Reference code: GB-0298-LC/A6
Title: Lisbon College Life Papers
Dates of creation: 1629-1972
Extent: 5 files
Held by: Ushaw College Library
Origination: Lisbon College
Language: Latin, Portuguese 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 it's high reputation as a teaching and training establishment enabled it to survive for another 144 years.
Papers concerning daily life in the college, including matters relating to staffing, teaching, student discipline, the authority of the president and superiors, and the role of the Portuguese authorities (including the inquisitor general in the
college), as well as minutes of council meetings and progress reports of the 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 broadly chronological.
Calendared card catalogue
LC/A6/1 15 August 1629
Language: Latin
Note by Clemente Felix giving his opinion that Mailer is entitled to act with the powers Haynes had as president
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LC/A6/2 [10 August] 1645
Language: Latin
Anonymous verses congratulating Gilbert Blount and Francis Fisher on their first masses
2f
LC/A6/3 [?1645]
Language: Portuguese
Account of the terms on which Coutinho founded the college and its need of financial assistance in order to survive
2f
LC/A6/4 4 September 1697
Language: Portuguese
Letter from the inquisitor general to Lisbon College: order not to let lay people live in the college
2f
Old Catalogue Number 98
LC/A6/5 25 May 1708
Language: Portuguese
Petition not to be molested in digging graves in the church without applying to the grave-digger of the Merces
2f
LC/A6/6 1 August 1709
Language: Portuguese
Petition from Lisbon College to the Misericordia to rebuild the college
2f
LC/A6/7 1727
Language: Latin
Address by the Lisbonian priests in England to the king of Portugal thanking him for his help in rebuilding the college
A section of this letter has been damaged
2f
LC/A6/8 18 June 1731
Language: Latin
Sentence by John Manley on the punishment of Patrick Nash, Thomas Clifton and John Carter for drinking on the roof of the church
Sentence read in the refectory, 18 June 1731
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LC/A6/9 20 September 1737
Language: English
Appeal by Edward Jones for the continued restoration of the college's buildings, including a description of the college's resources, commitments and plans for improvement
2f
LC/A6/10 [?1737]
Language: English
Draft summary by John Preston of the college's poor financial position
Possibly a draft for the previous appeal
Additional notes by Manley
2f
LC/A6/11 July 1739
Language: Latin
Supplement by R. Bertwhistle to the
Annales
Entries for John Preston, Richard Bertwhistle and Anthony Champion
2f
LC/A6/12 29 May - 3 June 1740
Language: English
Minutes from Lisbon College council meetings relating to the poor conduct of Bertwhistle, as well as Perry's admittance to the college
2f
LC/A6/13 27 May 1741
Language: English
Memorandum by J. Manley with a detailed account of the scandalous behaviour of a student priest, J. Williams, his obstinate defence and eventual punishment
Also includes a brief account of R. Newton, M. Roe, and W. Ellis's desertion from the college
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LC/A6/14 5 March - 27 May 1741
Language: English
Memorandum by J. Manley summarising the case of T. Liddell who deserted the college and was re-admitted on 27 May 1741
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LC/A6/15 27 May 1741
Language: English and Latin
Transcript of a speech by Manley imposing a severe penance on T. Liddell for deserting the college for six weeks
On a separate sheet: the form of contrition to be read out by Liddell and notes for the penancy
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LC/A6/16 [1742]
Language: Portuguese and Latin
Draft of a petition by J. Manley sent to the inquisitor asking to uphold the interpretation of the Lisbon College constitution against J. Williams, T. Liddell, and P. Parry, who deserted the college without permission
In Manley's hand: relevant rules in Latin
In Preston's hand: the case of the superiors
Includes Manley's appeal to his own experience to show that the contrary custom is an abuse
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LC/A6/17 [1753]
Language: English
Notes by J. Manley on entry to the college, age, and baptism of students
On reverse: a letter from Allen to Ansel on obligations attaching to funds
1f
LC/A6/18 [1760]
Language: 1f
Petition from J. Preston to the queen of Portugal asking for the revival of his honorarium of a
testao a day for help in being catechist to the English in the college of catechumens
Portuguese
LC/A6/19 28 January 1780
Language: English
Minute of a council meeting on the ordination of Thomas Caton and his retention for teaching
1f
LC/A6/20 [1786]
Language: Latin, Portuguese and English
Collection of formulas for petitions, certificates, presentations, bills of exchange, procurations etc
Includes rules for the library, timetables for Holy Week, recipes etc.
