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[This Volume contains Sec. Sir John Coke's Narrative of the
Discovery of a College of Jesuits at Clerkenwell, with various
illustrative Papers referred to in that Narrative, and other Papers
of a cognate character, some of which were found in Clerkenwell.] |
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1. Narrative, by Sec. Sir John Coke, of the Discovery of a
Jesuits' College at Clerkenwell. [Original draft, in the handwriting of Sir John Coke. The papers annexed were marked by
Sec. Coke with the letters of the alphabet, in ordinary sequence from
A to Z. We continue, therefore, to distinguish them in the same
way, indicating also those which at the present time are missing.]
Annexed, |
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A. Inventory of goods and household stuff found in the house
near Clerkenwell, in the possession of Daniel Stanhope,
Edward Moore, George Holland alias Guido Holt, Joseph
Underhill alias Thomas Poulton, Thomas Weedon, Edward
Parr, and Robert Beaumont, suspected to be Jesuits or
Seminary Priests, and of Thomas Latham, housekeeper
there, seized by George Long, Justice of Peace, on the
19th [sic.] March inst. Dated 1628, March 24. |
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B. and C. are missing. |
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D. Accounts of the monthly expenses of the Society, from
January 1624 to January 1627, audited by Richard Bankes,
Provincial of the Order of St. Ignatius. These accounts
refer to the successive residences of the college at Edmonton, Camberwell and Clerkenwell. |
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E. i. Summary of receipts and expenses of the College for the
year 1625. The totals are,—Receipts 513l. 10s., payments
471l. 10s. 9d. |
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ii. Another summary of receipts and expenses from the visitation on January 16, 1624, to December 23, 1626. |
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F. Various directions addressed by the authorities of the Society
of Jesus to the Superiors of their several Colleges or Houses
of Reception, for the general management of their establishments; with other rules addressed specially to the
Father Rector of the College or House of Probation of
St. Ignatius. They all relate to the year 1625. Latin. |
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G. Father Richard Blount to Mr. [Richard Stan]hope. Sends a
memorial of certain things agreed to in a congregation,
and recommends them for adoption, care being taken to
distinguish between those of primary importance, which
could not be dispensed with, and others which are not of
paramount and immediate necessity. Among the latter is
a direction for abstinence from the use of tobacco. 1622,
September 8. Latin. |
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H. Odoardus Alecampus to —. Sends certain faculties which
are intended only for Superiors of the several Missions,
and are not to be communicated to persons out of the
Society, except with great care and obligation. 1623,
December 20. Latin. Incloses, |
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i. Statement of ten faculties, principally for granting
dispensations, and given only to Superiors.
Latin. |
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I. Memorial containing 16 articles for the government of the
Society, probably the same which were inclosed in the
paper marked with the letter G. Latin. |
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K. Ten heads respecting which the Consultors were to address
letters to the General of the Society. Latin. |
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L. Missing. |
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M. Richard Man to —. Urges that the annuals be sent in
such form as may show the whole year's fruits of every
mission; that no application be made to the writer in
matters which may be answered by the person addressed;
that great care be taken, in speeches and conversations
with others, never to mislike the appointment of a Bishop
in England, but rather to praise and approve his Holiness's proceedings therein; that none meddle with temporals;
that those only hear confessions who by name shall be
designed for it by the person addressed; that pecuniary
assistance be obtained for the Seminary of St. Omer, and
that 5l. be annually sent to the College of Louvain. |
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N. Mutius Vitellesius to Father Thomas Salisbury. Thanks for
his letter of January 16, in which he reports the illness
of the Rector and Master of the Novices. It is of the
less importance, because, on account of the public difficulties, there are few novices to be instructed. Hopes for
their recovery. Similar thanks to Father Robert Freville,
who had written in a similar manner. Rome. April 10. |
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O. Missing. |
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P. i. List, presumed by Sec. Coke, to contain the names of "all
the Jesuits in this province." It contains five names of
persons probably rectors; 18 names of novices; 29 names
of old missionaries; and six names of persons attached to
the Suffolk mission. |
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ii. Names of persons present at the College of St. Ignatius on
certain specified days. |
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iii. Names of 16 persons not yet examined for their degrees. |
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Q. i. Letter addressed to a person in a state of uncertainty
respecting the Oath of Allegiance, arguing at length on the
impropriety of its being taken by Roman Catholics. |
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ii. Draft of the same letter. |
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iii. Copy of the same. |
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R. Pope Urban VIII. to Richard Smith, Bishop of Chalcedon.
