Charles Harward

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The Very Rev. Charles Harward (1743–1802) was an Anglican priest, born in Plymtree, Devon.

Education

Harward matriculated from school in 1742, he then went on to study at Clare College, Cambridge where he was awarded a B.A. in 1745/46 this was followed by his M.A. in 1755.^[1]

Career

From 1755 to 1762 Harward was Rector of Whiston with moiety of Denton, Northamptonshire.^[1]

In 1770 he was appointed Dean of Chichester.^[2]

During Harward's time at Chichester one of the chapter, a Dr. Hurdis, died in early 1784.^[3] It was the dean and the remaining members of the chapters responsibility to find a replacement.^[3] Consequently, a meeting was held on 1 August 1784 by the dean and the other three members of the chapter to elect a new member to replace the late Dr Hurdis^[3] Harward and one of the members of the chapter, a Rev. William Webber, voted for a Rev. John Buckner; the other members of the chapter, the Rev. Combe Miller and Rev. John Courtail voted for the Rev. George Metcalf.^[3] It was not accepted that Harward had a casting vote so a stalemate ensued. There followed several more meetings to try and resolve the issue but to no avail, so Miller and Courtail petitioned the bishop to settle the matter.^[3] The bishop arranged for Dean Harward and the chapter to appear before him on the 12 January 1785 to explain why they had not appointed a new member of the chapter, and as they had not why the bishop should not appoint someone himself. At the hearing the bishop was not persuaded by their arguments so appointed George Metcalf.^[3] The dean and Webber refused to accept this decision, but the bishop demanded that they accept his candidate on pain of excommunication. However this was not the end of the matter as the dean and Webber took out a court order restraining the bishop from proceeding.^[4] The case was eventually heard by the Court of Kings Bench on 27 April 1787.^[4] The court agreed with the dean and Webber's argument and found that it was not in the bishop's power to appoint people over the dean and chapter. The court issued a mandamus to compel the dean and chapter to fill the vacancy, and on such a mandamus the court said that it "will compel an election at the peril of those who refuse."^[5]

It seems that despite all, the bishop's candidate George Metcalf remained in post.^[3] Harward resigned as dean of Chichester in 1790.^[6] He was elected Dean of Exeter on 16 July 1790, and confirmed 13 August 1790.^[7] He was therefore able to return home to Devon and died at Hayne House, the family seat, in Plympton, Devon on 15 July 1802, age 79.^[7]^[8]

Notes

↑ 1.0 1.1 Venn. Alumni Cantabrigienses (online ed.)
↑ Hennessy. Chichester Diocese Clergy List. p. 2
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Horsfield. History. pp. 26-28
↑ 4.0 4.1 Durnford. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench; p. 650.
↑ Durnford. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench; p. 800.
↑ London Gazette. Issue Number:13213. p. 397
↑ 7.0 7.1 Oliver. Lives of the Bishops of Exeter p. 277
↑ Urban. The gentleman's magazine, Volume 72, Part 2. p. 875

References

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Hennessy, George (1900). Chichester Diocese Clergy Lists: Clergy Succession from the earliest time to the year 1900. London: St Peters Press.
Horsfield, Thomas Walker (1835). The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex. Vol. II. Lewes, Sussex: Sussex Press.
"London Gazette Issue number:13213". HMSO. 26 June 1790.
Oliver, George (1861). Lives of the Bishops of Exeter and a History of the Cathedral. Exeter: William Roberts.
Urban, Sylvanus (1892). The Gentleman's Magazine and historical Chronicle Volume 72. Part 2. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
Venn, J; Venn, J. A., eds. (1922-1958). Alumni Cantabrigienses (10 vols). Cambridge University Press. Check date values in: |date= (help)

Church of England titles
Preceded by Thomas Ball	Dean of Chichester 1770 – 1790	Succeeded by Combe Miller

v t e 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

v t e Deans of Exeter

High Medieval	Serlo Roger de Wynkleigh William de Stanwey Roger de Toriz John Noble John Pycot Andrew de Kilkenny

Late Medieval	Henry de Somerset Thomas de Lechlade Bartholomew de Sancto Laurentio Richard de Coleton Richard de Braylegh Reginald de Bugwell Robert Sumpter Thomas Walkyngton Ralph Tregrision Stephen Payn John Cobethorn John Hals Henry Webber Peter Courtenay Lionel Woodville John Arundel

Early modern	Edward Willoughby Thomas Hobbes John Vesey Richard Pace Reginald Pole Simon Haynes James Haddon Thomas Reynolds Gregory Dodds George Carew Stephen Townesend Matthew Sutcliffe William Peterson Seth Ward Edward Young George Cary The Hon Richard Annesley William Wake Lancelot Blackburne Edward Trelawney John Gilbert Alured Clarke William Holmes Charles Lyttleton Jeremiah Milles William Buller Charles Harward

Late modern	Charles Talbot George Gordon John Garnett Whittington Landon Thomas Lowe Charles Ellicott The Viscount Midleton Archibald Boyd Benjamin Cowie Alfred Earle Henry Gamble Walter Matthews Spencer Carpenter Alexander Wallace Marcus Knight Clifford Chapman Richard Eyre Keith Jones Jonathan Meyrick Jonathan Draper

Persondata
Name	Harward, Charles
Alternative names
Short description	Dean of Chichester
Date of birth	1743
Place of birth	Plymptree, Devon, England
Date of death	1802
Place of death	Plympton, Devon

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