James Hargraves

James Hargraves or Hargrave (1690–1741) was an English Anglican divine who became the Dean of Chichester Cathedral in 1739.

Early life

Hargraves was the son of Nathaniel Hargrave of Wakefield, Yorkshire and went to school in his home town. He matriculated in 1709 and studied at Clare College, Cambridge where he was awarded his B.A. in 1711–1712. He received his M.A. 1715 and his D.D. (Com. Reg.^[1]) in 1728.^[2]

Career

James Hargraves was ordained in 1712/13.^[2] He became Rector of the parish of East Hoathly in 1718 (the location of the Duke of Newcastle's estate of Halland^[3]), Prebendary of [East]Thorney, Sussex in 1723.^[4] He was appointed Rector of St Margaret's, Westminster and Prebendary of Westminster in 1724 and was Dean of Chichester from 1739 until his death.^[2]

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1726.^[5]

He died on 4 December 1741 and was buried in Chichester Cathedral.^[2]

Patronage and the church in Sussex

Thomas Pelham-Holles,
Duke of Newcastle

The Pelham family had been in Sussex since the thirteenth century.^[6] In 1711 one of the family, Thomas Pelham, inherited the title and vast estate of John Holles, the Duke of Newcastle who had been his mother's brother.^[7] The heir's only obligation was to append ‘Holles’ to his name and so he became Thomas Pelham-Holles.^[7] In 1712 he also inherited the Pelham estates in Sussex, from his father.^[7] The new Duke of Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles was a very wealthy man with major landholdings throughout England and the power to influence the selection of at least a dozen Members of Parliament.^[7] He became a strong supporter of the Whig party.^[7] The 19th century historian, Mark Athony Lower said that his great wealth and influence secured him the utmost deference amongst his Sussex neighbours.^[8] In Sussex the Pelham family had influence and contacts among the clergy.^[3]

Hargraves first met Thomas Pelham-Holles at Clare College, Cambridge, where he was the future duke's tutor.^[3] Hargraves originally came from Wakefield, in Yorkshire, but was brought to Sussex by the duke in order to be his chaplain.^[3] Several Sussex clergymen were to receive preferment due to Newcastle’s contacts and influence through the Pelham family.^[3] The duke had hoped that the previous dean of Chichester, Thomas Hayley, could be induced to decline his nomination (as dean), so that James Hargraves could be nominated for the post instead. The king had even ordered a warrant to be ready for the royal signature, as soon as he heard of Hayley's refusal. Hayley,however, decided to accept the deanery.^[9] Even so with Newcastles help, Hargraves was able to progress rapidly from his post as chaplain to Dean of Chichester. He became dean of Chichester after Hayley's death in 1739^[3]

Hargraves continued to tutor various Pelhams down the years as well as spending much of his time and effort campaigning for Whig candidates in parliamentary elections.^[3] This close linking of the political and ecclesiastical life of Sussex continued for most of the middle of the 18th century.^[10]

Both Newcastle and Hargraves seemed to have remained friends until Hargraves death in 1741.^[3]

Notes

↑ Com Reg. – Comitia Regia: certain gatherings of the Senate of the University at which royal personages were present and degrees specially conferred.
1 2 3 4 "Hargraves, James (HRGS708J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Chamberlain. Accommodating High Churchmen. pp. 79–82
↑ Salzman. A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 4. pp. 215 – 217. Three manorial estates in this parish (of East Wittering) formed the endowments of prebends in Chichester Cathedral to which they gave their names—SOMERLEY, BRACKLESHAM, and [EAST]THORNEY.
↑ "Library and Archive Catalogue". Royal Society. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
↑ Lower. Worthies of Sussex. p. 40
1 2 3 4 5 Reed Browning, ‘Holles, Thomas Pelham-, duke of Newcastle upon Tyne and first duke of Newcastle under Lyme (1693–1768)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2011 accessed 8 February 2012
↑ Lower. Worthies of Sussex. p. 45
↑ Horn. Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: volume 2. pp. 6–9
↑ Holtby. The Restoration to 1790 in Hobbs. Chichester Cathedral: An Historic survey. pp. 110–111

References

Chamberlain, Jeffrey S. (1997). Accommodating High Churchmen: The Clergy of Sussex, 1700-1745 (Studies in Anglican History). Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 0-252-02308-0.
Hobbs, Mary, ed. (1994). Chichester Cathedral an Historical Survey. Chichester: Phillimore. ISBN 0-85033-924-3.
Horn, Joyce M. (1971). Ecclesiae Anglicanae Deans Chichester "Deans" Check |url= value (help). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: volume 2: Chichester diocese. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
Lower, Mark Anthony (1865). The Worthies of Sussex. Lewes, Sussex: Sussex Advertiser.
Salzman, L.F., ed. (1953). "East Wittering". A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 4: The Rape of Chichester. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
Venn, J; Venn, J. A., eds. (1922–1958). Alumni Cantabrigienses (10 vols). Cambridge University Press.

Church of England titles
Preceded by Thomas Hayley	Dean of Chichester 1690-1741	Succeeded by William Ashburnham

Deans of Chichester

High Medieval	Odo Richard Matthew Richard John de Greneford Jordan de Meleburn Seffride Matthew de Chichester Nicholas de Aquila Seffride Simon de Perigord Walter Thomas de Lichfield Geoffrey Walter de Glocestria Thomas de Berghstede

Late Medieval	William de Grenefeld John de St Leophardo Henry de Garland Walter de Segrave William Lenn Roger de Freton Richard le Scrope William de Lullyngton John de Maydenhith John Haselee Henry Lovel Richard Talbot William Milton John Patten/Waynflete John Crutchere John Waynfleet John Cloos

Early modern	John Prychard Geoffrey Symson John Young William Fleshmonger Richard Caurden Giles Eyre Bartholomew Traheron Thomas Sampson William Pye Hugh Turnbull Richard Curteys Anthony Rushe Martin Culpepper William Thorne Francis Dee Richard Steward George Aglionby Bruno Ryves Joseph Henshaw Joseph Gulston Nathaniel Crew Thomas Lambrook George Stradling Francis Hawkins William Hayley Thomas Sherlock John Newey Thomas Hayley James Hargraves William Ashburnham Thomas Ball Charles Harward

Late modern	Combe Miller Christopher Bethell Samuel Slade George Chandler Walter Hook John Burgon Francis Pigou Richard Randall John Hannah Arthur Duncan Jones Walter Hussey Robert Holtby John Treadgold Nicholas Frayling Stephen Waine

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