Condemns the taking of the Oath of Allegiance by Roman
Catholics, as tending to depose the Prince of the Apostles
from the throne of Christian glory, to which all the rulers
of the earth ought to submit the fasces of empire. Rome,
1626, May 20 / 30. Latin. [Copy.] |
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S. i. The Lay Catholics of England to Bishop Smith, of Chalcedon.
Commenting on his letter to the Lay Catholics, dated
October 16, in which he had claimed to himself the
jurisdiction of an Ordinary throughout England and Scotland. They point out the several objects of the jurisdiction of an ordinary, and that the erection of tribunals for
carrying out such objects would be misprision of treason or
præmunire at least. They are of opinion, that, if such
inconveniences had been known abroad, the authority
would not have been granted, and they therefore do not
feel bound to conform thereto. Latin. |
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ii. Translation of the same into English. |
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T. Letter, unsigned, to [Bishop Smith, of Chalcedon] in
reply to the preceding letter of the Lay Catholics. The
letter is attributed to Fullano, and is described as that
of a libeller who finds himself aggrieved that obedience
is required where he presumed none was due. |
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U. Ecclesiastical canons for preservation of peace and discipline between the secular clergy and the monks of St.
Benedict, proposed by William Bishop, Bishop of Chalcedon. Latin. |
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W. i. Directions for admittance into the Sodality or Association
of the Little Chaplet, in honour of the Blessed Virgin,
with the manner of saying the same. |
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ii. Another paper substantially the same as the preceding,
entitled "The Little Chaplet of our Blessed Lady." |
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X. i. Extracts from letters written to the Rector of the College
of Louvain, containing a description of the new-found
land of Jesus. Latin. |
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ii. Extract from a letter of the Rector of —, dated
June 4, 1626, in which an account is given of a
miracle performed at a place termed Mezanile, which
was formerly overrun with wolves. The priest of the
church of St. Ignatius having urged the inhabitants to
keep a novena in honour of that saint, on the termination of the novena the wolves entirely disappeared.
Latin. |
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Y. i. Edward Wingfield to Edward Parr. The writer's master
desires the presence of Parr in town about March 10
or 11 next, that he, with some others, may be promoted
on St. Joseph's Day, February 13, 1628. |
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ii. Direction, signed Edward Wingfield, that every one in his
prayers should commend to God a certain business of
great importance. |
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Z. The names of all those that are priests of the Order of
St. Ignatius. [This is a copy of the paper marked
P. I., with the omission of four names, and also of the
degrees in the fraternity to which the several persons
enumerated belonged.] |
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[Other Papers which have relation to the affairs of the Roman
Catholics in England, and were either found at Clerkenwell, or
were subsequently placed in the same volume with the papers found
there.] |
1625.
Jan. 19. |
2. R. B. [Richard Bankes] to [the Rector of the Society]. Customary annual report, setting forth the condition of establishments
of the Jesuits in England. Latin. |
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3. Jo. Ed. to —. Letter of advice on the subject of a
marriage of a niece of the person addressed, under circumstances
which the writer supposed would be illegal, and be disapproved by
the fathers of the society. [Draft.] |
1626.
June 19. |
4. E. K. H. to Daniel Stanhope. Thanks for favours, especially
for the token sent by Coffin, of which he had spent half in his
journey. |
1627.
May 24./June 4.
London. |
5. John Colleton, Vicar General and Dean of the Chapter,
Edward Bennett, and John Jackson, Vicars General and Archdeacons, to —, addressed as "Illustrissime et Reverendissime
Domine." Acknowledge the receipt of two letters which came to
hand on a visitation for administering the sacrament of confirmation. Pleasure with which the Bishop of Chalcedon and the
English clergy view the appointment of the person addressed as
their agent at Rome. Comment on the dispute between the Bishop
and the Regulars. Pretended miracle of the sacred vessels of Father
John Brown having been found uninjured after having been cast
into the fire by the heretics. Mode in which letters might be
transmitted. |
[1627.]
