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NOTE 1./ Tobias Mathew

Tobias Mathew, 66th Archbishop of York, was born in 1546 in Bristol, and died March 29, 1628. He married Frances Barlow, dau. of William Barlow. He was brought up at Christ church, Oxford, D.D. and rose many steps by preferment. First Archdeacon of Wells, Priest of St. John's College, Oxford, Canon and Dean of Christ Church, Dean of Durham and lastly Archbishop of York, Sept. 11, 1606. Graduated at University College, Oxford, A.B. Feb. 1563/4. He was a member of Christ Church, taking degree of MA in July 1566. He was ordained the same year at which time he was much respected for his great learning, sweet coversation, friendly disposition, and sharpness of with. When Queen Elizabeth visted the University in Mary's Church on the 3rd of Sept., he argued in favor of an elective as against an hereditary monarchy. When the Queen left Christ Church on her departure from Oxford, he bad her farewell in and eloquent oration. His handsome presence and ready wit attrached the Queen's notice. He was an excellent preacher. The Queen continued her favor to him throughout her life and was equally kind to his wife, on whom she bestowed a fragment of a Unicorn's horn. His many offices included that of Dean of Durham in 1583, Bishop of Durham in 1595, Bishop of the Diocese and Archbishop of York. He had an admirable talent for preaching which he never suffered to lie idle, but used to go from one town to another to preach to crowded audiences. He kept an exact account of these sermons, by which it appears that he preached, when Dean of Durham, 321; when Bishop of the Diocese, 550; when Archbishop of York, 721; in all 1592. In his day, though renowned as a preacher, he was a statesman quite as much as a prelate. The advisors of Elizabeth and James felt that they could rely upon him to watch and guard the Northern Shires. He died March 29, 1628 and was buried in York Minster, where his tomb stands. The effigy now seperated, in the northside of the Presbytery. He married Frances Barlow, dau. of Sir William Barlow, Sr. who died in 1568, sometime Bishop of Chichester and Wells. She is described as a prudent and provident matron and died May 10, 1629, and is described further as being memorable for having a Bishop for a Father, four Bishops for her Brothers-in-law, and an Archbishop for her husband. Her four sisters married Bishops. She gave his Library of more than three thousand volumes to the Cathedral of York. The portrait of Tobias Mathew in Christ Church, Oxford, shows him as a small man with a beard and mustache turning gray. Frances Barlow had previously been married to Matthew Parker, son of Archbishop Matthew Park of Canterbury (1559-1575). Tobias Mathew was a friend of the Stuart family and was entrusted with the entertainment of Arbella Stuart of Bishopthorpe in 1611. As a politcal agent in the North, he forced recusants to conform to the Church of England

NOTE 2./ Archbishop of York

The Archbishop of York, Primate of England, is the metropolitan bishop of the Province of York, and is the junior of the two (A bishop of highest rank) archbishops of the (The national church of England (and all other churches in other countries that share its beliefs); has its see in Canterbury and the Sovereign as its temporal head) Church of England, after the Archbishop of Canterbury.

His cathedral is York Minster in central (The English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose) York and his official residence is the Archbishop's Palace in Bishopthorpe.

The Province of York includes the 12 Dioceses north of the (The interior part of a country) Midlands as well as the Diocese of Southwell Nottinghamshire) and the Diocese of Sodor and Man (the (One of the British Isles in the Irish Sea) Isle of Man). The Archbishop is also a member of the (The upper house of the British parliament) House of Lords.