Contents page at the back
12f
Old Catalogue Number 374
LC/A6/21 [1792]
Language: Portuguese
List of subscribers to the observatory, with amounts paid (or promised)
2f
Old Catalogue Number 408
LC/A6/22 [1800]
Language: English
Record of a discussion between E. Winstanley, J. Allen and S. Corbishley on valid matter for the Eucharist
This record is incomplete
2f
LC/A6/23 [1800]
Language: English
Description by E. Winstanley of Quinta at Pera
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LC/A6/24 1805
Language: Portuguese
Copy of a report compiled by E. Winstanley, T. Hurst and P. Wilcock sent to the inquisitor general on the state of the college at Fryer's death (15 August 1805)
2f
Old Catalogue Number 114
LC/A6/25 16 June 1812
Language: Portuguese
Agreement between J. Buckley and Catherine Milne on the terms for accepting Joseph Milne into the college as a convictor (portionista)
2f
Old Catalogue Number 288
LC/A6/26 April 1809 - April 1813; May 1813 - November 1817
Language: English
Baptism registers
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LC/A6/27 10 February 1820
Language: Portuguese
Letter from E. Winstanley to the inquisitor asking for approval to receive the president's salary for the period in which he was acting-president
Approved by the inquisitor
With an additional copy
2f
Old Catalogue Number 107 - 108
LC/A6/28 1824
Language: English
Epitaphs for former Lisbon College presidents, 1640 - 1824
11f
LC/A6/29 20 April 1826
Language: Portuguese
Brief history of the college up to Buckley's appointment as bishop
With an additional copy
1f
LC/A6/30 January 1828
Language: English
Private diary for January 1828
11f
LC/A6/31 [1828]
Language: English
Translation by J. Walmesley of entries on Russell, Godden and Allen
11f
Donated by Bishop Brian Foley, August 1977
LC/A6/32 19 March 1829
Language: English
Speech given by H. Lea on the occasion of the ordination of J. Walmesley
6f
Donated by Bishop Brian Foley, 19 July 1976
LC/A6/33 1830
Language: English
Diary of a visit (or return) to England by a member of the college [?Edward McStay]
16f
LC/A6/34 14 April 1833
Language: English
Attestation by four students denying that they lit the candles at the four altars of the college chapel
1f
LC/A6/35 21 January 1834
Language: Latin
Latin poem from the students of Lisbon College to Ambassador William Russell in honour of his visit
[?With additional copies]
3f
Old Catalogue Number 445
LC/A6/36 23 April 1835
Language: Portuguese
Attestation by Marqueza Camareira Mor testifying to T. Hurst's exemplary character
Confirmed, 11 April 1843
1f
LC/A6/37 8 October 1838
Language: English
Investigation on the conduct of J. Leigh, J. Bleasdale & A. Bamber
Result: J. Leigh expelled and the other two required to do penance
2f
LC/A6/38 1837 - 1838
Language: English
Documents relating to the Luso British Catholic Charity School whose purpose was to save Catholics from being forced to send children to Protestant schools:
(1) Address to the Catholic public seeking subscriptions on its opening
(2) Conductors of the school thanking subscribers and explaining the school's principles
(3) Note on the increased numbers and the move to a larger house
3 items
LC/A6/39 [29 June] 1848
Language: English
Memoranda by E. Winstanley on the St Peter's day and Corpus Christi celebrations
3f
LC/A6/40 21 November 1848
Language: Portuguese
Letter from E. Winstanley to P. Baines: certifying that Baines has permission to go to Porto on college business
1f
LC/A6/41 [1849]
Language: English, Portuguese and Latin
Notes by E. Winstanley for the continuation of the
Annales
Includes: summary decrees of the Council of Superiors, 1825 - 1849; changes in the rules 1822 - 1841; memoir of J. Allen; and a draft for
Annales
59f
LC/A6/42 1850
Language: Portuguese, English and French
Printed ticket for Lenten confession at Lisbon College
1 sheet
LC/A6/43 28 April 1851
Language: English
Certification by E. Winstanley that Baines has permission to visit England and act for the college as procurator
