Reference code: GB-0298-LC/A17
Title: Sermons (Lisbon College)
Dates of creation: 1730-1858
Extent: 4 boxes
Held by: Ushaw College Library
Origination: Lisbon College
Language:
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 it's high reputation as a teaching and training establishment enabled it to survive for another 144 years.
Sermons delivered at Lisbon College.
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 by author.
Card catalogue with list
LC/A17/1 1757-1780
Language:
English
Manuscript transcripts of sermons by Jerome Allen
9 sermons
LC/A17/2 [May 1816] - 3 June 1858
Language:
English
Manuscript transcripts of sermons by Peter Baines
7 sermons
LC/A17/3 [early 19th century]
Language:
English
Manuscript transcript of a sermon by J. Bamber
1 sermon
LC/A17/4 1846-1847
Language:
English
Manuscript transcripts of sermons by Thomas Barge
3 sermons
LC/A17/5 1848
Language:
English
Manuscript transcripts of sermons by Joseph Browne
4 sermons
LC/A17/6 1 March 1829 - [17 April] 1835
Language:
English
Manuscript transcripts of sermons by J. Ilsley
20 sermons are undated
36 sermons & 1 bundle of fragments
LC/A17/7 1819-1834
Language:
English
Manuscript transcripts of sermons by Charles Le Clerc
Also includes two files of fragmentary sermons and notes
35 sermons & 2 files
LC/A17/8 [16 February] 1851
Language:
English
Manuscript transcripts of a sermon by Rev Mr Lucas
1 sermon
LC/A17/9 17 December 1730 - 6 December 1747
Language:
English
Manuscript transcripts of sermons by John Manley
The last sermon (6 December 1747) was a discourse made on the occasion of John Milner taking the college oath
4 sermons
LC/A17/10 1836
Language:
English
Manuscript transcript of a congratulatory address to the Rev Henry Norrington on the occasion of his celebrating his first mass
1 address
LC/A17/11 1745-1775
Language:
English
Manuscript transcript of sermons by John Preston
13 sermons
LC/A17/12 [9 April] 1841 - 30 October 1843
Language:
English
Manuscript transcript of sermons by the Rev L. Richmond
2 sermons
LC/A17/13 1853-1859
Language:
Portugese
Manuscript transcripts of sermons by Snr Silveira
13 sermons
LC/A17/14 [?1780x1789]
Language:
English
Manuscript transcript of sermons by J. Sumner
2 sermons
LC/A17/15 23 September 1906
Language:
English
Manuscript transcript of a sermon by Canon Vere on the occasion of the Golden Jubilee of the Very Rev Canon Duckett at St John's Roman Catholic Church in Norwich
1 sermon
LC/A17/16 28 November 1773 - 17 December 1775
Language:
English
Manuscript transcript of sermons by Rev P. White
6 sermons
LC/A17/17 November 1816 - 27 May 1844
Language:
English
Manuscript transcript of sermons by E. Winstanley
6 sermons undated
23 sermons
LC/A17/18 [mid 18th century - mid 19th century]
Language:
English
Manuscript transcript of unascribed and mostly undated sermons
1 box
