Abraham, James
Reference: UC/P26/1/A1/1
Dates of creation: 16 March 1844
Extent: 1 letter
Abraham to Newsham: the transfer of money to Newsham's account, the laying of the foundation stone of Blackbrook chapel.

Adamson, Thomas
Reference: UC/P26/1/A2/1-2
Dates of creation: 8 & 15 May 1844
Extent: 2 letters
Adamson to Newsham: a donation of £300 to Ushaw for the college's educational purposes.

Baggs, Charles Michael
Reference: UC/P26/1/B1/1
Dates of creation: 26 April 1841
Extent: 1 letter
Baggs to Newsham: the pope's gratitude for Ushaw College's loyalty, enlisting the sympathy of the pope and Propaganda for the bishops against Eastwood.

Bagshawe, Henry Ridgard
Reference: UC/P26/1/B2/1-2
Dates of creation: 14 March 1839 & 23 August 1853
Extent: 2 letters
Bagshawe to Newsham: the first advising Newsham that he has consulted with Mr Langdale and decided that colleges should make separate memorials concerning affiliation to London University; the second concerning a legal opinion on a voluntary deed by Thomas Sherburne.

Baines, Peter Augustine
Reference: UC/P26/1/B3/1-2
Dates of creation: 22 August & 8 October 1840
Extent: 2 letters
Baines to Newsham: the first concerning a recommendation for the new bishop of the Northern District, and Hogarth having done nothing to offend the regular clergy; the second concerning the official acceptance of Weedell's resignation, the unlikelihood of Hogarth being acceptable to Propaganda and the Jesuits, and the pope changing his opinion, and his hopes that Ushaw won't build a Gothic church, with suggestions on his preferred option for the church.

Bamber, John
Reference: UC/P26/1/B4/1
Dates of creation: 30 December [?1851]
Extent: 1 letter
Bamber to Newsham: thanking him for the loan of books and advice on a printed controversy in Sunderland surrounding the rule of faith.

Billington, Thomas
Reference: UC/P26/1/B5/1-3
Dates of creation: 8 October 1835 - 31 July 1847
Extent: 3 letters
Billington to Newsham: the first concerning Newsham's vindication against Brother James; the second relating to vacant burses at Ushaw, and the [?cholera] epidemic in York and its effects on the Irish immigrants; the third (copy) Ushaw will have nothing to do with any arbitration in the Wycliffe affair, Witham's threats of legal action are empty.

Bishop, J.C.
Reference: UC/P26/1/B6/1-5
Dates of creation: 5 April 1847 - 9 March 1848
Extent: 5 letters
Bishop to Newsham: the new organ for Ushaw College.

Briggs, John
Reference: UC/P26/1/B7/1-21
Dates of creation: 27 November 1837 - 21 December 1858
Extent: 19 letters
Briggs to Newsham: including donations to Ushaw (27 November 1837, 28 April 1839; 26 December 1843, 13 December 1847, 10 April 1853); legal difficulties concerning giving Cornsay farm to Ushaw, objections to Cardinal Fransoni's proposed Benedictine chapel at Liverpool, and a sermon by Nicholas Wiseman (26 September 1839); seeking Newsham's opinion on a petition from Wiseman to the pope to allow him to form a body of missionaries, with a transcript of the petition (14 March 1840); Yorkshire clergy planning a retreat to Ushaw (20 August 1841); enquiring about the pension for church students (30 December 1843); the Wycliffe affair (16 December 1846); introducing Mr Hostage (2 February 1847); offering advice on dealing with Rome, willing to convey the feelings of the northern clergy concerning the appointment of the new vicar-apostolic, and advising him to inform Sharples that the contemplated appointment would not be welcomed (13 December 1847); his reluctance to grant a dispensation for Croskell's ordination and his regret that Croskell is lost to the mission (12 September 1850); hoping that Newsham will accept two boys on Yorkshire funds (23 September, 9 October 1851); approval of Edward Riddell's ordination (10 December 1851); his intention to send a boy to the Venerable Bede College (8 October 1855); Briggs' dividends (21 December 1858).
Newsham to Briggs, concerning accusations made by Brggs of deception and advising him that donations have been spent on improvements to the college (2 January 1844); the Wycliffe affair (17 February 1845); concerning the two Yorkshire boys (30 September 1851).

Brown, George
Reference: UC/P26/1/B8/1-28
Dates of creation: 5 January 1841 - 27 August 1852
Extent: 25 letters
Brown to Newsham: the vitality of the college [?Ushaw] to the Catholic Church and the need for harmony and cooperation (5 January 1841); an expelled boy, Wiseman's sermon in Manchester, and the purchase of land for a church in Salford (27 January 1841); students from Valladolid, questioning what Newsham has done with the £1,000 for the Lancashire district, the scandal caused by Eastwood, Brown's answer to Propaganda, and questioning whether Platt wants more money for university staff (22 February 1841); audiences with the pope, his inability to defeat the Jesuits, questioning whether Ushaw professors have the right to choose their district, and the honour given to him by the pope (7 January 1842); his stay with Francis Sloane who has been promised a set of minerals for the college (1 December 1842); the pope's consecration of four cardinals, the quality of the students in the English College in Rome, the number of students leaving Ushaw for health reasons, and the recommendation of Robert Tate for a D.D. (16 February 1844); Chadwick's stay at Ushaw (18 September 1845); his belief that Goss would not last two months in a town mission, and requesting that John Gibson be prepared for ordination (22 June 1848); his right to claim Walker as a professor following the division of the district (6 May 1850); the scandalous behaviour of Dr Sharples (13 September 1850); his inability to pay the procurator, and Sharples (29 December 1851); the payment of students in Rome (30 December 1851); accusations made against him of dishonesty in the division of funds (19 May 1852); concerning plans for a new seminary [?1850].
Brown to Wiliam Hogarth: defending his decision to make St Edward's a seminary and claiming that it will not rival Ushaw (26, 31 May, 5, 9 June, 17, 30 July, 6 September 1850)
Hogarth to Brown: wishing to meet up with him to discuss the St Edward's affair (7, 13, 21 June, 23 July, July, 10 September 1850.
Brown to William Turner: the controversy surrounding St Edward's (27 August 1852).

Brown, James
Reference: UC/P26/1/B9/1-13
Dates of creation: 14 July 1851 - 8 September 1857
Extent: 9 letters
Brown to Newsham: thanking him for his congratulations on Brown's appointment and he will look to Ushaw for help (14 July 1851); the lack of agreement on George Brown's division of funds, and asking Newsham if he could have an Ushaw student to take up a burse in Rome (2 December 1851); his difficulties with George Brown, and his gratitude towards Ushaw (December 1851); George Brown refusing to give up Seed so he (James Brown) will refuse to let any Lancashire student be ordained until funds have been divided (1 July 1853); informing him of the custom relating to episcopal authority over ordinations (5 July 1853); the need for time to sort out students for the diocese, and his criticism of Gibbon and Walton (1 March 1855); satisfied with the explanation about Cornsay House farm, and Lennon representing Brown at the examination of Divines (8 September 1857).
Newsham to Brown: Brown's suspension of ordaining students and informing him that only the bishop can do this, with a draft letter concerning the bishop of Shrewsbury's opinion on James Brown's plan to suspend ordinations (2 July 1853); Brown's confusion with the right to ordain and the right to services after ordination (6 July 1853); his opinion that he has not misled Brown over Gibbon, and agreeing to implement any standard Brown proposes about who should be ordained for Shrewsbury, and his belief that Walton is employable (2 March 1855).

Brown, Thomas J.
Reference: UC/P26/1/B10/1-2
Dates of creation: 28 March 1856 & 3 July 1858
Extent: 2 letters
Brown to Newsham: his inability to act as a witness in Newsham's favour against Briggs over Cornsay farm (28 March 1836); apologising for not being able to visit Ushaw during its jubilee.