HistoryThere was a bishop in York from very early Christian times. Bishops of York were particularly present at the Councils of Arles and (An ancient city in Bithynia; founded in the 4th century BC and flourished under the Romans; the Nicene Creed was adopted there in 325) Nicaea. However, this early Christian community was later blotted out by the pagan (A member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Angles and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons; dominant in England until the Norman conquest) Saxons. There was no important archbishop of York till the consecration of St. (Click link for more info and facts about Wilfrid) Wilfrid in 664. His successors acted as diocesan prelates until the time of Egbert of York, who received the ((Roman Catholic Church) vestment consisting of a band encircling the shoulders with two lappets hanging in front and back) pallium from Pope Gregory III in 735 and established metropolitan rights in the north. The sees of (A town in Kent in southeastern England; site of the cathedral where Thomas a Becket was martyred in 1170; seat of the archbishop and primate of the Anglican Church) Canterbury and York were long struggling for precedence, often leading to scandalous scenes of dissension. In the 11th century, for instance, there was an arrangement which lasted until 1118 that the archbishops of York must be consecrated in Canterbury cathedral and swear allegiance to the Archbishop of Canterbury. In the mid 14th century, Pope Innocent VI confirmed an arrangement that the Archbishop of Canterbury should take precedence with the title Primate of All England, and that the Archbishop of York should retain the style of Primate of England.

Several of the archbishops of York held the office of (The highest officer of the Crown who is head of the judiciary and who presides in the House of Lords) Lord Chancellor and played some parts in affairs of state. As (Click link for more info and facts about Peter Heylyn) Peter Heylyn (1600–1662) wrote: "This see has yielded to the Church eight saints, to the Church of Rome three cardinals, to the realm of England twelve Lord Chancellors and two Lord Treasurers, and to the north of England two Lord Presidents."

Walter de Grey purchased York Place in (The capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center) London, which after the fall of Thomas Cardinal Wolsey, was to become the Palace of Whitehall.

Tobias Matthew 1606 thru 1628

Tobias Matthew, or Tobie (1546 - March 29, 1628), archbishop of York, was the son of Sir John Matthew of Ross in Herefordshire, and of his wife Eleanor Crofton of Ludlow.

He was born at (An industrial city and port in southwestern England near the mouth of the River Avon) Bristol and was educated at (Prolific English writer best known for his science-fiction novels; he also wrote on contemporary social problems and wrote popular accounts of history and science (1866-1946)) Wells, (A county in southwestern England on the Bristol Channel) 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 the 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 yin Tobiae Matthew, archiepiscopi ohm Eboracencis concio apologetica adversus Campianam. While in the north he was active in forcing the (Someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct) recusants to conform to the Church of England, preaching hundreds of sermons and carrying out thorough visitations.

During his later years he was to some extent in opposition to the administration of (The first Stuart to be king of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1925 and king of Scotland from 1567 to 1625; son of Mary Queen of Scots who succeeded Elizabeth I; alienated Parliament by claiming the divine right of kings (1566-1625)) James I. He was exempted from attendance in the parliament of 1625 on the ground of age and infirmities. His wife, Frances, was the daughter of William Barlow, bishop of Chichester.

NOTE 3./

Tobias Matthew, Archbishop of York at the beginning of the seventeenth century, was particularly distinguished for his zeal and industry as a preacher, even after his preferment to a mitre. From September, 1583, when he was Dean of Durham, to the twentythird Sunday after Trinity, in 1622, a few years before his death, he kept an account of all the sermons he preached, the place where, the time when, and the distinguished persons, if any, before whom they were delivered.

It appears from this record, that he preached, while Dean of Durham, seven hundred and twenty-one; while Bishop of Durham, five hundred and fifty; and while Archbishop of York, to the time above mentioned, seven hundred and twenty-one; in all, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-two sermons! At the end of each year, he set down how many sermons he had preached; and usually adds a lamentation that the number is not greater. Thus, at the end of 1619, he writes, 'Sum Ser. 32. eheu!' at the end of 1620, 'Sum. Ser. 35, eheu!' The state of the account for 1621, appears to have grieved him still more. 'An. 1621, sore afflicted with a rheume and coughe diverse months, so that I never could preach until Easter daye. The Lord foregive me!' It is supposed that there was scarcely a pulpit in the wide dioceses of Durham and York, in which he had not appeared

