Reference code: GB-0298-UC/P13
Title: Eyre Papers
Dates of creation: 1580-1809
Extent: 3 boxes
Held by: Ushaw College Library
Origination: Thomas Eyre
Language:
English
Thomas Eyre was born at Glossop, Derbyshire, in 1748. He attended the preparatory school at Esquerchin, Douai, before progressing to the parent English College at Douai in 1762. Following his ordination in 1775, he accepted an invitation to take
charge of a mission which covered the area west of Newcastle to Hexham. In 1794, Eyre was appointed to Pontop Hall, near Consett, before Bishop William Gibson asked him to take temporary charge of a small number of refugee students who had fled
Douai because of religious persecution. Eyre was then appointed to preside over a new college at Crook Hall and, after 1808, at Ushaw. Thomas Eyre died on 7 May 1810, leaving his entire fortune (£8640) to the college.
The Eyre Papers include the papers of the Eyre family (Vincent Eyre, Edward Eyre, John Eyre and Thomas Eyre), as well as the correspondence of Thomas Eyre and his personal papers.
The family papers are mostly of a personal or trivial nature, although they do occasionally cover subjects of wider importance, including the education system at St Omers, and Douai College. A series of letters between John Giffard and Vincent
Eyre also shed light on the difficulties of mixed-religion marriages and the religious education of children.
The Eyre correspondence includes letters from some of the more notable lay Catholics and clergy of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries (Robert Banister, Rowland Broomhead, Matthew Gibson, George Dunn, Sir John Lawson, and Jane
Silvertop). The letters are particularly valuable for their insight into the development of Catholic missions in the north east of England (notably Carlisle and Berwick) following the passing of the Papist Act (1788) and the Roman Catholic Relief
Act (1791), which granted Catholics the legal right to worship and to build chapels without fear of persecution. As vicar general of the Northern District, Thomas Eyre was primarily responsible for ensuring that the Catholic clergy were adequately
provided for and the correspondence reveals the financial distress of certain members of the clergy, whether in their difficulty of raising subscriptions for the establishment of missions or meeting their own living costs. The correspondence also
highlights the existence of convent communities in the north east, specifically the Haggerston convent and St Ninian's in Wooler, as well as the early development of Ushaw and the dispute with the bishops over the role of episcopal power in the
college. Finally, many letters also concern the wider political situation, notably the Cisalpine Club and their campaign against the oath attached to the 1791 Roman Catholic Relief Act.
The personal papers of Thomas Eyre include a series of sermons, his mission notes, and his will.
This collection has brought together a disparate series of papers on Thomas Eyre and the Eyre family. These include the Eyre Correspondence; Eyre Family Papers (OS 1 E); Eyre Miscellany (OS 2 R); the papers of Thomas Eyre held in the Ushaw
Personal Papers series; and the Eyre sermons.
The Eyre Manuscripts are retained as a separate collection (UC/P28)
Open for consultation.
Permission to make any published use of material from the collection must be sought in advance from pg.library@durham.ac.uk and, where appropriate, from the copyright owner. The Library will assist where possible with identifying copyright
owners, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user of the material
1. Eyre Family Papers (ordered generally chronologically)
2. Eyre Correspondence (ordered by correspondent)
3. Personal Papers
Card index with calendar for the majority of the family papers, and list of Thomas Eyre's correspondence
Eyre Manuscripts
D. Milburn, ‘Eyre, Thomas (1748–1810)’,
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/9039, accessed 12 January 2012]
1. Eyre Family PapersUC/P13/1/1 31 March 1580
Will of Robert Pursglove, bishop of Hull, leaving property to the Eyre family including Gervase of Keeton in Yorkshire, Rowland of Heslope in Derbyshire, Thomas of Dounstone, Edward, Vincent, Robert, Mary, Eleanor and Frances
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UC/P13/1/2 [1747]
Account of the life of Vincent Eyre of Dronfield Woodhouse
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UC/P13/1/3 10 July 1763
Letter from Charles Corn to Nathaniel Eyre: sending condolences on the death of his sister who was lamented by her community of Blue Nuns
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UC/P13/1/4 7 February 1773
Letter from Thomas Eyre (Douai) to Edward Eyre (St Omers): ordained only with Gregory Stapleton as Melling was deferred, advising him not to tell Butler of the lack of ordinations, asking him to thank Butler for lending books to him, and Daniel's
appointment as confessor
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UC/P13/1/5 15 February 1773
Letter from Thomas Eyre (Douai) to Edward Eyre (St Omers): hoping the skates he sent him would be useful, Edward's current situation, and Butler sending books
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UC/P13/1/6 25 May 1773
Letter from Thomas Eyre (Douai) to Edward Eyre (St Omers): asking him to ensure that books borrowed by the late Alban Butler are returned to Douai, Butler's manuscripts bequeathed to Douai, conjectures about Warren at Paris, and a list of books
to be returned
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UC/P13/1/7 6 June 1773
Letter from Vincent Eyre to Edward Eyre (St Omers): Charles Butler sending a watch and a seal with Eyre arms, his belief that Edward will probably work in the Midland District, and suggesting that there is no harm in staying on as a priest at St
Omers
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UC/P13/1/8 26 August 1773
Letter from Vincent Eyre to Edward Eyre (St Omers): sending ten guineas, informing him that his district will be the Midland, and his hopes that Wilkinson will be Butler's successor
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UC/P13/1/9 November 1773
Letter from Vincent Eyre to Edward Eyre (St Omers): trouble between Coombs, the Butlers and Edward, and suggesting that Edward should live up to the sanctity of his vocation
This letter is badly torn
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UC/P13/1/10 30 December 1773
Letter from Thomas Eyre to Edward Eyre (St Omers): John's fever interrupting his studies at Paris, boys in Thomas's charge, Butler's books, Watten, Des Pane winning the Divinity chair, Stonor's view that the Jesuits are expecting restoration in
spite of cardinals seizing their funds and wanting to take Douai College
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UC/P13/1/11 [1776]
List by Nathaniel Eyre of addresses and family memoranda
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UC/P13/1/12 22 January 1774
Letter from Vincent Eyre to Edward Eyre (St Omers): Edward's agreement with his choice of wife (Miss Parker), John's illness, the need to sell Belson's remaining books at St Omers, and Mrs Butler dying
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UC/P13/1/13 12 June 1774
Letter from Thomas Eyre (Douai) to Edward Eyre (St Omers): note enclosing a message for Howard from John Eyre
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UC/P13/1/14 7 December 1775
Letter from Nathaniel Eyre to Edward Eyre (St Omers): a family gathering at Glossop, Thomas's popularity at Stella, John appointed to Longbirch, and planning to send money to him for the journey to Paris
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UC/P13/1/15 12 January 1776
Letter from Vincent Eyre to Edward Eyre (St Omers): sending £10 from his father, asking him to retrieve three volumes of Gother from his aunt at Dunkirk, and the arrival of Thomas's books
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UC/P13/1/16 15 April 1777
Letter from Sister Elizabeth Foster (Dunkirk, Poor Clares) to Vincent Eyre: thanking him for a charitable gift to the community from an anonymous donor, informing him that she has said the Office of the Dead for him each day, Mrs Broomhead's good
health, and her hopes that Vincent will send his daughter to them when she is older
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UC/P13/1/17 29 May 1779
Letter from John Giffard to his wife Elizabeth (nee Hyde): complaining that Elizabeth and her mother have deprived him of his daughter and brought her up as a Protestant for three years, informing her that he has sold his estate and sailed with
Eleanor for the continent, agreeing to receive Elizabeth back on certain terms, and recounting the judgement of Lord Bathurst depriving him of his rights over his daughter
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UC/P13/1/18 10 July 1779
Letter from John Giffard (Picpuce, Paris) to Vincent Eyre: recounts his journey to Bruges, his wife's offer of submission, and informing him of his object to gain control of his daughter's education and instructing Eyre on how to proceed
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UC/P13/1/19 10 July 1779
Letter from John Giffard (Picpuce, Paris) to Elizabeth Giffard (copy): his distress at losing Eleanor, agreeing to meet her at Ostend or Paris
Followed by a note to Vincent Eyre stating that the copy is for information
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UC/P13/1/20 27 July 1779
Letter from John Giffard (Picpuce, Paris) to Vincent Eyre: informing him that he has received a letter addressed to Eleanor by his wife stating that she has gone down to Nerquis, and telling him the three conditions on which he will settle with
his wife
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UC/P13/1/21 30 July 1779
Letter from John Giffard (Picpuce, Paris) to Vincent Eyre: enclosing a letter from his wife, and enclosing his reply to her letter to Eleanor answering her charges of desertion and alienating Eleanor
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UC/P13/1/22 15 December 1779
Letter from John Giffard (Paris) to Vincent Eyre: three letters informing him that his wife will not agree to his conditions, asking Eyre to arrange with Hartley about the estate to ensure that it does not pass out of Giffard's possession
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UC/P13/1/23 [1779]
Terms on which John Giffard will return to his wife, child and native country (draft)
Amendments by Vincent Eyre
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UC/P13/1/24 1781 - 1801
Account book by Mrs Eyre of sums paid to her husband
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UC/P13/1/25 9 June 1781
Letter from Nathaniel Eyre (Manchester) to Thomas Eyre: his potential visit at the same time as Edward's visit, and the celebration of the king's birthday
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UC/P13/1/26 24 January 1781
Letter from James Melling to Edward Eyre (St Omers): books being sent off by ship, Hull's departure from the college, news of Blount's retirement, two marriage cases involving impediment of crime, Dennet's dissatisfaction in Yorkshire, Messrs
Strickland and Hind, being on good terms with his patron, exhorting penitents to the love of God, and wanting Fenelon's spiritual letters
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UC/P13/1/26b [?6 May 1784]
Letter from James Melling (Hazelwood) to Edward Eyre: his poor health interrupting correspondence and forcing him to abandon his flock from August to February, his visit to Lancashire to see the clergy (Hawarden, Barret, Laurenson, Dennet,
Fletcher, Wilkinson, Walsh), and leaving to travel to a place near Hazelwood
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UC/P13/1/27 3 September 1781
Letter from Jane Wheeble (Bullmarsh) to Edward Eyre: his father's death, and race week bringing visitors including Milner of Winchester
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UC/P13/1/28 25 September 1781
Letter from Thomas Eyre (Stella Hall) to Edward Eyre: his father's death
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UC/P13/1/29 8 November 1781
Letter from Vincent Eyre (Sheffield) to Edward Eyre: sending abstracts of his father's will in which Edward is amply provided for, and his mother leaving Manchester for Sheffield
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UC/P13/1/30 9 November 1781
