Reference code: GB-0298-LC/A4
Title: Lisbon College Financial Papers
Dates of creation: 1629-1939
Extent: 8 files
Held by: Ushaw College Library
Origination: Lisbon College
Language: Spanish, 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.
General financial papers, including bills, receipts, accounts and rental statements, investments, and legacies, mostly involving Lisbon College and its staff.
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 in the following year.
This collection was originally called
“Bills, Receipts, Accounts”
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/A2: accounts of the college's agents in London
LC/A14: correspondence and reports on the administration of various funds supporting burses for students at Lisbon College
LC/A4/1 19 October 1629
Language:
Spanish
College accounts from 23 September - February 1629, signed by H. Mailer
Given to Coutinho on 24 September 1629
2f
LC/A4/2 7 September 1630
Language:
Portuguese
Account by M. Alvarez Falcao, T. Blacklow and W. Newman of the income and expenditure in connection with the houses left by Nicholas Ashton
4f
LC/A4/3 19 October 1630
Language:
Portuguese
Note by P. Coutinho on the provision of oil for the sanctuary lamp
2f
LC/A4/4 27 October 1630
Language:
Portuguese
Copy of a receipt for money from T. Blacklow & W. Mansell to W. Newman involving the bishop and chapter in England, and Coutinho
2f
LC/A4/5 3 August 1633
Language:
Portuguese
Note by the Lisbon College superiors and Coutinho concerning a donation by Coutinho to cover candles and oil for the sanctuary lamp
2f
LC/A4/6 9 November 1637 - 10 October 1641
Language:
Portuguese
Bonds of payments from W. Hart to W. Yates
Hart was eventually relieved of his office for non-payment
Also includes a receipt by Walter Yates of payment by P. Clarence written in the margin (10 October 1641)
2f
LC/A4/7 5 April 1638
Language:
Portuguese
Receipt from the inquisitor (Francisco de Castro) to W. Newman for money and jewels which Newman lodged with him in accordance with Coutinho's orders
2f
Old Catalogue Number 236c
LC/A4/8 19 April 1638
Language:
Portuguese
Account and value of the plate given to the college by Coutinho
2f
Old Catalogue Number 2(c)
LC/A4/9 31 January 1639 - 13 July 1641
Language:
Portuguese
Walter Yates's receipts for expenses in a lawsuit with the college
2f
LC/A4/10 9 July 1654
Language:
Portuguese
Value of the church lamp left by P. Coutinho
1f
LC/A4/11 27 May 1664
Language:
Portuguese
Agreement by Manoel Correa to pay rent for two houses in the Calsa do Conego
1f
LC/A4/12 2 May 166[5]
Language:
English
Receipt by William Sheldon for M. Watkinson
Signed by Peter Duchaine
The writing on this document has badly faded
2f
LC/A4/13 9 May 1665
Language:
English
Request and receipt by William Sheldon for 50 milrea from M. Watkinson
Signed by Peter Duchaine
2f
LC/A4/14 12 May 1665
Language:
English
Request by William Sheldon to M. Watkinson for (and repayment of) the residue of a money bill of £50
Receipt signed by Peter Duchaine
2f
LC/A4/15 15 August 1668
Language:
Portuguese
Certificate by Miguel da Silva de Abreu of money paid for houses in the Rua Roza do Carvalho, sold by the college
2f
LC/A4/16 [5 December 1687] - 28 June 1692
Language:
Portuguese
Receipt by Acobaçar for 5,240 reis to the college on its purchase of land for which rent was owing
Includes earlier documentation about the unpaid rent on the same sheet
2f
LC/A4/17 7 August 1693
Language:
English
Bond by Hugh Lacy to pay William Coulston (London) £55 by 1 September 1694
2f
