English religious leader
Matthew Hutton
(1529?1606) was
archbishop of York
from 1595 to 1606.
Life
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Hutton, the son of Matthew Hutton of
Priest Hutton
, in the parish of
Warton
, Lancashire, was born in that parish in 1529. He was educated at
Lancaster Royal Grammar School
(then called the Free School at Lancaster). He became a
sizar
at
Trinity College, Cambridge
in 1546. After graduating B.A. 1551?2, he became a fellow of Trinity in 1553, and graduated M.A. 1555 and B.D. 1562.
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In 1561 he was elected
Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity
, and next year master of
Pembroke Hall
, and regius professor of divinity. In the same year he was collated prebendary of
St Paul's
, London, and in 1563 instituted rector of
Boxworth
, Cambridgeshire (resigned in 1576). About the same time he obtained a canonry at Ely. In 1564 he distinguished himself by his ability in the
theological
disputations before
Queen Elizabeth
at Cambridge, and his character was established as one of the ablest scholars and preachers in the university. He was created D.D. there in 1565, and later in the year was installed a canon of
Westminster
. In the succeeding year he was one of the
Lent
preachers at court and a preacher at
St Paul's Cross
. After his appointment in April 1567 as dean of York he resigned his mastership at Pembroke, the regius professorship, and his canonries of
Ely
and
Westminster
. Subsequently, he was collated to prebends at
York
and
Southwell
. He was suggested as fit to succeed
Edmund Grindal
in the
see
of London in 1570, but his election was opposed by
Archbishop Parker
. A letter to Burghley, dated 6 October 1573, is preserved at
Hatfield
, giving at length his opinions on prevailing differences in church government. He was suspected of leaning to the
Puritans
, and this led to a dispute with
Archbishop Sandys
, who in 1586 preferred a charge of thirteen articles against him. Hutton defended himself with spirit, and, though compelled to make submission, admitted nothing more than the use of violent and indiscreet expressions.
On 9 June 1589 he was elected through Burghley's influence to the
bishopric of Durham
. On 11 December 1594, and in February 1595, he wrote beautiful and pathetic appeals to Burghley on behalf of
Lady Margaret Neville
, who had been condemned on account of the rebellion of her father,
Charles, 6th Earl of Westmorland
, and he was not only successful in his application for mercy, but gained a pension for the lady.
On 14 February 1595/6 he was elected archbishop of York. The grammar school and almshouses at
Warton
were shortly afterwards founded by him. In
John Harington
's
Nugæ Antiquæ
, ii. 248, there is an account of a bold sermon which he preached before
Queen Elizabeth
at
Whitehall
. He acted as lord president of the north from 1595 to 1600, and in 1598 he had in his custody at Bishopsthorpe
Sir Robert Ker
of
Cessford
, one of the wardens of the
Scottish Marches
.
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His courtesy to his prisoner was afterwards acknowledged by
King James
and by Sir Robert himself. One of his last public acts was to write a letter to Robert Cecil,
Lord Cranborne
, counselling a relaxation in the prosecution of the puritans. He died at Bishopthorpe on 16 January 1605/6, and was buried in York Minster. His monument is in the south aisle of the choir.
He married in 1565
Catherine Fulmetby
, or Fulmesby, who died soon after. In 1567 he married Beatrice, daughter of
Sir Thomas Fincham
. She died on 5 May 1582, and on 20 November following he married Frances, widow of Martin Bowes (died 1573), son of
Sir Martin Bowes
.
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(The archbishop's wife Frances left to her grandson Matthew Bowes her home in Coppergate, York, that she had purchased from "
Parcivall Levett
of York, merchant.") The archbishop left several children by the second marriage. Of these, Timothy Hutton, the eldest son, born 1569, was knighted in 1605, the year in which he was high sheriff of
Yorkshire
, and died in 1629; the second son was
Sir Thomas Hutton
of
Popleton
(
d
. 1620). The archbishop was blamed by some for granting leases of church lands to his children, which apparently considerably enriched them.
[5]
He was an ancestor of
Matthew Hutton (Archbishop of Canterbury)
(1693?1758).
A portrait of Hutton is at
Marske, Richmondshire
, in the possession of descendants. A second portrait was twice engraved, first by Perry, and secondly for
William Hutchinson
's
History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham
. The
Hutton Correspondence
, edited by
James Raine
and published by the
Surtees Society
in 1843, contains many of the archbishop's letters.
Works
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He is author of:
- A Sermon preached at York before … Henry, Earle of Huntington
, London, 1579, 12mo.
- Brevis et Dilucida Explicatio veræ, certæ, et consolationis plenæ doctrinæ de Electione, Prædestinatione ac Reprobatione,
Harderwijk, 1613, 8vo.
Notes
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Burke's General Armory, 1884, p.524
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"Hutton, Matthew (HTN546M)"
.
A Cambridge Alumni Database
. University of Cambridge.
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John Duncan Mackie
,
Calendar State Papers Scotland: 1597-1603
, vol. 13 (Edinburgh, 1969), pp. 200?2: John Strype,
Annals of the Reformation
, vol. 4 (London, 1824), pp. 447?8.
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Will of Frances, widow of Martin Bowes, daughter and heiress of Richard Scrope, Esq., Archaeologica Aeliana, 1861
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"Hutton, Matthew (1529?1606)"
.
Dictionary of National Biography
. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885?1900.
References
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Attribution
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- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain
:
Sutton, Charles William (1891). "
Hutton, Matthew (1529?1606)
". In
Lee, Sidney
(ed.).
Dictionary of National Biography
. Vol. 28. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 357, 358.
The entry cites:
- Cooper's Athenæ Cantabr. ii. 421, and authorities there cited
- Hutton Correspondence, ed. by
James Raine
, 1843, for Surtees Society
- Calend. of MSS. preserved at Hatfield (Hist. MSS. Com.), ii. 60
- Fuller's Worthies, "Lancashire"
- British Museum Catalogue
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