Franciscans, Brussels
name | role(s) | date(s) of connection | death | sources | notes |
Anderton, John Evangelist, OFM | Confessor | 1764-74 | 1795 Jan | BC 76-80: BD 233 | acted as supply confessor Augustinians Bruges 1774 |
André, Philip, OFM | Confessor | 1740 | 1772 | BC 69, 79: BP 161: BD 214: Bellenger p. 33 | |
Barker, [Thomas] Giles of St Ambrose, OFM | Confessor | 1631, 1634 | 1660 May | BC 18, 23: BP 133-4: Necrology 266 | |
Baynham, [George] Athanasius, OFM | Confessor | 1778 Jul | 1803 | BC 81, 85: BP 168: Bellenger p. 37 | |
Bell, Arthur Francis, OFM | Confessor | 1623-1630 | 1643 Dec | BC 4, 6, 10, 12, 15, 17, 18: BP 123-130, 134: Necrology 260 | martyr; wrote part of the Book of Clothings |
Benson, Thomas of St Anne, OFM | Confessor | 1678-89, 1681, 1686 Apr | 1705 Apr | BC 41, 42, 45, 49: BP 148, 193: Necrology 286 | Replaced Charles Pora for a year and a half |
Berne[y], Robert of St Francis, OFM | Confessor | 1640, 1650-2 | 1659 May | BC 24-5, 31: BP 141-2: BD 182-4: Necrology 265 | Confessor to Judith Acton (BF002) |
Bix, Angel of St Agnes, OFM | Confessor | 1682-84 | 1695Jan | BC 44-8: BP 148-9: Necrology 281: Bellenger p. 40 | also went to Aire |
Browne, Bernard of St Lewis, OFM | Confessor | 1640 | 1640 Novc. | BC 24, 25: Necrology 263 | Described as dead on 3 Nov 1642 in BC; FN says about 1 Nov [All Saints] 1640. |
Chapman, Romanus, OFM | Confessor | 1749-52, 1771 | 1794 Dec | BC 72, 80, 82: BP 163, 167-8, 233 | |
Clay, Daniel of St Francis, OFM | Confessor | 1654-9 | 1680 Nov | BC 38: BP 142-3: Bellenger p. 48 | |
Clifton, Bernadinus, OFM | Confessor | 1738 | 1738 Dec | BP 142: BD 213-4: Necrology 305 | Already ill when appointed |
Codrington, Anthony, OFM | temporary Confessor1728 9 May/ lector | 1719, 1728 | 1729 Dec | BC 62, 64: BC 158: BD 208: Necrology 301 | supplied for Confessor |
Cox, Felix, OFM | Confessor | 1749, 1761-65 | 1788 | BC 72, 75-6: BP 165: BD 218: Bellenger p. 51 | |
Davenport, [Christopher] Francis a Sancta Clara, OFM | Confessor | 1621-22 | 1680 May | BC 8, 9, 12, 15, 16, 19, 23, 31, 38: BP 119-122, 129-30, 133: Necrology 274-5 | |
Day, [John] Nicholas, OFM | Confessor | 1647-49 | 1665 Jul | BC 29-31: BC 120, 122, 140-1: BD 140-1, 183-4: Necrology 265 | |
Dickinson, Matthew, OFM | Confessor | 1757-61 | 1767 | BC 74-5: BP 164-5: BD 217-18: Bellenger p. 54 | |
Eyston, Bernard of St Francis, OFM | Confessor | 1674-6, 1682, 1688-91, 1697 | 1709 May | BC 40-2 44-5, 51-5: BP 147-8, 151-2: BD 191-2: Necrology 288-9: Bellenger p. 58 | Brother of Vicaress Mary Agnes Eyston (BF078), to whom he gave last sacraments and burial. Also at Eyre see p. 52 |
Grafton, Thomas Stephen, OFM | Confessor | 1794-1802, 1803, 1811 | 1847 | BC 87-92, 95: BP 171:BD 237-8: Bellenger p. 65 | supplied for Hart |
Grimbalson, Lewis, OFM | Confessor | 1692, 1701-16 | 1737 Feb | BC 52-5, 59-61: BP 151, 153-5: BD 198-9, 201-5: Necrology 304 | |
Grimston, Martin of St Charles, OFM | Confessor | 1693-5 | 1729 Apr | BC 53-4: BP 151: BD 199: Necrology 299-300 | |
Hart, Joseph John, OFM | supply confesssor | 1793-4 | 1803 | BC 87: BP 170: BD 232-3: Bellenger p. 69 | Poor health caused him to leave |
Hawarden, Michael, OFM | Confessor | 1694-5, 1698-1701 | 1738 Aug | BC 54-6: BP 151-3: BD 200-1: Necrology 305: Bellenger p. 69 | |
Hickins, Joseph, OFM | Confessor | 1728, 1742-43 | 1773 | BC 64, 69-70: Bellenger p. 71 | See also Higgins: Confessor at Aire 1741 27 Sept |
Hickins, Augustine of St Barbara, OFM | temporary Confessor | 1737, 1745 | 1707 Oct | BC 70: BP 160-1: BD 213: Necrology 288 | date of death 1707 given in Necrology does not fit dates of activities in convent. |
