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Father Godfrey Anstruther , O.P. drew my attention to the documents of the 1660s and 1670s which are to be found in Rome. Father David Milburn , Vice - President of Ushaw College, sent me Xerox copies of Dicconson's diary and Father Thomas Croghan of Chorley lent me the original manuscript of the list dated 1679. Father Peter Doyle of Upholland College told me of the existence of the list of eighteenth century provosts and deans . The President of St. Edmund's College kindly deposited the Prefect of Studies Book and four other related manuscripts in the British Museum for a considerable period in order to facilitate my work. Father W. Vincent Smith of Lanchester, county Durham, lent me his copy of the rare 1690 edition of the constitutions of Douai College. Mrs. Lorna Arnold undertook the labour of correcting my translations of two Latin passages in the Prefect of Studies Book. Miss Elizabeth Poyser, archivist to the Archbishop of Westminster and Father Michael Richards of St. Edmund's Collegewere most helpful , as was Mr. A. F. Allison who first suggested that should undertake this task. A debt of gratitude is also due to the owners of the various manuscripts printed in this volume . But above all I wish to express my thanks to Father Nicholas Kelly whose work formed the foundation upon which this volume was constructed. very much hope that at some future date his work upon the constitutions and rules of Douai College will be published. P. R. Harris
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