Reference code: GB-0298-LC/A2
Title: Certificates of Reconciliation
Dates of creation: 1738-1782
Extent: 5 files
Held by: Ushaw College Library
Origination: Lisbon College
Language:
Portuguese
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.
Certificates of Reconciliation to the Roman Catholic Church from Lisbon students.
The Portuguese form of names in the documents is retained.
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.
These certificates of reconciliation to the Catholic Church are in the Lisbon College archive because it was customary for a member of staff to be employed by the Inquisition of Portugal as an interpreter for English-speaking visitors to Lisbon
(usually sailors). The Inquisitor General of Portugal was the College's Protector.
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.
Listed card catalogue
LC/A2/1 26 September 1738
Samuel Joao Leve
1f
LC/A2/2 [?October] 1738
Joao Morgan
1f
LC/A2/3 [?4 January] 1740
Joao Basset
1f
LC/A2/4 [?7 January 1740]
[?Ricardo Fox]
1f
LC/A2/5 16 January [?1740]
Henrique Moon
1f
LC/A2/6 9 June 1740
Suzanna Sing
1f
LC/A2/7 27 June 1740
Roberto Young
1f
LC/A2/8 26 January 1741
Joao Pasco and Tomas Prett
1f
LC/A2/9 25 April 1742
Joao Dent
1f
LC/A2/10 4 January 1743
Joao Mathus, Guolherme Harwood & Diogo Lavoley [?Lawley]
1f
LC/A2/11 26 January 1743
Joao [?Escotte] & Ricardo Balli
1f
LC/A2/12 31 [?March] 1743
Thomas Walters
1f
LC/A2/13 4 April 1743
Joao Davis
1f
LC/A2/14 [?14 August] 1743
Thomas Chesterton, Henrique Daobyshire, Ricardo Jones, Samuel Sparro, Joao Barone & Joao Thevet
1f
LC/A2/15 23 August 1743
Diogo Yonge
1f
LC/A2/16 20 September 1743
Jorge Rounde[?ful]
1f
LC/A2/17 7 October 1743
Jorge Anderson
1f
LC/A2/18 2 December 1743
Vincent Symmonds, Guilherme Pendrick, [?Jaoa Huddon] & Guilherme Gray
1f
LC/A2/19 16 October 1744
Diogo Morine, Joao Jephson, Joao Guilherme, Joe Griffiel & David Weems
1f
LC/A2/20 5 September 1745
Guilherme Pearse & Joao Briges
1f
LC/A2/21 3 October 1745
Guilherme Moses, Paulo Macbeth, Diogo Parry, Tomas Bartlet, Tomas Mitchel & Joao Hunt
1f
LC/A2/22 19 February 1746
Guilherme Filewood, Diogo Morgan, Joze Hall & Fr. Hireby
1f
LC/A2/23 9 March 1746
[?Joao Smith] & Tomas Moore
1f
LC/A2/24 20 April 1746
Eugenia Nickinson
1f
LC/A2/25 26 May 1746
Jacob Langford
1f
LC/A2/26 24 May 1746
Duarte Cartwright
1f
LC/A2/27 26 May 1746
Diogo Hall
1f
LC/A2/28 June 1746
Joao Smallman
Note by J. Preston: has heard his confession and given communion in college
1f
LC/A2/29 9 July 1746
Guilherme Hebburn, Matheos Conway, Frco Marshal, Joao MacNeal, Joao Ash & Joao Knight
1f
LC/A2/30 30 July 1746
Guilherme Daniel, Lourenco Baker, Henrique Long, Joao Pito, Joao Shelton, Diogo Penny, Joao Rogers, Francisco Frier, Tomas Ganer, Joao Brosk, Tomas Parriye, Tomas Padget
Tomas Padget added by Preston
1f
