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Copy of a letter from Francis White [to William Lesley?]. He has not received any answer to his letter dated March 1667, and he states that no missionary has come to help him. [Alexander] Winster had written to him that he was sure that his brother…

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Copy of a letter from Francis White [to William Lesley?]. He writes that he has visited [Alexander] Winster, whom he had not seen for four years. He went a very long way in order to ask Winster for the things needed for his very poor mission. Winster…

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Letter from Francis White to PF. He writes to have received 25 scudi from William Lesley, sent to him by PF. He has served in the mission for 14 years (orginally sent by CM), and in this period at least 14 parishes have been converted to Catholicism;…

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Petition on behalf of Francis White to PF asking for missionary faculties, as a continuation of the annual provision to which PF already consented. PF agrees to it during the meeting of 17 November 1664. The petition is unsigned and undated. 

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Copy of a part of a letter from Francis White to the prefect of the Scottish mission, Alexander Winster. The missionary writes that he is exhausted from the work he has to do. White states that it was hard even when there were still four other…

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Letter from Georgius Haius [George Hay] to PF stating that he went to the Scottish Benedictine monastery in Ratisbon [Regensburg]. He is now asking for a dispensation of the vow that he took when he studied in the Scottish college in Rome, in order…

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Petition on behalf of Georgio Hayo [George Hay] to PF asking to enter the Scottish Benedictine monetary in Germany, despite the vow that he took to serve the Scottish mission, as a secular missionary; he claims to be unsuitable for the mission in…

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Petition on behalf of Georgio Hayo [George Hay] to PF asking permission to enter the Scottish Benedictine monastery in Germany, despite the vow that he had taken to go to the Scottish mission. Both the rector of the Scottish College in Rome and the…

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Copy of a letter from Giovanni Iruino [John Irvin] to [William Lesley?]. He writes that in London he got his missionary patent and a letter from Cardinal "arberino" [Albericci], but no money. Some time ago he arrived in Edinburgh where he met…

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Gio' Valchero [John Walker], who used to be the prefect of the Scottish mission, was forced to leave the mission because of health problems (paralysis) and went to Padua. After his health improved, he travelled to Rome. Now he asks PF to give him an…

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Letter from John Walker to PF. He is asking PF for help since he is sick. He has been working for the Scottish mission for 22 years, not only has he administered the sacrements and teached the Holy faith, but he also wrote a book defending…

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Letter from John Walker to [the prefect of PF]. It has been four years since he has not been able to move the left part of his body. He had been forced to leave Aberdeen for Edinburgh, and to stay there for a year to recover his health. He used all…

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Copy of a letter from John Walker to the procurator of the Scottish mission in Rome, William Lesley. He writes to have received a letter from the procurator. With this letter Walker wants to underline a few points made in his letter to PF so that…

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Francesco and Marco [Francis and Mark] MacDonnell, missionaries in the Highlands of Scotland, have asked for provisions covering the period from 1 July of the previous year [1668], to January of this year [1669]. It remains to be clarified whether…

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Letter from the papal nuncio to France, Archbishop Nicolò Guidi di Bagno (titular archbishop of Athens) to PF, stating that the missionary priest Gherardo de Buin [Gérard Brin], has returned to Paris after having tried to go to Scotland, but been…

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Letter from the nuncio to France, Nicolò Guidi di Bagno to PF, reporting that Gerard Brin has just left for Scotland, in order to check if the information coming from William Ballantyne about the progress of the mission is reliable; the nuncio writes…

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Letter from the nuncio to France, Nicolò Guidi di Bagno to PF, accompanying the petition of Vincent de Paul, in which Vincent de Paul asks that Dermot Duiguin and Francis White be made missionaries for the Hebrides and Highlands of Scotland (APF SOCG…

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Letter from nuncio to France, Nicolò Guidi di Bagno to PF, in which he says he is forwarding a letter written by Vincent de Paul. The nuncio moreover thanks PF for the dispatch addressed to Guglielmo Bauentin [William Ballantyne], and his companion;…

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Minutes of PF general meeting of 8 April 1680 discussing among other issues, a report from Alexander Winster, the prefect of the Scottish mission. He writes that, since Francis White died, the Catholics in the Highlands have been suffering. He asks…

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Letter from PF to Cardinal Norfolk, stating that the cardinals have decided to forward to him the request for faculties of Alexander Winster (prefect of the Scottish mission). The request was made on behalf of the missionary who has taken the place…

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Letter from PF to Alexander Lesley. It announces that the cardinals have chosen him as a visitor of Scotland, and that for this purpose he should use the instruction that was attached to the original letter. He will receive 100 scudi for his…

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Minutes of PF general meeting of 6 April 1677 discussing among other issues, a petition on behalf of the procurator of the Scottish mission, William Lesley. He asks if he may be substituted by David Gutherie (alumnus of the Scottish college), during…

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Minutes of PF general meeting of 16 March 1677 which was held in the presence of the pope, discussing among other issues, a petition by the procurator of the Scottish mission [William Lesley]. He mentions several abuses in the Scottish mission and…

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Summary on the reports of the mission in Scotland. In PF meeting of 23 July 1674 they took the following measures: a) the children sent to the Colleges have to be approved by the prefect and the children of Catholics have to go to PF schools; b)…

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In PF meeting of 23 July 1674, it was decided to raise the provision of the schoolmasters to 50 scudi a year. In the latest dispatch to Scotland however, the schoolmasters received 30 scudi (as they had been granted before the raise). In response,…

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Copy of a letter from the secretary of PF to the superior general of the Jesuits. PF asks the superior three things regarding the Jesuit mission in Scotland: a) to order his missionaries to disperse over the whole country, and not stay at particular…

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Since it had been decided that everything discussed in the Congregazione Particulare (CP) also has to be reported to the Congregazione Generale, they have made a list of everything that was decided during the meeting of 21 July 1674, on Scotland. a)…

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Copy of a letter from PF to Alexander Winster, prefect of the Scottish mission. PF writes that in the future, he should not give money to his missionaries with the assumption that PF will pay it back. At the request of the prefect, PF has written to…

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Two letters arrived from Alessandro Winstero [Alexander Winster], the current Scottish prefect. The letters discuss various requests, and the response of the cardinals: a) as Gilberto Graio [Gilbert Gray] was useless for the mission, he was recalled.…

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PF Summary of SOCG 435. Robert Monro, a missionary in Scotland, writes in a letter that: a) he has not been able to serve the mission as he wanted, because of a persecution in Scotland that started after letters of Jesuits were found. This happened…

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