Brown, William
Reference: UC/P26/1/B11/1-8
Dates of creation: 11 January 1844 - 25 May 1850
Extent: 6 letters
Brown to Newsham: plans for a preparatory school in Lancashire and its possible threat to Ushaw (11 January 1844, 5 December 1845, 25 May 1850); Butter's will and executors, and Eastwood causing trouble (19 March 1846); gossip about Ushaw's funds and Bishop George Brown's views (22 March 1846); placing a boy at Ushaw (6 January 1850).

[?Brunetti, G.W.]
Reference: UC/P26/1/B12/1
Dates of creation: 6 October 1848
Extent: 1 letter
Brunetti to Newsham: exhibiting a model of Jerusalem.

Caley, George Joseph
Reference: UC/P26/1/C1/1-50
Dates of creation: [October 1847] - 4 November 1860
Extent: 35 letters
Caley to Newsham: a trip to the continent, including his visit to Louvain, Cologne, Ulm and Munich churches, and comparisons with St Cuthbert's ([October 1847]); Weld decorating the VEC [Venerable English College, Rome], Pugin causing a stir in Rome, his disappointment with the ceremonies at St Peter's, speculation concerning the restoration of the hierarchy and Wiseman's role, Manning in Rome, and his view that Prior Park is doomed and Oscott is in difficulties (30 November [1847]); Hoffman's letter on the Lady statue, and crosses and Durham seals compared with Pugin's (13 November 1848); on the need for a pair of steps or an ambo for Hardman's paschal candlestick and his willingness to sketch one (19 March 1853); preparations of furnishings for the chapel ([?1856]); attending lectures at the Roman College, his opinion that Cruickshank would be a worthy professor for Ushaw, the pope wanting the best students from England for Rome, the success of the Confraternity application, and Rossi's discoveries in the Catacombs (19 March [?1856]); a Confraternity medal (30 April 1856); the pope's tour of the provinces, and the Confraternity medal (12 May 1856), the pope's displeasure with Ushaw on account of the students it sends to Rome which should be rectified once Ushaw's pontifical constitution is arranged (27 August 1856); condolences on Gibson's death, Goss's hostility towards Ushaw, the poor performance of the VEC in concorso, and speculation about episcopal appointments (7 October 1856); advice for Teebay on continuing his Canon Law studies (3 December 1856); a design for Newsham's ring ([January 1857]); Ushaw's pontifical status, and the rumour of a plan to extend the east end of Ushaw's chapel (6 January [1857]); the design for the prize medal, and Wilberforce's death and its effect on the Oblates of St Charles (5 February 1857); the design for the prize medal, and Clifford's consecration (26 February 1857); Ushaw's pontifical status, his and Cornthwaite's account of Ushaw to the cardinals, the need to secure Cornthwaite for Ushaw which would help in future dealings with Rome, and Manning's recruits for Oblates (27 March 1857); sending bene merenti medals, and Newsham's reliquary (1 July 1857); jubilee invitations (11 February 1858); the progress of the medal, trouble in the VEC and Collegio Pio, and Waterton's plans for Ushaw (30 March 1858); Sloane's inability to attend the jubilee but he is prepared to help Caley's project for Ushaw, Sloane's offer of metal for a new Ushaw chapel, suggestions of professors for Ushaw, and the need to invite the Jesuits to the jubilee (4 June 1858); progress of the medal (3 July 1858); picture of St Catherine (24 September [1858], 27 January 1859); Bishop George Brown's failure to turn Sloane against Ushaw, the framing of a picture of Ushaw for the pope, and criticism of the Monsignors in Rome because of scandals (16 December 1858); Fisher's opinion about Barnabo's support (21 December 1858); expressing delight that Ushaw is to obtain a collection of relics which will help Ushaw get a large enough chapel, housing the relics and the plan to build a chamber in the new chapel to house them, dispute with Lancashire, his (Caley's) ideas about a constitution for Ushaw (12 January 1859); his plans for the development of the chapel and comparing it with other designs, Margaret Hallaham is willing to swap a relic of St Catherine for a copy of a painting, the indignation of Talbot towards Colonel Bruce and his behaviour at an audience of the Prince of Wales with the pope (15 March 1859); the visit of the Prince of Wales to the VEC (24 April 1859); an Italian Discalced Carmelite seeking work in England (16 June 1859); Edmund Knight's offer of the relic of St Theresa to Ushaw, and the progress of the medal (10 October 1859); progress of the medal (22 March 1860); a frame for the picture of St Charles.

Chadwick, James
Reference: UC/P26/1/C2/1-7
Dates of creation: 14 June 1850 - [20 October 1851]
Extent: 6 letters
Chadwick to Newsham: the possibility of establishing a seminary in Lancashire and its effect on Ushaw (14 June, 24 August 1850); Grant's strange behaviour, and the model of the Lady statue (9 January 1851); congratulating him on his paper honour (9 April 1851); the possibility of organising a month's retreat ([1851]); the success of the Stella mission and plans for missionary work in Hartlepool and other places (20 October [1851]).

[?Claire], Charles Hall
Reference: UC/P26/1/C3/1-2
Dates of creation: 15 February 1861
Extent: 1 letter
[?Claire] to Newsham: his difficulties in paying for his children at Ushaw.

Cookson, Thomas
Reference: UC/P26/1/C4/1-2
Dates of creation: 14 January 1841 & 7 May 1850
Extent: 2 letters
Cookson to Newsham: giving an estimate for an organ for St Augustine's, Preston.
Cookson to Thomas Sherburne: a meeting at St Edward's and the proposition to turn it into a junior seminary.

Corless, George
Reference: UC/P26/1/C5/1
Dates of creation: 6 March 1852
Extent: 1 letter
Corless to Newsham: arrangements for paying fees for Alexander Drysdale at Ushaw.

Cornthwaite, Robert
Reference: UC/P26/1/C6/1-28
Dates of creation: 4 December 1851 - 1 June 1859
Extent: 28 letters
Cornthwaite to Newsham: the opinion of Dayman at Marseilles that Tenongy would not be suitable for the Ushaw staff (4 December 1851); seeking a plan of sermons or lectures on spiritual subjects for his students, opinions on Tenongy, statue of Rohden's crucification and its possible blessing by the pope (19 January 1852); his report on Ushaw for Propaganda suggesting that Wiseman should settle any disputes among interested bishops, and the pope's blessing of the statue of Rohden's crucification (20 April 1852); asking him how Newsham wants to phrase his objections to having a Cardinal Protector, and criticism of George Brown (30 May 1852); the lack of Carissini's music at the VEC, the pope's praise for Ushaw, and his trip to Monte Cassino with Talbot (24 June 1852); Eyre declining to join Ushaw's staff (4 June 1853); apprehensive over the appointment of Bishop Goss and Liverpool not being well disposed towards him (Cornthwaite), and congratulating him on the jubilee (21 July 1853); his report on the Liverpool affair for Wiseman to present to Propaganda (24 December 1853); rumours of an honour for Newman, his belief that the Sherburne affair will blow over, and Wiseman's opinion that Liverpool has no cause for complaint (1 February 1854); Wiseman's advice on investing funds from the sale of trust property (4 February 1854); Liverpool's version of the Sherburne case to Propaganda, and Wiseman's defence of Ushaw's interest (4 March 1854); pressing Ushaw's case at Propaganda, and George Brown's declaration (31 March 1854); discussions with Goss on the Sherburne affair (11 July 1854); Hogarth's petition, and the extension of Wiseman's visitorship for three more years at Rome (30 December 1854); his wish to be a life-member of St Cuthbert's Society (2 June 1855); the possibility of Roskell teaching at Ushaw, with Roskell to Newsham on the same sheet concerning this subject (8 September 1855); Teebay being allowed to study for Newsham's purposes, Cornthwaite's shortage of funds because of the Collegio Pio, and Old Hall's acquisition of a Roman professor (18 December 1855); Hasting's report sent to Propaganda (20 August 1856); condolences on Gibson's death, his report to Propaganda on Cornsay and suggesting that Ushaw be taken under the immediate protection of the Holy See (10 September 1856); Wiseman delaying Propanganda's decision, and his astonishment at Ushaw's expansion (3 December 1856); suggesting a young German suitable for Ushaw's staff, the settlement of the Cornsay issue, and his plan to consult Teebay about books for Ushaw Library (3 January 1857); the prospective German professor, and Mystica civitas and Maria d'Agreda (28 February 1857); the prospective German professor, Overbeck and the medal, the Mystica civitas, and a report written on Ushaw for Propaganda, and no news on the Sherburne-Heatley case (26 March 1857); Propaganda putting off a decision about Ushaw's status (2 May 1857); sending his agent's accounts (15 December 1857); advising him that he would not have accepted an English student in the VEC so Caley will probably be prevented from returning to the college (25 December 1857); English making the right decision to act for Liverpool (1 June 1859); and commenting on the drawing of the prize medal ([1850s]).

