bp. of Durham; converted 1643; admitted under alias of Holland, Nov. 4, 1643; alumnus June 29, 1646; ord. priest, Feb. 24, 1649, o.s.; taught classics till appointed procurator Apr. 5, 1652; prefect of studies, Oct. 1, 1652; recalled to England, 1653; returned in Aug., 1654, and resumed offices of procurator and prefect of studies till March 16, 1655, when appointed professor of philosophy; sent to England on affairs of the College in June, 1655, when the Chapter decided to retain his services and elected him their secretary, Dec. 19, 1655, an office which he held till 1667; died in 1710, aged 87; occasionally used the alias of Smith on the mission. For his numerous works vide Bibl. Dict. of Engl. Caths. Vol. V.

SHARP, Matthew, born Nov. 9, 1756, son of Francis Sharp and his wife Agnes Cooper, of Yorkshire; entered Douay College, Aug. 30, 1770, and having finished his third year s theology, was appointed minor-professor, Oct. 1, 1781, and was teaching rhetoric when he left Douay for Lisbon, Nov. 26, 1784, to teach philosophy; died on the mission at Hexham, Dec. 22, 1826, aged 70.

SHARPLES, Robert S., admitted Aug. 1, 1851; alumnus Dec. 7, 1859; ord. priest Dec., 1862; left Apr. 25, 1863; placed as curate to Mgr. Eyre, at St. Mary s Cathedral, Newcastle-on-Tyne; afterwards at Wellington Quay, Lowick, and New Tunstall, at latter of which spent last eighteen years of his life; died, Aug. 12, 1891.

SHEEHAN, John, admitted Feb. 13, 1836; ord. priest, and left July 10, 1845; at Slindon, Sussex, 1845, till death, October 14, 1869.

SHEEN, John, admitted Nov. 13, 1883; ord. priest Dec. 22, 1894; left July 19, 1845 n ow at Deptford, London.

SHEPHERD, Francis John, admitted Sept. 27, 1885; ord. priest Dec. 17, 1892; left Jan. 5, 1893; now at Sherborne, Dorset.

SHEPHERD, John, born Jan. 7, 1678, was probably son of Robert Shepherd, of Broughton, near Preston, co. Lancaster, gent., and a near relative of the Tootells and Charnleys; admitted Aug. 30, 1694; alumnus Dec. 21, 1701; ord. priest; sent England, June 1, 1706, and was stationed in Lancashire; probably served Manchester for some time after 1719; elected by the Chapter archdeacon of Lancashire, Rutland, and Notts, Feb. 12, 1723-4;