Archbishop married Francis BARLOW about 1575 in England. Francis (daughter of Sir Bishop William BARLOW and Agatha WELLSBORNE) was born about 1540 in England; died on 10 May 1629 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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NOTE 1./ from site of Barry L Matthews: <>

Sir Tobias Mathew, JR. Born Oct 3, 1577 at Salisbury, England Died Oct 13, 1655 at English College, Ghent. He Was a Courtier and Diplomat and became a Roman Catholic in Florence in 1606. He was sent to Madrid as an Advisor to Prince Charles and Buckingham, 1623 and was secretary to Stafford in Ireland, in 1633. He was later suspected by he Puritans of being a Papal spy an drived abroad in 1640. He was a friend of Sir FRANCIS BACON, whose essays he translated into Italian in 1618. BACON'S ESSAYS OF FRIENDSHIP Were written for TOBIAS, JR.

NOTE 2./

SIR TOBIAS, or TOBIE, MATTHEW (1577-1655), is remembered as the correspondent and friend of Francis Bacon. He was educated at Christ Church, and was early attached to the court, serving in the embassy at Paris. His debts and dissipations were a great source of sorrow to his father, from whom he is known to have received at different times 14,000, the modern equivalent of which is much larger. He was chosen member for Newport in Cornwall in the parliament of 1601, and member for St Albans in 1604. Before this time he had become the intimate friend of Bacon, whom he replaced as member for St Albans. When peace was made with Spain, on the accession of James I., he wished to travel abroad. His family, who feared his conversion to Roman Catholicism, opposed his wish, but he promised not to go beyond France. When once safe out of England he broke his word and went to Italy. The persuasion of some of his countrymen in Florence, one of whom is said to have been the Jesuit Robert Parsons, and a story he heard of the miraculous liquefaction of the blood of San Januarius at Naples, led to his conversion in 16o6. When he returned to England he was imprisoned, and many efforts were made to obtain his reconversion without success. He would not take the oath of allegiance to the king. In 1608 he was exiled, andremainedoutof England for ten years, mostly in Flanders and Spain. Hereturned in 1617, but went abroad again in 1619. His friends obtained his leave to return in 1621. At home he was known as the intimate friend of Gondomar, the Spanish ambassador. In 1623 he was sent to join Prince Charles, afterwards Charles I., at Madrid, and was knighted on the 23rd of October of that year. He remained in England till 1640, when he was finally driven abroad by the parliament, which looked upon him as an agent of the pope. He died in the English college in Ghent on the I3th of October 1655. In 1618 he published an Italian translation of Bacons essays. The Essay on Friendship was written for him. He was also the author of a translation of The Confessions of the Incom parable Doctor St Augustine, which led him into controversy. His correspondence was published in London in 166o.

Family/Spouse: UNMARRIED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Colonel married Mary Frances HINTON on 20 Jun 1622 in Lancaster, Virginia. Mary (daughter of Sir Thomas HINTON and Catherine PALMER) was born on 10 Oct 1601 in Chilton, Foliat, Wiltshire, England; died in 1675. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Colonel married Mary TRYON in Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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NOTE 1./ A Smith Family Line at << http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/4579/smith.html>>

Major Smith was Speaker of the House of Burgesses in 1657 (from Warwick County). He voiced the refusal of the House to accept the order of dissolution by Governor Mathews. He married Anne Bernard around 1652.
Anne Bernard [see Descendents of Francis Bernard] was the daughter of Richard Bernard (1618) of Petsworth, Buckinghamshire [son of John Bernard, once Governor of Bermudas] and Anne Corderay (1622-1670). She was the heir to "Purton," first house built for a white family in Gloucester Co. on York River, on Purtan Bay located not far from Werawocomoco, probable former residence of Indian Chief Powhatan (where Captain John Smith was held captive by Powhatan and Opechancanough and "saved" by Pocahontas). Mrs. Bernard, her mother, built the first church in the county, Petsworth Episcopal. John Wise says this family is the same as that of Tottne, Devonshire, the arms of which are: "Azure a chevron between three acorns slipped and leave or." The W&M Quarterly says the Bernard arms were a bear rampant. Mrs. Bernard was guardian of the orphans of Col. Samuel Mathews of Warwick County

