Reference code: GB-0298-LC/A20
Title: Wills (Lisbon College)
Dates of creation: 1631-1942
Extent: 1 box
Held by: Ushaw College Library
Origination: Lisbon College
Language: English and Portuguese
The English College of SS. Peter and Paul at Lisbon (or, as it is more commonly known, Lisbon College) was founded by Pedro Coutinho in 1624 as a college for English students training for the priesthood and mission work in England. As a
pontifical college it was awarded the same privileges and rights as other colleges centrally controlled by Rome, such as the English College in Rome, whose aim was the maintenance of the Catholic faith in England, Scotland and Ireland. The driving
force behind the college in its early years was William Newman. Although he was never to become president, Newman founded the college from property entrusted by the estate of the late Nicholas Ashton, a Catholic chaplain in Lisbon. Initial progress
was slow until the arrival of a group of English students and teachers from the English College at Douai in 1628. The first president, albeit briefly, was Archdeacon Joseph Haynes who died the following year. The reputation of the college as a
centre of academic excellence and its relevance as an English institution in Lisbon attracted patronage from varied sources during the seventeenth century, including Pedro da Costa and Maria de Oliveira Leitoa who transferred important funds to the
College in exchange for daily masses for their special intention. In 1679, Pope Innocent XI granted the College the privilege of being considered as a High Altar of Christ on the Cross. In spite of its wealthy benefactors and papal patronage, the
college faced a number of challenges in the following centuries. In 1755, Lisbon was shaken by a terrible earthquake in which 20,000 people died and 60,000 houses and 60 palaces and convents were destroyed. The college suffered badly both in terms
of the physical devastation of its buildings and the mental well-being of many of its students and superiors who, like most of the population of Lisbon, chose to live under tents in the gardens of the college rather than risk being inside in fear of
another quake. The college suffered another setback when it was occupied by French forces during Napoleon's invasion of Portugal in 1807 and, just days before the second French invasion, the president decided to close the college down, with all
students being sent to an Anglo-Portuguese school in England until the war ended in 1814. The college was finally closed in 1973. Since the passing of the Roman Catholic Relief Act in Britain in 1829, the college's raison d'etre had ceased to exist
although it's high reputation as a teaching and training establishment enabled it to survive for another 144 years.
Wills and associated papers of various staff members of Lisbon College. Also includes four files of papers and correspondence relating to the will of J. Diniz de Azevedo.
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/A20/1 7 August 1631
Language:
English
Will of A. Saunders
Includes £325 left to the college to assist in supporting a priest in return for masses.
2f
Old Catalogue Number 83
LC/A20/2 1 September [?1637]
Language:
Portuguese
Will of Antonio Jorge de Mello
2f
LC/A20/3 25 April 1679
Language:
English
Endorsed
“The Legacies of Mr Wm Lloyd as he determined them whilst a prisoner”
William Lloyd was imprisoned during the Popish Plot scare; he died in prison six days before the appointed day of execution
2 items (2 membranes)
Old Catalogue Number 252
LC/A20/4 6 February 1694
Language:
Portuguese
Inventory of Richard Russell's estate
Russell left everything to his nephew, Nicholas Waldegrave
39f
Old Catalogue Number 291
LC/A20/5 4 August 1709
Language:
English
Will of Matthias Watkinson
Endorsed:
“Notes received from Mr Matthias Watkinson, how he disposes of things, viz. his Estate, at present, & when Almighty God shall please him to call him out of this world”
Witnesses: John Floyd, Peter Lostock and John Askew
2f
Old Catalogue Number 295
LC/A20/6 6 April 1624
Language:
English
Copy of the will of J. Herbert (Vane)
Residue left to the college for the education of priests, as well as for the college's agent in England
2f
LC/A20/7 [24] October 1734
Language: Portuguese and English
(1) Copy of the will of E. Jones
(2) Another version of the will in J. Barnard's hand
(3) Further undated instructions in English, including money for the maintenance of students
3 items
Old Catalogue Number 362
LC/A20/8 20 January - 16 March 1778
Language:
Portuguese
Will of John Preston, sealed up by a tabelliao
Also includes a queen's licence authorising him to make the will
2 items
Old Catalogue Number 168