Hutchinson, Bonaventure, alias Clark, OFM | Confessor | 1729-31 | 1750 Dec | BC 64-5: BP 158-9: BD 208-10: Necrology 310 | |
Ingram, Angelus [George], OFM | Confessor | 1782 -88 | 1803 | BC 82-5: BD 223, 226, 228: Bellenger p. 75 | p. 168 appears to give the Confessor as Father Joachim Ingram as Confessor instead of Angelus. Index gives two separate Ingram names. |
Jackson, Bonaventure, OFM | Confessor | 1622-23 | unkn. | BC 9-10: Bellenger p. 75 | did not appear on professions |
Jolly, Alexius of St Charles, OFM | Confessor | 1703, 1722-27 | 1757 Jan | BC 56, 63-4, 73: BP 156-7: BD 206-7: Necrology 312 | |
Kearney, Francis, OFM | Confessor | 1739 | 1747 Mar | BC 161: BD 214: Necrology 308 | Appears to have been Extra Confessor: described as 'Diffinitor' |
Knight, [William] Nicholas, OFM | Confessor | 1777-8, 1801 | 1806 | C 80-81, 90-1: BD 223: Bellenger p. 79 | |
Lockyer, William, OFM | Confessor | 1695, 1697 | 1721 May | BC 54, 55, 56: BP 152: BD 200: Necrology 295 | 1706 described as' Diffinitor' |
Massey, Masseus of St Barbara, OFM | Confessor | 1662-3 | 1702 Jan | BC 35-6, 40, 49, 52-4, 56: BP 143-5, 151: BD 188: Necrology 284: Bellenger p. 86 | Confessor 7-8 mths |
Middlemore, Lewis, OFM | Confessor | 1737-9 | 1746 Nov | BC 68-70: BP 161-2: BD 213-14: Necrology 309-10 | |
Millward, Anselm, OFM | Confessor; supply | 1788-92, 1804 | 1813 | BC 85-6, 90, 92: BP 169-70: BD 229-31, 239: Bellenger p. 88 | |
Moore, John of the Holy Cross, OFM | Confessor | 1665-69 | 1689 Dec | BC 41-2, 49-51: BP 144-9: Necrology 277-8 | also described as 'Provincial' |
Needham, Joseph, OFM | Confessor | 1753-57, 1779 | 1791 | BC 73-4, 80-1: BP 163-4: BD 216-17: Bellenger p. 91 | |
Painter, Robert, OFM | Confessor | 1747 - 49 | 1770 | BC 72: BP 162: Bellenger p. 93 | |
Pora, Charles, OFM | Confessor | 1677, 1678 | 1693 Nov | BC 41-2: Necrology 280: Bellenger p. 98 | Also at Aire 1671 see p. 40 |
Porret, George, OFM | Confessor | 1635 | 1635 Aug | BP 135: BD 179, 242 | Died of plague: alternative spelling Paurett |
Pulton, [John] Joseph of St John Baptist, OFM | Confessor | 1720-1, 1731 | 1748 May | BC 62, 65: BP 156: BD 205-6: Necrology 310 | |
Ratcliffe, Fortunatus Felix of St Bonaventure, OFM | Confessor | 1668, 1670 | 1673 Jan | BC 38: BP 145-6: Necrology 270 | |
Robbs, Gabriel of St Mary, OFM | Confessor | 1671-73 | 1678 | BC 40, 118, 146-7: BD 190: Necrology 272: Bellenger p. 102 | In Bellenger Roabes: His anniversary mass was said on March 14 yearly. |
Roberts, William Austin, OFM | Confessor | 1805, 1809, | 1827 | BC 93-4, 101-4: Bellenger p. 102 | Returned to England with the nuns |
Sadler, Philip a Sancta Anna, OFM | Confessor | 1716-17 | 1733 Aug | BC 61-2: BD 204: Necrology 303 | |
Smith, Thomas Bernadine of St Clare, OFM | Confessor | 1653, 1654 | 1666 Jan | BC 32: BP 142: Necrology 267 | |
Willoughby, Giles, OFM | Confessor | 1635 | 1660 | BD 178: Bellenger p. 123 | Only occurs once though said to have been Confessor for four years, |
Winter, Jerome of St Bernardine, OFM | Confessor | 1732, 1733 | 1742 Nov | BC 66: BP 159: BD 211: Necrology 306-7 | alternative spelling Wynter |
Woodward, Joseph of St Mary, OFM | Confessor | 1685-87 | 1701 | Feb BC 45, 47-50: BP 149-151: BD 195-6: Necrology 283 | |
Yeates, [John] Daniel of St John, OFM | Confessor | 1637-39 | 1659 Jul | BC 21-23: BP 136: Necrology 265 | Important during transfer from Brussels to Newport: alternative spelling Yates |
Note: complex system of changing Confessors with many visits from other OFMs