NOTE 2./ Denbigh was a small unincorporated town in Warwick County, Virginia. It was named for Denbigh Plantation, which was patented by Colonel Samuel Mathews, who came to Virginia before 1618, filled several important posts, and became the father of Samuel Mathews, governor of the Virginia colony from 1657-1660.
The town of Denbigh was the county seat of Warwick County from 1810 until 1952, except for a short period from 1888 to 1896 when the courthouse has located in what is now downtown Newport News. It was moved back to Denbigh when Newport News became an independent city in 1896.
Warwick County became an independent city itself in 1952. Six years later, in 1958, the City of Warwick consolidated with the independent city of Newport News, assuming the latter's better-known name.
The present-day City of Newport News essentially includes all the territory of Warwick River Shire, formed in 1634 in colonial Virginia, which became Warwick County in 1643. Denbigh is now considered a neighborhood area of Newport News. The preserved 1810 Warwick County Courthouse at Denbigh is now a museum.

NOTE 3./ Thirteenth Generation, Samuel Matthews
Born: Denbigh, England Died: January 1660 Occupation: Councilor Governor of Virginia Married: aft March 24, 1626 to Frances Greville West Piersey 5817. Frances Greville West Piersey :Children: Samuel Matthews, John Mathews, Francis Matthews, and Mary Mathews

NOTE 4./ Chronology of the Jamestowne Period
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Year Events* Governor

1655 The Assembly elected Edward Diggs as governor Edwd Diggs
1656 Diggs left for England late in the year and Samuel Mathews elected to replace him Edwd Diggs
1656 Rappahammock County created out of Lancaster County Edwd Diggs
1657 The Assembly tried to subsidize an alternative crop to tobacco Sam Mathews
1658 Governor and Council tried unsuccessfully to dissolve the House of Burgesses Sam Mathews
1659 Governor Mathews announced the death of Cromwell March 7th Sam Mathews
1660 Mathews died in January.Charles II restored to the throne on his birthday, May 29th Sam Mathews
1660 March 13th theHouse of Burgesses reaffirmed Berkeley to be Governor Wm Berkeley

NOTE 5./ Short Virginia History of the Colonial Government <>

GOVERNOR--The Colony of Virginia was from 1607 to 1624, under the control of the Virginia Company, of London. At the first settlement, in 1607, the governing body consisted of a council of seven, with a president whom they were to select out of their own number. This system lasted until 1609, when the Company chose a Governor and Lieutenant Governor (Lord Delaware and Sir Thomas Gates) who were the first to bear those titles, and whose successors were, like themselves, appointed by the Company, until the revocation of its charter.

Throughout the remainder of the Colonial period the executives of Virginia were appointed by the King. Their titles varied, some being styled "Governor and Captain-General," others Lieutenant Governor," or " Deputy Governor." From 1704 to 1768 the higher title was borne by sinecures in England, while the actual power was in the hands of "Lieutenant Governors," resident in Virginia.

Vacancies were occasionally supplied, until an appointment could be made in England, by the election of a governor, by the Council, but this was only the case during the earlier years of the Royal Government. Later, the office was filled by the succession of the member of the Council senior in point in service, under the title President of the Council, or sometimes, President of Virginia.

From 1652 to 1660 the Governors were elected by the House of Burgesses, though there is some reason to believe that their choice may have been influenced by the wishes of the Parliamentary authorities, or of Cromwell.