Coulston, John
Reference: UC/P26/1/C7/1-10
Dates of creation: 23 June 1851 - 20 December 1851
Extent: 7 letters
Coulston to Newsham: on Lingard's death and his papers.

Crook, James
Reference: UC/P26/1/C8/1
Dates of creation: 23 September 1851
Extent: 1 letter
Coulston to Newsham: he has acted honourably as executor.

Croskell, Thomas
Reference: UC/P26/1/C9/1
Dates of creation: 31 March 1833
Extent: 1 letter
Croskell to Newsham: Busby's eye.

Crowther, T.A.T.
Reference: UC/P26/1/C10/1
Dates of creation: 10 May 1857
Extent: 1 letter
Crowther to Newsham: asking him if he would accept a seventeen year old convert at Ushaw whose father is very hostile.

Davis, M.
Reference: UC/P26/1/D1/1-2
Dates of creation: 15 June & 10 November 1847
Extent: 2 letters
Davis to Newsham: sending £22 interest (15 June 1847); and Hawkins' deeds (10 November 1847).

Dawber, John
Reference: UC/P26/1/D2/1
Dates of creation: October 1844
Extent: 1 letter
Dawber to Newsham: the suitability of two boys for Ushaw whose family is poor, and asking for a donation from Dawber's father.

Donnet, A.
Reference: UC/P26/1/D3/1
Dates of creation: 4 July 1858
Extent: 1 letter
Donnet to Newsham: apologising for not being able to attend Ushaw's jubilee.

Errington, George
Reference: UC/P26/1/E1/1-17
Dates of creation: 9 October 1838 - 10 July 1851
Extent: 14 letters
Errington to Newsham: his cordial reception at Cambridge University, his opinions of Logan, and Stonyhurst and Oscott's plans to matriculate at London University (9 October 1838); commenting on Ushaw's plan of studies and whether publication could be delayed, approving a plan for cooperation between colleges, and the merits of various exam systems (9 March 1839); a plan for cooperation between colleges (30 May 1839); plans to make colleges into places of learning, an alphabetical catalogue of Ushaw's library, his views on Goss and Rimmer being too partisan for Ushaw, informing Newsham that he will have to pay more for foreign professors, and a proposal for the Northern District not to have a regular bishop (3 March 1840); the benefits of appointing Logan to a position at Ushaw, and geological specimens in Ushaw's museum (19 May 1840); Northern indignation over the Blundell money, Walsh using his own money to fulfil promises, the rashness of a possible plan to make Ushaw independent, the geological collection and natural history society at Ushaw, and Oscott's strength in the sciences (16 October 1840); the popularity of relief maps and his hopes that Ushaw is buying the reviews and catalogues that Oscott takes (31 October 1840); the purchase of books for Ushaw library, Logan and Brown deciding not to visit Ushaw, Errington's belief that party spirit will give way to cooperation, and his plan to visit Ushaw (6 March 1841); Ushaw's museum and sending books for Wilkinson, informing Newsham that students should be admitted to the VEC only at the beginning of philosophy but an exception could be made for Wilkinson (12 May 1841); the Dodding Green case (24 February 1842); news of the Roman book market and sourcing books for Wilkinson (18 June 1842); Girometti asking for full payment for the medal (28 March 1843); requesting the settlement of the controversy surrounding Ushaw's status (10 June 1850); the archbishop of Armagh's plans for a Catholic University, Wiseman and the Mortmain Committee, the archbishop of Turin's pessimism concerning Sardinia, and his views of Wellington and the assumptions bill (15 July 1851).

Eyre, Vincent W.
Reference: UC/P26/1/E2/1-37
Dates of creation: 1 December 1851 - 22 February 1855
Extent: 32 letters
Eyre to Newsham: Hoffman's statue of Our Lady of Clemency and its possible blessing by the pope, Rohden's progress on the painting of the crucifixion, the purchasing of books at Roman auctions by Catholic converts, and offering his services to buy books for Ushaw (1 December 1851); Rohden's crucifixion painting, detailing books which could be bought for Ushaw Library, and the pope's blessing of Hoffman's statue (7 February 1852); the progress of Hoffman's statue and Rohden's painting (13 March, 12 May 1852); insurance for the statue and painting, purchasing books for Ushaw (1 May 1852); details of books bought for Wilkinson and Ushaw Library (3 June, 26 November, 14 December 1852, 10 January, 12 March 1853); the proposed statue of St Joseph (26 August 1852); his inability to teach theology at Ushaw, difficulties over dimissorials, and his ordination at Whit (23 February 1853); declining possible teaching duties at Ushaw (30 March 1853); the amount spent on books at Ushaw in comparison to Oscott, the interest expressed by converts in sending relatives to Ushaw, statue of St Joseph and Miss Orrell's statue (14 April 1853); on being ordained subdeacon, Hoffman's statue, his intimacy with Manning who may send books to Ushaw and asking Newsham to invite him to the jubilee, urging him to stop dirty clerical talk, and works of art for Ushaw (21 May 1853); details of books bought for Ushaw Library and Hoffman's statue (26 May 1853); Hoffman's statue, Newsham's jubilee (18 June 1853); possible plans to teach at Ushaw, and criticism of London clergy (31 July 1853); his acceptance by the Jesuits (5 October 1853); his belief that Manning would be excellent for Ushaw ([?October 1853]); money paid to Hoffman without Eyre's authorisation (15, 19 November 1853); William Manning at Ushaw (29 December 1853).
F. Kirsopp to Newsham: his decision not to complete his preparation at the bishop's house (on the same sheet as 1 May 1852).
Eyre to George Caley: the proposed statue of St Joseph (4 July 1852).
Eyre to Michael Gibson: his books (28 January, 30 March 1854); possible purchases of books, and rumours that Newsham is to be the next archbishop of Westminster (5 February 1854); accounts with Ushaw (30 June 1854, 22 February 1855).

Faber, Frederick William
Reference: UC/P26/1/F1/1-4
Dates of creation: 4 November 1847 - 23 June 1857
Extent: 4 letters
Faber to Newsham: a dispute between himself and Ward over contrition and confession.
Faber to [?Michael Gibson]: receiving Federico di Sant Antonio's life of Teresa of Avila (4 November, 1, 28 December 1847).

Fisher, John Henry
Reference: UC/P26/1/F2/1-2
Dates of creation: 1 October 1848
Extent: 1 letter
Fisher to Newsham: advice on ventilation.

