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3 unusual facts about Isaac Bargrave


Isaac Bargrave

He obtained the vicarage of Tenterden in 1626, and was presented to the benefice of Lydd by the king in September 1627, but only held it for a few weeks.

In later years Bargrave did not live on good terms with his diocesan William Laud, or with the cathedral clergy.

In 1679 a memorial was erected above the grave by the dean's nephew, John Bargrave, with a portrait painted on copper of the dean, attributed to Cornelius Jansen.



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