Latin
“Compendium logicae”
This is a copy of J. Preston's dictate of the 1750s
54f
LC/A18/11 1760
Language: Latin
(1) Victorinus A S Joseph pPresident)
(2) Petrus A Sancto Thomas (student)
Printed disputation:
Conclusiones theologicas de deo ut visibil, conformiter ad textum I. part. qu岴. 12. angelici pr墥ptoris confitas, pr岩de P.F. Victorino A'S. Joseph, sacr䟴heologi䟰rofessore, defendet P.F. Petrus A'S. Thoma in Lisbonesi
FF. Pr壩catorum Conventu die 18 hujus mensis vespere
3p
LC/A18/12 7 July 1761
Language: Latin
Programma publicis Gr夦 lingu䟥xercitationibus praemissum...duce Michaele Dal孬 Regio literarum Gr夦um professore publico, ordinario
1 sheet
LC/A18/13 3 August 1762
Language: Latin
(1) John Preston (president)
(2) Joseph Glover (student)
Printed disputation:
Theses theologico-dogmatic䟤e veritate religionis Christian䪠et ecclesiae Christi in terris militante, quas, deo duce, auspice deiparઠpr岩de Joanne Preston, tueri conabitur Josephus Glover in Collegio Angelorum Tit. SS.
Apostolorum Petri, & Pauli die 3 mensis Augusti vespere
3p
LC/A18/14 1762
Language: Latin
(1) Josepho a D. Francisco Favarotte (president)
(2) Emmanuel a Spiritu Sancto Guadalupe (student)
Printed disputation:
Conclusiones theologicas, de sacramento baptism, juxta scoticam, venerabilemque Subtilitatem fideliter deductas ex sent. dist. 2. usque ad dist. 8. exclusive, patrocinante, P. Fr. Josepho a 'D. Francisco Favarotte, sacr䉴heologi䟶esperario professore, et trium ordinum militarium examinatore, defensurus, P. Fr. Emmanuel a'Spiritu Sancto Guadalupe, in hoc Regali Seraphici Parentis Ulissiponensi C孯bio die 6 hujus mensis vesper欠Punctum principale: Utr�gelus de
potentia dei absoluta possit licite, et valid矢aptizare. Prima conclusio: Existentium, quidditatem, materium, et baptismi formam proponit
3p
LC/A18/15 1777
Language: Latin
(1) Dominics ab Incanatione (president)
(2) Joseph Lobes de Mello (student)
Printed disputation:
Conclusiones theologicas, de sacramento confirmationis, pr岩de Fr. Dominico ab Incarnatione pontevel, tuebitur Josephus Lopes de Mello olisipone in Conventu S. Dominici die 28 hujus mensis vespere. Pr墩pue disputabitur:
Utrum trid. PP. doctrinam apostolorum innovaverint circa confirmationis mysterum? Negative
3p
LC/A18/16 1777
Language: Latin
(1) Joachim a B. Rita (president)
(2) Joseph a S. Marianne (student)
(3) Antonius a Purificatione (student)
Printed disputation:
Beatissim䟖irgini Mari䟤omin䟮ostr䟳ub suo dolorosissimo titulo ab Angustiis, conclusiones Logicales, pr岩de Fr. Joachimo a B. Rita, artium lectore; D.O.C. Fr. Josephus a S. Marianna, Fr. Antonius a Purificatione, in
Olisiponensi Coenobio Sancti Petri de Alcantara die 6 hujus mensis, vespere
3p
LC/A18/17 1780
Language: Latin
(1) Franciscus a Monte Alverme (president)
(2) Joseph a Purificatione (student)
Printed disputation:
Fundamentis ecclesi䟯ptimis Petro Scilicet, et Paulo, conclusiones selectas biblico-historico dogmaticas, super acta apostolorum, juxta SS. PP. ac Interpretum mentem depromptas; auxilitante Fr. Francisco a Monte Alverne,
sacre scriptur䟰rofessore, D. O. & C. Fr. Josephus a Purificatione defensurus in Conventu Sancti Petri de Alcantara due fluentis mensis 2 vespere
3p
LC/A18/18 [1760 x 1780]
Language: Latin
(1) Anastasio Coelho (president)
(2) Franciscus Alvares de Azevedo (student)
Printed disputation:
Conclusiones theologico scholasticas de deo, ejusque attributis, juxta miram, veram & inconcussam doctrinam D. Thome Aquinatis Doctoris Angelici: pr岩de Anastasio Coelho, presbytero congregationis missionis: tueri
conabitur Franciscus Alvares de Azevedo, ejusdem congregationis clericus: in eadem congregatione die 13 hujus mensis vespere
6p
LC/A18/19 [1760 x 1780]
Fragments of printed disputations
Collected by J. Glover and used as scrap paper to provide backing for note books or wrapping for archival items
1 bundle
LC/A18/20 [?1825]
Report by C. Leclerc entitled
“Collections in logic and metaphysics for future use. On the present state of these sciences”
10f
LC/A18/21 7 July 1850
Language: Latin
Printed profession of faith signed by Edmund Winstanley (on the recommendation of Nicholas Wiseman)
Winstanley is required to make a profession of faith before the nuncio or the patriarch in order to receive the degree of Doctor of Theology
Signed by Barnabo, secretary of Propaganda
On reverse: manuscript notarised attestation that Edmund Winstanley has made the profession of faith before the nuncio on the occasion of his doctorate
2p
Old Catalogue Number 430
LC/A18/22 14 May 1854
Language: Latin
Pope Pius IX conferring the degree of Doctor of Theology on J. Ilsley (on Nicholas Wiseman's recommendation)
Signed by Barnabo
2f
LC/A18/23 29 December 1857 - 17 January 1858
Language: Latin and English
Papers relating to Peter Baines's doctorate:
(1) Certificate of a doctorate conferred in the college chapel by the pro-nuncio, Cardinal Camillo de Pinto
(2) Speech [?by J. Ilsley] presenting the doctorate (with a draft)
(3) Speech of thanks by Baines
(4) Form used by the pro-nuncio
(5) Address presented with the doctoral ring by the students (in English)
5 items
LC/A18/24 1 June 1931
Language: Latin
Certificate awarding J. Sullivan
magna cum laude by the examiners of his doctoral dissertation
De sanatione in radice at the Anglicum, Rome
1f
LC/A18/25 [1760s]
Fragment by J. Preston of a dictate on Faith
10f
LC/A18/26 [late 18th century]
Draft by J. Allen of an address on the training of boys in oratory
7f
