Matthew Woodford

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The Ven Matthew Woodford, MA (1738 – 1807) was Archdeacon of Winchester from 1795 until 1807.[1]

Born to Mary nee Brideoake (sic.) and Mathew Woodford Esq. he was baptized on 22 July 1738 in Southampton and educated at Christ Church, Oxford, where he matriculated in 1755, graduating B.A. in 1759.[2] A Chaplain to George III, he held livings at Tadmarton, Chilbolton and Upham.

Of his siblings his brother Ralph was created 1st of the Woodford Baronets of Carleby , Lincolnshire, his sister Anne married Peter Thellusson a Caribbean merchant and financier who has an extensive entry in The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.[3]

He died on 30 September 1807.[4] and was buried in Winchester Cathedral and a mural tablet erected in the North Presbytery Aisle.[5]

Notes

  1. ^ "Archdeacons: Winchester". British History Online. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  2. ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Woodford, Matthew" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  3. ^ "Thellusson, Peter (1737–1797), merchant". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/27164. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  4. ^ Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries. The Morning Post (London, England), Monday, 5 October 1807; Issue 11428
  5. ^ Winchester Cathedral Its Monuments & Memorials by John Vaughan 1919 pp296
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