LC/A4/18 16 August 1697
Language:
Portuguese
Receipt by M. Watkinson to Isabel de Sylva for 36,000 reis for 36 masses to be said for Manoel de Sousa
1f
LC/A4/19 [1711] - 1712
Language:
English
Account by John Sherman with Captain Patrick Yonge, June 1711 - 1712
3f
LC/A4/20 21 November 1735
Language:
Portuguese
Bill of Michael Gomes
2f
LC/A4/21 27 March 1737
Language:
Portuguese
Receipt by Leonardo Henriques to E. Jones
1f
LC/A4/22 17 May 1737
Language:
Portuguese
Business letter from Leonardo Henriques to E. Jones
1f
LC/A4/23 12 September 1737
Language:
Portuguese
Bill by a carpenter for Francisco de Almeida Carvalho for work carried out on the dormitory
2f
LC/A4/24 13 September 1737
Language:
Portuguese
Business letter by Manoel de Costa to the president of Lisbon College
2f
LC/A4/25 27 June 1739
Language:
Portuguese
Bill from Antonio Amado Sanchez for the college sanctuary lamp
1f
LC/A4/26 28 August 1739
Language:
Portuguese
Receipt by Antonio Amado Sanchez for 111,820 reis for making the sanctuary lamp
1f
LC/A4/27 [?2] December 1743
Language:
English
Inventory of the effects of T. Hodgson, who died on 2 November
1f
LC/A4/28 [1699] - 1746
Language:
Portuguese
Domestic account book for Lisbon College
1 volume (loosely bound)
LC/A4/29 29 March 1747
Language:
Portuguese
Receipt by [?John Preston] to Francisco de Mello for 300,000 reis
Loaned to him again on 12 December 1748
1f
LC/A4/30 17 July 1747 - 1 July 1749
Language:
Portuguese
Receipts for J.P. de S. Iago and Fr D. de S. Anna to Joseph Jones
4f
LC/A4/31 30 January 1749
Language:
Portuguese
Declaration by the superiors of Lisbon College to Fr Pedro Joyes (Joyce) acknowledging that they have received from Fr Pedro Joyce money left in the will of Gregory Joyce to be used for help in converting the relatives of F. McGrath
1f
LC/A4/32 10 December 1752 & 19 May 1758
Language: Portuguese and English
Sheet of accounts signed by Rodrigo Franco for repairs to college property
Note in English:
“Found in Preston's room after his death”
2f
LC/A4/33 21 June 1755
Language:
Portuguese
Receipts and other financial papers concerning Manoel Joze de Sylva and the college
2f
LC/A4/34 26 [July] 1755
Language:
English
Receipt by J. Poyntz S. J. for money received from Nathaniel Boyce's will by the Jesuit procurator of the English Province
Witnessed by Cornelius Morphy (S. J. Provincial) and J. Shepperd
1f
LC/A4/35 17 March 1757
Language:
Portuguese
Bill of Manoel Ribeiro Preto
1f
LC/A4/36 27 January 1759
Language:
Portuguese
Receipt from Bartholomeu da Costa to Christopher Hodgson for his wages
1f
LC/A4/37 3 November 1759
Language:
Portuguese
Receipt by C. Hodgson to Bartholomeu da Costa for rent for Quinta
1f
LC/A4/38 24 January 1760
Language:
English
Letter from Martin Hurdis to John Preston: asking for payment for money owed to him from Blackburne's estate
1f
LC/A4/39 13 June 1760
Language:
Portuguese
Receipt from Thomas Lewis to J. Shepperd for
Pope's Homers
1f
LC/A4/40 24 August 1760
Language:
English
Receipt from C. Doran to C. Hodgson for 39,445 reis from the Revd Edmund Doran's pension (before his pension reverted to the college)
1f
LC/A4/41 24 December 1763
Language:
Portuguese
Receipt from Da Cunha's procurator for 8 mil 250 reis from the college
1f
LC/A4/42 1 June 1766
Language:
Portuguese
Receipt by J. Gomez and A. de Oliveira for money paid by the college
1f
LC/A4/43 4 November 1767
Language:
Portuguese
Receipt from Joze Feliz de Faria to G. Bernard for 19,200 reis from the college
1f
LC/A4/44 3 February 1768
Language:
Portuguese
