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Organisations (25)
- Administration des Fondations Anglaises en France
- Association Catholique Internationale de Services pour la Jeunesse Feminine (ACISJF)
- Brailes Roman Catholic Church Brailes, Warwickshire
- Catholic Bishops Conference London
- French Embassy Roman Catholic Chapel, London London
- French Roman Catholic Church, King's Street, London London
- Imperial Embassy Roman Catholic Chapel, London London
- London Roman Catholic Mission London
- Moorfields Roman Catholic Church, Shoreditch Shoreditch, Middlesex
- National Conference of Priests of England and Wales
- Neapolitan Embassy Roman Catholic Chapel, London London
- Old Brotherhood of the English Secular Clergy
- Oxford and Cambridge Catholic Education Board
- Pilgrim's Hatch Roman Catholic Church, Brentwood Brentwood, Essex
- St Bridget's Roman Catholic Church, Isleworth Isleworth, Middlesex
- St Edmund's College, Ware Ware, Hertfordshire
- St George's Fields Roman Catholic Church, Southwark Southwark, Surrey
- St George's Roman Catholic Church, Walthamstow Walthamstow, Essex
- Stanford and Oundle Roman Catholic churches Stanford, Northamptonshire;Oundle, Northamptonshire
- Venetian Embassy Roman Catholic Chapel, London London
- Walton's Cross Roman Catholic Church Walton's Cross, Essex
- Warkworth Roman Catholic Church Warkworth, Northamptonshire
- Westminster Roman Catholic diocese Westminster, Middlesex
- Weston Underwood Roman Catholic church Weston Underwood, Buckinghamshire
- Woolhampton Roman Catholic Parish Woolhampton, Berkshire
Persons (61)
- Acton, Charles Januarius, (1803-1847), Cardinal
- Allen, William, (1532-1594), Cardinal Apostolic Librarian
- Allies, Thomas William, (1813-1903), theologian historian
- Bourne, Francis Alphonsus, (1861-1935), Cardinal
- Bramston, James Yorke, (1763-1836), Vicar Apostolic, London district
- Brown, George Hilary, (1786-1856), Bishop of Liverpool
- Brown, James, (1812-1881), Bishop of Shrewsbury
- Brown, Thomas Joseph, (1798-1880), Bishop of Newport and Menevia
- Burton, Edwin Hubert, (1870-1925), Roman Catholic Priest Historian Archivist
- Butler, Basil Christopher, (1902-1986), Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster
- Butler, Charles, (1750-1832), Roman Catholic lawyer historian biographer
- Challoner, Richard, (1691-1781), Vicar General of London District
- Champney, Anthony, (? 1569-? 1643), Controversialist
- Coleridge, Henry James, (1822-1893), Editor of the Month
- Douglass, John, (1743-1812), Vicar Apostolic, London district
- Errington, George, (1804-1886), Roman Catholic Archbishop
- Faber, Frederick William, (1814-1863), Roman Catholic Priest Hymn Writer
- Fitzherbert, Thomas, (1552-1640), Jesuit
- Gandolphy, Peter, (1779-1821), Jesuit
- Godfrey, William, (1889-1963), Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster
- Goss, Alexander, (1814-1872), Bishop of Liverpool
- Gradwell, Robert, (1777-1833), Vicar Apostolic, London District
- Grant, Thomas, (1816-1870), Bishop of Southwark
- Griffin, Bernard William, (1899-1956), Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster
- Griffiths, Thomas, (1791-1847), Vicar Apostolic, London district
- Heenan, John Carmel, (1905-1975), Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster
- Hinsley, Arthur, (1865-1943), Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster
- Howard, Thomas, (1586-1646), 2nd Earl of Arundel
- Howard, William, (1614-1680), 1st Viscount Stafford
- Hume, George Basil, (1923-1999), Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster
- Kirk, John, (1760-1851), Roman Catholic Theologian and Antiquary
- Knox, Ronald Arbuthnott, (1888-1957), Theologian
- Leonard, Graham Douglas, (1921-2010), Bishop of London, later Roman Catholic priest
- Lewis, Dominic Bevan Wyndham, (1891-1969), journalist and author
- Lingard, John, (1771-1851), historian
- Manning, Henry Edward, (1808-1892), Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster
- Marshall, Bruce, (1899-1987), Novelist
- Meynell, Wilfrid, (1852-1948), journalist and biographer
- Morris, John, (1826-1893), Jesuit
- Newman, John Henry, (1801-1890), Cardinal, priest, poet and theologian
- Noyes, Alfred, (1880-1958), Poet
- Oakeley, Frederick, (1802-1880), Tractarian
- O'Conor, Charles, (1764-1828), Irish Antiquary and Librarian
- Oldmeadow, Ernest James, (1867-1949), Author Editor of the Tablet
- Petre, Benjamin, (1672-1758), Vicar Apostolic, London district
- Poynter, William, (1762-1827), Vicar Apostolic, London district
- Russell, Charles William, (1812-1880), President of Maynooth College
- Searle, Francis, (1821-1889), Secretary to Cardinal Wiseman
- Symons, William Christian, (1845-1911), Decorative Designer
- Talbot, James Robert, (1726-1790), Vicar Apostolic, London district
- Talbot, John, (1791-1852), 16th Earl of Shrewsbury
- Thompson, Edward Healy, (? 1813-1890), Writer
- Ullathorne, William Bernard, (1806-1889), Bishop of Birmingham
- Vaughan, Herbert Alfred, (1832-1903), Cardinal
- Ward, Bernard Nicholas, (1857-1920), Bishop of Brentwood historian
- Ward, Wilfrid Philip, (1856-1916), biographer and Roman Catholic apologist
- Ward, William George, (1812-1882), theologian and philosopher
- Weathers, William, (1814-1895), Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster
- Weld, Thomas, (1773-1837), Cardinal
- Wiseman, Nicholas Patrick Stephen, (1802-1865), Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster
- York, Henry Benedict Maria Clement, (1725-1807), Duke of York Cardinal
Families (1)
- Ward family of Northwood Park Northwood Park, Isle of Wight;Cowes, Isle of Wight;Freshwater, Isle of Wight;Weston Manor, Isle of Wight
Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (4)
- NRA 12787 Old Brotherhood of the English Secular Clergy archives
- NRA 16303 St Edmund's College, Ware, Herts link to scanned list
- NRA 27775 Edward Healy Thompson, Roman Catholic writer: corresp link to scanned list
- NRA 28616 Westminster Diocesan Archives: MS collections link to scanned list
Accessions
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