428 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1800. 



French revolution put an end 

 to it, in 1 793 ; at which time 

 all the friars that remained in 

 it found means of escaping out 

 of France in disguise; whereas 

 the remaining members of all 

 the other English establish- 

 ments, both of men and wo- 

 men, in France, were seized, 

 imprisoned, and treated in the 

 most barbarous manner that 

 wanton cruelty could invent, 

 being shut up, without distinc- 

 tion of age or sex, in churches 

 that had been plundered of 

 every thing ; where they re- 

 mained deprived of all the ne- 

 cessaries of life, a little scanty 

 food excepted. 



21. Nuns of ihc third Order of St. 



Francis. 

 These religious women M'ere a 

 colony from the convent at 

 Gravelines, and they were first 

 settled atNieuportjinFlanders, 

 about the year 1 620, by means 

 of father John Gennings, the 

 establisher of those of Grave- 

 lines, and of the Recollects, in 

 Douay, whose zeal in this re- 

 spect was indefatigable. In 

 the year l658 these .luns were 

 obliged to leave Nieuport on 

 account of the war and inun- 

 dations, and part of them re- 

 moved to Bruges, into a house 

 called the Prince7i-fioff, be- 

 cause it had formerlybeen a par t 

 of the palace of the counts of 

 Flanders. They were employ- 

 ed in the education of young 

 persons of their sex, and their 

 community remained consider- 

 ably numerous, till they were 

 driven out of Flanders by the 

 invasion of the French in 1 794'' 



22. Jesuits at Ghent. 



This establishment was made in 



the year 1622. It was styled 

 the Professed-house, and was 

 destined chiefly for the aged 

 and infirm, and for such as 

 were unable to perform the 

 active functions of the society. 

 The house was small and of 

 little appearance. In 1765 

 the noviciate, beforetimes at 

 Watten, as was said above, 

 was placed here; but the ex- 

 tinction of the society in 1773 

 put an end to both. 



23. College at Lisl/on. 



This was founded by the libe- 

 rality of Don Pedro de Cou- 

 tinho, a Portuguese gentleman, 

 at the persuasion of the reve- 

 rend William Wiseman, an 

 English clergyman residing at 

 Lisbon. It was confirmed by 

 a brief from Rome, dated Sep- 

 tember 22, 1622, with the 

 annual revenue of 500 gold 

 crowns given to it by the said 

 Don Pedro deCoutinho. The 

 first president, professors, and 

 scholars, were sent thither from 

 the English college at Do'iay 

 '" I'l'^" • and it has e^-^i: since 

 been under the direction of se- 

 cular clergy, and remains so 

 still. 



24. Benedictine mins in Camhraii. 

 This abbey was begun in the 



year \(y2S, by Mrs. Frances 

 Gavin and two others, all pro- 

 fessed nuns of the monastery at 

 Brussels. The establishment 

 was made chiefly by means of 

 father Rudifind Barlow, pre- 

 sident of the English congrega- 

 tion of St. Benedict, to which 

 it ever after remained subject. 

 These nuns, besides the regular 

 duties of their order, were oc- 

 cupied in the education of 

 young ladies. In 1793 they 