Receipt from the procurator of Lisbon College to Antonio Joze de Figueroa for 750 reis
1f
LC/A4/45 7 May 1770
Language:
Portuguese
Receipt from P. Joze Roiz dos Santos to Pedro Herbert for 110,000 reis
1f
LC/A4/46 13 October 1770
Language:
English
Receipt from James Atmore to T. Postlewhite for payment for repairing clocks
1f
LC/A4/47 [1762] - 1770
Language:
Portuguese
Account statements showing abatements from receipts of Quinta from the vintage
Includes a similar account in English
3 items
LC/A4/48 7 December 1773
Language:
Portuguese
Receipt from [?Francisco Enndias] to Bisconde de Ponte de Lima for 216,350 reis
2f
LC/A4/48 7 December 1773
Language:
Portuguese
Payment by Bisconde de Ponte de Lima to [?Francisco Enndias] for 216,350 reis
2f
LC/A4/50 December 1774
Language:
Portuguese
Account by the Abbacy of St Eulalia of revenues from John Preston's benefice
1f
LC/A4/51 1774
Language:
Portuguese
Report on John Preston's pension
20f
LC/A4/52 14 March 1775
Language:
English
Invoice from Matthew Allison (bookseller in Farmouth) to J. Preston for twelve
Abridgements of Telemachus
1f
LC/A4/53 7 April 1775
Language:
Portuguese
Receipt from Francisco Joze de Figueroa to the procurator of Lisbon College for 750 reis from the college
1f
LC/A4/54 19 December 1765 - 30 June 1775
Language:
Portuguese
Receipts of Donna Anna Joaquina for ground rent (Rua de Boa Morte) paid by the college, 1765 - 1775
1 file
LC/A4/55 23 July 1775
Language:
English
Account by John Preston of the college's rents and debts, with an explanation of why the college cannot support as many students as formerly
3f
LC/A4/56 24 December 1775
Language:
English
Revised version of the account by John Preston of the college's rents and debts (23 July 1775)
2f
LC/A4/57 25 December 1775
Language:
Portuguese
Account statement showing items purchased for the procurator by the college's buyer, 1774 - 1775
2f
LC/A4/58 24 June 1776
Language:
Portuguese
Accounts of the cobbler, Mr Warner
2 items
LC/A4/59 22 July 1777
Language:
English
Expenses by Jerome Allen incurred on his return from Douai, via London, to Lisbon (23 April - 9 July 1777)
Also includes separate expenses of Thomas Holinshead
Paid by G. Bernard, 22 July 1777
2f
LC/A4/60 3 August 1777
Language:
English
Procurator's receipt for 7 milreis for daily expenses
1f
LC/A4/61 4 August 1777
Language:
English
Receipt by G. Bernard for 19 milreis from J. Barnard
1f
LC/A4/62 18 September 1777
Language:
English
G. Bernard's receipt for 9 milreis from J. Barnard
1f
LC/A4/63 10 October 1777
Language:
English
Cobbler's account, 1771 - 1777, with a summary by James Barnard
2f
LC/A4/64 7 February 1778
Language:
English
Note from Joachim Palyart sent to John Preston concerning Sir Henry Hunloke's wine bill
With a copy of J. Barnard's notice of the wine shipment to Stephenson at Hull and J. Shepperd
2f
LC/A4/65 6 June 1778
Language:
English
Agreement between Alexander McDonnell to J. Barnard to take all accounts between them as settled owing to his confusion over the late T. Postlewhite's accounts
1f
LC/A4/66 13 August 1778
Language:
Portuguese
Receipt from G. Bernard by proxy to J. Barnard, preceded by a letter of protest (1 August) in which Bernard demands his money
2f
LC/A4/67 29 August 1778
Language:
English
Washerwoman's bill for 12 March - 29 August
Paid: 29 August
1f
LC/A4/68 29 August 1778
Language:
English
Account of Quinta articles bought by Joseph Glover
1f
LC/A4/69 6 August 1779
Language:
English
Samuel Rock's receipts to James Barnard for travel expenses to Douai and 8 guineas from England
1f
