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Denis Granville

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135:'s opposition, the deanery of Durham, to which he was instituted on 9 December 1684. Granville then vacated his stall, but held at the same time the deanery and archdeaconry of Durham, and the rectory of Sedgefield, described in his own words as "the best deanery, the best archdeaconry, and one of the best livings in England." He managed, however, to get into debt, and while Archdeacon of Durham and one of the king's chaplains in ordinary, he was arrested within the cloisters of the cathedral and imprisoned, though claiming his privileges. The matter was brought before the king in council, when he was freed, and the offending officials were punished. His wife suffered from "occasional attacks of mental excitement"; Granville was estranged from her father and her sister, Lady Gerrard. During 1678 and 1679 he retired with his sister, Lady Joanna Thornhill and her family to 159:'s landing raised £700 from the prebendaries of Durham for the king, giving £100 himself. He addressed the clergy of his archdeaconry on behalf of James, and even after Durham had been surprised by William's followers (Sunday, 9 December 1688) Granville delivered a loyal sermon. At midnight on 11 December he fled to Carlisle, and a few days later was taken on the border with Scotland, and was robbed of his horses and money. They were recovered by him when he had been brought back to Carlisle, and after a short stay at Durham he succeeded in escaping to 247:, in 1685, an anonymous volume of 'Counsel and Directions, Divine and Moral, in Plain and Familiar Letters of Advice.' When in exile at Rouen he printed twenty copies of 'The Resigned and Resolved Christian and Faithful and Undaunted Royalist in two plain farewell Sermons and a loyal farewell Visitation Speech. Whereunto are added certaine letters to his relations and friends in England.' Letters from him are printed in Thomas Comber's 387: 194:
his nephew who were threatened with prosecution in 1698 by Sir George's son-in-law, an attorney with whom he had quarrelled. Granville was the most important churchman who accompanied James into exile, but was not allowed to perform the Anglican service; attempts were made to convert him to
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for the officials of every parish in the diocese. In 1664 he printed a sermon and a letter, entitled "The Compleat Conformist, or Seasonable Advice concerning strict Conformity and frequent Celebration of the Holy Communion".
100:, resisted this arrangement, but the king sent a peremptory mandate directing that it should be fulfilled. Before the next vacancy (in 1669) Granville exchanged the reversion for the prebendal stall of Langtoft in 369:) was taken from a book in the Durham Cathedral library, consisting of letters and other documents collected by Dr. Hunter, the antiquary. The other (vol. xlvii. of the Surtees Society) was based on papers in the 150:
cleric who worked at Durham to promote a weekly service of Holy Communion in the cathedral and continue John Cosin's line; he tried to use the cathedral as a seminary to fill the canon positions. He supported
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purchased the dean's library for £221. Through family influence Grenville retained the revenues of his preferment for a time; but when he declined to take the oaths of allegiance to
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Grenville when an undergraduate at Oxford contributed verses to the university collection of loyal poems printed in 1660, with the title of
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A narrative of his life was composed by a cleric named Beaumont of the Diocese of Durham. Two collections of his remains were made by the
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Two of them are in Addit. MS. 4290 at the British Museum, all three are printed in Fox Bourne's
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Except in February 1690, when he came incognito into England but was recognised at
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About 1660 he married Anne, fourth and youngest daughter of Bishop
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in convocation 28 September 1660 and DD on 28 February 1671.
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annexed, in September 1662, and in 1664 to the rectory of
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when in France in 1678 wrote three letters to Granville.
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Article of Enquiry concerning Matters Ecclesiastical