Letter from Jane Eyre (Crumpsal) to Edward Eyre: Vincent letting the Manchester house, asking what has been left to the priest sons, Thomas's opinion that their father had not intended to leave them well off, and Vincent's views on priests
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UC/P13/1/31 10 December 1781
Letter from Jane Wheeble (Bullmarsh) to Edward Eyre: her opinion that their father's will is satisfactory, their lack of a chaplain and the poor state of the chapel roof, and Appleton's visit to Giffard's Hall with Lady Mannock
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UC/P13/1/32 17 January 1782
Letter from Vincent Eyre (Sheffield) to Edward Eyre: payments of debts to St Omers and Melling, William Gibson staying, Thomas Talbot, money for Wilson at Hathersage, and asking Edward to be a godfather
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UC/P13/1/33 7 February 1782
Letter from James Meeling (Aberford) to Edward Eyre: wanting to welcome him at Aberford or Hazelwood and show him York Minster, money paid by Vincent Eyre, asking whether Nathaniel Eyre left Edward adequately provided for, J. Gillow's visit last
summer, Bill Fletcher's accident falling from his horse and Meeling's view that his patron will probably get rid of him
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UC/P13/1/34 22 February 1782
Letter from Thomas Eyre (Stella Hall) to Edward Eyre: their father's will giving his priest sons £50 p.a. and Vincent's dissatisfaction with this, plans for investing the money and asking the bishop for advice, Lancashire clergy investing in
funds, and his belief that priests ought to establish funds for missions or schools
This letter is incomplete
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UC/P13/1/35 1 October 1782
Letter from Francis Hinde (St Omers) to Edward Eyre: news of friends at Dunkirk and St Omers (Hankin, Newsham, White, Mumford, Berrington and Rutter), French students making up two-thirds of the house, influential students (Wilkinson, Halford and
Berington), and a report that Carthusian House will soon be dissolved
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UC/P13/1/36 5 November 1782
Letter from James Melling (Aberford) to Edward Eyre: his illness in Lancashire, Eyre's new place, WaItham, Barrington, Dennet, Fletcher leaving Mrs Ann of Burghwallis for Sunderland, and the death of Havers and Mumford
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UC/P13/1/37 [?1787]
Letter from Thomas Eyre to Edward Eyre: Edward giving up horse riding, his well-attended Easter communions, the revision of scripture translation, Geddes's prospectus, Appleton and Archer's sermons, suggesting that Green's sermons should be
published, and Gibson's affordable catechism
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UC/P13/1/38 25 January 1783
Will of Jane Eyre, wife of Nathaniel Eyre deceased, signed and sealed
Two copies
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UC/P13/1/39 7 May 1783
Letter from Jane Wheble (Kensington) to Edward Eyre: Edward godfather to Vincent's child, Howard's poor health, Bolton and the school at Hammersmith, Appleton, Milner, mass being said at Duany's, and mass at Reading
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UC/P13/1/40 16 June 1783
Letter from Vincent Eyre to Edward Eyre: sending money, hoping that he visits Vincent at Sedgley Park and recommending that he let him learn drawing, and his wish for specimens of Vincent's handwriting
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UC/P13/1/40b 8 September 1783
Letter from Thomas Eyre to Edward Eyre: sending off a cargo of books (including
Instruction of youth and Instruction on confirmation, others sent to Richard Gibson and Charles Blount, suggesting that he spread these books among the poor, and advising him to put their
£200 in Vincent's hands
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UC/P13/1/41 12 September 1783
Letter from Thomas Eyre to Edward Eyre: offering Fleury
Ecclesiastical history (1758) in 41 tomes from a bookseller in Newcastle, advising him on preaching technique, Rutter appointed at Minsteracres, the rise in price of the Instructions,
Windham at Worksop Manor, Joseph Bolton, and Wilkinson
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UC/P13/1/42 26 September 1783
Letter from Sister M. Austin Barnaby to Edward Eyre: the death of her brother, and her fear of asking Protestant relatives about the whereabouts of her sister and mother
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UC/P13/1/43 10 October 1783
Letter from Thomas Eyre (Stella) to Edward Eyre: books travelling by wagon to Wolverhampton including a work by Fleury, suggesting an exchange of manuscript sermons, and advising Edward on how he prepares sermons
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UC/P13/1/44 19 October 1783
Letter from Thomas Eyre (Stella) to Edward Eyre: objections by priests to strong expressions on p.38-39 of
Instructions on confirmation and confirming that an errata slip will be sent
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UC/P13/1/45 11 November 1783
Letter from Thomas Eyre (Stella) to Edward Eyre: planning to send printed alterations to
Instructions on confirmation for insertion in copies, Tasker and Wight to receive copies, Richard Gibson delaying, and Beaumont of Norwich
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UC/P13/1/46 21 December 1783
Letter from William Coombes (Bath) to Thomas Eyre: contrasting his use of leisure with Eyre's instruction of the ignorant in print, Coombes studying the church fathers and classics, planning to purchase the confirmation book, Brewer (ex-Jesuit)
at Bristol and his brother at Shepton Mallet, listing missions (in Wales, Devon and Cornwall), W. Fryer moving to Lisbon to “Gibonise” the college, and his purchase of Savile's edition of
Chrysostom
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UC/P13/1/47 29 April 1784
Letter from Thomas Eyre (Stella) to Edward Eyre: asking him to take one hundred copies of
Instructions of youth for the Midland Catholics, his plan to send some to Rigby in London and Coombes at Bath, investing their inheritance, envious of Edward's situation, and an account of Benedict Joseph Labre (the
new saint)
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UC/P13/1/48 5 February 1785
Letter from Jane Wheeble (Kensington) to Edward Eyre: John's visit and order of a monstrance, their move to Kensington because of the difficulty of Mass services following Duany's death, the purchase of their house from Commander Hotham, and the
civil meeting between Bishop Gibson and Lord Surrey
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UC/P13/1/49 27 May 1785
Letter from Vincent Eyre to Edward Eyre: sending £25, planning to have Vincent home for the holidays, and Jane Wheeble's illness
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UC/P13/1/50 7 October 1785
Letter from James Melling (Hazelwood) to Edward Eyre: his inability to write owing to his heavy workload, 150 men attending the college, and the publication of Appleton and Archer's sermons
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UC/P13/1/51 6 July 1784
Letter from Thomas Eyre to Edward Eyre: high sales (3,600 copies) of
Instructions of youth, Ireland could take 2,000 with Archbishop Butler's help, 3,000 copies of Instructions on confirmation sold, his plans to publish a bible or Gother's lives of
saints
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UC/P13/1/52a 3 April 1786
Letter from J. Talbot to Thomas Talbot: Lord Shrewsbury and George Talbot's arrival from London, his plans to go with Shrewsbury to Horse Cross for a short stay, and his hopes to visit Longbirch
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UC/P13/1/52b 4 August [?1786]
Letter from J. Talbot (Buxton) to Thomas Talbot: his brother's poor health, expecting C. Dormer, Shrewsbury's departure for Harrogate
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UC/P13/1/53 20 June 1786
Letter from Thomas Eyre (Stella) to Edward Eyre: Bishop Gibson planning to stay in London for another month, Thomas's postponement of his visit to Sheffield, Edward's books at Dunkirk and Edward's laziness
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UC/P13/1/54 3 October 1786
Letter from Thomas Eyre to Edward Eyre: his arrival in Hassop and meeting with Vincent and Wheble, Vincent's stay in London following the duke of Norfolk's death, young Vincent going to Banister's at Mowbreck and Charles going to Newsby's school
near Preston. advising him against smoking, Challoner's instructions to priests on their personal habits
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UC/P13/1/55 22 April 1787
Letter from [?] (York) to Thomas Eyre (of Hassop): enjoying York in the winter, Sir W. Milner, the Lord Mayor, Lee at the Assizes, Lord Petre sending the Committee's letter, and the problem of factionalism
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UC/P13/1/56 16 October 1787
Letter from Thomas Eyre (Stella) to Edward Eyre: the disposal of one hundred copies of
Instructions of youth, advising him to send them to Walmesley at Bath, and Bishop Gibson's view on Edward's sermon at Longbirch
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UC/P13/1/57 7 November 1787
Letter from Thomas Eyre to Edward Eyre: expressing his annoyance with Edward for not sending
Instructions of youth to Walmesley, Thomas's praise for the Massillon's sermons
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UC/P13/1/58 22 January 1788
Letter from Vincent Eyre (Sheffield) to W. Bellew: acknowledging receipt of a legal opinion on Mrs Daly's affairs and requesting to see all the papers
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UC/P13/1/59 1 April 1788
Letter from Thomas Eyre (Stella) to Edward Eyre: list of books not sent via Newcastle including some from Dunkirk and requesting a list of those still required
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UC/P13/1/60 15 May 1788
Letter from Thomas Eyre (Stella) to Edward Eyre: acknowledging money, John Eyre's residence with Townsend at Sheffield following the death of Mr Howard, reports of Douai president's maladministration of temporals, advising him to insure his new
chapel at Stafford because of the recent malicious burning of the large chapel at Sunderland (case coming up at the next Assizes)
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UC/P13/1/61 26 July 1788
Letter from Edward Ferres to [a vicar apostolic]: acknowledging a dispensation from consanguinity between himself and Helena Alexander (his second cousin)
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UC/P13/1/62 29 August 1788
Letter from Thomas Havers to [?]: his concern that the Thelton mission has been abandoned by Scott, asking for aid from Colseywood, the shrinking local congregation, and suggesting that his mission could share a priest with Felton
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UC/P13/1/63 23 September 1788
Letter from Thomas Eyre (Stella) to Edward Eyre: the Newcastle wagon bringing a parcel of books, John Eyre's stay with the Townsends at Sheffield, young Vincent gone to Douai, Eyre of Hassop's plan to go abroad because of his poor health, asking
whether Edward's English scripture has been published, abandoning his own project at Bishop Talbot's request, and two new editions of
Spiritual combat
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UC/P13/1/64 30 December 1788
Letter from Thomas Eyre to Edward Eyre: acknowledging money, the scarcity of New Testaments and the need to publish their annotated version soon, news of his aunt at Dunkirk and of Vincent at Douai, the publication of
Garden of the soul, and Carter settling at Towneley
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UC/P13/1/65a 3 July 1789
Letter from Thomas Eyre (Stella) to Mr Thomas Eyre (Nice): giving his approval for the repair of Sir Thomas Tempest's monument in Ryton church, Douglass of York to be James Talbot's coadjutor, and the postponement of the Catholic petition for
this session
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UC/P13/1/65b 3 July 1789
Letter from Matthew Gibson (Stella) to Mr Thomas Eyre: asking him to try to get an English rector for the English College in Rome, seeking an account of the college, and Silvertop's illness
Same sheet as UC/P13/65a
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UC/P13/1/66 22 February 1789