LC/A4/70 30 September 1779
Language:
Portuguese
Letter from Anna Joaquina to [?]: problems caused by the earthquake
1f
LC/A4/71 [?1779]
Language:
Portuguese
Clarification of John Preston's pension
2f
LC/A4/72 30 November 1780
Language:
Portuguese
Tailor's receipt for 12 milreis
1f
LC/A4/73 [31 July 1782]
Language:
English
Debts due to John Preston's estate
1f
LC/A4/74 22 May 1785
Language:
English
J. Allen's receipt for his half-yearly allowance from Bishop James Talbot
1f
LC/A4/75 12 August 1785
Language:
English
J. Allen's receipt for his half-yearly allowance from Bishop James Talbot
1f
LC/A4/76 18 July 1785 - 1787
Language:
Portuguese
J. Allen's accounts for his benefice
6 items
LC/A4/77 24 September 1785
Language:
English
Statement of W. Hurst's Paris account (1782 - 85) sent to W. Fryer
1f
LC/A4/78 5 October 1787
Language:
English
J. Allen's accounts from 1782 sent to W. Fryer
2f
LC/A4/79 22 October 1787
Language:
Portuguese
Account of the expenses of the ballplace wall
2f
LC/A4/80 1788
Language:
Portuguese
Fascicle of a rough ark book used by J. Preston and J. Barnard, 1776 - 1788
10f
LC/A4/81 8 August 1788 - 20 July 1789
Language:
English
Simon Bordley's bills
5 items
LC/A4/82 10 June 1791
Language:
English
Bill of lading from T. Horrabin to W. Fryer for one case of merchandise on the
Thomas and Sally
1f
LC/A4/83 8 June 1792 - 9 March 1798
Language:
English
Financial papers relating to Count Doria of Paris, mostly correspondence between W. Fryer, Christopher and William Lynch, Countess Doria, and Robert Barnewall about Count Doria's finances
1 file
LC/A4/84 October 1794
Language:
Portuguese
J. Allen's bills for Marquez de Ponte de Lima, Principal Telles and the inquisitor general for telescope, lens etc
1f
LC/A4/85 26 December 1794
Language:
English
Bill of lading from Domingos Telles (Madeira) to C & W Lynch for one pipe and twenty quarter casks of Madeira wine on the
Duckenfield
1f
LC/A4/86 15 June 1799
Language:
Portuguese
Letter from Joze Francisco Bernadez (Oporto) to J. Allen: sending wine for Pedro de Mello [?Broyner]
2f
LC/A4/87 1801 - 1806
Language:
Portuguese
Fascicle of an ark book, 1801 - 1806
9f
LC/A4/88 18 April 1812
Language:
English
Notarised deed by J. Glover of a gift of £797 to the college
3f
Old Catalogue Number 99
LC/A4/89 [1815] - 1818
Language:
Portuguese
Fascicle of a book of receipts for servants' wages
12f
LC/A4/90 1806 - 1822
Language:
English
Memorandum relating to income from Caza das Carnes and others
2f
LC/A4/91 3 July 1828
Language:
English
Accounts from Rockcliff and Duckworth with E. Winstanley
3 items
LC/A4/92 16 June 1829
Language:
Portuguese
Bond by [?Luize Joze Barboza] to T. Hurst for the payment of 25,000 reis
1f
LC/A4/93 18 January 1827 - 18 January 1832
Language:
Portuguese
College's
titulo de divid publica from 18 January 1827, with further entries until 1832
2f
LC/A4/94 15 December 1834
Language:
Portuguese
Bill by Rockcliff and Duckworth for payment to E. Winstanley for books
Paid: 15 December 1834
1f
LC/A4/95 [?1834]
Language:
Portuguese
Draft declaration from the Camara Municipal giving power of attorney to P. Baines to receive 270,180 reis
1f
LC/A4/96 30 December 1836
Language:
Portuguese
Record of payment by the Portos Secos of 150,000 reis
1f
LC/A4/97 19 October - 14 December 1840
Language:
English
Protested bill of Winstanley caused by the Wrights's bankruptcy
Includes Charles Higgs's receipt for the bill of expenses (458,660 reis), paid by Winstanley on 14 December 1840
2f
LC/A4/98 4 March 1841
Language: Portuguese and French
