Matthew Hutton, Archbishop of York

Matthew Hutton (1529–1606) was archbishop of York from 1595 to 1606

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.

Family

• son of Matthew Hutton of Priest Hutton, in the parish of Warton, Lancashire, was born in that parish in 1529.
• 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. (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. He was an ancestor of Matthew Hutton (Archbishop of Canterbury) (1693–1758).

Links

• Wikipedia
• Hutton of Marske, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, Bernard Burke, 1862. Page 758.

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Matthew Hutton (born 1529 died 1606) was archbishop of York from 1595 to 1606.

biographical notes

Taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Hutton_(archbishop_of_York)_

He became a sizar at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1546. Graduating B.A. 1551 - 2, he became a fellow of Trinity in 1553, and graduated M.A. 1555 and B.D. 1562.[1] In 1561 he was elected Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity, and next year master of Pembroke Hall, and regius professor of divinity. ...
... On 9 June 1589 he was elected through Burghley's influence to the bishopric of Durham. On 11 December 1594, and in February 1594–5, 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, sixth earl of Westmoreland, 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 248, there is an account of a very 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 Sir Robert Ker of Cessford, one of the wardens of the Scottish Marches. 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.

family

He was the son of Matthew Hutton of Priest Hutton, in the parish of Warton, Lancashire, was born in that parish in 1529.

He married

1. in 1565 Catherine Fulmetby, or Fulmesby, who died soon after.
2. In 1567 he married Beatrice, daughter of Sir Thomas Fincham. She died on 5 May 1582, and
3. on 20 November following he married Frances, widow of Martin Bowes (d.1573), son of Sir Martin Bowes.[2] (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.[3] He was an ancestor of Matthew Hutton (Archbishop of Canterbury) (1693–1758).

Taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Bowes

Martin Bowes (died 1573), who married firstly Frances Scrope,[8] the granddaughter of Robert Amadas.[9] According to the Diary of Henry Machyn, she was buried 29 December 1566.[9] He married secondly, Frances Clopton (died 1619), the daughter of Richard Clopton and his second wife, Margery Playters.[10][11][a] After her first husband's death, Frances (nee Clopton) married secondly, as his third wife, Matthew Hutton, Archbishop of York.[b][13][1

Secondary source confirmation by Geni curator- Margaret Crackenthorpe was M Hutton's great grandmother.