Reference code: GB-0298-UC/P 19
Title: Oscott Papers
Dates of creation: 1842-1862
Extent: 1 file
Held by: Ushaw
Origination: Oscott College
Language: English
St Mary's College, Oscott, is the Roman Catholic seminary of the archdiocese of Birmingham. It was founded in Old Oscott in 1794 for both the training of priests and the education of lay pupils. In 1838, the college moved to a new site (New
Oscott) designed by A.W. Pugin and Joseph Potter. In 1889, the college was closed but reopened the following year as a seminary only.
Papers and letters mostly concerned with the dispute between Nicholas Wiseman and the Central District/Diocese of Birmingham over money owed to Wiseman from the Central District and Oscott College. Correspondents include Wiseman, Heny Bagshawe,
William Ullathorne, Francis Searle, John Moore, Henry Logan, James S. Northcote, E. Estcourte, Henry Edward Manning, and Thomas Gloag.
Collection brought together by Rev. Michael Sharratt as part of the Old Series of documents in Ushaw College Library.
Previous reference number OS 1 M
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Card catalogue with calendared list
UC/P19/1 22 January 1851
Letter from Henry Bagshawe to Francis Searle: the correspondence between himself and Bishop Ullathorne, which concluded with the latter declaring himself satisfied, and believing that the matter is now in Wiseman's hands.
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UC/P19/2 [1840s x 1850s]
Letter from John Moore to Bagshawe: need to deal with Logan swiftly, has managed to scotch rumours about Wiseman.
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UC/P19/3 [1840s x 1850s]
Letter from Moore to Bagshawe: Bagshawe's financial loss, it is not Moore's decision whether Oscott owes Wiseman money.
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UC/P19/4 [1840s x 1850s]
Letter from Moore to Bagshawe: can Oscott recover money from Wyse, he has been denying, not confirming, the rumours about Wiseman.
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UC/P19/5 27 September 1848
Letter from Nicholas Wiseman to Bagshawe: inform Ullathorne and Logan that he (Bagshawe) is acting for Wiseman over Morgan's debt.
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UC/P19/6 27 September 1848
Letter from William Ullathorne to Bagshawe: welcoming information on the temporalities of the Central District, Oscott affairs are taking a great deal of his time, the offer of £150 to Morgan, [?Wiseman's] claims are against Oscott, not the
district.
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UC/P19/7 30 September 1848
Letter from Henry Logan to Bagshawe: Wiseman borrowed money from Morgan for Oscott and therefore the college is responsible, Logan's removal from the presidency and his replacement by Weedall, Bagshawe is likely to have trouble over his account
with Oscott.
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UC/P19/8 3 October 1848
Letter from Wiseman to Bagshawe: Morgan never wanted his solicitors to make the affair a personal one, Logan's feeling over his loss of the presidency, his wish to help Logan.
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UC/P19/9 3 October 1848
Letter from Wiseman to Bagshawe: he needs to explain himself to his friends so he is forwarding on Ullathorne's letter removing him from the presidency, the bitterness of the clergy against Wiseman, his own defence of him.
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UC/P19/10 18 October 1848
Letter from Wiseman to Bagshawe: Moore becoming president of Oscott, receiving a satisfactory letter from Logan, he has sent a letter about Gentili.
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UC/P19/11 30 November 1848
Letter from Ullathorne to Bagshawe: his willingness to join the bishop of the London District in his action for the Countess de Front money.
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UC/P19/12 1 January 1849
Letter from Ullathorne to Bagshawe: thanking him for the information on Mr Connolly's case, Mrs Connolly is not in his jurisdiction.
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UC/P19/13 7 January 1849
Letter from Ullathorne to Wiseman: received two letters from Lord Shrewsbury about Mr Connolly, the need to keep the matter out of the courts, details of the case, settling Oscott's and the district's affairs and Wiseman's claims.
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UC/P19/14 15 January 1849
Letter from Ullathorne to Bagshawe: expressing condolences.
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UC/P19/15 17 January 1849
Letter from Ullathorne to Bagshawe informing him that Estcourt's visit is not for a final settlement, the need to settle district matters between himself and Wiseman and Oscott's affairs between himself, Wiseman and the president, and that no
settlement will be possible without more information
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UC/P19/16 22 January 1849
Letter from Ullathorne to Bagshawe: his consulation with Oscott and their need for time to examine Wiseman's claim, the requirement of a record of all transactions, his desire to do Wiseman justice so long as the affair is looked into
properly.
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UC/P19/17 24 January 1849
Letter from Bagshawe to Ullathorne: Wiseman's claims that it was on money he loaned and the £1,200 was to be repaid, advising Walsh to leave all his money to Wiseman and Ullathorne.
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UC/P19/18 9 February 1849
Letter from Ullathorne to Bagshawe: his willingness to accept Wiseman's account and will inform him of this decision, that no charge will be contemplated for his sons at Oscott.
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UC/P19/19 1843 - 1847
Accounts of Nicholas Wiseman, 1843 - 1847.
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UC/P19/20 1842 - 1849
Thomas Gloag's account with Oscott, 1842 - 1849.
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UC/P19/21 10 January 1849
Statement of account between Wiseman and the Central District concerning the payments made to or on account at St Mary's College and now owing to him by the college.
