An edition of The Irish dames of Ypres
(1908)
The Irish dames of Ypres
being a history of the Royal Irish Abbey of Ypres ... and some account of Irish Jacobitism, with a portrait of James II and Stuart letters hitherto unpublished
by Patrick Nolan
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Table of Contents
CONTENTS
DEDICATION
PREFACE Xili
PART I
CHAPTER I
Of Ypres Past And Present 1
CHAPTER II
How The Lady Mary Percy And Other Dames Of High Degree Abandoned Home And Country To Follow Christ ; And Of The Benedictine Convents Founded In The Low Countries And In France, After The Fall Of Religion In England 17
CHAPTER III
Of The Foundation Of Ypres, 1665 29
CHAPTER IV
Abbess Beaumont's Ill-Success And Death — The Abbey Of Ypres Is Acquired For The Irish Nation (1665-1682) 38
CHAPTER V
A Retrospect (1665-1682) — Dame Flaviacary, First Abbess Of The Irish Community (1682-1686) 48
CHAPTER VI
Abbess Beaumont's Negotiations With The Spanish Governor And The Burgesses Of Ypres 58
CHAPTER VII
Audi Alteram Partem 77
CHAPTER VIII
Of The Election Of Abbess Butler, First Irish Abbess Of Ypres (1686) — Of The Butlers Of Ireland, And Of Abbess Butler's Cousin, James Butler, Second Duke Of Ormonde 99
CHAPTER IX
The Stuarts And The Order Of St. Benedict
CHAPTER X
King James Intends Founding A Benedictine Convent In England — He Is Driven From His Throne 131
CHAPTER XI
King James Founds A Royal Benedictine Abbey In Dublin — Battle Of The Boyne — Flight Of James — The Convent Sacked And Nuns Dispersed 143
CHAPTER XII
Of The Pontoise Nuns Who Took Part In King James's "Plantation" In Ship Street, Dublin 166
CHAPTER XIII
Misunderstandings Between Abbess Butler And Dame O'ryan 173
CHAPTER XIV
Dame O'ryan's Benedictine Convent And School In Channel Row, Dublin 196
CHAPTER XV
The Return To Ypres — Death Of Abbess Butler (169O-1723) 208
CHAPTER XVI
Of The Battle Of Ramillies And The Captured Flag — The Story Of "Dame Clare" — Lord Clare And The Irish Brigade 226
CHAPTER XVII
Abbess Arthur ( 1723- 1743) 254
CHAPTER XVIII
Abbess Mandeville (1743-1760) — Siege Of Ypres — Chivalrous Franco-Irish General — The Story Of Dame Maclean 262
CHAPTER XIX
Abbess Dalton (1760-1783) — Devotion To Sacred Heart — Deaths Of Dames Sarsfield, Creagh And Malone 275
CHAPTER XX
Of Dame Scholastica Lynch, Seventh Abbess Of Ypres (1783-1799), And Of The Marvellous And Providential Escapes Of The Irish Dames During The Terrors Of The French Revolution 383
CHAPTER XXI
Of The Josephite Reign Of Terror In Belgium, And Of The Experiences Of The Mother-House Of Ghent Therein (1781-1790) 295
CHAPTER XXII
Abbess Bernard Lynch (1799-1830) — Further Revolutionary Troubles And Another Providential Deliverance — The Convent Under Napoleonic And Dutch Rule 306
CHAPTER XXIII
Revolt And Independence Of Belgium (1830) — Abbess Byrne (183O-184O) — Abbess Jarrett (184O-1888) — Election Of The Present Abbess (Rt. Rev. Dame Scholastica Bergs) 319
CHAPTER XXTV
Of The Religious Life, Contemplative And Active — Of The Chief Occupations Of The Irish Dames, Prayer, Education, Alms-Deeds — Of The Church And Abbey And Their Principal Treasures 335
Conclusion Of First Part 355
PART II
CHAPTER I
Abbess Butler's Letters To Queen Mary — Early Career Of King Jambs Iii — Irish Jacobite Activity — Hanoverian Usurpation 363
CHAPTER II
Abbess Butler's Letters (Continued) — Death Of Queen Mary Of Modena) (1718) — The Princess Louise — Queen Clementina 385
CHAPTER III
Letters Of Abbess Arthur (1723-1743) And Abbess Mandeville (1743-I760) — The Irish Dames And Prince Charlie's Expedition 416
CHAPTER IV
Abbess Dalton's Letters Of Condolence On Death Of King James III — End Of The Ypres Letters — Death Of Prince Charlie 460
CHAPTER V
Letters From The Stuart Sovereigns To The Irish Dames 492
CHAPTER VI
Letters From King James's Secretary — Nomination To Irish Sees — The King's Evil — Stuart Portraits — Letters Of An Irish Jacobite 496
APPENDICES
A. Some important Dates in the History of Ypres Abbey 513
B. Inscriptions on Tombstones in the Church 516
C. Will of Abbess Butler 525
D. Certificate from Abbess Petre of Ghent 526
E. A List of Nuns connected with the Abbey of Ypres From Its Commencement Down To The Year 1830 facing page 526
F. Genealogical Table, Arthur 526
G. Genealogical Table, Stuarts 526
Index 527
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Arks or the Royal Irish Abbey of Ypres (Armorial device on Cover)
La Grande Place, Ypres Frontispiece
New Abbey of the Irish Dames, from the Ramparts facing page i
The Old Convent " " 29
The New Abbey, Front in Roe St. Jacques " " 67
Abbess Butler (from the original painting at Ypres) 77
James Butler, second and last Duke of Ormonde " " 98 (from a Mezzotint in National Gallery, Dublin)
Portrait of King James II (from the original painting at Ypres) " 131
Patent of King James " 162
His Captured Flag " 226
Abbess Arthur (from the original painting at Ypres) " " 254
Abbess Dalton " " 375
Abbess Bernard Lynch " " 306
Lace worked by Mary, Queen of Scots " " 33$
Prince James Francis Edward Stuart (James III) and the Princess Louise (from painting by Largilliere in National Portrait Gallery, London) " " 363
Queen Mary of Modena (from painting by W.
Wissing in National Portrait Gallery, London) " " 388
Princess Clementina Sobieska (from painting by Trevisani in National Portrait Gallery, London) 414
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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