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Matthew Woodford, MA (1738 – 1807) was

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from 1795 until 1807. Born to Mary nee Brideoake (sic.) and Mathew Woodford Esq. he was baptized on 22 July 1738 in

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and educated at Christ Church, Oxford, where he matriculated in 1755, graduating B.A. in 1759. A Chaplain to

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, he held livings at

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and Upham. Of his siblings his brother Ralph was created 1st of the Woodford Baronets of Carleby ,

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, his sister Anne married Peter Thellusson a Caribbean merchant and financier who has an extensive entry in The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. He died on 30 September 1807. and was buried in

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and a mural tablet erected in the North Presbytery Aisle.''Winchester Cathedral Its Monuments & Memorials'' by John Vaughan 1919 pp296

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1773 births Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Archdeacons of Winchester 1828 deaths Clergy from Southampton {{Canterbury-archdeacon-stub