Fletcher, John
Reference: UC/P26/1/F3/1-9
Dates of creation: 30 June 1839 - 25 December 1843
Extent: 10 letters
Fletcher to Newsham: Newsham's doctorate, composing a controversial catechism, and attending a good High Mass at Oscott (30 June 1839); offering a donation to Ushaw (24 November [1839]); plans to publish another letter on transubstantiation, his disapproval of the new bishops, Walsh and Wiseman fighting Griffiths over Blundell's money (28 February 1841); Blundell's money, and Ushaw's progress ([12 May 1841]); intending to leave his money to Ushaw, the success of Ushaw students in London, and the illusion of the conversion of England (14 February 1842); his impressions of improvements at Ushaw, and Wiseman's view of converts (23 April [1842]); on the transfer of a donation to Ushaw (30 April [1842]); his new will which will leave his money to Ushaw (14 March [1843]); his health, a donation to Ushaw, and the superiority of Ushaw's priests (5 December [1843]); his poor health and Newsham's desire to commemorate Fletcher's proposed gift of a new altar (25 December 1843).

Fletcher, Perpetua
Reference: UC/P26/1/F4/1
Dates of creation: 4 February 1857
Extent: 1 letter
Fletcher to Newsham: Pugin's designs for her brother's monument.

Fletcher, William
Reference: UC/P26/1/F5/1
Dates of creation: 28 June 1850
Extent: 1 letter
Fletcher to Newsham: the plan to transform St Edward's, Liverpool, into a seminary, including a possible meeting of the clergy and the Manchester Conference's support for Brown's proposal.

Formby, Henry
Reference: UC/P26/1/F6/1
Dates of creation: 28 October 1851
Extent: 1 letter
Formby to Newsham: music subscribed to by Ushaw.

Fransoni, Cardinal
Reference: UC/P26/1/F7/1
Dates of creation: 20 May 1844
Extent: 1 letter
Fransoni to Newsham: seeking his opinion on a controversy in the Tablet about apostolic constitutions condemning secret societies.

Gibson, Michael
Reference: UC/P26/1/G1/1-33
Dates of creation: 13 September 1850 - 26 July 1856
Extent: 30 letters
Gibson to Newsham: Croskell's ordination (13 September 1850); the copying of the Douai diary (19 September 1850); Wiseman's appointment as archbishop of Westminster delaying the settlement of Ushaw's affairs, a possible meeting to be called by Briggs on the question of Ushaw, progress of the building work on the library windows and farm buildings, and Lancashire's pushing the question of St Edward's (14 October 1850); progress of the library and farm building work, the national No Popery campaign following the restoration of the hierarchy, and the confraternity of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (4 November 1850); Gibson's brother's decision to become a Redemptorist and leave Ushaw and the possibility of others following him (11 November 1850); advising him that Marsland should replace Gibson's brother, the need to control admissions to Ushaw with the possibility of St Edward's sending students halfway through their course, progress of the building work (14 November 1850); Gradwell's poor health and his current inability to teach philosophy, the library windows, Story's lithograph of the College, books, the “Papal Aggression” and Wiseman's appeal (2 December 1850); news that Wiseman is to be Ushaw's Protector, his anger at the Redemptorists for poaching students, retaining Marsland at Ushaw, objections by Brown to J. Gillow being on the Ushaw staff, progress of the lithograph and building work at Ushaw (13 December 1850); objections by Brown to J. Gillow being on the Ushaw staff, and the progress of the lithograph (21 December 1850); Midnight Mass (31 December 1850); Wiseman's protectorship, Hogarth requesting that Newman complain to the Redemptorists; progress of the library building work, and the future constitution of the college (10 January 1851); the complaints made by Brown towards J. Gillow, Brown's own problems with his Lancashire diocese, the difficulties of finding students, the potential parliamentary bill to be proposed to combat the Papal Aggression (18 January 1851); the complaints made by Brown towards J. Gillow, progress of the library building work, and Consitt's view that there is not enough support among Lancashire clergy and laity for the St Edward's plan (6 February 1851); his discussion with Wiseman over the following: the arbitration of the Gage bequest, Cornsay, the Liverpool arbitration, age of admission to Ushaw, Roskell, the college's constitution, Bishop Brown, funds, Newsham's apologia, and Wiseman's protectorship (22 August 1855); securing professors for Ushaw and sending students to Rome (25 April 1856); his plans to complain to Rome about a Lancashire paper (26 April 1856); planning of a case against Briggs over Cornsay House, Fransoni's death, and the preparation of the case against Liverpool (28 April 1856); his discussions with Harting over cases to be brought before Rome, and his apprehension about a forthcoming interview with Wiseman (29 April 1856); Ushaw's case against Briggs (30 April 1856); Wiseman missing an appointment with him (1 May 1856); his conversation with Wiseman and the news that Fransoni's death will delay new business at Propaganda and the need to persuade Briggs, and his justification for Cookson not being an acceptable arbitrator (2 May 1856); Wiseman's plan will not be acceptable to Hogarth (3 May 1856); the need to provide Wiseman with the important papers (5 May 1856); informing him that Cruickshank is the new vice-rector of Collegio Pio (15 May 1856); Cornthwaite putting a case before Propaganda, and has had a good audience with the pope (24 May 1856); the nomination of Barnabo as cardinal; Propaganda studying the Cornsay case very sympathetically, and the constitutional status of the college (4 June 1856); progress of the Cornsay case, Hogarth to petition for Ushaw to be under the control of a single bishop (16 June 1856); urging Newsham to obtain Wiseman's support for Hogarth's petition, informing him that Barnabo is the new prefect of Propaganda, lack of progress on the Cornsay case (5 July 1856); Hogarth's petition presented to the pope with Talbot's support (10 July 1856); Talbot's interest in Ushaw being a pontifical college, and Propaganda sending the petition to Wiseman (26 July 1856).

Gillis, James
Reference: UC/P26/1/G2/1
Dates of creation: 5 June 1858
Extent: 1 letter
Gillis to Newsham: accepting the invitation to Ushaw's jubilee.

Gillow, John
Reference: UC/P26/1/G3/1-3
Dates of creation: 7 & 10 January 1860
Extent: 2 letters
Gillow to Newsham: the Sherburne-Heatley case (7 January 1860); the Sherburne-Heatley case, and an interview with the pope on the political and military situation (10 January 1860).

Gillow, Thomas
Reference: UC/P26/1/G4/1-2
Dates of creation: 11 - 14 October 1843
Extent: 2 letters
Gillow to Newsham: donations to the college.

Glassbrook, Roger
Reference: UC/P26/1/G5
Dates of creation: 1 April - 25 September 1843
Extent: 2 letters
Glassbrook to Newsham: Miss Birchmough.

Glover, John
Reference: UC/P26/1/G6/1-6
Dates of creation: 10 March 1842 - 6 January 1852
Extent: 6 letters
Glover to Newsham: money at Ushaw for Yorkshire students, and leaving Lancashire because of his poor treatment by Brown (10 March 1842); donations to Ushaw (21 July 1844); a rumour that Maxwell had been dissuaded by Briggs from giving Ushaw a £1,000 burse (11 April 1850); his belief that £1,000 would be sufficient to fund a burse (19 April 1850); his resignation from the Bishops' council, and the death of Ushaw's procurator [Charles Gillow] (8 August 1850); O'Reilly's fund and pension (6 January 1852).
R. Hogarth to Newsham (on same sheet as 6 January 1852): the same subject.

Goss, A
Reference: UC/P26/1/G7/1-2
Dates of creation: 8 June 1847 & 26 August 1854
Extent: 2 letters
Goss to Newsham: whether Ushaw will accept James Ray from St Edward's (8 June 1847).
Copy of [Newsham?] to Cardinal Wiseman: Bishop Goss's memorial on Miss Unsworth's donation, with copies of correspondence between T. Sherburne and Rev J. Fisher, and a copy of a memorial.

Gradwell, Henry
Reference: UC/P26/1/G8/1-2
Dates of creation: 23 July 1846 & 9 December 1853
Extent: 2 letters
Gradwell to Newsham: a reference for Billington (23 July 1846) and Miss Woodcock's estate (9 December 1853).