Life annuities payable by Vincent Eyre to various people including Aunt Eyre, Aunt Broomhead, Mrs Parker, Edward Eyre, John Eyre, Thomas Eyre, Mrs Mary Racket, Miss Bolton, and Jane Eyre
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UC/P13/1/67 3 October 1793
Letter from James Corne (Shrewsbury) to [?Thomas Talbot]: the administration of a £400 trust by Prichard's, Cooper of Acton Burnell, Charles Berington, and Mrs Williams
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UC/P13/1/68 5 April 1790
Language: Italian and Latin
Letter from [Pope] Pius VI to Thomas Eyre (of Hassop): granting permission to read prohibited books to Eyre
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UC/P13/1/69a 22 March 1793
Letter from P. Wyndham (Arundel) to [?Thomas Talbot]: money paid to him as executor to John Perry and the incumbent of Derby, Peter Brown and the assistant at Norbury
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UC/P13/1/69b 18 May 1797
Receipt for interest on funds in the names of Anne Westby and G. Wilmot
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UC/P13/1/70 11 July 1793
Letter from E. Heneage (Birmingham) to Thomas Talbot: an intended chapel in Lincolnshire, visiting his daughter Brockholes in Lancashire, David, Leslie beginning his new chapel at Oxford which will have an organ
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UC/P13/1/71a [?1790]
Note by Vincent Eyre of cash belonging to John Eyre found in his possession after his death
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UC/P13/1/71b 18 June 1801
Memorandum by James Ellis (attorney) on the disposal of the estate of the late John Eyre
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UC/P13/1/72 30 October 1801
Valuation by Charles Le Veziel at Crook Hall of the effects of the late John Eyre
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UC/P13/1/73 1782 - 17 January 1801
Account by Thomas Eyre of sums Vincent Eyre has paid to or for Mrs Jane Eyre, his mother
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UC/P13/1/74 31 December 1804
Letter from Thomas Eyre (Crook Hall) to [?H. Williamson] (draft): the administration of his parents' money
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UC/P13/1/75 26 February 1805
Letter from Thomas Eyre (Crook Hall) to [?a lawyer]: instructions about his mother's will or codicil
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UC/P13/1/76 28 June 1781
Letter from James Melling to [?Edward Eyre]: Eyre's return from St Omers, money due to Melling from St Omers, the payment of money from Douai, Barrow's meeting with Sir Miles Stapleton
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UC/P13/1/77 25 July 1807
Letter from Edward Eyre (Hathersage) to Jane Wheble: the gratitude of his congregation for the vestments, his letter to Thomas on building expenses, and hoping that she can help
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UC/P13/1/78 [?1807]
Letter from James Corne to [?Thomas Talbot]: Sir William's proposed visit to Shifnal on Saturday and his hopes that the building plan can be agreed by then, and appointment of a painter and bricklayer
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UC/P13/1/79 9 June 1781 - [1827]
Volume containing:
(1) Copies of agreements between Vincent Eyre and Charles, duke of Norfolk, respecting coal mines
(2) Crook Hall donations and mass obligations
(3) History of the funds of Thomas Eyre at Ushaw up to 1822
(4) List of students with pensions payable at Ushaw, 1872
1 volume
UC/P13/1/80a-m 1801 - 1805
Notes and draft letters by Thomas Eyre to his mother on the settlement of her property
13 letters
UC/P13/1/81 27 July 1781
Letter from William Gibson (Douai) to Nathaniel Eyre: informing him that Mrs C. Eyre is to be allowed £5 p.a., Eyre's sons could vouch for Gibson's disinterest, his view that Douai's superiors have nothing to do with Edward's debts after his
departure for St Omers which Wilkinson believes are the result of charitable donations, and the progress of the two young Eyres
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UC/P13/1/82 22 November 1797
Photocopy of a transcript of a letter from Thomas Eyre (Crook Hall) to Rev Robert Banister: informing him of three priests (Thomas Gillow, Richard Thompson and Thomas Penswick) recently ordained, the observance of confession in the house, the
good workrate of the Divines, playdays, lessons of the Holy Scripture, defensions, seeking Banister's thoughts on a plan to write a history of the Old Testament, the lack of opposition to [Gibson's] proposals on the future of Crook Hall, the lack of
interest in subscribers for a new college becoming co-trustees, queries over the saying of vespers in English and other doctrinal matters, and the controversy surrounding Joseph Berrington
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UC/P13/1/83 4 January 1799
Photocopy of a transcript of a letter from Thomas Eyre (Crook Hall) to Rev Robert Banister: the need for greater discipline and improvements to the quality of priestly training at Crook Hall, negotiations with Sir Edward Smythe over the Ushaw
estate, his willingness to resign his office to Mr Daniel once plans for a new college are underway, Christmas indulgences, baptism of Catholic converts, Catholic priests purchasing investments, the apology of the Staffordshire clergy and Edward's
(his brother) retraction of the Creed and Appeal, attempts to persuade Rome to appoint a pro-Cisalpine bishop, seeking his advice on the education of priests, and Wilk's appeal to Propaganda
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UC/P13/1/84 [1775 x 1809]
Genealogy papers relating to notable Catholic families, including Eyre, mostly pedigrees and rough notes showing lines of descent
2 files
2. Eyre Correspondence
There are volumes of typescript transcripts available for these letters at UC/P45/1/93/1
BANISTER, RobertUC/P13/2/1 31 October 1789
Letter from Robert Banister to Thomas Eyre: his discussion with Thomas Southworth and Mr Roe on the legal justification for the exclusion of a Catholic heir to the crown (Banister's dissertation topic)
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UC/P13/2/2 12 May 1790
Letter from Robert Banister to Thomas Eyre: his opinion of the new oath required to be taken by Catholics [for the Roman Catholic Relief Bill], the Gallican principles of the author of
Elemens de l'histoire ecclesastique which Eyre considers to be adverse to the Holy See and to church authority, the two agents of the committee men at Rome (including Bishop Berington), the infidel government in France
whose aim is to destroy religion, and Sir John Lawson's opposition to the new oath
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UC/P13/2/3 2 February 1791
Letter from Robert Banister to Thomas Eyre: criticism of the oath and his belief that it is not accepted by the majority of Catholics, divisions within the Catholic Church, and praise for Widdrington's
Theological disputation
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UC/P13/2/4 24 March 1792
Letter from Robert Banister to Thomas Eyre: receipt of a bill, the [?Cisalpine] Committee's attack on the vicars apostolic, asking them to refute the allegations brought against them, Charles Plowden's publication answering the second Blue Book,
and the lack of attempt to suppress the publication of the Blue Books
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UC/P13/2/5 6 March 1794
Letter from Robert Banister to Thomas Eyre: his opinion of Panzani's memoirs (published by Joseph Berington), Plowden's attacks on Berington's propositions, and Plowden's
Considerations on the Modern Opinion of the Fallibility of the Holy See
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UC/P13/2/6 [1794]
Letter from Robert Banister to Thomas Eyre: the bishop's visitation of Crook Hall, the difficulties faced by the bishop in relation to Douai including the loss of revenue and the want of professors and masters who are currently in captivity at
Dourleans, and the visit of the Liège nuns at Holme
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UC/P13/2/7 23 March 1796
Letter from Robert Banister to Thomas Eyre: Mr Daniel's pension, the legal difficulties and lack of support (particularly from Bishop Gibson) over obtaining land at Tudhoe to build a new college, Daniel's opposition to a college in the north, the
financial difficulties associated with maintaining Douai, Douglass's financial support for a college, advising him to carry on with Crook Hall for the time being, and Robert Wilson's view that Douai will eventually be restored
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UC/P13/2/8 25 August 1796
Letter from Robert Banister to Thomas Eyre: the Haddock [?Haydock] brothers' characters and sending them to Crook Hall, and his belief that Tudhoe would be unfit for a college
2f
UC/P13/2/9 11 September 1796
Letter from Robert Banister to Thomas Eyre: his suspicions over the admission of Thomas Haydock to Crook Hall, the scandal of a young priest at Kirkham keeping a mistress, and the taking of the Oath of Supremacy by dissenting Catholics
2f
UC/P13/2/10 27 April 1797
Letter from Robert Banister to Thomas Eyre: Thomas Haydock's departure from Crook, investigating land at Gainford for the new college, the worries of the bishops over the scarcity of priests, Bishop [Gibson's] view that Crook Hall is the right
place for a seminary, answering a query relating to payments for prayers, and his view of Pius VI and his support for a college in England
2f
UC/P13/2/11 30 September 1797
Letter from Robert Banister to Thomas Eyre: the studious nature of the boys at Crook Hall, comparing their attitude to the former students of Douai College, his Lancashire tour with the bishop and discussion on the necessity of purchasing land
for a more permanent college in which he urges him to accept Barrow of Claughton's offer, the possibility of donating lay Catholics demanding a share in the college, the bishop's dislike of Crook and preference for Tudhoe, and Daniel's pension
2f
UC/P13/2/12 28 December 1797
Letter from Robert Banister to Thomas Eyre: the attitude of the Douai professors and censors towards the temporal power of the pope and a discussion of its meaning
Letter not transcribed
2f
UC/P13/2/13 26 April 1798
Letter from Robert Banister to Thomas Eyre: answering Eyre's queries including the saying of vespers in English and other doctrinal matters, and Daniel's attitude to the bishops
2f
UC/P13/2/14 17 November 1798
Letter from Robert Banister to Thomas Eyre: discussing the apostolic succession, and attendance at a clergy meeting in Preston in which resolutions were put forward to ensure that the new college is a pontifical college
The first page is missing
Letter not transcribed
2f
UC/P13/2/15 17 April 1799
Letter from Robert Banister to Thomas Eyre: discussing a 1753 printed publication on papal indulgences by Bishop Dicconson or Bishop Petre
2f
UC/P13/2/16 27 July 1799
Letter from Robert Banister to Thomas Eyre: the drawing up of title deeds for land at Ushaw and the need to ensure that it is legally conveyed to three joint tenants
2f
UC/P13/2/17 29 July 1799
Letter from Robert Banister to Thomas Eyre: hoping that his letter of 27 July did not fall into Rev Smith's hands
2f
UC/P13/2/18 19 August 1799
Letter from Robert Banister to Thomas Eyre: the legal implications of the Ushaw deeds
2f
UC/P13/2/19 31 August 1799
Letter from Robert Banister to Thomas Eyre: Douai dictates, professors at Douai, and the clergy meeting at Preston
2f
UC/P13/2/20 24 October 1799
Letter from Robert Banister to Thomas Eyre: Douai dictates, the threats of atheism and deism, Bishop Douglas and Old Hall Green's attempts to modernise the teaching of theology, Mr Kiernan (president of the Irish College in Douai), and his
memories of Douai
2f
UC/P13/2/21 1 December 1799
Letter from Robert Banister to Thomas Eyre: the case of Mr Joseph Smithies (sub-deacon) and accusations brought against him by Mr Taylor concerning his inappropriate views
2f
UC/P13/2/22 [1800]
Language: Mostly Latin
Letter from Robert Banister to Thomas Eyre: quoting extracts from a work on [?infidelity in marriage]
This letter has not been transcribed
2f
UC/P13/2/23 20 September 1800
Letter from Robert Banister to Thomas Eyre: the arrival of missioners from San Albano and his opinions of the rector
1f
UC/P13/2/24 12 October 1800