Onthe same sheet: certification by J. Ilsley that Baines has been sent by the superiors on a confidential mission
Section torn
2 items
LC/A6/44 [July 1852]
Language: English
Letter from L. Richmond to the president of Lisbon College: Henderson deciding to leave the college
2f
LC/A6/45 [July 1852]
Language: English
Letter from L. Richmond to the president of Lisbon College: wanting to send two philosophers at Quinta to the college
2f
LC/A6/46 August 1852
Language: Latin
Draft report sent by J. Ilsley to the nuncio on the college (mainly studies) in answer to some charges made against the college from England in Rome
5f
Old Catalogue Number 458
LC/A6/47 May 1853
Language: English
List of students, with dioceses
1f
LC/A6/48 December 1853
Language: Latin
Status Collegii
List of staff and students, with a few notes on the academic course and ordinations
2f
LC/A6/49 1853
Language: English
List of students
1f
LC/A6/50 [1853]
Language: English
Private notes by J. Ilsley for the guidance of P. Baines including the nomination of students, Norris's will, and his desire not to be president
2f
LC/A6/51 1853
Language: Portuguese and English
Printed prospectus for the college's academy for the education of youth
This was formally run by J. Ilsley
4p
LC/A6/52 29 June 1854
Language: English
Address of congratulations by the Lisbon College students to J. Ilsley on his appointment as president and Doctor of Theology
2f
LC/A6/53 1854
Language: Latin
Status Collegii
With seven additional copies
8 items
LC/A6/54 1854
Language: English
Newspaper cutting from
The Lamp (p.563-66) including an article by S. Sandiford entitled “Two days with the students of the English College”
4p
LC/A6/55 20 December 1855
Language: English
Poem by E.C. on J. Ilsley's birthday
2f
LC/A6/56 1855
Language: Latin
Status Collegii
2f
LC/A6/57 24 April 1856
Language: Portuguese
Letter from the Academia Real dos Professores de Musica to Joseph Ilsley: admittance of Ilsley as
socio amador of the Academia
Enclosed: receipt for his entry fee
3f
LC/A6/58 12 December 1856
Language: Portuguese
Letter from J. Ilsley to W. Browne: appointing Browne procurator of the college
1f
LC/A6/59 1856
Language: Latin
Status Collegii
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LC/A6/60 June 1859
Language: English
Circular by John Martin (M.D.) of an argument submitted, with deference to the consideration of the English residents of Lisbon, in favour of a proposal to establish the delivery of popular scientific lectures in the city
2f
LC/A6/61 [?1859]
Language: English
Draft copies of a loyal address by the students of Lisbon College to the Prince of Wales on the occasion of his visit to Lisbon
2 items
LC/A6/62 27 February 1860
Language: Portuguese
Attestation from Antonio Joaquim Pereira Vianna that he has seen the baptismal register of the college and that Mary Greenfield Martin was conditionally baptised in the college by Ilsley on 14 June 1854 (born on 28 March 1823)
This item cannot be located, 18 October 2013
[1f]
LC/A6/63 1860
Language: Latin
“Schematismus alumnorum Sacrae Congregationi de Propaganda Fide exhibitus”
List of students
1f
LC/A6/64 1861
Language: Latin
Draft by J. Ilsley of the
“Annales Continuati”, 1852 - 61
20f
LC/A6/65 1863
Language: English
Draft by P. Baines of a prospectus explaining funds and pensions and stipulating the qualifications required of those who wish to enter the college
1f
LC/A6/66 [1862] - 1864
Language: English
List of students who have not presented baptism certificates
2f
LC/A6/67 [1862] - 1864
Language: English
Fasting list
1f
LC/A6/68 [1863 - 1864]
Language: Latin
Draft by William Hilton of
“Annales Continuati” for 1863-4
4f
LC/A6/69 April 1865
Language: Latin
Beginning of a draft letter from P. Baines to the nuncio accepting his appointment as president
1f
LC/A6/70 24 April 1865
Language: English
Address by the students of Lisbon College to P. Baines congratulating him on becoming president
Signed by thirty students
2f
LC/A6/71 22 November 1865
Language: English
List of students, with dioceses, funds and pensions
2f
LC/A6/72 [1860 - 1865]