LC/A20/9 28 June 1799 - 18 September 1809
Language: Portuguese and English
Copy of the will of Jerome Allen (Portuguese)
Includes a section in English written by Allen revoking previous wills and leaving everything to the college and asking them to look after his sister as far as possible
2f
Old Catalogue Number 100
LC/A20/10 21 May 1814
Language:
English
Donatio in vivis of Jerome Allen's property to the college
2f
Old Catalogue Number 111
LC/A20/11 26 March 1813 - 25 May 1814
Language:
English
Procurator's receipts of property made over to the college by Jerome Allen
2f
Old Catalogue Number 112
LC/A20/12 17 February 1722
Language:
English
Copy of additional instructions for the will of J. Buckley
Leaving £1,200 to the college and directing that masses be said for him, with stipends taken from the interest
1f
LC/A20/13 18 March 1824
Language:
English
Copy of a letter from E. Norris to E. Winstanley with a copy of the will of the countess de Font (and details of the bequest of W.V. Fryer's library)
Enclosed: details of the interest
3f
Old Catalogue Number 441
LC/A20/14 24 June 1824
Language:
English
Copy of the will of J. Buckley, taken from the registry of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
Leaving stocks for life to Mrs Cary and thereafter to the college
4f
LC/A20/15 22 July 1827
Language:
English
Will of Charles le Clerc
Leaving money and books (with exceptions to the college and property to his mother)
Renewals and additions in 1831, 1833 and 1834
Will opened and read by the British vice-consul after le Clerc's death on 6 July 1834
2f
LC/A20/16 20 April 1838
Language:
Portuguese
Will of E. Winstanley
Leaving property in Britain to Griffiths, Norris and Ilsley, and property in Portugal to Ilsley
Opened by Jeremias Meagher (British vice-consul), Baines, and Ilsley on 14 August 1852
2f
Old Catalogue Number 461
LC/A20/17 20 June 1844
Language:
Portuguese
Extracts from the will of Miss Slack expressing her desire to be buried in the college, preferably in the grave of her sister, Marianna Slack Sampaio, and that she wants to buried in the Carmelite habit
Leaving 100,000 reis to the president to be distributed to poor British subjects and a further 100,000 reis to Hurst for charitable purposes
1f
LC/A20/18 9 April 1850
Language:
Portuguese
Winstanley's receipt for 444,440 reis (£100) from William Dogherty's executors (Charles Gould and George Denis Walsh) to be used for needy British subjects in Lisbon (Catholic and Protestant)
1f
LC/A20/19 21 October 1851
Language:
English
Letter of instruction by E. Winstanley about the disposal of his property
2f
LC/A20/20 17 January 1853
Language:
Portuguese
Will of T. Hurst
Leaving everything to Ilsley (or, in his default, to Richmond)
Includes a notarised account of its opening (31 January 1855)
2f
LC/A20/21 8 March 1860
Language: English and Portuguese
Will of J. Ilsley
Leaving everything to P. Baines, W. Browne and R. Duckett
Includes a Portuguese authentication
With an additional draft copy of Ilsley's will
2 items
LC/A20/22 10 March - 22 April 1860
Language:
English
Instructions to executors by J. Ilsley leaving everything to the college with certain stated exceptions
1f
LC/A20/23 6 July 1866
Language:
English
(1) Copy of a letter read to Baines at Low Week meeting, 1866, urging him not to act as executor of the Infanta's will because a breach of Portuguese law would be involved
(2) Baines's memorandum of a visit to the Infanta who assured him that there was no breach of law involved
(3) Letter from Baines to Messrs Arnold & Co. on the same subject
3 items
LC/A20/24 8 July 1878
Language:
Portuguese
Receipt by Peter Jorge to Baines, as executor, for the payment of 4,500 reis owed for
decimus by Jorge's estate
1f
LC/A20/25 26 August 1911
Language:
English
Account of the property left by Mgr Hilton to the college on his death
Drawn up for the superiors
4f
LC/A20/26 3 July 1942
Language:
English
Copy of the will of John Cullen
1f
LC/A20/27 1728 - 1781
Language:
Portuguese
Correspondence and other papers relating to the will of J. Diniz de Azevedo
Correspondents include: J. Diniz de Azevedo, R. de Campos, Edward Jones, Manoel Corea Vascas, Gasper Gonçalves de Aranjo (dean of Rio), John Manley, Jono Alvez Simois, Joao Pedro Damasio de Aguiar, Francisco Antonio Breco de Sliveira, Manoel de
Azevedo Mendonça, the king of Portugal (Joseph I), P. Moreyra Freyre, Manoe Henriquez de Fonseca, and others
4 files
Old Catalogue Number 48
LC/A20/28 15 January 1841
Language:
Portuguese
Papers relating to the will of Manoel Maria Donas Botto, including: baptism certificates for his son and daughters; certification by the French consul; terms of a business partnership with Athalie Veron
1 file
