English College, Lisbon
The English College, Lisbon (Portuguese: Convento dos Inglesinhos) was a Roman Catholic seminary that existed from the 17th century to the 20th century. Early history
King Philip of Spain (and Portugal), issued a Royal charter on December 3, 1621, a papal brief was issued on September 29, 1622, by Pope Gregory XV and in 1624 a college for English students wishing to study for the Catholic priesthood, and for mission work in England and Wales, was founded in Lisbon by Pedro Coutinho, a member of a prominent family. It was known as SS. Peter and Paul's (with greater formality the Pontifical English College of Sts Peter and Paul - Lisbon). It was awarded the same rights and privileges as the English College, Rome and was one of the Pontifical Colleges in the sense of being centrally controlled from Rome, one of the substantial group of institutions set up with the aim of maintaining the Catholic faith in England, Ireland, and Scotland. In 1628 the first students arrived from the English College, Douai. The moving force behind the foundation was the priest William Newman (1577–1640), though he never became head of the college. Newman had been entrusted with property from the estate of the late Nicholas Ashton, a Catholic chaplain in Lisbon. Initial progress was slow after a papal brief of Pope Gregory XV in 1622, with only a church erected on property given by Coutinho, who also gave endowment. Richard Smith, the Catholic bishop in England, took a hand and sent one of his archdeacons, Joseph Haynes (also Hynes, Harvey). The foundation was supported by the arrival of group of students and teachers from the English College, Douai in 1628, the first president being Haynes. Haynes, however, then died quite suddenly, shortly after the college opened in 1629. The second president was Thomas White, alias Blacklow, with William Clifford as vice-president. He was at the college for three years from 1630. His rules for its governance brought it under the Bishop of Chalcedon (the title used at the time by the Catholic bishop in England). Pursuing further funding and students in England, he was dissatisfied at the results and resigned. Following the French revolution and the closure of seminaries in Douai and Paris, the Lisbon college was enlarged to accommodate 40 more people. Later history

It suffered severely from the earthquake of 1755, but continued its work. The college finally closed in 1973, Monsignor James Sullivan being the final President of the college. In 1974 the archives and library of the college were transferred to Ushaw College, Durham. The college had remained on the site it was originally established on, until its closure. The Lisbonian Society was set up by alumni of the college to maintain the legacy and communicate with former students. People associated with the College

Peter Baines DD, president 1865-1882
James Barnard, president 1776-1782
Gerard Bernard, alias Woodbury, president 1756-1776
John Ignatius Bleasdale, student
Edward Booth, student
James Yorke Bramston, student
Francis Clayton DD, (alias Whitaker), professor and president 1652-1653 
William Clifford, vice-president
Humphrey Ellis, student in 1628
Daniel Fitter, student
Peter Gooden, student
John Goter, student and president-elect
Victor Guazzelli, student later bishop
Thomas Hall, student
William Hall, student
William Hart, third President of the college, serving from 1634 to 1637
Thomas Haydock
Roger Hesketh
William Hilton, born in 1825; educated at Lisbon; ordained 1850; served some time on the mission in the Diocese of Shrewsbury, England; made a domestic prelate in 1881; and returned to Lisbon as president in 1883. Joseph Ilsley DD, professor of theology and canon lawa, served as vice-president and president of the college 1853-1865
Edward Jones, professor, vice-president(1699-1707) and long serving president from 1707 to 1729 and from 1732 to 1737(his death)
John Manley, president 1729-1732 and from 1737 to 1755(his death)
John Perrot alias Barnesley, convert to Catholicism, professor, vice-president 1653–59, president 1659-1672
Edward Pickford, student and first alumnus president
Richard Russell, bishop in Portugal, diplomat who served as secretary to the Queen of Portugal. John Sergeant, Cambridge educated converted to Catholicism served as professor in Lisbon
Thomas Tylden (alias Godden) BA  oxford educated convert to Catholicism, trained in lisbon, served as professor, vice president and president 
Mathias Watkinson, long serving president from 1672 to 1706
Thomas White, second president 1630–1633
Edmund Winstanley, president 1819 - 1852

See also
 English College, Douai
 English College, Rome
 English College, Valladolid
 Royal Scots College
 Irish College at Lisbon

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1624 establishments in Portugal
Educational institutions disestablished in 1973
Catholic seminaries
Defunct universities and colleges in Portugal