NOTE 6./

Capt. Samuel Mathews, came from England in the ship " Southampton " in 1622, in the same ship came Robert Mathews, who was probably his younger brother. Their plant was at James City. Campbell's Hist. of Va., p. 209, says, " Capt. Samuel Mathews was one of the Council In 1643, he had a fine house, sowed much hemp and flax and had it spun. He kept weavers, and had a tannery, where leather was dressed, and had eight shoemakers at work, had forty negro servants whom he brought up to mechanical trades. He sowed large crops of wheat and barley. He also supplied vessels trading with Va. with beef. He had plenty of cows, a fine dairy, a large number of hogs and poultry. In 1656 he was governor of the Colony." He married a dau. of Sir Thomas Hinton. Capt. Mathews went to England on business for the Colony in 1657 and died there. Lord Amherst was Governor in 16;8.—[See Blake's Biog. Dict. N. Y., 1835.] The following from Mr. Alex. Brown, Norwood, Va., author of " Genesis of U. S.": Col. Samuel Mathews was sent to England as agent for Va in 1652. He returned to Virginia in 1657. On March 13, 1657-8 he was chosen by the Assembly to act as Governor until the next Assembly, or until " the further pleasure of the supreme power of England shall be knowne." On March 7, 1658-9 the Assembly elected him Governor for two years. He died during his term of office in Jan'y. 1659 60, and at the next meeting of the Assembly, in March, 1659-60, Berkeley was chosen to succeed him. His second wife, the widow of Abraham Percy was when Percy married her the widow of Capt. Francis West. Mathews left two sons (Thomas and Samuel) by his first wife and very probably other sons and daughters. " Founders of Maryland," by Rev. E. D .Neill, p, 49 says Sam'l Mathews came to Va.. 1622, in ship "Southampton," lived at Blunts Point, a little distance above Newport News. The following from Mr. Paul Caine, Louisville, Ky.: Capt. Sam'l Mathews came to Va., 1622; was commissioner to examine into the condition of the Colony, 1623; Commissioner of Warwick Co. 1631, Member of the Council 1624-44, elected to the Council April, 1652, elected Governor Dec., 16;6, and held the place until his death, 1658. He m. I, a dau. of Sir Thomas Hinton of Chilton Foliot Eng. [who at one time lived in Va. and was member of the Council], m. 2, before 1633-9, the widow of Abraham Percy of Va. Two sons were certainly the issue of the first marriage, namely Thomas Mathews of Stafford Co., Member of House of Burgesses, 1676, supposed to be author of T. M's account of Bacon's rebellion, and Lieut. Col. Samuel Mathews of Warwick Co., Member of House of Burgesses, April, 1652-1653-1654. Member of Council, 1655, d. 1670, leaving a son John then under age. Hen. Va. Stat., Vol. I, p. 528, says " Col. Samuel Mathews died Jan y, 1659 60." The quotation seems to infer that he d. in Va.

Governor married Frances GREVILLE about 1651 in Warwich County, Virginia. Frances was born about 1628 in Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Frances BALDWIN. Frances (daughter of William BALWIN) died in 1675 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Cicely married Peter MONTAGUE in 1633 in Burnham, Buckingham, England. Peter was born on 21 Jan 1603 in Boveney, Burnham, Buckingham, England; died on 01 May 1659 in Lancaster, Lancaster, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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NOTE 1./
John MATHEWS lived at Blunt Point at the mouth of Deep Creek, Warwick County. While under age he received a patent, 29 March 1678, for 2944 acres on Deep Creek as grandson and heir of Samuel Mathews, Exq. He was still under age, 24 Jun 1679 when William Cole, Esq was "Guardian to Mr John Mathews, but had reached his majority by April 1682 when he served as a member of the House of Burgesses.

The reference in Hening (II, p 14) to the "orphan heir of Col Mathews" must have been to him (John) whose guardian till 1671, when she died, was Mrs. Anna Bernard. Then Peter Jenings was guardian, and in 1679 William Cole, Esq, was guardian. He had arrived at age before 1682

He married by 24 Mar 1684/5, Elizabeth TAVENOR, daughter and heiress of Michael TAVENOR.