Language: English and Portuguese
Meditation notes for retreats
5 items
LC/A6/73 14 February 1866
Language: English
Fasting list
2f
LC/A6/74 12 April 1866
Language: English
Letter by P. Baines to the Low Week meeting of the bishops of England and Wales: various requests and queries about funds, pensions, and staffing
The bishops' answers are written in the margin by one of the bishops [?Vaughan]
1f
LC/A6/75 19 October 1866
Language: English
Lists of students
2f
LC/A6/76 June 1867
Language: Latin
“Schematismus alumnorum Sacrae Congregationi de Propaganda Fide exhibitus”
Includes a further draft copy
2 items
LC/A6/77 29 May 1869
Language: English
Note to the president on chemical experiments to be performed in the Philosophers' school on 31 May
1f
LC/A6/78 [1869]
Language: Latin
Address by the students of Lisbon College to Cardinal Oreglia congratulating him
2f
Old Catalogue Number 508
Old catalogue card states the existence of a reply by Cardinal Oreglia although this cannot be located
LC/A6/79 26 October 1870
Language: Portuguese
Note by the superiors of Lisbon College empowering P. Baines to sell a
foro attached to the Quinta da Caneira at Pera
1f
LC/A6/80 1 January 1873
Language: English
Poem on the college garden
1f
LC/A6/81 22 April 1876
Language: English
Typescript copy of a report by Herbert Vaughan (bishop of Salford) sent to the bishops of England and Wales on the condition of the English colleges in Spain and Portugal
Copy made by the rector of Valladolid and sent to Lisbon, 26 January 1926
20p
Old Catalogue Number 547
LC/A6/82 [November 1876]
Language: Latin
Draft appeal by P. Baines to Cardinal [?Franchi] to prevent Thomas Cawley and James Singleton from being recalled by their bishops until he has found suitable replacements
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LC/A6/83 1 December 1876
Language: Latin
Further copy of the above appeal
4f
LC/A6/84 9 July 1880
Language: English
Rough minutes of a meeting to discuss the case of Arthur Byrne
1f
LC/A6/85 1882
Language: English
Verses by Fr B.M. Hughes entitled
“Lament for Monsignor Baines”
Also includes a further copy and a typescript copy
3 items
LC/A6/86 1882
Language: English
Note by W. Eden asking the superiors of Lisbon College to pay part of the expenses of his trip to New York in 1881
1f
LC/A6/87 1890
Language: English
Order of devotions for the month of May (Lisbon: Universal Printing Office)
55p
LC/A6/88 1895
Language: English
Foran, W.,
Ode on the Silver Jubilee of the Lisbonian Society
3p
LC/A6/89 28 November 1909
Language: English and Latin
List by Rev Professor Konrad Ernst of Hildersheim of incunabula, Rheims and Douai Bibles, and pamphlets in the college library
11f
LC/A6/90 December 1910
Language: English
Programme of entertainment in honour of W. Hilton's diamond jubilee
3p
LC/A6/91 May 1913
Language: English
Printed appeal by the superiors of Lisbon College for the rebuilding of Luz
With two additional copies
2p
LC/A6/92 5 June 1919
Language: English and French
Letter from John Cullen to Cardinal Bisleti of the Congregation of Seminaries: difficulties facing the college
Includes a French translation of this letter
2 items
Old Catalogue Number 533
LC/A6/93 18 September 1919
Language: English
Itinerary for new students travelling overland to Lisbon
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LC/A6/94 27 June 1920
Language: Portuguese
Letter from the nuncio to John Cullen: approval of an increase in superiors' salaries
2f
Old Catalogue Number 539
LC/A6/95 8 October 1920
Language: English
Letter from John Cullen to Cardinal Bisleti of the Congregation of Seminaries: report on the college and the arrival of students
3f
Old Catalogue Number 534
LC/A6/95a December 1920
List of speeches with names of seminarians giving them, probably for a Christmas programme of entertainment
1 sheet
LC/A6/96 1922
Illuminated frontispiece sent by Syon Abbey to Lisbon College on the occasion of the college's tercentenary
1 illustration
LC/A6/97 14 February 1929
Language: English