Letter from Robert Banister to Thomas Eyre: advising him against admitting students from other colleges (particularly gentlemen) into Crook Hall, the fate of new priests in the vicariate, Rickaby's mental illness, and asking him to teach his
missioners to be wary of converts
1f
UC/P13/2/25 8 April 1801
Letter from Robert Banister to Thomas Eyre: advising him not to leave the college and the possibility that he may be forced from his post
3f
UC/P13/2/26 10 April 1801
Letter from Robert Banister to Vincent Eyre: on the possibility of Vincent's brother (Thomas's) dismissal and Banister's advice to Thomas to follow the example of Mr Daniel (president of Douai College) and challenge the bishop
1f
UC/P13/2/27 20 April 1801
Letter from Robert Banister to Thomas Eyre: the death of Thomas's father, the lack of money supplied to Thomas by Acanthos and his relationship with Crook Hall, and the charges brought against Eyre of opposition to [?Bishop Douglass's] plans
2f
UC/P13/2/28 14 April 1802
Letter from Robert Banister to Thomas Eyre: Robert Westby's will
1f
UC/P13/2/29 19 September 1802
Letter from Robert Banister to Rev A. Storey: asking him to lend a book which offers advice on how to manage children, and other books in the possession of [?William] Smith, praising the character of William Thomas Salvin, and the possible sale
of Douai College property
1f
UC/P13/2/30 20 September 1802
Letter from Robert Banister to [?Thomas Eyre]: asking him to give faculties to Rev Thomas Smith, and the suspension of a priest for impregnating his house keeper
1f
UC/P13/2/31 22 December 1802
Letter from Robert Banister to Thomas Eyre: the purchase of Hazelwood Hall, the legal ownership of Ushaw College, and the need to rely on the clergy (rather than the bishop) to fund the college
2f
UC/P13/2/32 29 December 1802
Letter from Robert Banister to Thomas Eyre: the ownership of certain property and the execution of wills [relating to the purchase of Hazelwood Hall], asking him to appeal to the clergy and gentry for funds for Ushaw, the joint tenancy of Ushaw
and limiting episcopal power, the need for the bishop to visit Stonyhurst to assess the mode of teaching and appointments, the appointment of the new vicar general, and obligation masses
2f
UC/P13/2/33 22 January 1803
Letter from Robert Banister to Thomas Eyre: deciding whether to accept an appointment at Dodding Green, and his plans to leave his library to Mr Irving
2f
UC/P13/2/34 29 April 1803
Letter from Robert Banister to Thomas Eyre: confirming his office of superior, master of Divinity and confessarius to the community, and the bishop's desire to remove Eyre from the presidency
2f
UC/P13/2/35 21 April 1804
Letter from Robert Banister to Thomas Eyre: the funding of [?Ushaw College] and the sale of investments to pay for it
2f
UC/P13/2/36 15 March 1805
Letter from Robert Banister to Thomas Eyre: a dispute over Westby's will, a letter from Irving concerning Prince Godaia's accusations of heresy made against Valladolid College, the lack of Catholic priests in his country, hoping that George Brown
will advance in his studies, and advising him against sending the young Robert Gradwell abroad
2f
BARRETT, BasilUC/P13/2/37 29 December 1806
Letter from Basil Barrett to Thomas Eyre: his ordination as subdeacon at Old Hall Green and his impressions of the seminary
2f
BESNIER, B.P.O.UC/P13/2/38 26 May 1805
Letter from B.P.O. Besnier to Sir [?] Haggerston: his poor financial situation as a priest at Berwick and his impressions of the congregation there
1f
BODLEY, Simon G.UC/P13/2/39 8 May 1786
Letter from Simon G. Bodley to Thomas Eyre: advice on how to write a letter and arrangements for the administration of ecclesiastical funds and effects
2f
UC/P13/2/40 13 September 1787
Letter from Simon G. Bodley to Thomas Eyre: his funds account statement and his conduct in administering these funds
1f
BROOMHEAD, RowlandUC/P13/2/42 4 September 1797
Letter from Rowland Broomhead to [?]: a declaration of trust of the trustees of the Manchester chapel
1f
UC/P13/2/43 27 February 1806
Letter from Rowland Broomhead to Brian Marsh: sending Marsh his baptism certificate, arrangements for the payment of college expenses from his uncle's will, delays in the building of Ushaw College, and the need for a new chapel in the Blackburn
area
2f
UC/P13/2/44 [?November 1806]
Letter from [Thomas Eyre] to Rowland Broomhead: complaints made against Brian Marsh's character and conduct, and his unsuitability for the priesthood
2f
UC/P13/2/45 [?November 1806]
Declaration by Brian Marsh agreeing to repay his debts to the college
1f
UC/P13/2/46 6 November 1806
Bond of payment of £200 by Brian Marsh to Thomas Eyre
Stamped in the presence of John Lingard and John Bradley
2f
UC/P13/2/47 6 November 1806
Letter from Rowland Broomhead to Thomas Eyre: Marsh's unsuitability for the priesthood
2f
UC/P13/2/47b 20 November 1806
Letter from Rowland Broomhead to Thomas Eyre: Marsh's unsuitability for the priesthood, and his possible replacement with Frederick Calvert
1f
UC/P13/2/48 [?1806]
Letter from [?R. Broomhead] to [Brian Marsh] (sent to Thomas Eyre): chastising [Marsh] for a [?homosexual] relationship with a Divine (Stonor)
1f
UC/P13/2/49 26 February 1807
Letter from Rowland Broomhead to Thomas Eyre: the controversy surrounding Marsh's relationship with another college student, his public instructions, and numbers of converts
2f
UC/P13/2/50 7 July 1807
Letter from Rowland Broomhead to Thomas Eyre: his purchase of books at an auction, and his difficulty in securing a place for Frederick Calvert
2f
BUTLER, CharlesUC/P13/2/51-53 18 January 1806
Letter from Charles Butler to Thomas Eyre: seeking his advice over an objectionable passage in Walton's Polyglott, enclosing his comments on the passage
5f
UC/P13/2/54 [?April 1806]
Comments by [Thomas Eyre] on Charles Butler's
Horae Biblicae
2f
UC/P13/2/55 10 April 1806
Letter from Charles Butler to Thomas Eyre: thanking him for his comments on his
Horae Biblicae
1f
UC/P13/2/56 16 April 1806
Letter from Charles Butler to Thomas Eyre: copies of various Anglo-Saxon works from the British Museum
1f
CAMERON, AlexanderUC/P13/2/57 29 January 1810
Letter from Alexander Cameron to Thomas Eyre: his error in handling the account of Mr Dicks
2f
CLAVERING, JohnUC/P13/2/58-60 15 April 1799 - 10 June 1803
Letters from John Clavering to Thomas Eyre: the late Miss Jane Richardson of Alnwick's bequest to the Old Secular Clergy of Northumberland and Durham Fund
3 letters
CLAYTON, RichardUC/P13/2/61 11 February 1806
Letter from Richard Clayton to Thomas Eyre: an enquiry relating to an annuity from Mr Irvine of Mowbreck
2f
CORNE, JohnUC/P13/2/62 3 July 1798
Letter from John Corne to Thomas Eyre: seeking subscriptions for the publication of an abridged version of Alban Butler's
Lives of Saints, seeking a place for a young Catholic woman who has been sent away by her parents because of her relationship with a Protestant man, and a controversy over voting in an episcopal election
2f
CRATHORNE, FrancisUC/P13/2/63 10 April 1809
Letter from Francis Crathorne to Thomas Eyre: his opinion of the bishop's role in curtailing donations for Ushaw College
1f
UC/P13/2/64 8 July 1809
Letter from Francis Crathorne to Thomas Eyre: the bishop's attitude towards Ushaw College and seeking subscriptions for the college
1f
UC/P13/2/64b 19 January 1810
Letter from Francis Crathorne to Thomas Eyre: sending a microscope
1f
CROSKELL, WilliamUC/P13/2/65 5 March 1803
Letter from William Croskell to Thomas Eyre: arrangements for sending a volume of St Francis Xavier's letters, and news of Sir Thomas and Lady Vavasour
1f
UC/P13/2/66 11 June 1803
Letter from William Croskell to Thomas Eyre: donation to the General Fund
1f
UC/P13/2/67 16 March 1804
Letter from William Croskell to Thomas Eyre: the death of Rev Charles Catrow, former director of the Louvain nuns, the death of Rev James Green at Rome
1f
UC/P13/2/68 5 July 1809
Letter from William Croskell to Thomas Eyre: the distribution of the late Rev Thomas Daniel's personal effects
1f
UC/P13/2/69 25 April 1804
Letter from William Croskell to Thomas Eyre: his communication with priests to say mass for the soul of Mrs Catharine Constable
1f
DUNN, GeorgeUC/P13/2/70 13 March 1803
Letter from George Dunn to Thomas Eyre: investments with Mr Silvertop
1f
ELLIS, JamesUC/P13/2/71 30 July 1801
Letter from James Ellis to Thomas Eyre: Williamson's case, Thomas's mother's annuity, and Thomas's brother's investments
1f
ENNIS, MargaretUC/P13/2/72-74 7 October 1806 - 29 June 1808
Letter from Margaret Ennis to Thomas Eyre, and two letters from Gordon & Phillips to [Thomas Eyre]: the education of Margaret's son (Thomas Ennis)
The two letters from Gordon & Phillips have not been transcribed
3 letters
EYRE, VincentUC/P13/2/75 19 September 1806
Letter from Vincent Eyre to Thomas Eyre: a case brought against Vincent relating to his conduct [?relating to a relationship with a woman]
2f
FIELD, WilliamUC/P13/2/76 16 May 1809
Letter from William Field to Thomas Eyre: financial arrangements for the erection of a cemetery wall and grave stone
1f
FLEET, J.UC/P13/2/77 10 February 1809
Letter from J. Fleet to Thomas Eyre: renewal of his faculties
1f
UC/P13/2/78 14 April 1809
Letter from J. Fleet to Thomas Eyre: Mr Whalley's desire to continue his mission at Wooler
1f
FLETCHER, JohnUC/P13/2/79 2 December 1806
Letter from John Fletcher to Thomas Eyre: his present situation, his role in drawing up Mrs Moor's will, Dawson's conduct at Crook Hall, the poor reputation of the Stonyhurst masters, and his failure to obtain vestments for Crook Hall
2f
FLETCHER, WilliamUC/P13/2/80-84 13 May 1804 - 17 November 1805
Letters from William Fletcher to Thomas Eyre: mostly receipts for money sent, although UC/P13/2/84 makes reference to Catholic opinion concerning [?Lingard's] attack on Shute [Barrington]
UC/P13/2/83 appears to be missing although it is likely that 84 is misnumbered
4 letters
GIBSON, M.UC/P13/2/85-88 10 April - 13 June 1785
Letters from M. Gibson to Vincent Eyre: the late Mrs Maire's estate
4 letters
UC/P13/2/89 26 January 1789
Letter from M. Gibson to Thomas Eyre: the heavy snowfall at Stella, political campaigning against the oath in the new Roman Catholic Relief Bill
2f
GIBSON, WilliamUC/P13/2/90 10 August 1805
Letter frrom William Gibson to Thomas Eyre (with draft reply by Eyre): the execution of certain wills
This letter has not been transcribed
1f
UC/P13/2/91 12 May 1809
Letter from William Gibson to Thomas Eyre: ordination of the first priests at Ushaw (including William Hogarth)
This letter has not been transcribed
1f
UC/P13/2/92 11 March 1809
Letter from William Gibson to Thomas Eyre: public [?examinations] at Ushaw College
This letter has not been transcribed
1f
UC/P13/2/93 29 December 1809
Letter from William Gibson to Thomas Eyre: Mr Langdale's need for a chaplain
This letter has not been transcribed
1f
GILBERT, N.UC/P13/2/94 14 July 1804
Letter from Rev N. Gilbert to Thomas Eyre: the baptism ceremony, and commenting on the pastoral letter of the bishop of Castabella and his discussion of indulgences
2f
UC/P13/2/95 9 October 1809
Letter from Rev N. Gilbert to Thomas Eyre: seeking hymns on various subjects, and the management of seminary finances
2f
GILLOW, ThomasUC/P13/2/96 27 March 1798
Letter from Thomas Gillow to Thomas Eyre: seeking his opinion on whether Catholic converts who have received Presbyterian baptism ceremonies need to be rebaptised into the Catholic Church
2f
UC/P13/2/97 22 January 1805
Letter from Thomas Gillow to Thomas Eyre: his role in raising subscriptions for Ushaw
1f
UC/P13/2/98 25 August 1807
Letter from Thomas Gillow to Thomas Eyre: thanking him for his comments and additions to Gillow's pamphlet
1f
UC/P13/2/99-100 30 October - 24 November 1809
Letter from Thomas Gillow to Thomas Eyre (enclosing a letter from Sir John Cox Hippisly): the Catholic population in the British Empire
2 letters
UC/P13/2/101 14 January 1810
Letter from Thomas Gillow to Thomas Eyre: the publication of his manuscript
1f
UC/P13/2/102 9 February 1810
Letter from Thomas Gillow to Thomas Eyre: the rejection of his manuscript by a London publisher
1f
HAY, GeorgeUC/P13/2/103 10 September 1796
Letter from George Hay to Thomas Eyre: the printing of a new edition of the New Testament, the treatise on Usurp and the resolutions of the English Mission in 1688, and criticism of the practice of eating Whitmeats on fasting days
2f
UC/P13/2/104 5 December 1798
Letter from George Hay to Thomas Eyre: the printing of “SS Lives” [?
