GEMMS IDGEMMS-PERSON-001810
NameJohn Matthews
TitleReverend
Gendermale
DenominationChurch of England
Livedb. 1650-10-09 - d. 1729-05-26 (old)
Linked Manuscriptsmanuscript owner - Sermons by John Matthews and others, c. 1688-1763: TEWKESBURY VICARS/2manuscript owner - Sermons by John Matthews, c. 1688-1717: TEWKESBURY VICARS/3manuscript owner - Sermons by John Matthews, c. 1688-1718: TEWKESBURY VICARS/4manuscript owner - Sermons by John Matthews, c. 1692-1724: TEWKESBURY VICARS/5
Linked SermonsDe Patientia -- preacher (autograph: yes)For our God is a consuming Fire -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon 1 on Proverbs 4:23 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on 2 Corinthians 7:1 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on 2 Samuel 24:23 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on Ecclesiastes 8:11 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on Ecclesiastes 9:10 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on Ephesians 5:15-16 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on Ephesians 6:4 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on Exodus 17:11 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on Exodus 18:12 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on Genesis 15:16 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on Genesis 15:4 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on Genesis 32:26 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on Hebrews 1:1-3 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on Hebrews 13:8 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on James 4:7 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on Joshua 24:15 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on Luke 12:13-15 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on Luke 9:30-31 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on Malachi 3:8 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on Matthew 12:36-37 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on Matthew 2:1-2 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on Matthew 22:11 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on Matthew 26:26-28 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on Matthew 5:5 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on Nehemiah 13:31 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on Numbers 32:23 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on Proverbs 18:14 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on Proverbs 4:23 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on Psalms 106:3 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on Psalms 124:7 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on Psalms 147:16-17 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on Psalms 44:9-10 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on Psalms 46:1 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on Romans 13:7 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on Romans 8:28 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on Titus 1:13 -- preacher (autograph: yes)
Linked Reports
Associated PlacesTewkesbury -- Post
Source of DataHannah Yip; UCL Special Collections Catalogue; AIM25 Catalogue
Biographical Sources ConsultedAO (Foster); CCEd (Person ID: 158158); Irvine Gray, 'Records of Four Tewkesbury Vicars, c. 1685-1769', in S. T. Blake and A. Saville, eds, Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, 102 (1984); Daniel C. Beaver, Parish Communities and Religious Conflict in the Vale of Gloucester, 1590-1690 (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1998)
Other NoteThe Reverend John Matthews was vicar of Tewkesbury from 1689 until his resignation in 1728.
He was the son of John Matthews of Gloucester, a landlord/innholder. He was admitted to Oriel College, Oxford, in 1667, and graduated M. A. in 1673. Matthews was Master of Derby Grammar School c. 1674-1679, and in 1685 was briefly appointed to the Mastership of Tewkesbury Grammar School. In January 1687, he became domestic chaplain to the Third Viscount Tracy of Rathcoole until Tracy's death in March of the same year.
Matthews held the living of Tewkesbury from 1689 until 1728, dying aged 79 on 26 May 1729. He had retired from his office fifteen months before his death on account of failing health and memory.
John Matthews never married. Although a native of the staunchly Parliamentarian city of Gloucester, he remained a Royalist. He was also anti-Catholic.
His published works include Forgiveness of Enemies (a sermon on Luke 23:34) (Oxford, 1706) and The Energy of Liberality (Worcester, 1712).
Attached URLs:
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| www.aim25.com/cgi-bin/vcdf/detail?coll_id=1652&inst_id=13&nv1=search&nv2=advanced | AIM25 Catalogue Entry for Tewkesbury Vicars' Papers (40 vols). |
GEMMS record createdFebruary 25, 2018
GEMMS record last editedJune 23, 2022