APPENDIX I11 REGISTER OF THE SCOTS COLLEGE IN SPAIN MADRID PERIOD 162~-1~6~ ADMINISTRATORS/RECTORS ;r 1. HUGH SEMPLE August 1655; rector at Madrid, as (or HUGO SEMPILIO) above ; missionary in Scotland, (1627) :I633 1657 to 1665; rector of Scots Col- to 13th September 1654. lege, Douai, March 1666 to 8th born 1589, the son of Robert Sem- April 1668; died at Douai, 8th ple of Craigbait, Renfrewshire, and April 1668. Grizel Montgomery or Cunning- ham; nephew of Colonel William 4. FREDERICK MAXWELL Semple; joined Society of Jesus, (or ESCOTO) Province of Toledo, 1615; died in 18th February 1656 Colegio Imperial, M a d r i d, 13th to December 1659. September 1654. see Madrid Students' List, no. 2. 5. WILLIAM GRANT 2. ANDREW YOUNGSON 1659 to 1665. (or YOUNG or JUNIO) native of Strathspey? to Scots Col- September 1654 to April 1655. lege, Douai, 28th July 1620 (?); see Madrid Students' List, no. 13. joined Society of Jesus in Tournai or in Spain, c. 1626; missionary in 3. ADAM LAURENCE GORDON northern Scotland in 1641 and in April 1655 to February 1656. 1646 (and perhaps from 1635 to born in Auchmathy, Buchan (or in 1658); rector at Madrid. as above: Cults, Strathbogie), c. 1616, the died'.in Scotland, 8th 0ctobe; son of George Gordon and Isabel 1689 (?). Leesk; entered S c o t s College, Douai, 7th December 1627 (in 6. JAMES ANDERSON Poetry); in Scotland, April to No- 1665 to 1692. vember 1631; returned to Douai, born in Strathbogie, c. 1611; enter- 1631 (for Philosophy); soldier in ed Scots College, Douai, July 1632 France, in Lord James Douglas' (for Poetry); joined Society of Scottish regiment, p e r h a p s be- Jesus in Tournai, 1636; master, tween 1631 and 1635; to Scots procurator and rector of the semi- College, Rome, October 1635 (for nary (Douai ?); rector of the Scots Philosophy) ; entered Society of College, Douai, 8th May 1653 to Jesus, 1636; brought students to 8th May 1656; missionary in Madrid, 1647; rector of Scots Col- Scotland for many years (1656 to lege, Rome, 27th May 1652 to 1665 ?); rector at Madrid, as above. College Register SPANISH ADMINISTRATORS (Cf. Sommervogel, Bibliothique de (and, from 1692, Rectors) la Compagnie de Jbrus, 111, col. 720). (6 a). LUIS DE LA FUENTE c. 1659-60 13. KENNETH (or FRANCIS XA- VIER) STRACHAN (6 b). JOSEPH ALTAMIRANO 22nd November 1717 April 1682 to September 1721 (rector of English college; Madrid, son of Sir James Strachan, bar- April 1682 to 1692). onet of Thornton in The Mearns (a Protestant), and Catherine Ross (6 c). FRANCISCO MARTIN of Pittendriech (Midlothian); to DE LOAYSA Scots College, Douai, 4th July December 1682 1700; joined Society of Jesus in (6 d). JERONIMO GUERRERO Bavaria (or in Tournai, 17rh Sep- 1682 to 1684 (or 1685) tember 1703 ?); taught Philosophy; from Douai to Madrid, 13th June (6 e). MANUEL DE MUNICHICHA 1717; rector in Madrid, as above; 1685 to December 1687 a master in the college and confes- 7. ANTONIO DE RADA sor to Countess of Castelblanco in January 1688 to June 1702 Madrid until 23rd December 1724; returned to Douai from Madrid, 8. JOSEF DE AGUIRRE 1725, to be procurator and minis- July 1702 to March 1704 ter; rector of Scots College, Douai, 1731 to 1736; procurator of Scot- 9. MANUEL NAVARRO tish mission at Paris, 1736. April 1704 to September 1704 (Cf. Foley, ed., Records of the English Province of the Society of 10. PAUL0 FRANCISCO SUAREZ Jesus, VIII, p. 743). October 1704 to June 1711 1 1. FERNANDO CORTS 14. WILLIAM CLERK July 1711 to 15th July 1714 October 1721 to September 1726 (rector of English College, Madrid, born in Edinburgh, c. 1669, the 1714 to 1717). son of William Clerk (an advocate) and Jean Cars; to Scots College, Douai, 18th September 1688; join- 12. THOMAS FIFE ed Society of Jesus, 1689, and 15th July 1714 professed at Loreto, 2nd February to 22nd November 1717. 1706; rector of Scots College, born at Aberdeen, 17th March Rome, 24th November 1712 to 1674, the son of William Fyff and 16th June 1721; rector at Madrid, Helen Gordon; at Scots College, as above; confessor to Philip V, Douai, 10th December 1691 to from March (or September) 1726 25th S e p t e m ber 1693; joined until his (Clerk's) death, in San Society of Jesus, Province of Na- Ildefonso de la G ran ja, 19th ples, 29th January 1694; taught, August 1743; buried in Jesuit Col- and completed studies, at Naples; lege, Segovia. taught Humanities at Benevento and was sub-minister in College of 15. WILLIAM MacGILL Nobles, Naples; rector of Scots September 1726 College, Rome, 1lth November to 11th October 1734 1708 to 15th October 1712; rector arrived in Madrid from Lyons, c. at Madrid, as above; rector of November 1717; rector at Madrid, Scots College, Douai, 1718 to as above; probably remained in 1721 and 1736 