Lives of Saints], and the problem of certain trades working on the Sabbath
1f
HERBERT, AlexisUC/P13/2/105 12 March 1803
Letter from Alexis Herbert to Thomas Eyre: Fletcher's inability to perform his duties in Sunderland owing to illness and seeking faculties to assist him
1f
UC/P13/2/106 28 April 1804
Letter from Alexis Herbert to Thomas Eyre: seeking permission to read Protestant works, and a case of conscience relating to succession of a Catholic estate
2f
HINSWORTH, R.UC/P13/2/108 9 August 1798
Letter from R. Hinsworth to Thomas Eyre: informing him that he will not correspond with him further on a particular subject
2f
HULL, WilliamUC/P13/2/109 13 June 1803
Letter from William Hall to Thomas Eyre: the late Mary Ratcliffe's bequest to the General Fund
1f
UC/P13/2/110 27 March 1810
Letter from William Hall to Thomas Eyre: money owed to him from the bishop
1f
HURST, WilliamUC/P13/2/111 23 June 1803
Letter from William Hurst to Thomas Eyre: his favourable situation at Berwick compared with Wooler
1f
UC/P13/2/112-113 13 July 1803
Letter from William Hurst to Thomas Eyre: seeking financial assistance for the upkeep of his chapel at Berwick
2f
UC/P13/2/114 16 August 1803
Letter from William Hurst to Thomas Eyre: seeking financial assistance for the upkeep of his chapel at Berwick
1f
UC/P13/2/115 6 October 1803
Letter from William Hurst to Thomas Eyre: seeking financial assistance to repair his house
1f
UC/P13/2/116 25 November 1803
Letter from William Hurst to Thomas Eyre: receipt of a bank note of £10, and Lock's poor health
1f
UC/P13/2/117 15 May 1804
Letter from William Hurst to Thomas Eyre: asking him to send the rest of his salary following his departure from Berwick
1f
JOHNSON, JohnUC/P13/2/118 [?1790]
Letter from John Johnson to Thomas Eyre: financial support for the nuns in France following the Revolution
This letter has not been transcribed
1f
UC/P13/2/119 30 January 1790
Letter from John Johnson to Thomas Eyre: opinions of various people on oaths of allegiance [probably linked to the Roman Catholic Relief Bill]
2f
UC/P13/2/120 23 February 1803
Letter from John Johnson to Thomas Eyre: advice on the wording of his mother's will
1f
UC/P13/2/121-123 22 September 1809
Letter from John Johnson to Thomas Eyre: enclosing charges for providing copies of his will
3f
JONES, JoannaUC/P13/2/124 3 March 1810
Letter from Joanna Jones to Thomas Eyre: payment for her nephew at Ushaw College
1f
KELLET, HenryUC/P13/2/125-129 22 August 1805 - 14 July 1806
Letters from Henry Kellet to Thomas Eyre, with one reply from Eyre: the education of two boys at Crook Hall
5 letters
LAKYE, P. R.UC/P13/2/130 9 June 1804
Letter from P.R. Layke to Thomas Eyre: contrasting the improving situation of the Catholics in England with post-revolutionary France
1f
UC/P13/2/131 4 April 1805
Letter from P.R. Layke to Thomas Eyre: arrangements for the payment of Wilmot's legacy
1f
UC/P13/2/132 2 May 1805
Letter from P.R. Layke to Thomas Eyre: dividend payments from Wilmot's legacy which are not connected to the Westby Trust
1f
UC/P13/2/133 16 August 1805
Letter from P.R. Layke to Thomas Eyre: the Westby Trust
2f
UC/P13/2/134 4 October 180[5]
Letter from P.R. Layke to Thomas Eyre: the wills of Messrs Wilmot and Westby
2f
UC/P13/2/135-136 13 December 1805
Letter from P.R. Layke to Thomas Eyre: the Westby Trust dividends
Also includes a copy of an account statement in Eyre's hand
2f
UC/P13/2/137 12 January 1810
Letter from P.R. Layke to Thomas Eyre: sale of bank annuities
1f
LAULER, DennisUC/P13/2/138 3 June 1804
Letter from Dennis Lauler to Thomas Eyre: sending copies of his latest work
1f
LAWSON, JohnUC/P13/2/139 15 May 1804
Letter from John Lawson to Thomas Eyre: sending him a statement of account
1f
UC/P13/2/140 3 June 1809
Letter from John Lawson to Thomas Eyre: forwarding the opinion of G. Fielding on Eyre's case relating to the legality of the new burial ground at Ushaw
2f
UC/P13/2/141 24 October 1809
Cheque from Sir John Lawson paying Thomas Eyre £37
1f
UC/P13/2/142 23 May 1805
Letter from John Lawson to Thomas Eyre: praising his battalion at Bedale
1f
LEADBITTER, WilliamUC/P13/2/143 21 February 1799
Letter from William Leadbitter to Thomas Eyre: the death of Miss Richardson of Alnwick and the execution of her will
1f
LEIGH, JamesUC/P13/2/144 8 February 1807
Letter from James Leigh to Thomas Eyre: arrangements for Henry [?his son] travelling from Crook Hall to Manchester
1f
LONSDALE, JohnUC/P13/2/145 23 December 1796
Letter from John Lonsdale to Thomas Eyre: payments for pensions for various students, and the offices of English Saints
2f
LUND, AnthonyUC/P13/2/146 27 February 1802
Letter from Anthony Lund to Thomas Eyre: wishing to send a boy to Crook on his pension
2f
UC/P13/2/147 2 April 1803
Letter from Anthony Lund to Thomas Eyre: the education of the two Newshams (including Charles) at Crook Hall
2f
UC/P13/2/148 17 February 1809
Letter from Anthony Lund to Thomas Eyre: agreeing to use his pension to pay for a student from Lisbon, and John Caton's pension
1f
UC/P13/2/149 27 April 1809
Letter from Anthony Lund to Thomas Eyre: agreeing to fund the education of John Caton and James Rennal at Ushaw, the death of James Haydock and the want of missioners in Lancashire
1f
UC/P13/2/150 1 September 1809
Letter from Anthony Lund to Thomas Eyre: Joseph [?James] Wrennal and John Caton's unsuitability for the priesthood
2f
UC/P13/2/151 20 October 1809
Letter from Anthony Lund to Thomas Eyre: John Caton's unsuitability for the priesthood, his hopes that James Wrennal can be cured, and recommending a student from Valladolid for a pension
2f
UC/P13/2/152 17 November 1809
Letter from Anthony Lund to Thomas Eyre: George Laytham, and his hopes that James Wrennal can be cured
2f
MARSHALL, JosephUC/P13/2/153 11 March 1801
Letter from Joseph Marshall to Thomas Eyre: his difficulties in securing funding for a new chapel in Carlisle
1f
UC/P13/2/154 24 June 1806
Printed appeal by Joseph Marshall seeking subscriptions for the building of a new Catholic chapel at Carlisle
1 sheet
UC/P13/2/155 30 January 1807
Letter from Joseph Marshall to Thomas Eyre: his success in raising money for a new chapel in Carlisle
2f
MacDONAGH, T.B.UC/P13/2/156 9 August 1808
letter from George Munro to Arthur Storey (forwarding a letter from T.B. MacDonagh): arrangements for sending MacDonagh's son (Henry) from [?Tudhoe]
2f
MILNER, JohnUC/P13/2/157 22 October 1804
Letter from John Milner to Thomas Eyre: his hopes for the establishment of a Catholic University, the want of priests in his mission, and his
Exercise for Sundays
1f
UC/P13/2/158 21 December 1805
Letter from John Milner to Thomas Eyre: payment of Mr Jones's debt, and predicting the dismantling of all ecclesiastical establishments
2f
ORRELL, CharlesUC/P13/2/160 28 January 1810
Letter from Charles Orrell to Thomas Eyre: the death of his uncle, Rev John Orrell
1f
ORRELL, JosephUC/P13/2/161 20 November 1809
Letter from Joseph Orrell to Thomas Eyre: informing him of two Valladolid boys (George Laytham and Robert Brindle) to be educated at Ushaw
1f
PENSWICK, RandolfUC/P13/2/162 [1808]
Account statement of Randolf Penswick in account with Robert Hall, 1804 - 1808
2f
PENSWICK, ThomasUC/P13/2/163 9 April 1798
Letter from Thomas Penswick to Thomas Eyre: publication of his sermon, the need to cultivate good relations with Protestants at Chester, and seeking subscriptions from the north for his plan to build a chapel
2f
PERRY, JohnUC/P13/2/164-171 11 October 1803 - 27 June 1807
Letters from John Perry to Thomas Eyre (with two draft replies from Eyre): the education at Ushaw of three teenage boys belonging to the Midland District
8 letters
PETRE, FrancisUC/P13/2/172 14 September 1773
Francis Petre to William Walton: the effects of the expulsion of the Jesuits from Hilton and its effects on the college there, seeking information on the state of the Catholic religion in his Vicariate, Sheppard's poor health
2f
PILLING, JohnUC/P13/2/173 2 August 1796
Letter from John Pilling (O.S.P.) to Thomas Eyre: thanking Eyre for agreeing to help at the approaching Theological Defensions
1f
PLOWDEN, WilliamUC/P13/2/174-179 13 November 1801 - 1 March 1809
Letters from William Plowden to Thomas Eyre: mostly concerning Mr Seymour's donations and legacy for the education of Catholic priests
5 letters
POTTS, EleanorUC/P13/2/179 22 March 1799
Letter from Eleanor Potts to Thomas Eyre: a dispute with Mr Stout over her property
1f
POYNTER, WilliamUC/P13/2/180 5 December 1806
Letter from William Poynter to Thomas Eyre: his hopes for good relations between the different colleges, the rules and constitution of Old Hall Green, his wish to see Old Hall Green and the new college at Ushaw providing a uniform approach to the
study of Divinity, commenting on Lingard's new book, Basil Barrett's arrival at Old Hall, and sending him the Douai Prefect of Studies catalogue
2f
UC/P13/2/181 [December 1806]
Letter from Thomas Eyre to William Poynter (draft reply): thanking him for sending the Douai Prefect of Studies catalogue, agreeing with Poynter on the need to standardise discipline and teaching in the two colleges, and providing his students
with the Douai Dictates
Letter from Rev John Yates of Esh written on the reverse of the second sheet asking the recipient to say prayers for Francis Foreman who has donated £10 to the General Fund, and masonry work being carried out on a building [possibly Ushaw
College]
2f
UC/P13/2/182 23 April 1808
letter from William Poynter to Thomas Eyre: forward a copy of the Rules of Old Green Hall and seeking his comments and suggestions, advising him to endow the president with absolute power over the college, and other articles of agreement relating
to the Old Hall constitution
2f
UC/P13/2/183 28 August 1809
Letter from William Poynter to Thomas Eyre: thanking Eyre for his hospitality during Poynter's stay at Ushaw, his discussion with Gibson over Ushaw's constitution
2f
UC/P13/2/184 30 October 1809
Letter from William Poynter to Thomas Eyre: an account of rebellious behaviour by eleven students at Old Hall Green and his conduct in dealing with the matter
4f
UC/P13/2/185 12 December 1809
Letter from William Poynter to Thomas Eyre: his conduct in dealing with the rebellious students at Old Hall Green, and seeking advice on improving his Dictates
2f
RATTRAY, WilliamUC/P13/2/186 2 July 1806
Letter from William Rattray to Thomas Eyre: his difficulties in financing the building of a new chapel in Edinburgh
2f
RAYMENT, BenedictUC/P13/2/187 29 January 1810
Letter from Benedict Rayment to Thomas Eyre: the suitability of Charles Ullathorne for the priesthood, and proposed works by Charles Butler
2f
UC/P13/2/188 16 February 1810
Letter from Benedict Rayment to Thomas Eyre: Charles Butler's life and character
2f
REEVE, JohnUC/P13/2/189 30 September 1806
Letter from John Reeve to Thomas Eyre: recommending Joseph Robinson
1f
RIGBY, JohnUC/P13/2/190 24 September 1806
Letter from John Rigby to Thomas Eyre: recommending the education of Joseph Corless
1f
UC/P13/2/191 30 July 1809
Letter from John Rigby to Thomas Eyre: donation from Mr Backelet, offering suggestions for improvements to the building plan for Ushaw, and Poynter's influence on Gibson
2f
UC/P13/2/192 22 October 1809
Letter from John Rigby to Thomas Eyre: sending silks for the new chapel (at Ushaw), and his refusal to sign an address
2f
UC/P13/2/192b 8 December 1809
Letter from John Rigby to Thomas Eyre: donation from Mr Backelet, and the need for priests in his mission
1f
RIMMER, RichardUC/P13/2/193 14 August 1804
Letter from Richard Rimmer to Thomas Eyre: the will of Eyre's mother and the opposition from Thomas's siblings to all her money being left to him
2f
ROSE, ChristopherUC/P13/2/194 17 November 1806
Letter from Christopher Rose to Thomas Eyre: arrangements for sending James Copley
1f
SAUL, CharlesUC/P13/2/195 17 May 1799
Letter from Charles Saul to Thomas Eyre: seeking to acquire communion wine, and arrangements with Mr Fairbairn
