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226 F. X. MARTIN orders in November to keep him a close prisoner 58 • On this occasion. Campbell had a prolonged taste of English prisons. With an almost monotonous repetition the French ambassador interceded on his behalf for the third time; in this case it was Cadenat, ambassador– extraordinary from the French king. Campbell's banishment from the kingdom was decreed on 21 February 162l5 9 • The following April two of the king's messengers were given the task of conveying him from the Tower to Dover, where they were to ensure that he was securely put aboard a ship outward bound from His Majesty's dominions 60 • He never again returned to Great Britain. At this particular stage the concern of the French government for the Scottish Capuchin signified something deeper than detached official sympathy. Friar Joseph was now in the counsels of the French king. Due to his prompting Louis XIII gained permission from James I in 1621 for two French Capuchins to serve the chapel of the French ambassador in London 61 • This was the first tentacle of domination over the English Mission directed from Friar J oseph's cell in the rue Saint-Honore. The ambassador, Tanneguy le Veneur, comte de Tillieres,. was strongly attached to the Capuchins. His chaplains, Ange de Raconis and Archange de Luynes were distinguished men 62 • Pere Ange was a former Huguenot with a ready gift for religious discussion. He quickly gained sympathy and converts among the nobility in London 63 • Pere Archange was a relative of the due de Luynes, and this fact combined with his temperate zeal gained him the entree to English court circles. 6. - Nugent appeals on behalf of Scotland Nugent, for all his friendships and sympathies with the French Capuchins was not willing to allow them an exclusive right to England as a mission territory 64 • The foundation of the Congregation of Pro- ss Ibid., 55. 59 Ibid., 349. 60 Ibid., 377. 61 DEDOUVRES, Joseph de Paris II, 92-94. s2 Ibid., 94-95. 63 Propaganda to Nugent. 27 May 1623. mentions a letter from Pere Ange de Raconis, telling of the encouraging progress in London, of many nobles converted, and of the king's favour (Archivum de S. Congregatione de Propaganda Fide, Rome [= APF], Lettere, 1, 14r). Propaganda was apparently referring to the Informazione o relatione delle case necessarie· per la Missione d'Inghilterra written by Pere Ange from London 29 Oct. 1622: now in APF, Scritt.rif.cong.gen., 347, 23r-v. 64 The French Capuchins of the Normandy Province were refused a Mission to England.