Erasmus Matthews

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Erasmus Matthews was a 17th-century Irish Anglican clergyman.[1]

Matthews was ordained deacon on 13 September 1613; and priest on 26 February 1614.[2] He held the Vicarages of Tawnagh and Aghanagh[3] was collated Archdeacon of Elphin on 10 October 1615 and served throughout 1616 and 1617.

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  1. ^ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
  2. ^ Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 4. Cotton, H. pp170/1 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878
  3. ^ The History of Sligo: Town and County: Volume 1 O’Rorke, T: Sligo, Lulu Press, 2014 ISBN 978-1-909906-23-5