Gradwell, Robert
Reference: UC/P26/1/G9/1-9
Dates of creation: 23 April 1851 - 30 May 1858
Extent: 7 letters
Gradwell to Newsham: his health, sending a donation for St Ninian's in Wooler, and is happy to hear of the structural improvements taking place at Ushaw (23 April 1852); his agreement with Hogarth over St Ninian's (31 January, 14 February 1856); requesting the return of his papers concerning the disposal of his property (28, 30 May 1858).
Newsham to Gradwell (draft): he is not able to break his agreement with Hogarth over St Ninian's (January, 11 February 1856).

Grant, Thomas
Reference: UC/P26/1/G10/1-25
Dates of creation: 27 May 1845 - 19 December 1852
Extent: 21 letters
Grant to Newsham: purchasing books and those used by Wiseman, the pope's praise of the architecture of Ushaw, and thoughts on his poor morality (27 May 1845); suggesting that an archive be established at Ushaw and the qualities of the person to manage it (22 September 1845); advising on paintings for Ushaw, prices of books, and the need for students to pay short visits to chapel (3 March 1846); the despatching of the relics of St Septimianus (17 January 1847); advising Newsham to employ Roth, a German priest, to avoid his conscription into the German army (5 February 1847); the costs associated with striking a medal, Mr Roth, and the ordination of Messrs Humble and Grant (8 April 1847); Mr Roth's movements (18 May 1847); planning to leave the VEC and go to London to work on the proposal for the new hierarchy, Errington as a replacement for him, and Ushaw producing insubordinate priests (24 November 1848); the attack on Rome by the French and the exodus of students from the VEC (17 June 1849); musicology and liturgical matters (14 January 1850); the rejection by the British Museum of Ab. Santini's manuscripts (18 March 1850); musicology matters, and the progress of the medals (3 May 1850); the proposed plan to transform St Edward's into a seminary and its likely impact on Ushaw (16 August 1850); advising Newsham not to present a petition to Rome because of his deafness and impatience (20 August 1850); the procedure for making Ushaw a diocesan seminary rather than a pontifical college (10 June 1851); enlisting aid in obtaining Cornthwaite as his successor in the VEC (29 June 1851); a proposed conference, an episcopal meeting with Cornthwaite, and rejecting Errington's resignation (20 July 1851); the nomination of Cornthwaite to the VEC by the pope and Hogarth's objections to this appointment (27 September 1851); requesting that a few Ushaw students be sent to Rome, and J. Gillow's proposed appointment to Old Hall (13 January 1852); the advice of canon law on an inter-diocese dispute over the employment and residence of a priest (17 February 1852); concerning the difficulty of thwarting the opposition before the Synod (10 May 1852); the need to send a professor to Rome for training in canon law (19 December [1852]).
Grant to Hogarth: providing a list of episcopal appointments in the new English hierarchy (24 June 1851).

Green, Thomas
Reference: UC/P26/1/G11/1-5
Dates of creation: 23 November 1842 - 26 June 1850
Extent: 4 letters
Green to Newsham: mostly on donations, with the exception of one letter relating to Ushaw's fees in contrast to Oscott's (26 June 1850).

Griffiths, Thomas
Reference: UC/P26/1/G12/1-12
Dates of creation: 15 June 1841 - 8 March 1847
Extent: 5 letters
Griffiths to Newsham: mostly on financial administration, with the exception of one letter concerning the relics of St Septimianus (8 March 1847).

Guest, J.
Reference: UC/P26/1/G13/1
Dates of creation: 17 November 1856
Extent: 1 letter
Guest to Newsham: the purchase of books and pictures, the history of the picture of St George at Ushaw, and the need for the restoration of the paintings in Mr Sherburne's chapel (17 November 1856).

Hare, John
Reference: UC/P26/1/H1/1
Dates of creation: 20 November 1841
Extent: 1 letter
Hare to Newsham: the removal of John Davies from the college because of his inability to pay the fees.

Harting, J. Vincent
Reference: UC/P26/1/H2/1-15
Dates of creation: 12 June 1857 - 7 April 1860
Extent: 15 letters
Harting to Newsham: the Sherburne-Heatley case (accusations relating to the misappropriation of Ushaw funds)

Hir, A. Le
Reference: UC/P26/1/H3/1-5
Dates of creation: 6 January 1848 - 14 July 1856
Extent: 5 letters
Le Hir to Newsham: information on Dr Roth and his journey to Bordeaux.

Hoffmann, Carl
Reference: UC/P26/1/H4/1-2
Dates of creation: 10 October 1848 - 12 August 1849
Extent: 3 letters
Hoffmann to Newsham: the design of an Our Lady statue.
Language:  French and English
The letters of 10 October 1848 and 12 August 1849 are copies made by Newsham on the same sheet, and the letter of November 1848 is an original letter from Hoffmann in French.

Hogarth, R.
Reference: UC/P26/1/H5/1-54
Dates of creation: 8 October 1845 - [1858]
Extent: 33 letters
Hogarth to Newsham: complaining of the concentration of all temporal and spiritual power in the Vicar Apostolic (8 October 1845); correspondence between the Douai procurator and a clergy agent and other collections of papers (11, 27 March 1846); the difficulty of raising a matter at a meeting (29 April 1846); his belief that the Yorkshire clergy would not sanction the disposal of Ushaw funds (18 August 1849); the Miss Gage fund dispute (14, 22, 27 March, 21 October 1850, 8 January, 26 February, 1, 2 March 14 September 1851, 26 February, 6 March, 23 August, 13 September, 18, 20, 21 October, 7 December 1852, 7 January, 23 November 1853, 1 January 1856, [1850s x 3]); a proposed Ushaw Society (21, 25 September, 4 October 1851); the raising of funds for ecclesiastical training and Newsham's name attached to it (15 April 1852); a meeting concerning the method of training students at Ushaw independently of episcopal control (3 September [?1852]); a meeting in Hull of Yorkshire clergy (28 July 1856); college finances (29 October 1856, 18 March 1858); the settlement of a case (12 May 1857); Newsham's recollections of a particular matter (7 January 1858); subscriptions to the Ushaw Jubilee Memorial (18 April, May, 2 June 1858, 1858); a meeting of the St Cuthbert's Society conflicting with synod, examinations and defensions (23 May 1859); a proposed history of Ushaw ([1850s]); recommending Mr Sherburne for the college ([1850s]); an invitation to arbitrate in a dispute between the Yorkshire and Lancashire secular clergy ([1850s]).
Enclosures to letter of 14 March 1850: Hogarth to J. Briggs, J. Platt to Hogarth, Hogarth to Platt.
Enclosure to letter of 22 March 1850: Briggs to Hogarth (x2).
Enclosure to letter of 2 March 1852: Hogarth to Briggs.

