of this reached the Catholics. It was ruled that as the Catholic colleges were carried on in France for the sole reason that they were illegal in England, they must be considered French, not English, establishments, though the buildings were restored to their rightful owners. An old tradition, considered credible by antiquarian Joseph Gillow, holds that the funds were diverted to complete the furnishings of George IV's Royal Pavilion at Brighton. With the laws of separation of Church and State implemented in 1905, all the property of the English Benedictines was confiscated by the French state. The community thus returned to England, reestablishing its monastery and school at Woolhampton in Berkshire, in proximity to London. See also List of presidents of the English College, Douai :Category:English College, Douai alumni Irish College, Douai Scottish College, Douai English College, Valladolid References Sources Purdy, Albert B., The Ecclesiastical Review, The Recovery of the Body of the Venerable John Southworth, February, 1929, Vol. 10, No. 2. 1569 establishments in the Holy Roman Empire Buildings and structures in Douai Counter-Reformation Defunct universities and colleges in France History of Catholicism in England Catholic seminaries 1793 disestablishments Educational institutions established in the 1560s de:Englisches Kolleg