424 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1800. 



only one of nuns that remains 

 on the continent of Europe. 

 It is to be observed of this 

 convent, as has just been said 

 of the Carthusians, that it is 

 the only English community of 

 religious women which has 

 never been separated or extinct 

 since the reign of queen Mary. 

 All the other English convents, 

 both of men and women, were 

 begun anew much later, as 

 will be seen presently. 



3. Dotiai/ College. 



This first and principal establish- 

 ment of English secular clergy 

 was begun in the year 156S, 

 by Dr. Allen, afterwai-ds car- 

 dinal and archbishop of ?vlech- 

 lin. The civil wars oblised it 

 to retire to Rheims in 1578 ; 

 but it returned again to Douay 

 in 1593, where it constantly 

 flourished till its destruction 

 under the French revolution 

 in 1 793. The only fixt income 

 which this college enjoyed was 

 a pension from the see of Rome 

 of 2000 Roman crowns per 

 annum, which was duly paid 

 to the last. This college was 

 a member of the university of 

 Douay, and in it was taught 

 classical learning, as well as 

 philosophy and divinity. It 

 has produced a great number 

 of distinguished men. 



4. Roman College. 



This was originally founded at 

 Rome by the Saxon king Ina, 

 in the year 718, for an hospital 

 for English pilgrims ; but by 



a bull of pope Gregory XIII, 

 dated May 24, 1578,' it was 

 turned into a college for the 

 education of English clergy. 

 It had scarce been a year in 

 the hands of the secular clergy, 

 when the direction of it was 

 given to the Jesuits, in whose 

 hands it remained till the ex- 

 tinction of their society in 1 773. 

 But at all times those who 

 were educated in it were ob- 

 liged to remain in the state of 

 secular clergy, The revenues 

 of this college, which still sub- 

 sists at Rome, ai-e about 1500/. 

 sterling a year. 



5. College at Valladolid. 



This establishment was obtained 

 by the solicitations of father 

 Robert Parsons, the Jesuit, and 

 was completed in May, 1589, 

 for the education of secular 

 clergy, but under the direction 

 of the Jesuits, as it remained 

 till the expulsion of their so- 

 ciety out of Spain. Since then 

 it was put into the hands of the 

 clergy from Douay-college. — 

 The yearly revenues obtained 

 from the court of Spain by 

 father Parsons for this college, 

 amounted in the year l605 to 

 4000 crowns. 



6, 7. Colleges at Madrid and Seville. 

 These were established for the 



education of secular clergy, 

 about the same time, and by 

 the same means, as that of 

 Valladolid ; but being small, 

 and their revenues very pre- 

 carious, they never made any 



" I have omitted on purpose several accounts of miracles and prophecies related 

 by this last author, p. 516 and .'>19, because they are useless to the history, and do 

 little credit to our clergy. 



I am, sir, 

 Most respectfully yours, 



Jos. Correa di Serra. 



