SPOONER, Samuel, born of protestant parents at Dartmouth, Sept. 17, 1783, was in the employ of a wealthy merchant at Lisbon, named Seely, when he became a Catholic; the pious old Marquis de Ponte de Lima became his patron, stood godfather on the occasion of his reception into the Church at the English College, provided for his pension, and nominated him to a small benefice in the church of Evora; admitted Sept. 15, 1807; left for England, Feb. 24, 1809; went to Ushaw College, where he finished his divinity, but went to St. Edmund s College, Old Hall, in Nov., and was ord. priest in Dec., 1810; served at Torbay, Chepstow, and, on Dec. 10, 1815, w T ent to Plymouth, whence the bishop w r as obliged to remove him in 1820; returned to Portugal for the purpose of arranging matters relative to his benefice, and was detained there over a year by the revolution; after a rambling life, made a pious end in London, Aug. 8, 1839, aged 56, and was interred at Moorfields; thought by many to have been better suited for an actor than a missionary. He published a work entitled "Letters on Portugal."

STANLEY, Edward, vide Biddlecorne.

STANLEY, Henry, admitted Oct. 20, 1881; left Feb. 9, 1887; went to St. Joseph s Seminary, Leeds, and ord. priest Sept. 22, 1888; now at Norwich.

STANLEY, William, vide Leighton.

STANTON, John, admitted Mar. 15, 1837; ord. priest, and left July 6, 1847 at Miletown, Sheerness, 1847-50; Soho, 1850-1; Bedford-square, 1851-7; Commercial-road, East, 1857-8; Great Saffron Hill, 1858-9; Poplar, London, 1859-79 5 invalided till death, 1881.

STARKEY, Charles, son of Henry Starkey, of Darley, co. Chester, Esq.; admitted Feb. 23, 1636, under the alias of Warburton, probably his mother s name; alumnus Feb. 23, 1638; ord. priest, April 6, 1638.

STARKIE, Francis, vide Humphrey and Thomas Whitaker.

STAY, Edward, born Nov. 13, 1803, son of Dionysius and Hannah Stay, of Manchester; admitted Aug. 1, 1819; alumnus Dec. 3, 1826; ord. priest April 27, and left May 12, 1830.

STEVENSON, William, vide Leighton.

STRICKLAND, Jarrard Edward, born at Sizergh Castle,