1. Samuel, died 1718, Richmond, VA, married 1. PAULIN, 2. Katherine TUNSTALL, 10 Aug 1706, 3. Margaret
He was living 19 Sep 1686 and was dead before 1 May 1706.

NOTE 2./
John((3)) (Samuel((2)), Samuel((1))) married (before 1683-4) Elizabeth, "heiress of Michael Tavenor," and had issue Samuel, who as lawful son and heir of Capt. John Mathews, of King and Queen County, gave a power to Nicholas Brent, of "Woodstock," to sell any part of 5,211 acres of land in Stafford County. (Deed in Stafford, August 17, 1702.)

Captain married Elizabeth TAVENOR on 24 Mar 1684 in York County, Virginia. Elizabeth (daughter of Michael TAVENOR) was born about 1660 in York County, Virginia; died before 1710 in York County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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NOTE 1./
Bruton Church, Williamsburg VA; Wm. and Mary Qrtly., Vol. 3, No. 3, 1895
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The following notes regarding the Mathews family may be of value: Gov. Samuel Mathews, who married the daughter of Sir Thomas Hinton, lived in Warwick county, and died in 1660. - Hening. "John Mathews, son of Col. Samuel Mathews, deceased," Mrs. Anna Bernard guardian, etc., 1671 - General Court Records. "Robert Bullock, son of William Bullock, who was son of Hugh Bullock", sues Col. Peter Jenings, guardian to "orphans of Coll. Mathews, deceased", 1671 - Ibid. "William Cole, Esq., and Capt. John Mathews, trustees of Baldwin Mathews, orphan of Capt. Francis Mathews", etc., 1682 -
Ibid. "John Mathews, Esq., of Warwick county, and Elizabeth, his wife, sole daughter and heiress of Michael Tavernor, of York county," 1684-5 - Ibid. "Baldwin, infant and only son of Capt. Francis Mathews, deceased", 1674-5 Baldwin Mathews, of York county, in his 68th year, found dead with
his head resting on the table, etc. - Virginia Gazette, 1st April, 1737. Mary, daughter of Baldwin Mathews, married Philip Smith, of Northumberland county, and had Baldwin Mathews Smith, eldest son, and Mary, who married Thomas Buckner.- York County Records, 1751. Samuel Mathews' will, proved in Richmond county in 1718, mentions his sons John, Baldwin, and Francis, daughters Mary and Elizabeth, and kinsmen Dudley Digges and Baldwin Mathews.

NOTE 2./
Baldwin((3)) (Francis((2)), Samuel((1))) <> Baldwin was born 1670; d. 1737. In 1682 William Cole, Esq., and Capt. John Mathews were trustees of Baldwin Mathews, "orphan of Capt. Francis Mathews." Samuel Mathews, of King and Queen, in his will, proved in Richmond County in 1718, refers to Baldwin Mathews and Dudley Digges as kinsmen. << That is to say, cousins>> He was sworn Justice for York County in 1694 and remained such for many years. He had two daughters. One became the wife of Samuel Timson, and had a daughter, Mary Timson, who received a moiety of her grandfather's estate, and married Thomas Buckner, of Gloucester. The other daughter, Mary Mathews, on February 9, 1711, married Philip Smith, of "Fleet's Bay," Northumberland County, and had Baldwin Mathews Smith, who married Fannie Burgess. (Quarterly, IV, p. 185.)

Family/Spouse: Mary DIGGES. Mary (daughter of Governor Edward DIGGES and Elizabeth PAGE) was born in 1658 in Yorktown, York Co., VA; died on 10 May 1690 in Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Peter married Mary DOODES in 1665. Mary was born in 1642 in Christchurch, Virginia; died in 1682 in Middlesex, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]