Matthew Parker

Matthew born 1 Sept. 1551, died 1574; married Frances Barlow, daughter of William Barlow, Bishop of Chichester, she remarried Tobie Matthew, Archbishop of York. Frances was the daughter of a bishop, daughter in law of an Archbishop of Canterbury, her second husband was an Archbishop and, apparently, had four brothers who were Bishops.

From Lives of the Archbishops of Canterbury: new series. v. 1-6. Reformation period. Walter Farquhar Hook page 565

Another family affliction Parker had to endure, when in the month of December, 1574, he followed to the grave his second son, Matthew, who died at the age of twenty- three. He died at the Duke's house, Lambeth, which had i559-75. been assigned to him by his father as a residence after the death of the archbishop's wife. He must have been dependent upon his father for his income ; for his wife, the younger daughter of Barlow, Bishop of Chichester, brought with her no portion, or next to none. All that she received from first to last from her father was 100/., or rather what would have been valued at that sum, if all had been properly appraised ;—besides a gelding, she had for her apparel 10/., a stock of damask linen worth 121., a tablecloth and a towel, two pillow-biers, two long cushions, a silver salt, and standing cup, and 10/. in money.