to 1739; procura- College until end of October 1734; tor of Scottish mission at Paris, probably in Madrid in the sum- 1730 to 1733 (or 1736); was in mers of 1735, 1736 and 1737; be- Scotland (p r o b a b 1y Galloway), tween July 1742 and March 1745, August 1741; died in Luxembourg, returned to Madrid and, a month 15th November 1746. after his arrival, died there. The Scots College in Spain 303 18. ANTONIO ESPINOSA SPANISH November 1743 RECTORS-ADMINISTRATORS to February 1746 16. GABRIEL BOUSEMART 19. FABIAN DE LA VEGA November 1734 March 1746 to June 1763 to October 1741 20. COSMO LEON DE SELVA (Provincial of Toledo, 1744-45). July 1763 to July 1766 or 1st April 1767 17. AGUSTIN VARONA P. dr Selva was perhaps succeedeil November 174 1 by another rector (name unknown) to October 1743 in August 1766, but this is less likely. OTHER PRIESTS ETC. IN THE COLLEGE, 1627- 1767 1. JOHN SETON (Cf. Sommervogel, op. cit., 111, col. 1632 to 1637 and 25th 1680 - same person?) September 1652 to 10th JAMES SEMPLE April 1654 5. the son of Chamberlain of Fyvie; c. 1660-70 studied and taught Philosophy in see Madrid Students' List, no. 24. La FlPche, France; sent to Scots 6. ALEXANDER SlNCLAIR College, Douai. 1st August 1625; (or SCOTT) entered Society of Jesus novitiate 1677 to 1679 at Tournai, 1625; left Madrid for see Madrid Students' List, no. 20. Scotland, 17th F e b r u ary 1637; prefect of studies (?) at Douai, c. 7. JOHN GORDON 1644-49; s h o r t secret visits to ? to c. 1685 Scotland to enlist support for Mon- born c. 1640 (1638 ?). the son of trose, 1649-50; died in Colegio Adam Gordon of ~rriochand Isa- Imperial, Madrid, 10th April 1654. bel Leslie, the sister of Fr. George Leslie; to Scots College, Douai, 2. JOHN HAY 25th April 1655; joined Society of c. 1645-48 Jesus at Tournai, 1660/62; taught see Madrid Students' List, no. 5. Humanities/Philosophy in Douai, 1672 (for fourteen years); was said, 3. GEORGE IG NATlUS BLACK- in 1707, to have been a missionary HALL ("BRACAL") in Scotland for thirty years; died 1655 to 1656 in Aberdeen, October 1720. brother of Charles Blackhall, mis- (Cf. Foley, op. cit., VII, p. 309). sionary in Scotland; had been a merchant in Spain before entering 8. JAMES CUNNINGHAM Society of Jesus as a lay brother; 1695 came from Soria as assistant to BURNETT Adam Gordon, rector-administrator 9. - 1717 to ? of the College, July 1655; to Jesuit see Madrid Students' List, no. 40. house at ArCvalo, near Avila, 1656. lo. JOHN SETON 4. ROBERT GRANT 1656 (or earlier) to 1657 1723 born in Yorkshire, 1594; entered see Madrid Students' List, no. 45. Societv of Tesus novitiate. 1618: 11. TOHN RIDDOCH of siudies at .St.-0Ler; in 1723 to 1726 AlcalA de Henares, 1656. born 11th (or 22nd) September 304 College Register 1700; to Scots College, Douai, July of John Gordon of Auchleuchries 1714; joined Society of Jesus at and Elizabeth Grant of Crichy; to Nancy, 24th September 1718; Scots College, Douai, 15th July taught Grammar, studied Philoso- 1717; entered Society of Jesus, Ro- phy (in Champagne ?); taught Hu- man novitiate, August 1719; taught manities in College in Madrid (not Humanities in the Roman prov- yet ordained), c. December 1723 to ince for four years; arrived in Ma- mid-1726; taught in various places drid, 1730, and taught Humanities in France, 1726 to 1729; studied in the College for one year; Theology at Rheims, 1729 to 1732, studied Theology in Rome and, in and taught Philosophy at Auxerre, 1735, returned to Douai; rector of 1732 to 1734; to Scottish mission, Scots College, Douai, 31st August 8th March 1736; rector of Scots 1739 to August 1743 (?). College, Douai, 27th August 1743 to ~anu.ar~1748 and 17t.h January 16. JOHN DUNBAR 1757 to May 1766. 1730 12. WILLIAM - see Madrid Students' List, no. 50. in College as master, January 1724. 13. ALEXANDER GRANT 17. ALOYSIUS McGUIRE 1726 to 11th October 1734 left College, 10th August (?) 1733. came from Douai to replace Fr. Francis Xavier Strachan. 18. LUIS DE BEAUMONT 1st October 1733 14. KENNETH McKENZIE to 10th October 1734 September 1729 to 1732 (?) a non-Jesuit teacher in the College. see Madrid Students' List, no. 58. 19. FRANCISCO FER ("L'ABBE") 15. JAMES GORDON 1st October 1733 1730 to 10th October 1734 born 16th September 1702, the son a non-Jesuit teacher in the College. STUDENTS Hugh Semple, Administrator, 1633-54 1632 1632; entered Society of Jesus, Vi- llagarcia (near Valladolid), 1634; 1. THOMAS BROWN (or BAILIE) was in College, 1648 to 1649/50, son of John Brown of Lochhill in then in Scotland (until perhaps the parish of New Abbey, Gallo- 1655); rector of the College, 18th way, and Jean Johnston of Newby; February 1656 until his death in to Scots College, Douai, 7th Dec- Madrid, December 1659.