LC/A2/31 6 August 1746
Guilherme Harries
1f
LC/A2/32 24 September 1746
Jorge Masters
1f
LC/A2/33 8 January 1754
Andre Kelli
1f
LC/A2/34 3 July 1754
Joao Taylor
1f
LC/A2/35 1 February 1755
Jorge Crofts
1f
LC/A2/36 22 July - 5 August 1757
Guilherme Leddell
Note by G. Barnard: instruction, confession & communion, 5 August 1757
1f
LC/A2/37 31 October 1757
Matthias Knowland
1f
LC/A2/38 10 December 1757
Joao Fenell & Paulo Gorman
1f
LC/A2/39 13 March 1758
Antonio Bedell & Joao Bonnohue
1f
LC/A2/40 4 April 1758
Roberto Cook
1f
LC/A2/41 24 May 1758
Joao Bartlett
Note by Bernard
1f
LC/A2/42 June 1758
Diogo Johnson, Tomas Hand, Carols Burchell & Carlos Gatliffe
1f
LC/A2/43 6 July 1758
Tomaz Collins & Joao Nicholson
Note by J. Preston
1f
LC/A2/44 27 October 1758
Diogo Holland
1f
LC/A2/45 17 November 1758
[?Corni Macleary]
1f
LC/A2/46 10 January 1759
Daniel Jones, Tomas Ebenezer, Diogo Clark & Joao Gardiner
1f
LC/A2/47 1 February 1759
Daniel Broughton & Tomas Flannegan
1f
LC/A2/48 27 March 1759
Joao King
2f
LC/A2/49 4 April 1759
Benjamin Holbrook, Tomas Langley & [?Joao Sly]
Note by Preston on Holbrook
1f
LC/A2/50 15 May 1759
Tomas Marsh & Jorge Love
1f
LC/A2/51 21 June 1759
Diogo Maccavoy, Jorge Reynolds, Ricardo Walsh & Joao Ponde
1f
LC/A2/52 3 August 1759
Guilherme Cooper, Izac Shortman & [?Joao Homepreto]
1f
LC/A2/53 17 August 1759
Benjamin Gray
1f
LC/A2/54 11 October 1759
Roberto Fuller & Ma Slat
1f
LC/A2/55 16 February 1760
Diogo [?Woolingsao]
1f
LC/A2/56 4 June -2 August 1760
Joao Vernon
Note by Preston: confession & communion in college, 2 August 1760
1f
LC/A2/57 17 June 1760
Francisco Perry
1f
LC/A2/58 5 July - September 1760
Ricardo Galloway & Hugo Collins
Note by Preston: confession in September
1f
LC/A2/59 6 September - 21 October 1760
Samuel Peaseful
Note by Preston: confession & communion, 21 October 1760
1f
LC/A2/60 20 September 1760
Joao Quail
1f
LC/A2/61 8 October 1760
Spirro Nenza
Note by Superior of Italian Capuchins
1f
LC/A2/62 15 November 1760
Abraham King
1f
LC/A2/63 28 November 1760
Joao Philips
1f
LC/A2/64 1 February 1761
Jorge Cunningham & [?Carlos Broziers]
1f
LC/A2/65 7 February 1761
Joao Freeman & Henrique Bamford
1f
LC/A2/66 25 May 1761
Duarte Williams
1f
LC/A2/67 20 June 1761
[?Tomas Ceask]
1f
LC/A2/68 26 June 1761
Duarte Keplim, [?Tomas Havins] & Ricardo Jones
1f
LC/A2/69 17 July 1761
Tomas Williams, Tomas Holdway, Diogo King & Joao Jones
1f
LC/A2/70 August 1761
Joao Brice
1f
LC/A2/71 18 August 1761
Samuel Wellis & Maria Wellis
1f
LC/A2/72 17 October 1761
Tomas Herbridge, Samson Winn & Archibaldo Cook
1f
LC/A2/73 31 October 1761
Guilherme Friend & Roberto Dickson
1f
LC/A2/74 6 November 1761
Samuel Wilkinson
1f
LC/A2/75 17 June 1762
Diogo [?Mackildared]
1f
LC/A2/76 1 September 1762
Guilherme Campbell, Tomas Dyk & Judith Egan
1f
LC/A2/77 1 February 1763
Roberto Simmonds
