G. E. Phillips Papers

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Introduction

About the creator

Contents

Bibliography

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Catalogue

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About the creator

George Esmond Phillips (1842-1918), Master of Low Figures at Ushaw College (1869-1882) and Head of Junior House (1884-1914).

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Contents

Correspondence, source material and other papers collected by Rev G.E. Phillips for the publication of Extinction of the Ancient Hierarchy: an account of the death in prison of the eleven bishops honoured at Rome amongst the martyrs of the Elizabethan persecution (London & Edinburgh: Sands & Co, 1905)

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Conditions of access

Open for consultation.

Copyright and copying

Permission to make any published use of material from the collection must be sought in advance from ushaw.library@durham.ac.uk 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

Bibliography

Phillips, G.E.,Extinction of the Ancient Hierarchy: an account of the death in prison of the eleven bishops honoured at Rome amongst the martyrs of the Elizabethan persecution (London & Edinburgh: Sands & Co, 1905)
Phillips, G.E., The cause of the eleven bishops with answers to objections (Edinburgh, 1910)

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Catalogue

UC/P37/1/1-22   22 November 1851 - 20 July 1884
Letters from George Phillips to Fr [?Thomas Wilkinson], mostly of a personal or trivial nature concerning family and friends, social engagements and his day-to-day role within the Church, particularly during his time in Rome. Many letters refer to his impressions of the religious life in Rome, such as his opinion of various churches, services and the celebration of feast days, as well as visiting places of historical and religious interest. There are occasional references to other matters, including: the attack on the pope from secret societies in Rome (18 October 1882); his surprise that a Newcastle paper had given prominence to a Catholic ceremony, and the discussion at the Oratory over the use of a telephone in confession (25 October 1882); the difficulty of following Philosophy lectures in the English College in Rome because of the Italian pronunciation of certain words, and requiring privileges from the pope to attend lectures at Propaganda (30 November - 3 December 1882); and his surprise at reports in the Tablet of clashes between the police and the Mazzinia in Rome as “we have neither heard nore seen anything”.
Also includes a letter from J. Gordon to his daughter, Mrs Phillips [?George's mother] concerning her emigration to Belgium over a family dispute concerning the religious education of [?her] children, commenting on church services at Malines, and his improving health at Rome and impressions of the place.
22 letters 
UC/P37/2-8   6 July 1892 - 15 October 1916
Correspondence between George Phillips and others, including R. Raikes Bromage (Universities Catholic Education Board), Edward Watson, Francis A. Gasquet, Cardinal Herbert Vaughan, Richard Lacy (bishop of Middlesbrough), mostly enclosing transcripts and answering enquries on the subject of his research and publications on the history of the Elizabethan persecution, as well as his involvement in the campaign to name and reconfirm papal honours granted to the eleven bishops.
UC/P37/9-12   [1892 - 1916]
Transcripts of archive and printed sources, mostly from the British Museum, on the subject of his research and publications on the history of the Elizabethan persecution, as well as his involvement in the campaign to name and reconfirm papal honours granted to the eleven bishops.
4 files 
UC/P37/13-15   23 October 1686 - 1910
Printed source material and publications:
3 items 
UC/P37/16-17   12 November 1905 & 19 December 1906
Language:  French
Letters from [?], Société des Bollandistes, to Phillips: the Analecta Bollandiana
2 letters