Hogarth, William
Reference: UC/P26/1/H6/1-35
Dates of creation: 9 December 1840 - 22 June 1856
Extent: 29 letters
Hogarth to Newsham: Mostyn's consecration, his preparations for an address to the new bishop from all the clergy, Stonyhurst's financial loss (9 December 1840); his view that introducing visitations for the college would be an “abomination”, and his feeling that he may be betrayed (28 December 1840); appointment as vicar-general, and his view that the secular clergy of Ushaw should be independent from the bishops ([3 January 1841]); his opinion that Old Hall and Stonyhurst are inferior to Ushaw, Weedall's refusal of a mitre in order to remain at Oscott, criticism of St Chad's (28 June 1841); the treatment of freemasons as penitents (13 April 1843); recommending Newsham develops a good relationship with Brown but not Briggs (13 April 1843); criticism of Dr Briggs, the decree at Rome against freemasons, and a petition signed by 500 people against the Education Bill (19 April 1843); the need to raise funds for Ushaw building work (26, 29 January 1844); trusts and other financial matters (6 February 1844, 3 January, 26, 29 November 1845, 7, 22 January 1846, 13 May 1849); trust fund issues and the need for each district to be reponsible for its own ecclesiatical students (5 May 1846); M. Salvin of Burn Hall has reduced the salary of the Croxdale chaplain because of Ushaw supplying a priest on Sundays (31 October 1849); renewing Newsham's power to grant faculties and urging him to say nothing to Dr Briggs about funds (7 April 1850); liturgical difficulties about ordinations, and the inability of Dr Briggs to afford his own seminary (19 May 1850); the need to delay or suppress a statement concerning Ushaw alumni, and his difficulties with Dr Briggs (21 June 1850); forwarding a copy of his letter to Dr Brown (26 July 1850); the illness of an Ushaw student (8 March 1852); requiring a conference on St Mary of the Cross, and advising that the proposed constitutions be left alone to avoid a worse solution (22 October 1854); schooling for the seven year old son of a Protestant father and a Catholic convert mother (2 March 1855); bequests to the college (14 June 1855); the behaviour of Mr Smith of Durham and his conduct with young ladies, his opinion that the Lancashire priests were worse, he requires funds for the building of St Ninian's, and wishes Dr Cornthwaite to be his successor (26 May 1856); the value of the college to the Church in the north ([1850s]).
F. Newburn to Hogarth: the death of Charles Orrell, his will and the reassignment of bonds (22 January 1846).
Hogarth to Briggs: the Cornsay dispute (22 June 1856).

Horrabin, R.
Reference: UC/P26/1/H7/1-2
Dates of creation: 12 May 1843 & 21 September 1843
Extent: 2 letters
Horrabin to Newsham: the rules of the British Chapter to which Newsham has been elected (12 May 1843); and thanking him for his donation to the British Chapter (21 September 1843).

Howard, Edward H.
Reference: UC/P26/1/H8/1
Dates of creation: [1840s x 1860s]
Extent: 1 letter
Howard to Newsham: the illegal appointment of Professor Passaglia.

Howard, Henry
Reference: UC/P26/1/H9/1
Dates of creation: 23 November 1837
Extent: 1 letter
Howard to Newsham: declining to make a donation as Blundell's bequest will be sufficient.

Hull, R. B.
Reference: UC/P26/1/H10/1
Dates of creation: 22 April 1837
Extent: 1 letter
Hull to John Briggs: the Ushaw estate in Orrell.

Jepson, B.
Reference: UC/P26/1/J1/1-2
Dates of creation: 29 July 1858
Extent: 1 letter
Jepson to Newsham: accepting his appointment, with an enclosed acceptance note.

Kellet, R.
Reference: UC/P26/1/K1/1
Dates of creation: 20 September 1848
Extent: 1 letter
Kellet to Newsham: forwarding £500 for the education of an ecclesiastic.

Kelly, Thomas
Reference: UC/P26/1/K2/1-3
Dates of creation: 27 January - 3 June 1857
Extent: 3 letters
Kelly to Newsham: an Ushaw student (McEvoy).

Kirsopp, Frank
Reference: UC/P26/1/K3/1
Dates of creation: 10 January 1852
Extent: 1 letter
Kirsopp to Newsham: dreading his future responsibilities particularly confession and preaching, and discussing future employment in the diocese.

Knight, Charles
Reference: UC/P26/1/K4/1-2
Dates of creation: 17 August [?1840] - 11 January 1841
Extent: 2 letters
Knight to Newsham: wishing to enter his son (Tom) and nephew (Francis) at Ushaw (17 August [?1840]); and the progress of his son at Ushaw (11 January 1841).

Knox, Thomas Francis
Reference: UC/P26/1/K5/1
Dates of creation: 6 January 1850
Extent: 1 letter
Knox to Newsham: Newsham's revision of a Faber manuscript.

Langdale, Charles
Reference: UC/P26/1/L1/1-3
Dates of creation: 8 March 1839 - 5 June 1858
Extent: 3 letters
Langdale to Newsham: receipt of a reliquary (8 March 1847); and his desire to attend Ushaw's jubilee (5 June 1858).
John Russell to Langdale: wishing to postpone a memorial to the queen from Ushaw (22 March 1839).

Leadbitter, Robert
Reference: UC/P26/1/L2/1-3
Dates of creation: 28 February 1840 - 26 November 1848
Extent: 3 letters
Leadbitter to Newsham: presenting the law library of Robert Hoppen Williamson (recorder of Newcastle & lay chancellor of Durham) to the college (28 February); and his health (26 November 1848)
Leadbitter to Dr Weedall: with reference to Oscott's warrant to grant degrees in the University of London

Leadbitter, [?T.]
Reference: UC/P26/1/L3/1
Dates of creation: 3 September [?1854]
Extent: 1 letter
Leadbitter to Newsham: financial matters.

Lee, Daniel
Reference: UC/P26/1/L4/1
Dates of creation: 28 June 1853
Extent: 1 letter
Lee to Newsham: thanking him for his hospitality.

Legh, J.
Reference: UC/P26/1/L5/1-8
Dates of creation: 13 January 1838 - 3 October 1839
Extent: 8 letters
Legh to Newsham: mostly on his wish to borrow money; with the exception of one letter which makes reference to her lack of friends due to her former Protestant friends turning against her (3 February 1838).

Lingard, Edward
Reference: UC/P26/1/L6/1
Dates of creation: 10 July 1847
Extent: 1 letter
Lingard to Newsham: on the death of his brother, Frederick, in Durham.

Lupton, Margaret
Reference: UC/P26/1/L7/1-31
Dates of creation: 29 November 1844 - 15 September 1853
Extent: 18 letters
Lupton to Newsham: a report that Pugin is seriously ill (29 November 1844); personal matters (7 May 1845, 23 June 1851); the breaking of Mr Butler's promise to Ushaw because of his procrastination and his lawyer's dislike of priests (25 March [1846]); the loss of Mr Butler's legacy (20 April 1846); a mission in Seel Street by Dr Gentili and Mr Furlong, and anti-Catholic prejudice among the upper classes against the doctor [?Dr Lupton] (24 November 1846); the sale of a house ([1840s] x5); a receipt for a devotion of the Blessed Virgin Mary ([1840s]); praising Newsham's book ([1840s]); reference to John Lingard ([1840s]); the success of a collection for the Lady Chapel, Bishop Murphy of Adelaide's stay, and the need for Pugin to assist in the design of a family arms ([1840s]); an epidemic of fever, instructions to the priests and her sympathy for the Irish immigrants (14 March 1847); praise for Ushaw's architecture, the wIndow of St Ambrose (13 May 1849); testamentary intentions to clear up confession (11 November 1849); her intentions to leave property to the college for educational purposes (15 September 1853).
Lupton to her father; securing £1,000 for Ushaw (enclosure for letter of 29 November 1844).

Lupton, Mary Anne
Reference: UC/P26/1/L8/1-2
Dates of creation: 2-11 June 1852
Extent: 2 letters
Lupton to Nesham: the Presentation Convent, the Achilli-Newman trial.

Lupton, T.
Reference: UC/P26/1/L9/1
Dates of creation: 14 April 1840
Extent: 1 letter
Lupton to Newsham: the entry of Master Wrennall into Ushaw.

Manning, Henry Edward
Reference: UC/P26/1/M1/1-2
Dates of creation: 8 March 1857 - 7 November 1860
Extent: 2 letters
Manning to Newsham: thanking him for his condolences, and hoping to get his nephew into Ushaw (8 March 1857); his affinity with Ushaw and seeking advice on Mgr Thompson and Cardinal Wiseman (7 November 1860).

Middleton, P.
Reference: UC/P26/1/M2/1
Dates of creation: 18 December [1840s x 1860s]
Extent: 1 letter
Middleton to Newsham: a £5 donation.