[Sept. ?] |
6. Certain inconveniences which would follow if the titular Bishop
of Chalcedon had the authority which he pretendeth to have in
England and Scotland. |
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7. Certain demands proposed to the Bishop of Chalcedon by the
Lay Catholics, to be by him resolved. |
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8. Certain Observations made by N. N. upon the preceding article,
which is described as "Some Articles or Questions said to be subscribed by two Noblemen and Gentlemen with pretence to be sent
to the Bishop of Chalcedon, but never sent to him; but scattered
abroad without any name for to disgrace and impugn his authority." |
| [Sept. ?] |
9. Copy of the same; imperfect. |
| Oct. 16. |
10. Bishop Smith, of Chalcedon, to the Lay Catholics of England.
Explains the cause of his dispute with the regulars, and vindicates
the propriety of his demand to have the approval of all priests
before they could take upon them to hear confessions. |
| Oct. 16. |
11. The same to Lord —, described as "the chiefest" of
the Lay Catholics of England. Sends him a copy of the preceding
letter to the Lay Catholics. He is requested to commend it, or
at least to show it, to such noblemen and gentlemen as he was
acquainted withal. Annexed, |
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11. i. Copy of the preceding letter from the Bishop of Chalcedon
to the Lay Catholics. 1627, October 16. [These papers
are much injured by damp.] |
Dec. 10.
London. |
12. The Regulars of this Kingdom to Bishop Smith, of Chalcedon. In reply to the remarks affecting them in his letter of 1627
October 16, and generally in their own defence, in the dispute between the Bishop and their order. [Copy.] |
| Dec. 10. |
13. Another copy of the same. |
1627 Dec. 24./1628, Jan. 3.
Paris. |
14. John Francis Archbishop of Patras and Bishop of Cervia
to the Vicars General of Bishop Smith, of Chalcedon. Acknowledges the receipt of their letters, together with the annexed
writings, which latter had been previously mentioned by the Bishop
of Chalcedon. They shall be forwarded to Rome, to the Holy
Congregation, on a favourable opportunity, and the answer sent
on to the persons addressed as soon as received. Regrets the
dissensions. |
| [1627 ?] |
15. Parallel showing the difference between the Bishop of Chalcedon's claim and the claim of the Benedictine members of the
English Congregation. |
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16. Copy of the same, much injured by damp. |
1628.
Feb. 15.
London. |
17. Arthur Sanders to Edmund Parr. Sends directions to
celebrate an "oriental joy." It comes after the festival, therefore
he will have time. Five or six people are coming from Olympio
[Rome ?]. Minute directions for sending a trunk to Barnstaple.
Mr. Pigott about to be reconciled, and turned over to Chalcedon.
Marriage of Lady Sydenham with Lord Gray, a Scottish Viscount,
she being fourscore, he four and twenty. Dispute respecting the
estate of one Combe, which the writer was accused of having
procured from him by cosenage. In a postcript are notes of Papal
directions to offer prayers for three Jesuits who had suffered martyrdom in Japan, and for several benefactors to the Society. |
| March 10. |
18. Bishop Smith, of Chalcedon, to the Cardinals of the Holy
Inquisition, in reply to their offer to mediate in the dispute which
had arisen between the Bishop of Chalcedon and the Regulars. |
| [March ?] |
19. Account of Bishop Smith, of Chalcedon, and of his ordinary
places of residence, at Turvey, co. Bedford, and at several places
co. Buckingham; with notices of the priests principally employed
by him. [In the handwriting of Sec. Coke.] |
| [March ?] |
20. Another account of the same Bishop Smith, and the disputes
respecting his jurisdiction. |
| [March ?] |
21. Form of oath of obedience taken by every English Roman
Catholic priest to the Bishop of Chalcedon, as his ordinary. |
| [March ?] |
22. Copy of a letter which was found among some Jesuits that
were lately taken in London, and addressed to the Father Rector at
Brussels. Indorsed by Bishop Laud, "A Jesuit's Letter, sent to
the Rector at Brussels, about the ensuing Parliament." This
letter explains, or professes to do so, the policy adopted by the
Jesuits to increase the public confusion in England.] |
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23. Another copy of the same. |
