Dorothy, dau. of George Tattershall, of Berry-Pomeroy, co. Devon, gent.; admitted, but left, and entered the Society of Jesus, Sept. 7, 1731; was Superior of the Worcester District for some years, about 1759 was transferred to the Durham District, and lived many years at Haggerston Castle, Northumberland, the seat of the Haggerstons, till his death, Apr. 27, 1799, aged 87. Being incapable of performing the duties of the mission through age and infirmities, he was given an assistant in 1790, in the person of the Rev. Michael Tidyman, who succeeded him in the chaplaincy.
HARDMAN, John, admitted Aug. 12, 1873; ord. priest for Liverpool Diocese, Dec. 23, 1882; left Apr. 3, 1883; subsequently changed to Salford diocese, and now at Oldham.
HARGREAVES (Hartgreaves), William, bapt. Sept. 9, 1596, son of William Hargreaves, alias Hart, and his second wife Aloysia, of Burnley, both of good lineage, and allied with the Townelevs, Banisters, and other ancient Lancashire families. He was probably grand-nephew to Sir James Hargreaves, priest, instituted vicar of Blackburn in O. Mary's reign, Oct. 24, 1555, deprived upon the accession of Elizabeth for "papistry," reported in 1568 as having said Mass at Mr. Talbot s, of Salisbury Hall, Mr. Towneley s, of Towneley Hall, and at Padiham, still serving in the district in 1575, and hunted about till his apprehension and commitment to Salford Gaol, where he lay in Jan. 1584.
William Hargreaves was reconciled to the Church by Fr. John Scroop alias Hart, who is probably identical with Fr. Laurence Anderton, S.J., alias " John Brereley, Priest"; studied at St. Omer's College, whence sent to the English College at Valladolid, where admitted under the alias of Hart, Nov. 1, 1616; thence proceeded to Rome, where admitted into the English College, Oct. 8, 1617; ord. priest Dec. 21, 1622, and sent England, Apr. 29, 1623, a year before completion of his course of studies, and there used the alias of Holcroft, possibly his mother's name; suffered persecution and imprisonment; on presentation of Don Pedro Coutinho (the founder) and Bp. Smith, appointed president of the College at Lisbon, Jan. 14, 1634; was said to be "a person of singular parts,
