Letter from Alexander Winster to William Lesley, 1665-07-19

Letter from Alexander Winster to William Lesley, 1665-07-19

Scotland

Mission reports

Letter from the prefect of the Scottish mission Alexander Winster, to its procurator in Rome, William Lesley. Winster explains that he had neither written nor sent any letters to date, for fear that his letters would be opened and read, due to the ongoing war between England and the Netherlands. He writes about the current situation of the mission, among which the fact that he now is the only missionary in Edinburgh, since also the Jesuits left that city. He has several requests: a) a house for the Scottish missionaries in a Catholic country to retire in case of illness or old age; b) more missionaries to be sent to the Scottish mission; and c) money to buy books. He also asks if PF could arrange that John White, brother of the only missionary working in the Highlands at that moment [Francis White] be sent to the same mission. He asks what to do with money sent from PF which he has yet to spend. Letter signed and dated 19 July 1665. 

Date discussed, 1665-11-09

Additional comments

Alexander Winster

APF SOCG 308, 210r-213v

1665-07-19

Addressed to William Lesley

For a summary of this letter (as well as other letters from the same bundle) and for the minutes of the PF meeting where this matter was discussed, see: APF SOCG 308, 206r-208v, 231v (database item 331). For the discussion of this letter, see: APF ACTA 34, 203r, 224v-227v (same information; not in this database).

Original, signed and dated

Italian

Letter

332

Origin: Edinburgh

Destination: Rome