1f
UC/P13/2/196 18 November 1799
Letter from Charles Saul to Thomas Eyre: considering the possibility of leaving for Pontop because of the limited funds being offered by the bishop for his upkeep
2f
UC/P13/2/197 27 December 1799
Letter from Charles Saul to Thomas Eyre: his desire to go to Pontop, the strong anti-Catholic feeling in Carlisle and the ignorance of the Catholics there, the need for a new chapel, and his dispute with Mrs Fairbairn
3f
UC/P13/2/198 12 May 1800
Letter from Charles Saul to Thomas Eyre: Mr Fairbairn's illness, and his plan to purchase a small freehold for a chapel
1f
UC/P13/2/199-200 28 August 1806
Letters from Charles Saul to Thomas Eyre (with a draft reply from Eyre): recommending a young man for the priesthood
2 letters
SEYMOUR, WilliamUC/P13/2/201-202 23 September - 14 October 1802
Letters from William Seymour to Thomas Eyre: offering to make a donation towards the building of a new college
Both letters are written by Rev P. Wyndham on behalf of Seymour
2 letters
SELBY, ThomasUC/P13/2/203 10 April 1809
Letter from Thomas Selby to Thomas Eyre: expressing his gratitude for allowing his son William to have a room to himself at Ushaw, arrangements for paying his pension, and William's late illness
2f
UC/P13/2/204-207 1807 - 1809
Account statements/expenses for Master William Selby
3f
UC/P13/2/208 23 June 1809
Letter from Thomas Selby to Thomas Eyre: arrangements for paying his son's expenses, and asking for details of Ushaw's vacation period
1f
UC/P13/2/209 30 November 1809
Letter from Thomas Selby to Thomas Eyre: arrangements for paying his son's expenses
1f
SHARP, MatthewUC/P13/2/210 23 December 1806
Letter from Matthew Sharp to Thomas Eyre: thanking him for sending an account of his mass obligations
1f
UC/P13/2/211-212 23 January 1807
Letter from Matthew Sharp to Thomas Eyre: enclosing a letter from Thomas Leadbitter on the payment of £10
2 letters
SILVERTOP, JaneUC/P13/2/213 18 August 1807
Letter from Jane Silvertop to Thomas Eyre: asking him to subscribe to assist in the building work which is causing inconvenience to the nuns (who have been left without a roof in their convent) and Storey refusing to house them at Tudhoe
2f
UC/P13/2/214 5 January 1808
Letter from Jane Silvertop to Thomas Eyre: seeking contributions towards a small chapel and a house for a priest at Ninian's, Wooler
2f
UC/P13/2/215 9 January 1808
Letter from Jane Silvertop to Thomas Eyre: the sale of St Ninian's House
2f
UC/P13/2/216 25 January 1808
Letter from Jane Silvertop to Thomas Eyre: the sale of St Ninian's House
1f
UC/P13/2/217 12 February 1808
Letter from Jane Silvertop to Thomas Eyre: her difficulty in finding a priest for St Ninian's and the unsuitability of Richard Whalley
2f
UC/P13/2/218 4 April 1808
Letter from Jane Silvertop to Thomas Eyre: Eyre's illness, her wish that he could minister at St Ninian's
2f
UC/P13/2/219 30 April [1808]
Letter from Jane Silvertop to Thomas Eyre: Eyre's illness, and offering to send back a chalice to Stella Hall
2f
UC/P13/2/220 26 August 1808
Letter from Jane Silvertop to Thomas Eyre: suggesting that Eyre resides with Mr Coghlan at St Ninian's, and Storey's request for money
2f
UC/P13/2/221 6 March 1809
Letter from Jane Silvertop to Thomas Eyre: her inability to pay a remittance to the bishop, and her visit to Yorkshire
2f
UC/P13/2/222 17 March 1809
Letter from Jane Silvertop to Thomas Eyre: her visit to Ugthorpe, seeking a situation for a woman as a housekeeper, and payment for the upkeep of a priest [?at Biddleston]
2f
UC/P13/2/223 10 July 1809
Letter from Jane Silvertop to Thomas Eyre: Major St Paul's plan to take a lease out at St Ninian's house and chapel
2f
UC/P13/2/224-225 1 - 9 December 1809
Letter from Jane Silvertop to Thomas Eyre (with a draft reply from Eyre): informing him that she has agreed to rent St Ninian's to Major St Paul for three years, the possibility of selling St Ninian's
2 letters
UC/P13/2/226 [December 1809]
Letter from Jane Silvertop to Thomas Eyre: planning to send books and other items, her relief at deciding not to sell St Ninian's, and building improvements to St Ninian's
2f
UC/P13/2/227 25 February 1810
Letter from Jane Silvertop to Thomas Eyre: leaving St Ninian's, Eyre's wish to sell it, and asking him what price he would accept
2f
SLATER, JohnUC/P13/2/228 2 April 1804
Letter from John Slater to Thomas Eyre: asking him to return two books
1f
SMETTER, JohnUC/P13/2/229 15 March 1810
Letter from John Smeeter to Thomas Eyre: enclosing a cheque to settle his account
1f
SMITH, ThomasUC/P13/2/230 13 February [1800]
Letter from Thomas Smith to Thomas Eyre: the bishop's anger at Eyre for not signing the resolutions relating to the purchase of land for a new college and the bishop's belief that Eyre is deliberately trying to thwart the plan for the new college
to become an episcopal seminary
1f
UC/P13/2/231 10 July 1801
Letter from Thomas Smith to Thomas Eyre: advising him to pay £180 to the Brethren to placate the bishop
1f
UC/P13/2/232 25 June 1803
Letter from Thomas Smith to Thomas Eyre: the purchase of Land Tax for their houses in the city of Durham
1f
UC/P13/2/233 20 November 1806
Tax statement [possibly in Thomas Smith's hand] for interest on the purchase of a field occupied by Rev John Bell
1f
UC/P13/2/234 8 March 1806
Letter from Thomas Smith to Thomas Eyre: the death of Thomas Rickaby and his bequest of a donation to the Brethrens' Fund, and Smith's view that the bishop has no desire to raise money for the building of Ushaw College
1f
UC/P13/2/235 15 February 1807
Letter from Thomas Smith to Thomas Eyre: arrangements for Ushaw students (including William Hogarth) receiving orders, and new trees to be planted at Ushaw
2f
UC/P13/2/236 1807
Account statement for Thomas Smith
1f
UC/P13/2/237 16 April 1807
Letter from Thomas Smith to Thomas Eyre: the bishop's disappointment that Eyre could not visit him at Durham, Mr Trappes sending one of his sons to Ushaw, and discussing Lingard's pamphlet
1f
UC/P13/2/238-239 16 May 1809
Letter from Thomas Smith to Thomas Eyre: enclosing extracts from
The History of Seminaries to show how the conduct of the bishop at Ushaw is acting contrary to papal instruction forbidding bishops to lodge in a seminary
2f
UC/P13/2/240 4 January 1810
Letter from Thomas Smith to Thomas Eyre: his consecration ceremony and the lack of desire of the bishops to meet in London
2f
STOREY, ArthurUC/P13/2/241 12 February 1805
Letter from Arthur Storey to Thomas Eyre: Anthony Riccoby's legacy, history of the incumbency of Tudhoe, and Lingard's bills
1f
UC/P13/2/242 12 February 1805
Letter from Arthur Storey to Thomas Eyre: a donation to the General Fund
1f
UC/P13/2/243 15 July 1808
Letter from Arthur Storey to Thomas Eyre: arrangements for sending Henry Maxwell Macdonough to Edinburgh
1f
UC/P13/2/244 29 August 1808
Letter from Arthur Storey to Thomas Eyre: disposal of his books, and his account balance
1f
UC/P13/2/245 15 September 1808
Letter from Arthur Storey to Thomas Eyre: arrangements for settling his account
1f
UC/P13/2/246 5 November 1808
Letter from Arthur Storey to Thomas Eyre: his appointment and arrival at Robert Hall, the state of the Catholic congregation, and arrangements for his allowance
1f
UC/P13/2/247 12 March 1809
Letter from Arthur Storey to (Master) Joseph Sloane: his pleasure on hearing that Sloane is undertaking priestly training at Ushaw, offering advice on the best way to conduct himself, clothing requirements, the need for missioners in Lancashire,
and the good conduct of the congregation
2f
UC/P13/2/248 29 March 1809
Letter from Arthur Storey to Thomas Eyre: settling of Charles Lupton's clothing account, wire trellises for the preservation of the windows at Ushaw, the lack of furnishings at Robert Hall, and wishing to receive his books via Master Sloane
2f
UC/P13/2/249 27 April 1809
Letter from Arthur Storey to Thomas Eyre: a remittance to John Orrell, requesting a schedule of books be deposited at Ushaw as a security for Sloane's board, Thomas Cocks's case relating to Robert Hall, and complaining of the lack of furnishings
and modest salary
1f
UC/P13/2/250 27 April 1809
Letter from Arthur Storey to (Master) Joseph Sloane: the death of Thomas Field and Mr Priestman, and offering advice on the best method of studying
1f
UC/P13/2/251 [27 April 1809]
Joseph Sloane's and Thomas Ennis's board expenses at Ushaw College
1f
UC/P13/2/252 June 1809
Lertter from Arthur Storey to Thomas Eyre: awaiting news of a catalogue of his books deposited with Eyre, Joseph Sloane's financial burden, and seeking an account of Sloane's board and expenses
1f
UC/P13/2/253 June 1809
Letter from Arthur Storey to (Master) Joseph Sloane: further advice on his studies
1f
UC/P13/2/254 13 July 1809
Letter from Arthur Storey to Thomas Eyre: Mrs Ennis's desire for her son to follow a commercial (rather than ecclesiastical) career, his account with her, the financial burden of supporting Sloane, John Worswick's illness, Gerard's decision to
remove the grant of land attached to the incumbency of Robert Hall, and clergy appointments and vacancies
1f
UC/P13/2/255 9 February 1809
Letter from Thomas Eyre to Messrs Drummond (Bankers) (draft): Mrs Ennis's account for her son (Thomas) at Ushaw College
On reverse: investment account statement
1f
UC/P13/2/256 23 October 1809
Letter from Arthur Storey to Thomas Eyre: his poor finances, and asking for a schedule of his books deposited at Ushaw College
1f
UC/P13/2/257 29 December 1809
Letter from Arthur Storey to Thomas Eyre: making over his books to Eyre, his financing of Sloane's education, the poor state of his finances, Ennis's account, the deaths of Worswick and Wharton and the bishop's refusal to appoint replacements,
the want of missioners in the Northern District, the deplorable state of Dodding Green, and a valuation of his books
2f
STOREY, ThomasUC/P13/2/258 4 February 1805
Letter from Thomas Storey to Thomas Eyre: Anthony Rickaby's death
1f
UC/P13/2/259 1 April 1806
Letter from Thomas Storey to Thomas Eyre: settling Rickaby's account, and asking him to say prayers for Robert Jowey and Jane Robson (benefactors of the General Fund)
1f
UC/P13/2/260 8 July 1806
Letter from Thomas Storey to Thomas Eyre: asking him to say prayers for Margaret Jowsey and Ann Rattainsby
1f
STOUT, ThomasUC/P13/2/261 11 June 1797
Letter from Thomas Stout to Thomas Eyre: an improper marriage between a priest (Himsworth) and a woman at Thropton
1f
UC/P13/2/262 30 June 1797
Letter from Thomas Stout to Thomas Eyre: an improper marriage between a priest (Himsworth) and a woman at Thropton, Mrs Kelson's will, and Mr Giruard's treatment
1f
UC/P13/2/263 18 July 1797
Letter from Thomas Stout to Thomas Eyre: Himsworth's suspension by the bishop
1f
UC/P13/2/264 6 August 1797
Letter from Thomas Stout to Thomas Eyre: Clavering's wish for a replacement priest for Callaly Castle, Himsworth's opposition (with Protestants) to the bishop, and asking Eyre to come to Thropton to settle the matter
2f
UC/P13/2/265 20 October 1797
Letter from Thomas Stout to Thomas Eyre: Miss Kelson's will, the Himsworth affair, and Gillow's appointment to Callaly Castle
1f
UC/P13/2/266 28 October 1797
Letter from Thomas Stout to Thomas Eyre: Himsworth's claims for bench money
2f
UC/P13/2/267 28 December 179[?7]
Letter from Thomas Stout to Thomas Eyre: his planned visit to Carlisle with the bishop to start a mission, his wish not to leave Thropton, seeking Miss Barbara Selby's vestments and chalice, and Himsworth's conduct in joining the Church of
England and his attempts to seek a curacy
2f
UC/P13/2/268 12 January 1798
Letter from Thomas Stout to Thomas Eyre: his reasons for delaying taking up the mission at Carlisle
2f
UC/P13/2/269 1 February 1798
Letter from Thomas Stout to Thomas Eyre: Himsworth's demands for the licence of the chapel at Thropton
1f
UC/P13/2/270 6 March 1798
Printed appeal seeking subscriptions for a new chapel at Carlisle
1p
UC/P13/2/271 14 May 1798
