Matthew Postlethwayte (1679–1745) was Archdeacon of Norwich from 1742 until 1744. A Cumbrian, Postlethwayte was educated at St Paul's and

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. He was ordained on 22 December 1706. He held incumbencies at Needham,

Shottesham Shotesham () is a village in South Norfolk which lies approximately 5 miles south of Norwich. It sits next to Stoke Holy Cross and Saxlingham Nethergate in the valley of the River Tas. It covers an area of and had a population of 539 in 210 hous ...

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1745 deaths 18th-century English Anglican priests People educated at St Paul's School, London Archdeacons of Norwich Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge People from Cumberland 1679 births {{Canterbury-archdeacon-stub