Receipt from Henrique Joze de Souza Telles to the college for books belonging to the Jesuits in the safe-keeping of the college
Includes an extract of a letter in French from M. Delvaux S. J., former superior of the colleginho in Lisbon, asking him to dispose of the Jesuits' belongings
2 items
LC/A4/99 December 1841
Language:
English
College's account with R. Thompson for 1841
1f
LC/A4/100 1 August 1844
Language:
English
Inventory of kitchen utensils
2f
LC/A4/101 6 August 1844
Language:
English
Inventory of the Wardrobe
1f
LC/A4/102 12 May 1846
Language:
Portuguese
Declaration from E. Winstanley giving P. Baines power of attorney to collect dividends from the Camra Municipal
2f
LC/A4/103 27 December 1847
Language:
English
Winstanley's bill for £300 on Norris, protested and paid for by the Bank of England
2f
LC/A4/104 11 February 1848
Language:
English
Deed of transfer of college stock from the names of Norris, Winstanley, Ilsley and Griffiths to Wiseman, Winstanley, Ilsley and North
Includes receipts from the transfer fees
6 items
LC/A4/105 December 1848
Language:
English
Inventory of the sacristy
4f
LC/A4/106 16 December 1850
Language:
English
Inventory of kitchen utensils
2f
LC/A4/107 13 June 1851
Language:
English
Account of P. Baines relating to Lady Lucy Foley (funeral expenses and mass)
3f
LC/A4/108 1851
Language:
English
Wardrobe inventory
1f
LC/A4/108a 16 June 1852 - 23 March 1853
Receipts for bills paid by Peter Baines to various individuals
8 items
LC/A4/109 October 1856
Language:
English
List of the invested property in the college
2f
LC/A4/110 15 March 1860
Language:
Portuguese
Affidavit by J. Ilsley acknowledging a loan of 400,000 reis from Gertrudes Magna and undertaking to pay interest
1f
LC/A4/111 October 1859 - December 1862
Language:
Portuguese
Buer's day book for provisions
3 fascicles
LC/A4/112 14 October 1863
Language:
English
Inventory of the superiors' room, refectory, kitchen and pantry
1f
LC/A4/113 20 October 1864
Language:
Portuguese
Receipt from Manoel Carvalho to P. Baines for 3,690 reis for painting
1f
LC/A4/114 24 June 1867
Language:
English
List of payments, 31 May - 24 June 1867
3f
LC/A4/115 17 August 1867
Language:
English
Bill from Bevington & Sons to P. Baines for £106 for a new organ
1f
LC/A4/116 [?1860 x 1869]
Language:
Portuguese
Printed Portuguese form from the Junta do Credito Publico
Signed by P. Baines
1f
LC/A4/117 9 December 1870
Language:
English
T. Barge's account with P. Jorge
2f
LC/A4/118 17 February 1873
Language:
English
Estimate by Bevington & Sons to T. Barge for a new organ (similar to one supplied to Lisbon College)
Includes a covering letter
2 items
LC/A4/119 24 December 1884
Language: Italian
Bill for 90 lire for tips on the occasion of William Hilton's domestic prelacy
2f
LC/A4/120 25 March 1885
Language:
English
Westminster's account with the college (March 1884 - March 1885)
3 items
LC/A4/121 24 February 1896
Language:
English
Receipt from the diocese of Liverpool to W. Hilton for £3,000 deposited with the diocese
1f
Old Catalogue Number 517
LC/A4/122 21 February 1898
Language:
English
Receipt from the London Joint Stock Bank to W. Hilton, J. Singleton, T. Cawley and J. Lawless for £1,200 Grand Trunk Railway of Canada debenture stock
Possibly for the Croft Fund
1f
Old Catalogue Number 522
LC/A4/123 20 December 1917
Language:
English
List of the college's investments
1f
LC/A4/124 28 April 1939
Language:
English
Letter from Kingsley Wood, Williams & Murphy to John Cullen: James Littleton's bequest of £30 to the college
1f
Old Catalogue Number 605
