List of Presidents of the English College, Douai
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This is a list of Presidents of the English College, Douai
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English College, Douai
The English College, Douai was a Catholic seminary associated with the University of Douai . It was established in about 1561, and was suppressed in 1793...
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- 1568 William Allen founder
- 1588 Richard Barret
- 1599 Thomas WorthingtonThomas Worthington (Douai)Thomas Worthington, D.D. was an English Catholic priest and third President of Douai College.-Life:...
- 1613 Matthew KellisonMatthew KellisonMatthew Kellison was an English Roman Catholic theologian and controversialist, and a reforming president of the English College, Douai.-Life:...
- 1641/2-1645 George Muscott (vere Fisher); at the time of his appointment he was in The ClinkThe ClinkThe Clink was a notorious prison in Southwark, England which functioned from the 12th century until 1780 either deriving its name from, or bestowing it on, the local manor, the Clink Liberty . The manor and prison were owned by the Bishop of Winchester and situated next to his residence at...
. - 1646-1651 William HydeWilliam Hyde (Douai)William Hyde was an English Roman Catholic convert and priest, presumed to be of Dutch or Flemish background, who became President of the English College, Douai.-Life:...
deputised for Muscott, and then succeeded him - 1652–1670 George LeyburnGeorge LeyburnGeorge Leyburn was an English Catholic priest, who became President of the English College, Douai.-Life:He was born in Westmoreland, and was admitted a student in the English College at Douai on 13 March 1617, under the name of George Bradley. He studied philosophy under Thomas White, and was...
, resigned in favour of his nephew - 1670-1676 John LeyburnJohn LeyburnJohn Leyburn was an English Roman Catholic priest, who became Vicar Apostolic of the London District, and thus the senior Roman Catholic prelate in England, from 1685 to 1702. He was not only a theologian, but also a mathematician, and an intimate friend of Descartes and Hobbes.-Life:He was the...
- 1676 Francis GageFrancis GageFrancis Gage was an English Roman Catholic priest, who became President of the English College, Douai.-Life:Born 1 February 1621, he was son of John Gage of Haling, Surrey, by his second wife, Mrs. Barnes, a widow. He was half-brother of Sir Henry Gage, governor of Oxford, of George Gage and of...
- 1682-1687 James Smith
- 1688 Edward Paston
- 1714-1738 Robert Witham
- 1738 William Thornburgh
- 1750 William Green
- 1770 Henry Tichborne Blount
- 1781 William Gibson
- 1790 Edward Kitchen
- 1792 John DanielJohn Daniel (priest)John Daniel was an English Roman Catholic priest, and the last effective head of the English College, Douai.-Life:...
- Francis Tuitte (titular only)