Monteith, R.J.I.
Reference: UC/P26/1/M3/1
Dates of creation: 3 March 1855
Extent: 1 letter
Monteith to Newsham: thanking him after visiting the college.

Moore, John
Reference: UC/P26/1/M4/1
Dates of creation: [1840s x 1860s]
Extent: 1 letter
Moore to Newsham: the plain chant of the liturgy.

Mostyn, Francis
Reference: UC/P26/1/M5/1-21
Dates of creation: 30 November 1840 - 23 October 1846
Extent: 17 letters
Mostyn to Newsham: a meeting for those seeking to enter the priesthood, his plan to attend ordinations in December (30 November 1840); the agreement of arbitrators between Dr Walsh and Dr Griffith, his opinion of a pamphlet to be published on the presentation of livings which will include Dodding Green (2 March 1841); despatch of deeds ([10 March 1841]); his health and the recommendations of his doctor that he should work in the south, Newsham's need to draft a pamphlet on Riddell's appointment (10 December 1841); a dispute between Mostyn and M. Bigham to be settled by Propaganda (29 December 1841); Newsham's draft pastoral, his health (24 January 1842); the Dodding Green dispute (10 March 1842, 16 February 1843); donations to Gentili and Ushaw, Kearney's preference for an Irish assistant which may cause jealousy [1840s]; a loan to Ushaw [1840s].
Edward Riddell to Mostyn: the Dodding Green dispute (12 February, 22 October, 4 November 1843).
Mostyn to Riddell: the Dodding Green dispute (8 November 1843).
M. Fletcher to Mostyn: the Dodding Green dispute (13 February 1843).
Mostyn to Davis: assigning a mortage of £500 (22 October 1846).

Murietta, G. de
Reference: UC/P26/1/M6/1-2
Dates of creation: [August] & 7 August 1857
Extent: 2 letters
T. Croskell to Newsham: the discharge of a Spanish boy from the college.
De Murietta to Newsham: a complaint about the treatment of a Spanish boy at Ushaw.

Myers, G.
Reference: UC/P26/1/M7/1-6
Dates of creation: 15 December 1846 - 1852
Extent: 6 letters
Myers to Newsham: Ushaw building matters, mostly the new organ for the chapel and payments for minor work carried out.

Newman, John Henry
Reference: UC/P26/1/N1/1-12
Dates of creation: 18 December 1845 - 13 April 1858
Extent: 11 letters
Newman to Newsham: his desire for visiting Ushaw (18 December 1845); the intention of himself and St John to become Oratorians, Newsham's advice, and his hopes of having an Oratorian community in Rome (21 April 1847); seeking financial advice for building an Oratorian house in Birmingham, and inviting Newsham to give up his Ushaw role and become an Oratorian (4 March 1848); asking Newsham to consult the bishops over whether Oratorian Lives of Saints still has the unofficial sanction of the hierarchy in spite of the offence caused by Faber's phraseology in the earliest life of St Rose (10 October 1848); asking whether he can publish a work promoting Catholicism but written while he was an Anglican, and the possible suppression of Lives of Saints on the advice of Bishops Brown and Ullathorne (27 October 1848); seeking advice on the difference between selling a book and selling copyright (5 November 1848); thanking him for his opinion which he has agreed to follow (9 November 1848); the resumption of the publication of Lives of Saints following the withdrawal of opposition (1 December 1848); seeking information on St Jerome (18 January 1849); on the Achilli trial, and the effect of his Irish lectures on his health (27 May 1852); outlining his plan for an Oratory school (13 April 1858).

Newsham, James
Reference: UC/P26/1/N2/1-2
Dates of creation: 7 October 1835
Extent: 2 letters
James Newsham to C. Newsham, with copy of letter from Charles: allegations of unorthodoxy against Charles being disproven.

Newsham, M.
Reference: UC/P26/1/N3/1
Dates of creation: 30 September 1842
Extent: 1 letter
M. Newsham to C. Newsham: remitting £50.

Newsham, M.G.
Reference: UC/P26/1/N4/1
Dates of creation: 20 February 1844
Extent: 1 letter
Newsham (M.G.) to Newsham: thanking him for his condolences, and the election of an abbess.

Newton, John
Reference: UC/P26/1/N5/1
Dates of creation: 8 July 1851
Extent: 1 letter
Newton to Newsham: payment for his son to enter Ushaw.

Nicholson, Richard
Reference: UC/P26/1/N6/1
Dates of creation: 29 May 1840
Extent: 1 letter
Nicholson to Newsham: investments.

Nightingale, P.
Reference: UC/P26/1/N7/1
Dates of creation: 2 February 1842
Extent: 1 letter
Nightingale to Newsham: apologising for mistakes which led him to leave Ushaw, and his daily routine at St Sulpice seminary in Montreal.

Noble, Helen
Reference: UC/P26/1/N8/1
Dates of creation: 13 October 1843
Extent: 1 letter
Noble to Newsham: wishing her son to remain at full pension.

Norfolk, Duke of (Henry Howard)
Reference: UC/P26/1/N9/1
Dates of creation: 2 January 1859
Extent: 1 letter
Duke of Norfolk to Newsham: thanks for the present of family papers.

Novello, J. Alfred
Reference: UC/P26/1/N10/1
Dates of creation: 12 November 1847
Extent: 1 letter
Novello to Newsham: the storing of Ushaw's musical plates.

Oakeley, F.
Reference: UC/P26/1/O1/1
Dates of creation: 23 June 1858
Extent: 1 letter
Oakeley to Newsham: confirming his attendance at the Ushaw jubilee.

O'Reilly, J.
Reference: UC/P26/1/O2
Dates of creation: 12 July 1843
Extent: 1 letter
O'Reilly to Newsham: his payment for his sons at Ushaw.

O'Reilly, M.
Reference: UC/P26/1/O3/1-2
Dates of creation: 4 & 18 July 1843
Extent: 2 letters
O'Reilly to Newsham: his regrets that the priesthood is unsuitable for his sons (4 July 1843); a pension for Gerald & Bernard O'Reilly.

Orrell, Elizabeth
Reference: UC/P26/1/O4/1-2
Dates of creation: 2 June 1852 & 28 October 1854
Extent: 2 letters
Orrell to Newsham: financial matters (2 June 1852); a donation, and his anticipation of the “great Council” in Rome.

Orrell, W.
Reference: UC/P26/1/O5/1-2
Dates of creation: 7 December 1845
Extent: 1 letter
Orrell to Newsham: a dispute over a trust fund, and criticism of Catholic converts.

Penswick, John
Reference: UC/P26/1/P1/1
Dates of creation: 9 November 1859
Extent: 1 letter
Penswick to Newsham: recommending a boy as a student for Ushaw.

Penswick, Thomas
Reference: UC/P26/1/P2/1
Dates of creation: [1840s x 1860s]
Extent: 1 letter
Penswick to Newsham: recommending a boy as a student for Ushaw.

Platt, James
Reference: UC/P26/1/P3/1-2
Dates of creation: 13 & 23 June 1843
Extent: 2 letters
Platt to Newsham: the education of a boy using the Longstaffe Fund.

Platt, Ralph
Reference: UC/P26/1/P4/1-3
Dates of creation: 13 September 1844 - 13 May 1852
Extent: 3 letters
Platt to Newsham: a loan (13 September 1844); ascertaining financial arrangements for a boy entering Ushaw on the NBF bursary scheme (10 September 1849); his desire for priests to have parochial rights (13 May 1852).

Puente, Ferdinand de la, Bishop of Salamanca
Reference: UC/P26/1/P5/1-3
Dates of creation: 15 October 1853 & 13 August 1857
Extent: 2 letters
Puente to Newsham: devotional practices, a reference to his implementation of Ushaw practices at his seminary (Spanish with English translation) (15 October 1853); asking Newsham to ascertain the true vocation of his son, an invitation to go on pilgrimage to St Theresa's tomb (13 August 1857).
Language:  Spanish and English

Ramsay, James
Reference: UC/P26/1/R1/1
Dates of creation: 4 November 1851
Extent: 1 letter
Ramsay to Newsham: his portrait of Dr Riddell.