775: 704: 547: 447: 330:A Court in Exile: the Stuarts in France, 1689-1718 243:, son of his sister, Bridget Grenville, by Sir 57:, he was born 13 February 1637 and baptised at 332:. Cambridge: Cambridge U.P. pp. 156–157. 298:. Vol. 23. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 203:, from 1698 to 1701 at Tremblay, and later at 179:he was deprived of them from 1 February 1691. 108:on 18 September 1662. He was appointed to the 425: 8: 317:Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, Greenhill-Gysby 406:. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. 432: 418: 410: 309: 365:One (pt. i. of vol. xxxvii. of their 267:George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne 7: 269:pronounced a eulogy on his virtues. 131:he obtained, in spite of Archbishop 25: 403:Dictionary of National Biography 385: 295:Dictionary of National Biography 86:John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath 73:on 6 August 1658. He graduated 127:With the assistance of Bishop 1: 600:Agapitus Cardinal de Colonna 650:Gabriel Cardinal Condulmier 239:He addressed to his nephew 905: 27:English non-juring cleric 605:Pileus Cardinal de Prata 289:"Grenville, Denis"  98:Archbishop of Canterbury 879:English nonjuror clergy 610:Marius Cardinal Bulcano 595:Giacomo Cardinal Orsini 524:Robert de Sancta Agatha 65:. He matriculated as a 516:Archdeacons of Durham: 112:, with the rectory of 110:archdeaconry of Durham 71:Exeter College, Oxford 884:Archdeacons of Durham 555:Thomas de Goldesburgh 539:William de St Botulph 441:Archdeacons of Durham 328:Corp, Edward (2004). 254:, pp. 139–334. 199:. 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(1890). 280:Stephen, Leslie 278: 275: 263:Surtees Society 225: 213:Dr Ralph Taylor 163:and landing at 94:Gilbert Sheldon 51: 31:Denis Granville 28: 23: 22: 18:Denis Grenville 15: 12: 11: 5: 902: 900: 892: 891: 886: 881: 876: 871: 861: 860: 854: 853: 851: 850: 843: 838: 836:Stephen Conway 833: 828: 823: 818: 813: 808: 802: 796: 790: 785: 779: 777: 773: 772: 770: 769: 764: 759: 754: 752:Samuel Dickens 749: 744: 739: 734: 729: 727:William Morton 724: 719: 714: 712:Bernard Gilpin 708: 706: 702: 701: 699: 698: 693: 688: 686:Thomas Colston 683: 678: 673: 671:George Neville 668: 666:William Scrope 663: 658: 656:Robert Gilbert 653: 646: 641: 639:John Hovyngham 636: 634:Alan de Newark 631: 626: 619: 612: 607: 602: 597: 592: 587: 585:John de Stokes 582: 577: 572: 567: 562: 557: 551: 549: 545: 544: 542: 541: 536: 531: 526: 521: 513: 508: 503: 498: 493: 488: 483: 475: 470: 465: 460: 451: 449: 445: 444: 439: 437: 436: 429: 422: 414: 383: 382: 376: 375: 358: 345: 338: 320: 308: 307: 305: 302: 301: 300: 274: 271: 245:Thomas Higgons 241:Thomas Higgons 224: 221: 209:Mary of Modena 192:Thomas Higgons 129:Nathaniel Crew 102:York Cathedral 50: 47: 39:Dean of Durham 26: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 901: 890: 887: 885: 882: 880: 877: 875: 872: 870: 867: 866: 864: 849: 848: 844: 842: 839: 837: 834: 832: 829: 827: 826:Derek Hodgson 824: 822: 821:Michael Perry 819: 817: 814: 812: 809: 806: 803: 800: 799:Samuel Knight 797: 794: 791: 789: 788:Henry Watkins 786: 784: 781: 780: 778: 774: 768: 767:Charles Thorp 765: 763: 760: 758: 755: 753: 750: 748: 745: 743: 740: 738: 735: 733: 732:Gabriel Clark 730: 728: 725: 723: 720: 718: 715: 713: 710: 709: 707: 703: 697: 694: 692: 691:Roger Leyburn 689: 687: 684: 682: 679: 677: 674: 672: 669: 667: 664: 662: 659: 657: 654: 652: 651: 647: 645: 642: 640: 637: 635: 632: 630: 627: 625: 624: 620: 618: 617: 616:John Maundour 613: 611: 608: 606: 603: 601: 598: 596: 593: 591: 588: 586: 583: 581: 578: 576: 573: 571: 568: 566: 563: 561: 558: 556: 553: 552: 550: 548:Late Medieval 546: 540: 537: 535: 532: 530: 527: 525: 522: 520: 517: 514: 512: 509: 507: 504: 502: 499: 497: 494: 492: 489: 487: 484: 482: 479: 476: 474: 471: 469: 466: 464: 461: 459: 456: 453: 452: 450: 448:High Medieval 446: 442: 435: 430: 428: 423: 421: 416: 415: 412: 408: 405: 404: 399: 393: 392:public domain 380: 379: 372: 368: 362: 359: 355: 349: 346: 341: 339:0-521-58462-0 335: 331: 324: 321: 318: 313: 310: 303: 297: 296: 290: 285: 281: 277: 276: 272: 270: 268: 264: 259: 257: 253: 252: 251:Thomas Comber 246: 242: 237: 234: 230: 222: 220: 218: 214: 210: 206: 202: 198: 193: 189: 185: 180: 178: 174: 170: 166: 162: 158: 154: 149: 144: 142: 138: 137:Tour D'Aigues 134: 130: 125: 123: 119: 115: 111: 107: 103: 99: 95: 91: 87: 83: 78: 76: 72: 68: 64: 60: 56: 48: 46: 44: 40: 36: 32: 19: 845: 811:Egbert Lucas 805:James Gordon 783:Edward Prest 757:Benjamin Pye 747:George Sayer 742:Robert Booth 736: 705:Early modern 648: 621: 614: 515: 490: 477: 454: 401: 384: 367:Transactions 366: 361: 356:, i. 387-97. 353: 348: 329: 323: 312: 293: 260: 248: 238: 232: 228: 226: 181: 145: 126: 90:Eton College 79: 52: 30: 29: 874:1703 deaths 869:1637 births 816:John Cobham 776:Late modern 681:Ralph Booth 381:Attribution 284:Lee, Sidney 197:Catholicism 173:William III 148:High Church 118:Elwick Hall 59:Kilkhampton 863:Categories 841:Ian Jagger 793:John Quirk 717:John Ebden 623:Hugh Herle 529:Antony Bek 354:John Locke 273:References 256:John Locke 184:Canterbury 122:Sedgefield 82:John Cosin 35:non-juring 644:John Kemp 161:Edinburgh 155:, and on 114:Easington 41:and then 463:Thurstan 458:Leobwine 249:Life of 188:Lamplugh 165:Honfleur 153:James II 141:Provence 63:Cornwall 43:Jacobite 37:cleric, 501:Aimeric 473:Michael 394::  205:Corbeil 177:Mary II 45:exile. 491:Vacant 481:Robert 336:  304:Notes 223:Works 201:Rouen 486:Wazo 334:ISBN 175:and 49:Life 400:". 265:. 139:in 69:of 865:: 292:. 282:; 219:. 143:. 96:, 92:. 75:MA 61:, 433:e 426:t 419:v 396:" 373:. 342:. 20:)

Index

Denis Grenville
non-juring
Dean of Durham
Jacobite
Sir Bevil Grenville
Kilkhampton
Cornwall
gentleman-commoner
Exeter College, Oxford
MA
John Cosin
John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath
Eton College
Gilbert Sheldon
Archbishop of Canterbury
York Cathedral
Durham Cathedral
archdeaconry of Durham
Easington
Elwick Hall
Sedgefield
Nathaniel Crew
William Sancroft
Tour D'Aigues
Provence
High Church
James II
William of Orange
Edinburgh
Honfleur

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