MATTHEW, TOBIAS, ARCHBISHOP OF YORK
Arms.—Impaled.
Dexter: Gu., two keys in saltire arg., in chief a Royal Crown or. See of York, after 1515.
Sinister: Quarterly.
1st and 4th; sa., a lion rampant arg.
2nd and 3rd; gu., 3 chevrons arg. Matthew.
[Novum Testamentum. 1580.]
Tobias Matthew (born circ. 1546, died 29th March 1628) was the son of John Matthew of Ross in Herefordshire. He was educated at Oxford and ordained in 1566. He preached before Queen Elizabeth at St. Mary's Church in the High Street at Oxford, and attracted Her Majesty's attention by his eloquence and his handsome appearance. He was made a Canon of Christchurch Cathedral in 1570, and Dean in 1576. In 1583 he was Dean of Durham. In 1595 he was consecrated Bishop of Durham, and in 1606 Archbishop of York. Archbishop Matthew took a prominent part in the political as well as the theological affairs of his time. Lady Arabella Stuart was imprisoned in his house, and she escaped from it in 1611.
