Tobias Matthew
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The Most Reverend Tobias Matthew |
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| Archbishop of York | |
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| Installed | 1606 |
| Term ended | 1628 (death) |
| Predecessor | Matthew Hutton |
| Successor | George Montaigne |
| Other posts |
Dean of Durham (1583–1595) Bishop of Durham (1595–1606) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
13 June 1546 Bristol |
| Died | 29 March 1628 (aged 81) Cawood, North Yorkshire |
| Buried | York Minster |
| Nationality | English |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Alma mater |
University College, Oxford Christ Church, Oxford |
Tobias Matthew (also Tobie Mathew and Toby Mathew) (1546 – 29 March 1628) was an English Archbishop of York.
He was the son of Sir John Matthew of Ross in Herefordshire, England, and of his wife Eleanor Crofton of Ludlow. He was born at Bristol and was educated at Wells, Somerset, and then in succession at University College and Christ Church, Oxford. He proceeded BA in 1564, and MA in 1566.
He attracted the favourable notice of Queen Elizabeth I, and his rise was steady though not very rapid. He was public orator in 1569, President of St John's College, Oxford in 1572,Dean of Christ Church in 1576, Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University in 1579,Dean of Durham in 1583, Bishop of Durham in 1595, and Archbishop of York in 1606.
In 1581, he had a controversy with the Jesuit Edmund Campion, and published at Oxford his arguments in 1638 under the title, Piissimi et eminentissimi viri Tobiae Matthew, archiepiscopi olim Eboracencis concio apologetica adversus Campianam. While in the north he was active in forcing the recusants to conform to the Church of England, preaching hundreds of sermons and carrying out thorough visitations.
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