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UC/P19/22 10 January 1849
Letter from Bagshawe to Estcourt with a copy by Searle of UC/P19/21 and connected papers.
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UC/P19/23 1847 - 1848
Copy of a paper by D. Haigh sent showing payments made to Wiseman and how these payments were spent, 1847 - 1848.
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UC/P19/24-26 1860 - 1861
Count Randolfo Gabrielli, accounts with Oscott 1860 - 1861.
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UC/P19/27
Number not in use
UC/P19/28 7 September 1860
Letter from James S. Northcote to Searle: enclosing Gabrielli's bill, requiring money for the foundations of the Academic Hall, Gabrielli will be matriculating at Christmas, Wiseman's health.
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UC/P19/29 16 September 1860
Letter from Searle to Northcote: receipt of Gabrielli's account, his belief that Wiseman's claims included his free education.
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UC/P19/30 26 September 1860
Letter from Northcote to Searle: his belief that all Wiseman's claims are settled, Gabrielli's matter is a district issue, Wiseman's recovery.
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UC/P19/31 19 December 1860
Letter from Estcourt to Searle: questioning the relevance of the papers to Wiseman's nephew who is a lay student.
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UC/P19/32 30 December 1860
Letter from Estcourt to Searle: the dispute between Wiseman and the Central District, Ullathorne's view that Wiseman is unlikely to want to revive the issue, the payment of Gabrielli's bill, a ruling from Propaganda would be acceptable.
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UC/P19/33 23 January 1861
Letter from Northcote to Searle: sending Gabrielli's bill with the expectation that it will be paid because overdue accounts are a great inconvenience.
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UC/P19/34 4 March 1861
Letter from Northcote to Searle: pressing for payment of Gabrielli's bill, the possibility of sending Gabrielli away unless his bill is paid.
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UC/P19/35 11 March 1861
Letter from Searle to Northcote: he has delayed payment because of Wiseman's illness, hopes that Northcote will do nothing precipitate because it is simply a matter of adjusting accounts.
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UC/P19/36 18 March 1861
Letter from Ullathorne to Northcote: confirming that he has a written statement from Wiseman to the effect that he did not intend reopening the financial dispute between himself and Oscott over the payment of Gabrielli's fees, expecting Northcote
to treat it as an ordinary business matter.
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UC/P19/37 20 March 1861
Letter from Northcote to Searle: letters about Gabrielli's fees and Ullathorne's impression of Wiseman's position, which conflicts with Searle's.
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UC/P19/38 21 March 1861
Letter from Henry Edward Manning to Wiseman: hopes that he has interpreted Wiseman correctly in his belief that the Gabrielli matter will not reopen old questions, there is no need for Ullathorne to go to Propaganda, his relief that Wiseman's
plans to drop the matter.
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UC/P19/39 21 March 1861
Memorandum of Searle concerning UC/P19/37 and an interview with Wiseman over UC/P19/38, and Wiseman's view that Gabrielli should be removed.
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UC/P19/40 22 March 1861
Letter from Thomas Gloag to Searle: explaining the payment of his fees at Oscott, his desire to pay the bill for him.
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UC/P19/41 22 March 1861
Wiseman to Ullathorne on the misunderstanding and suggesting that Searle should talk to Ullathorne, Northcote and Estcourt, and that he had no intention of reopening claims on the diocese
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UC/P19/42 22 March 1861
Letter from Wiseman to Northcote: advising him to let Gabrielli go with Searle to another college.
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UC/P19/43 22 March 1861
Memorandum by Searle concerning a meeting with Ullathorne and Northcote.
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UC/P19/44 11 April 1861
Letter from Estcourt to Searle: Ullathorne is willing to confer on the dispute if Wiseman wishes to reopen it, Gabrielli's pension is not open for discussion, Propaganda should settle any differences.
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UC/P19/45 8 June 1861
Letter from Estcourt to Searle: Gabrielli's pension concerns Oscott, Ullathorne's view of the money given by Haigh in 1848, and the need for Wiseman to refer to Propaganda if he wants to reopen the question.
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UC/P19/46 18 July 1861
Letter from Estcourt to Searle: Haigh's paper
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UC/P19/47 27 September 1861
Letter from Northcote to Searle: his belief that Gabrielli will not return, his hopes that the bill will be paid now, the prosperity of Oscott in spite of the Oratory School.
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UC/P19/48 30 September 1863
Letter from Searle to Estcourt: has Ullathorne approved the statement of account between Wiseman and Oscott and the Central District.
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UC/P19/49 25 October 1863
Letter from Estcourt to Searle: refusing to do the above until various questions have been unanswered, Ullathorne needs to contact Propaganda.
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UC/P19/50 [1861]
Rough account by Searle of the disputed monies
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UC/P19/51 28 October 1863
Letter from Searle to Estcourt: agreeing to sort out the details when he has consulted the papers.
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UC/P19/52 24 March 1861
Letter from Searle to Wiseman: a detailed account of a conversation with Ullathorne in an attempt to settle matters, with a draft of an agreement by Searle.
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UC/P19/53 1846 - 1848
Accounts of Nicholas Wiseman with the Central District, 1846 - 1848.
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UC/P19/54 1847 - 1848
Account by D. Haigh of money given to the Central District, 1847 - 1848.
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