Letter from Thomas Stout to Thomas Eyre: the progress of the subscription campaign for a new chapel at Carlisle
1f
UC/P13/2/272 10 June 1798
Letter from Thomas Stout to Thomas Eyre: a lease for a new chapel at Carlisle and the possibility of appointing Mr Saul to the incumbency, and his wish to call the chapel “St Cuthbert”
2f
UC/P13/2/273 5 August 1798
Letter from Thomas Stout to Thomas Eyre: asking him to stick to his agreement with Mr Berry, and his inability to attend the defensions
1f
UC/P13/2/274 29 November 1794
Letter from Thomas Stout to Thomas Eyre: sending him and commenting on his accounts
2f
UC/P13/2/275 23 March 1799
Letter from Thomas Stout to Thomas Eyre: informing him of the township agreeing to divide the common land and to obtain an act of Parliament, his opposition to the plan, the sale of Nelly Pott's cottage to Mr Silvertop, his dispute with Potts,
and an error with his accounts
2f
UC/P13/2/276 26 April 1799
Letter from Thomas Stout to Thomas Eyre: defending himself against accusations that he mishandled the Carlisle affair [concerning the building of the new chapel], Berry's board, and his pleasure in hearing of the success in acquiring a site for
the new college at Ushaw
2f
UC/P13/2/277 6 June 1799
Letter from Thomas Stout to Thomas Eyre: the financial implications of the plan to divide the common land [at Carlisle]
1f
UC/P13/2/278 18 November 1799
Letter from Thomas Stout to Thomas Eyre: receipt of his pension
1f
UC/P13/2/279 30 November 1799
Letter from Thomas Stout to Thomas Eyre: asking for his oil boxes, and Mrs Kelson's will
1f
UC/P13/2/280 20 September 1800
Letter from Thomas Stout to Thomas Eyre: his inability to attend the defensions, and urging him to adopt the college oath if not entering into any religious order without the approbation of the Congregation of Propaganda Fide, and Himsworth's new
career as a surgeon and male midwife
1f
UC/P13/2/281 26 November 1800
Letter from Thomas Stout to Thomas Eyre: Mrs Potts's financial difficulties, and the poor state of his house
1f
UC/P13/2/282 18 February 1801
Letter from Thomas Stout to Thomas Eyre: Simon Lucas's death at Old Hall Green, Bernard's palsy, Rev Thomas Pitchford's prospects at Old Hall Green, the conversion of Mr Wood (Protestant curate of Redriff), rumours of Bishop Husey going to France
to negotiate with the French government for the return of the French clergy, Girouard's desire to return to France, the death of Mr Smith of Woodhall's thirteen year old daughter, and sending his wishes for the prosperity of Crook Hall
2f
UC/P13/2/283 4 August 1801
Letter from Thomas Stout to Thomas Eyre: his dissatisfaction with the irregular payments of his stipend, and the poor state of his and Nelly Potts's house
1f
UC/P13/2/284 8 February 1803
Letter from Thomas Stout to Thomas Eyre: sending and commenting on his account statement, the mass obligation fund, and his financial difficulties
2f
UC/P13/2/285 20 May 1803
Letter from Thomas Stout to Thomas Eyre: the difficulties of getting cheques cashed, Mr Witham's attitude towards the clergy, payment of masses from the clergy fund, and the Hazelwood mission
1f
UC/P13/2/286 27 June 1803
Letter from Thomas Stout to Thomas Eyre: his mass obligations at Thropton, and commissioning an attorney to purchase the land tax
2f
UC/P13/2/287 2 December 1803
Letter from Thomas Stout to Thomas Eyre: his difficulties in purchasing the land tax for Thropton Hall, seeking authorisation to have benediction on Sundays within the Indulgence, and Mr Sanderson's complaints of William wearing too much clothing
at Crook Hall
1f
UC/P13/2/288 24 December 1803
Letter from Thomas Stout to Thomas Eyre: his application for a fund for Smith's son of Wharton, and Mr Vergy of Alnwick's recommendation for Thomas Youens to be placed on a fund with details of his character and family history
2f
UC/P13/2/289 18 January 1804
Letter from Thomas Stout to Thomas Eyre: payment of Thomas Youens's fees and expenses
1f
UC/P13/2/290 31 January 1804
Letter from Thomas Stout to Thomas Eyre: seeking a land tax certificate, and asking whether Youens can go to Crook Hall
1f
UC/P13/2/291 2 March 1804
Letter from Thomas Stout to Thomas Eyre: payment of Thomas Youens's fees and expenses
2f
UC/P13/2/292-293 7 March 1804
Letter from Thomas Stout to Thomas Eyre: payment of Thomas Youens's fees and expenses, his character and suitability for the priesthood, and arrangements for clothing
Enclosure: (writer unknown) his conversation with Youens and his belief that he is a suitable candidate for the priesthood
2f
THOMPSON, RichardUC/P13/2/294 1 November 1802
Letter from Richard Thompson to Thomas Eyre: managing the late Rev J. Chadwick's affairs, the possible appointment of Broomhead to Manchester, and the liberal subscriptions of the northern clergy [possibly towards a chapel in Manchester]
2f
UC/P13/2/295 3 December 1803
Letter from Richard Thompson to Thomas Eyre: sending him papers, the education of a boy, Lupton's likely success in Manchester, his reasons for wanting to leave his mission at Weldbank
2f
UC/P13/2/296 27 June 1806
Letter from Richard Thompson to Thomas Eyre: alterations to his chapel, and the loss of the Finch Hill Fund
The first section of this letter appears to be missing
1f
TIDYMAN, MichaelUC/P13/2/297 12 December 1796
Letter from Michael Tidyman to Thomas Eyre: a dispute over the fees of Mr Forster's nephew
1f
UC/P13/2/298 [?1796]
Letter from Michael Tidyman to Thomas Eyre: asking him whether there is an intention to hold a meeting in Newcastle in the summer, his mission to procure a chapel at Berwick, and the prospects for the development of the Catholic religion in the
town
1f
UC/P13/2/299 22 November 1797
Letter from Michael Tidyman to Thomas Eyre: the accommodation of Mr Bigot at Berwick and the furnishing of the new house
1f
UC/P13/2/300 14 January 1798
Letter from Michael Tidyman to Thomas Eyre: asking whether parish priests have the power to bless new chapels, his hopes for the success of Crook Hall, and the failure of the French clergy to learn English
1f
UC/P13/2/301 17 May 1799
Letter from Michael Tidyman to Thomas Eyre: the possible of a property for the new chapel at Berwick
2f
UC/P13/2/302 27 March 1798
Letter from Michael Tidyman to Thomas Eyre: the progress of the plan to build a new chapel in Berwick
1f
UC/P13/2/303 26 July 1799
Letter from Michael Tidyman to Thomas Eyre: informing him that the agreement has been signed for the purchase of new premises at Berwick to be used as a chapel
1f
UC/P13/2/304 17 September 1799
Letter from Michael Tidyman to Thomas Eyre: Sir C. Haggerston's donation for the Berwick chapel, and the possibility of acquiring further subscriptions in Yorkshire
2f
UC/P13/2/305 28 October 1799
Letter from Michael Tidyman to Thomas Eyre: subscriptions for the Berwick chapel, and a possible contribution from the bishop
1f
UC/P13/2/306 9 November 1799
Letter from Michael Tidyman to Thomas Eyre: the implications of Eyre withdrawing from his subscription for the Berwick chapel, and the likely attitude of other subscribers on hearing Eyre's decision
1f
UC/P13/2/307 25 November 1799
Letter from Michael Tidyman to Thomas Eyre: receipt of Eyre's donation of £50, and repairs to the chapel premises
1f
UC/P13/2/308 20 December 1799
Letter from Michael Tidyman to Thomas Eyre: trustees for the purchase of the new chapel
2f
UC/P13/2/309 14 February 1800
Letter from Michael Tidyman to Thomas Eyre: informing him that he has sent the title deeds and the declaration of trust for the chapel premises to the bishop
2f
UC/P13/2/310 26 April 1800
Letter from Michael Tidyman to Thomas Eyre: the deed of trust for the new chapel, his confidence that Sir C. Haggerston will subscribe to a fund for the chapel, a letter from the bishop concerning the possibility of finding a home for the Poor
Clares of Dunkirk in northern England, and the possibility of the Haggerston nuns or the St Ninian's (Wooler) nuns receiving them
2f
UC/P13/2/311 4 August 1800
Letter from Michael Tidyman to Thomas Eyre: his difficulties with the bishop over the declaration of trust for the Berwick chapel
1f
UC/P13/2/312 11 September 1800
Letter from Michael Tidyman to Thomas Eyre: his difficulties with the bishop over the declaration of trust for the Berwick chapel, and Sir C. Haggerston's £10 subscription
1f
UC/P13/2/313 7 January 1801
Letter from Michael Tidyman to Thomas Eyre: his disappointment that Eyre has given up his subscription for the Berwick chapel
1f
UC/P13/2/314 16 January 1801
Letter from Michael Tidyman to Thomas Eyre: his belief that Eyre has forgotten to send £50
1f
UC/P13/2/315 18 January 1801
Letter from Michael Tidyman to Thomas Eyre: the delay in receiving Eyre's money
1f
UC/P13/2/316 27 February 1803
Letter from Michael Tidyman to Thomas Eyre: Mr Houlier's departure from the Haggerston nuns and his possible successor, the need to obtain a priest for Berwick, and proposing a plan to send priests to Spain or Portugal to recruit for the English
mission
2f
UC/P13/2/317 14 May 1803
Letter from Michael Tidyman to Thomas Eyre: Hurst's appointment at Berwick and the need to furnish the house there
1f
UC/P13/2/318 10 June 1803
Letter from Michael Tidyman to Thomas Eyre: dispelling rumours that the Berwick congregation would be happy to provide financial support for a new incumbent, and Mr Cock boarding with the nuns
1f
UC/P13/2/319 19 July 1803
Letter from Michael Tidyman to Thomas Eyre: his disappointment that Eyre will not make up the Berwick fund, Eyre's attack on his conduct, and Mr Cock lodging at Clavering's
2f
UC/P13/2/320 7 August 1803
Letter from Michael Tidyman to Thomas Eyre: funding Hurst's salary at Berwick
2f
UC/P13/2/321 17 October 1803
Letter from Michael Tidyman to Thomas Eyre: Hurst's salary, repairing the chapel house, and Mr Cock living at Berrington
1f
UC/P13/2/322 6 December 1803
Letter from Michael Tidyman to Thomas Eyre: Hurst's unsuitability for his current position at Berwick
2f
UC/P13/2/323 30 March 1804
Letter from Michael Tidyman to Thomas Eyre: Besnier replacing Hurst at Berwick
1f
UC/P13/2/324 19 May 1804
Letter from Michael Tidyman to Thomas Eyre: settling Hurst's account
1f
UC/P13/2/325 1 July 1804
Letter from Michael Tidyman to Thomas Eyre: his translation of the Montpellier catechism
1f
UC/P13/2/326 7 September 1804
Letter from Michael Tidyman to Thomas Eyre: the need to improve the Berwick chapel house and the maintenance of the incumbent
1f
UC/P13/2/327 6 October 1804
Letter from Michael Tidyman to Thomas Eyre: his poor health, and the need for a proper director for the nuns
1f
UC/P13/2/328 19 October 1804
Letter from Michael Tidyman to Thomas Eyre: Besnier giving up the Berwick incumbency and his refusal to claim expenses, the possibility of Sir Edward Smith [Smythe's] house being sold, the treatment of Mr Jameson's son at Crook, and the
condemnation of the bishop's plan for subscriptions for Ushaw College
1f
UC/P13/2/329 6 December 1804
Letter from Michael Tidyman to Thomas Eyre: payments to Besnier, Mrs Silvertop complaining that Eyre is ignoring her, and her plans to purchase a plot of land
1f
UC/P13/2/330 6 March 1805
Letter from Michael Tidyman to Thomas Eyre: asking whether the English secular clergy have faculties for absolving nuns, and rumours that the Haggerston nuns dine at midday on fast days
1f
UC/P13/2/331 9 June 1805
Letter from Michael Tidyman to Thomas Eyre: payment of Besnier's stipend, the management of the chapel house and its possible letting
1f
UC/P13/2/332 29 August 1805
Letter from Michael Tidyman to Thomas Eyre: payment of Besnier's stipend, and news of the Haggerston nuns
1f
UC/P13/2/333 26 October 1805
Letter from Michael Tidyman to Thomas Eyre: payment of Besnier's stipend, and the Haggerston nuns move to Parbold
1f
UC/P13/2/334 30 May 1806
Letter from Michael Tidyman to Thomas Eyre: Mrs Silvertop's planned purchase of a house in Wooler, and payment of Besnier's stipend
1f
UC/P13/2/335 20 October 1806