Memorandum by J. Sullivan on his memories of book reading in his student days (1919 - 1929)
6f
LC/A6/98 [1920 x 1929] & August 1930
Language: English
Notes by J. Cullen for a speech to the Lisbonian Society
2 items
LC/A6/99 28 May 1934
Language: English
Letter from Peter Ciriaci (Nuncio) to the alumni of Lisbon College: promising to be a loyal friend and protector of the college
2f
Old Catalogue Number 550
LC/A6/100 12 November 1934
Language: English
Letter from the nuncio to J. Cullen: approval of increments in superiors' salaries for six years of seniority
1f
Old Catalogue Number 551
LC/A6/101 15 December 1934
Language: Portuguese
Copy of a request to the Minister of Justice for permission to publish
The Lisbonian
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LC/A6/102 8 - 24 April 1936
Language: English
Report by John Cullen sent to the hierarchy on the progress of Lisbon College
With acknowledgement from Hinsley giving the thanks of the hierarchy
2 items
Old Catalogue Number 553
LC/A6/103 31 July 1936
Language: Portuguese
Letter from the nuncio to John Cullen: permission to sell a book of antique maps
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LC/A6/104 22 March 1937
Language: English
Report by John Cullen sent to the hierarchy on the progress of Lisbon College
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LC/A6/105 17 July 1939
Language: English
Letter from the Ministry of Labour to Mgr J. MacMillan: exemption from military service for ecclesiastical students
Copy circulated by Archbishop's House, Westminster
Includes a newspaper cutting on the same subject
2 items
Old Catalogue Number 587
LC/A6/106 22 April 1942
Language: English
Notes about J. Cullen's last illness
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LC/A6/107 1942
Language: English
Brief note by Arthur Holmes on Cullen's appointment as regent in 1919
1f
LC/A6/108 1942
Language: English
Typescript obituary by A. Jackson on John Cullen
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LC/A6/109 27 June 1943
Language: English
Note by Joseph Crowley about the suspension of Winder's appointment to the presidency
1f
LC/A6/110 December 1943
Language: English
Account by A. Reardon of the financial situation of Lisbon College when he arrived to take over the procuratorship
1f
LC/A6/111 1943
Seating plan for the chapel for Holy Week and Christmas
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LC/A6/112 18 May 1950
Language: English
Obituary for William Collingwood
1 newspaper cutting
LC/A6/113 15 May 1956
Language: English
Report by Dr Karl-Heinz Mueller of Messrs Gray and Davison's opinion on the college organ
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LC/A6/114 1 March 1957
Language: English
Cutting from the
Ilkley Gazette on Queen Elizabeth's visit to Portugal and the White Ensign
1 newspaper cutting
LC/A6/115 23 March 1958
Language: English
Typescript copy of an obituary notice for Arthur Holmes
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LC/A6/116 April 1958
Language: English
Cutting from the
Southwark Record on John Winder by Joseph Crowley
1 newspaper cutting
LC/A6/117 February 1959
Language: English
Cutting from the
Liverpool Cathedral Record of notes on James Wagstaffe, John Joseph and James Lennon (all Lisbonians)
1 newspaper cutting
LC/A6/118 16 November 1961
Language: English
Note by J. Sullivan recording the deposit of a Book of Hours at the bank and listing other contents in the deposit box
The Book of Hours is now at Ushaw College
2f
LC/A6/119 13 September 1969
Language: English
List of books at Luz
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LC/A6/120 1962 - 1969
Language: English
Notes from the Common Room Committee, 1962 - 1969
1 notebook
LC/A6/121 17 November 1972
Language: English
Letter from Adrian Pettit in the
Universe about the White Ensign
1 newspaper cutting
LC/A6/122 [late 19th century]
Language: English
Notes on the college agent:
(1) J. Ilsley: nomination of the agent
(2) P. Baines: agent's duties
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