Render, Joseph
Reference: UC/P26/1/R2/1-3
Dates of creation: 18 June [1850] - 15 October 1852
Extent: 3 letters
Render to Newsham: the Manchester clergy's support of Dr Brown, suggesting that Newsham contact Rome over a possible new college in Lancashire (St Edward's) (18 June 1850); Walker's financial arrangements for Mr Rayment's fund ([1850s]); Miss Gage's fund (10 September 1852).
See also R. HOGARTH

Richardson, John
Reference: UC/P26/1/R3/1
Dates of creation: 20 March 1858
Extent: 1 letter
Richardson to Newsham: his composition for a memorial to Newsham's presidency at the first jubilee of the college (20 March 1858).

Rigby, N.
Reference: UC/P26/1/R4/1-3
Dates of creation: 7 October 1847 - 28 August 1857
Extent: 3 letters
Rigby to Newsham: a donation for Ushaw's new chapel (7 October 1847); the building of a Protestant church near him and attacks made on him, Cardinal Wiseman's preaching at mass with Dr Briggs and the bishop of Hexham in attendance at the re-opening of the church (28 August 1857).
Ambrose Lisle Phillips to Rigby: praising him for the Englishness of his church and parishioners (9 September 1856).

Roth, H.J.
Reference: UC/P26/1/R5/1-12
Dates of creation: 15 March 1847 - 8 November 1850
Extent: 12 letters
Roth to Newsham: his employment in Paris and other seaport towns, seeking employment at Ushaw (15 March 1847); the bishop's desire to keep him at Coblenz, the hostility of the Prussian government towards Catholics (2 August 1847); his stay at Paris (14 October, 28 November, 17 December 1847); the Prussian government's confiscation of his patrimony, harassment of his parents, his exile and the danger of his arrest for dissention, hoping to stay at Ushaw (30 December 1847); his stay at Bordeaux (20 January 1848); accusations made against him of inappropriate behaviour with a woman (French) (28 March 1848); accepting a decision as God's will, his need to repay Newsham (5 October 1848); his debt owed to Newsham (8 November 1850).
Charles Deyche to Newsham: a copy of Celebet for Roth (French) (11 April 1848).
Roth to the Superior of St Sulpice: seeking his defence against a calumny (10 August 1848).
Language:  Italian, French and English

Russell, C.W.
Reference: UC/P26/1/R6/1-2
Dates of creation: 7 June & 5 September 1858
Extent: 2 letters
Russell to Newsham: Lingard and the ecclesiastical treatment of history (7 June 1858); his enjoyment of the jubilee (5 September 1858).

Schroeter, T.H. de
Reference: UC/P26/1/S1/1
Dates of creation: 4 October 1853
Extent: 1 letter
de Schroeter to Newsham: being called back from his mission in Africa due to his ill health, offering a collection of African birds to Ushaw.

Scruton, W.
Reference: UC/P26/1/S2/1
Dates of creation: 11 September 1842
Extent: 1 letter
Scruton to Newsham: the repayment of his son's education.

Sharples, James
Reference: UC/P26/1/S3/1-4
Dates of creation: 20 February - 19 March 1846
Extent: 4 letters
Sharples to Newsham: the Lund's Fund.

Sherwood, Joseph
Reference: UC/P26/1/S4/1
Dates of creation: 10 November 1848
Extent: 1 letter
Sherwood to Newsham: a donation to the college.

Sibthorpe, Richard W.
Reference: UC/P26/1/S5/1-2
Dates of creation: 30 June - 22 July 1842
Extent: 2 letters
Sibthorpe to Newsham: accepting an invitation to visit Ushaw (30 June 1842); his longing for a reunion of the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of England (22 July 1842).

Sing, Thomas
Reference: UC/P26/1/S6/1-6
Dates of creation: 4 November 1855 - 13 February 1856
Extent: 6 letters
Sing to Newsham: his role in the Sherburne-Heatley arbitration case (accusations relating to the misappropriation of Ushaw funds).

Sloane, F.J.
Reference: UC/P26/1/S9/1-30
Dates of creation: 9 June 1840 - 30 October 1858
Extent: 25 letters
Sloane to Newsham: payment of his old school fees, and Dr Brown's poor health (23 January 1843); Dr Brown's poor health and the aimiability of Dr Griffiths (15 February 1843); sending a box of mineral and fossil specimens from Tuscany and Elba, Dr Brown's health, and his dinner with Ushawmen (12 June 1843); sending a donation to the Sloane Fund, Dr Brown, and a place at Ushaw for Mr Ryan's son (21 March 1844); sending congratulations to Newsham, donations, Dr Brown, Canon Eyre and the new cathedral at Newcastle, and sending an alb and girdle to be used in the Sloane Fund Mass (12 June 1844); donations, his proposition to James Newsham to live in Florence permanently, praising Dr Brown for buying a Protestant church, the opening of his school for the sons of miners (2 April 1845); his plans to visit Ushaw, the efficiency of the transport system to Florence (29 September 1845); donations, the origin of a chalice he has presented, seeking to obtain pictures of saints, his opinion of Faber (28 March 1846); his inability to find a situation for Mr Suffield in Florence, his willingness to provide vestments for the consecration of the new Ushaw chapel (5 May 1847); Pugin's rejection of the vestments as unsuitable for a Gothic church and the reaction of the “Goths” at Ushaw to the red vestments (28 July 1847); the vestments issue (15 November 1847); presenting the vestments which he believes would be acceptable to Pugin, the political situation in Florence, criticism of the Irish priests (23 January 1848); advising him that the Roman vestments could be used on Whit Sunday and recommeding their adoption in the Gothic church (11 April 1848); his inability of travelling to Ushaw because of the war (27 September 1848); proposing to establish a fund, his ommission from the list of Ushaw donors, recommending that Newsham returns the vestments (9 April 1849); his regret at the rejection of the vestments at Ushaw, commenting on Dr Eyre's Life of St Cuthbert (20 April 1850); the ordaining of converts at the English College, promising not to refer to the vestments again (23 May 1850); Newsham's plan to visit Florence, commenting on Nicholas Wiseman's exaltation (30 August 1850); Dr Brown's health, discounting the Protestant [No Popery] movement believing that it will set the church back 20 years (2 December 1850); wishing to see Newsham enter the Sistine Chapel in full pontificals, Newsham's success with his lawsuit, the pope is pleased with his picture of Ushaw (22 April 1851); proposing a travel bursary for a native of Durham funded by the Sloane Fund, and thanking Newsham for sending him books by Newman and Faber (17 May 1851); donations, hearing of the improvements at Ushaw (30 April 1852); the Sloane Fund, the success of the pope's tour through his estates (2 June 1857); describing life at Florence, Tablet articles on the college's Jubilee (30 October 1858).

Transcripts   [late 19th century x early 20th century
Original manuscript transcripts of letters 91-236 and 808-897
These manuscript transcripts have now been superseded by the transcript volumes although they have been kept for cross-checking purposes
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UC/P26/2/1   4 August 1791
Extract from the registrar at Westby Chapel of the baptismal certificate of Charles Newsham.
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UC/P26/2/2-5   15 December 1808 - 30 March 1816
Language:  Latin
Fides Ordinum for Newsham's 1st tonsure and minor orders, subdeaconate and deaconate.
4 items 

UC/P26/2/6   [?1837 x 1863]
Meditation notes by Charles Newsham
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UC/P26/2/7   19 February -27 March 1840
Notes and letters to an unidentified Catholic lady offering spiritual advice
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