1f
LC/A2/78 3 March 1763
Guilherme Mayhurst
1f
LC/A2/79 6 March 1763
Thomas Maddison
1f
LC/A2/80 24 March 1763
Joao Brandon
1f
LC/A2/81 20 May 1763
Francisco Winter & Jonathan Moss
1f
LC/A2/82 June 1763
Joao O'Kelly & Jeremias Denton
1f
LC/A2/83 8 June 1763
Jorge Courtney
1f
LC/A2/84 11 July 1763
Tomas Cotter
1f
LC/A2/85 13 August 1763
Diogo Crauford & Nathaniel Robinson
1f
LC/A2/86 25 August 1763
Alicia Scott & [?Izabel Skuee]
1f
LC/A2/87 26 September 1763
Samuel Gordon, Joao Douglas & Jorge Chalk
1f
LC/A2/88 October 1763
Duarte Chambers, Joao Short & Guilherme Park
1f
LC/A2/89 27 October 1763
Ricardo Routledge
1f
LC/A2/90 21 January 1764
Francisco Leary, Nathaniel Coverley, Joao Groom & Joze Curtis
1f
LC/A2/91 February 1764
Manoel [?Inoim]
1f
LC/A2/92 12 March 1764
Carlos Macdonald & Diogo Clifford
1f
LC/A2/93 28 April 1764
Arnold Darbyshire & Izabel Thomson
1f
LC/A2/94 June 1764
Joao White, Guilherme Doysedale, Joseph Crozoder, Guilherme Loadman & Marmaduke Darby
1f
LC/A2/95 27 June 1764
Guilherme Fineham, Diogo Henry & Joao Cook
1f
LC/A2/96 14 September 1764
Diogo Warren, Lourenço Loutler & Pedro Ray
1f
LC/A2/97 24 January 1765
Diogo Gordon
1f
LC/A2/98 1 October 1765
[?Luiz de Morte]
1f
LC/A2/99 9 October 1765
Joao Taylor
1f
LC/A2/100 13 November 1765
Joao Burnet
1f
LC/A2/101 18 February 1766
Lanceloto Henderson
1f
LC/A2/102 31 May 1766
Joao Hill
1f
LC/A2/103 31 May 1766
Samuel Hindes
1f
LC/A2/104 2 September 1766
Catherina Depuy
1f
LC/A2/105 9 October 1766
Samuel Dyson
1f
LC/A2/106 10 January 1767
Diogo Shepperd
1f
LC/A2/107 9 February 1767
[?]
2f
LC/A2/108 31 October 1767
Guilherme Page
1f
LC/A2/109 10 December 1767
Diogo Barker & Joao Amson
1f
LC/A2/110 27 July 1771
Roberto Madeira
1f
LC/A2/111 10 July 1773
Joze Chrethorne Pelageiro
1f
LC/A2/112 5 May 1775
Joao Mackenzy
1f
LC/A2/113 4 November 1775
Thomas Brown
1f
LC/A2/114 12 February 1778
Henrique Jones
Note by Preston
1f
LC/A2/115 17 July 1779
Francisco Homem Preto
1f
LC/A2/116 22 October 1779
Joao [?Hadden]
1f
LC/A2/117 5 February 1780
Joao Manning
1f
LC/A2/118 3 March 1780
Samuel West Briggs
1f
LC/A2/119 3 March 1780
Joao Willoughby Mansfield
1f
LC/A2/120 2 May 1780
Joao Boonj
1f
LC/A2/121 26 June 1780
Tomas Jones & Joam Miles
1f
LC/A2/122 26 June 1780
Hezab Kriger
1f
LC/A2/123 8 August 1780
Gelardo Jones & Joam Dent
1f
LC/A2/124 9 October 1780
Anna Camina
1f
LC/A2/125 9 October 1780
Sara Simpson
1f
LC/A2/126 1 February 1781
Guilherme Mimpriss
1f
LC/A2/127 10 June 1781
Jaenae Smith
1f
LC/A2/128 15 June 1781
[?Lumas Jones]
1f
LC/A2/129 19 October 1781
Joao Gilard
1f
LC/A2/130 19 October 1781
Tomaz Seymour
1f
LC/A2/131 19 October 1781
Henrique Sutton
1f
LC/A2/132 19 October 1781
Guilherme Heather
1f
LC/A2/133 15 November 1781
Roberto Ross, Joseph Hoibes, Joam Boyle & Esmael Hart
1f
LC/A2/134 6 March 1782
Sara Shirley
1f