Letter from Michael Tidyman to Thomas Eyre: receipt of money and spiritual canticles, asking for a set of spiritual songs, Jameson's move to Stonyhurst, his praise for Tudhoe, and Salvin's plan to grant a lease for the nuns
1f
UC/P13/2/336 29 October 1806
Letter from Michael Tidyman to Thomas Eyre: sending spectacles, opponents of Ushaw, and news of Stonyhurst
1f
UC/P13/2/337 16 - 17 December 1806
Letter from Thomas Cock to [?Thomas Eyre]: recollecting dates of his visit to Lancashire with George Haydock
Letter from Michael Tidyman to Thomas Eyre (written on the same sheet): his belief that Eyre cannot understand the difficulties faced by the nuns in securing new property, the opposition of Storey to their wish to take a lease out at Tudhoe, and
seeking a foundation for the nuns
2f
UC/P13/2/338 19 June 1807
Letter from Michael Tidyman to Thomas Eyre: Besnier's stipend, the delay in occupying Ushaw College, Mrs Silvertop's plan to open a subscription for Ushaw, and Firby's appointment as director of the Rouen nuns
1f
UC/P13/2/339 3 July 1809
Letter from Michael Tidyman to Thomas Eyre: Besnier's stipend, and the typhus outbreak at Ushaw College
1f
UC/P13/2/340 1 August 1809
Letter from Michael Tidyman to Thomas Eyre: Besnier's stipend, and the need to find a residence for the bishop near Haggerston
1f
TUNSTALL, MarmadukeUC/P13/2/341 16 April 1786
Letter from Marmaduke Tunstall to Thomas Eyre: the illness of Lady Mary, his purchase of a dog, a meeting of Catholics, news of various lay Catholic notables (Jerningham, Talbot, Lord Shrewsbury, Lord Lonsdale), the new society of natural
history, and his account statement with Eyre
Not transcribed
2f
UC/P13/2/342 18 January 1789
letter from Marmaduke Tunstall to Thomas Eyre: sending him an Irish epistle owing to the number of “Paddys” in his area, news of his Catholic friends including his criticism of Harry [Henry] Howard wishing to
become MP for Gloucester, and a diatribe on the declining standards of the education of priests
Part transcribed
3f
UC/P13/2/343 4 April 1789
Letter from Marmaduke Tunstall to Thomas Eyre: the marriage of Lady Belasyse and Bernard Howard, Harry's failure to become MP for Gloucester, news of the Howards of Corby, commenting on certain flora, and his opinion on the Cisalpine Club and
Lord Stanhope's involvement
Not transcribed
3f
UC/P13/2/344 13 May 1789
Letter from Marmaduke Tunstall to Thomas Eyre: his reasons for signing the protestation of the Cisalpine Club and his opinion on the parliamentary debates [leading up to the passing of the Roman Catholic Relief Act]
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UC/P13/2/345 15 January 1790
Letter from Marmaduke Tunstall to Thomas Eyre: his opinion (and conversations with Sir John Lawson) on the oath attached to the Roman Catholic Relief Bill, and papal medals
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UC/P13/2/346 20 March 1790
letter from Marmaduke Tunstall to Thomas Eyre: papal medals, criticism of the Catholic Committee and the conduct of his bishop, and the situation in France
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UC/P13/2/347 10 May 1790
Letter from Marmaduke Tunstall to Thomas Eyre: criticism of the Catholic Committee on the question of the oath and his hopes for a union of Catholic opinion, the publication of two pamphlets against Bishop Gibson, the Spanish seizure of ships on
the coast of America, and Stapleton's claim for the title of Beaumont
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TURVILLE, F. FortescueUC/P13/2/348-360 5 August 1807 - 4 July 1809
Letters from F. Fortescue Turville to Thomas Eyre: on the education of his sons (Francis, Henry, and William) at Ushaw College, mostly progress reports and payment of their accounts
13 letters
VEZIEL, CharlesUC/P13/2/361 30 October 1801
Language: French
Valuation by Charles Veziel of church ornaments at Crook Hall
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WHALLEY, RichardUC/P13/2/362 15 March 1806
Letter from Richard Whalley (O.S.F.) to Thomas Eyre: seeking a renewal of his faculties at Wooler, describing the Alexander family as only nominal Catholics, improvements to the St Ninian's building
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UC/P13/2/362b 6 March 1810
Letter from Richard Whalley (O.S.F.) to Thomas Eyre: seeking a renewal of his faculties at Wooler, and Mrs Silvertop renewing Major St Paul's term
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WHEBLE, JaneUC/P13/2/363-364 26 February 1806 - 17 May 1808
Letter from Jane Wheble to Thomas Eyre: mostly on her business affairs, particularly the management of her mother's estate
2 letters
WILKINSON, ThomasUC/P13/2/365 1 January 1803
Letter from Thomas Wilkinson to Thomas Eyre: the declaration of trust concerning the founding of Ushaw College, plans to provide further additions to Dodd's
Church History including an eyewitness account of the Lisbon earthquake from Mr Wharton, and Banister succeeding to Dodding Green
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WILSON, MarmadukeUC/P13/2/366 13 November 1809
Letter from Marmaduke Wilson to Thomas Eyre: sending £50 for Ushaw College, the high pensions at Ushaw, Thomas Pennington's request for theological dictates, and his hopes that Ushaw will adopt a constitution similar to Douai's
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WRIGHT, ThomasUC/P13/2/367-369 10 December 1801 - 24 May 1805
Letters from Thomas Wright & Co. (Bankers) to Thomas Eyre: payments to his account
3 letters
WORSWICK, JamesUC/P13/2/370 26 November 1803
Letter from James Worswick to Thomas Eyre: asking him to write to SIr John Lawson
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UC/P13/2/371 18 October 1804
Letter from James Worswick to Thomas Eyre: asking him to pay George Dunn's bills to Mr Silvertop and others
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UC/P13/2/372 8 September 1806
Letter from James Worswick to Thomas Eyre: accompanying Mr Varden to Greenwich and asking Eyre to serve for him, and the use of Dorothy Selby's bequest of 10 guineas to help pay for the Shields chapel
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UC/P13/2/373 19 March 1807
Letter from James Worswick to Thomas Eyre: the arrival of a French priest and asking Eyre to send money and faculties to him
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UC/P13/2/374 6 April 1807
Letter from James Worswick to Thomas Eyre: a dispute over the responsibility for the payment of the insurance premium for his premises
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UC/P13/2/375 10 October 1807
Letter from James Worswick to Thomas Eyre: Sir John [?Lawson's] offer of £200 [?for the college], Larkin negotiating with Harrison over the land at Ushaw, and Mr Smith wishing to offer money for charity
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UC/P13/2/376 19 November 1807
Letter from James Worswick to Thomas Eyre: a dispute over a purchase with Mr Stephenson, his communication with Larkin over the lease of a public house near Ushaw, the financial difficulties of the French priest and his inability to pay the rent
of his chapel, his belief that he is entitled to be reimbursed for the Shields chapel rent, and Warrilow's death
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UC/P13/2/377 21 November 1807
Letter from James Worswick to Thomas Eyre: enclosing letter from Chambers to Worswick, concerning George Dunn's offer of Miss Ann Chambers's house
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UC/P13/2/378 24 May 1806
Letter from James Worswick to Thomas Eyre: asking him to send Mr Danneville's money
Includes an account statement in Eyre's hand of money advanced to the incumbent at Shields
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UC/P13/2/379 22 April 1809
Letter from James Worswick to Thomas Eyre: his purchase of Pearson's garden, Sir John Lawson, George Dunn and Eyre's financial contributions for the school [?Ushaw College], and the assistance provided by the younger Miss Dunns
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UC/P13/2/380 14 June 1809
Letter from James Worswick to Thomas Eyre: Dunn's conversation with the bishop over a financial dispute, and criticism of Eyre failing to deliver on a promise of money for the chapel debt and adjoining premises
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UC/P13/2/381 19 June 1809
Letter from Thomas Eyre to James Worswick (draft): reply to Worswick's letter (14 June 1809) informing him that he made no firm promise of the money
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UC/P13/2/382 24 June 1809
Letter from James Worswick to Thomas Eyre: tirade against Eyre's conduct in the financial dispute, and his hopes that the college may be placed on a better footing
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WYNDHAM, PhilipUC/P13/2/383 23 May 1804
Letter from Philip Wyndham to Thomas Eyre: the difficulties faced by Eyre in supporting Crook Hall, attempts to establish a mission in Brighton, the death of his brother, Eyre's wish for a contribution from Peter Lahey, and Seymour's donation
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UC/P13/2/384 6 June 1804
Letter from Philip Wyndham to Thomas Eyre: urging him to apply to the Lahey brothers for a donation for the establishment of a new college, his opinion of Mr Seymour, and his difficulties in obtaining financial support for a mission in
Brighton
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UC/P13/2/385 15 March 1809
Letter from Philip Wyndham to Thomas Eyre: the death of Mr Seymour and the execution of his will, the effect of the death of Mrs Swinburne on her household and the poor conduct of her daughters, and his financial difficulties following the
building of the new Brighton chapel
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VARIOUS
Rough notes and drafts of letters from Thomas Eyre to various people found at the end of the Eyre correspondence. For the sake of retaining the original arrangement and numbering, these letters have not been reordered.
UC/P13/2/386 [?1803]
Letter from Thomas Eyre to Peter R. Lahy: thanking him for his donation of £250 for Crook Hall
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UC/P13/2/387 [1802]
Letter from Thomas Eyre to Nicholas Clavering: seeking a donation for Crook Hall
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UC/P13/2/388 19 June 1804
Fragment of a letter by Thomas Eyre praising the recipient for his assistance in a mission
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UC/P13/2/389 [20 August 1802]
Letter from Thomas Eyre to William Seymour: resigning his claim to establish Hazelwood Hall as the new seminary, the plans to found the seminary at Ushaw, the use of Seymour's donation in educating the priesthood at Crook Hall, and praising the
benefactors of the Catholic Church generally
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UC/P13/2/390 7 March 1809
Letter from Thomas Eyre to William Seymour: sending him theses from the Divines, hoping for a steady stream of new priests, Seymour's health, and asking for permission to include him as a patron
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UC/P13/2/391 [1803]
Account statement by Thomas Eyre of trust funds in his name
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3. Personal Papers
This amalgamates the Eyre Miscellany (OS 2 R); the papers of Thomas Eyre held in the Ushaw Personal Papers series; and the Eyre sermons
UC/P13/3/1 [1775 x 1784]
Sermons by Thomas Eyre
4 files
UC/P13/3/2 [1789 x 1809]
Rough notes and jottings by Thomas Eyre, mainly on missions and priests
1 file
UC/P13/3/3 1792
Copy of the will of Thomas Eyre, esq
1 volume
UC/P13/3/4 15 February 1793 - 2 March 1795
Event timeline by [?Thomas Eyre] relating to arrangements for the closure of the English College in Douai
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