or the church but to his wife Frances Matthew. Amongst his possessions were 600 books and they were valued then at £300 and Frances give them all to York Minster. These books are the basis of the library (now at Old Palace, York). Frances had been his wife for over fifty years and she died the following year was she was buried in York Minster's lady chapel. References |- 1546 births 1628 deaths Clergy from Bristol Alumni of University College, Oxford Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Archbishops of York Bishops of Durham Deans of Durham Deans of Christ Church, Oxford Presidents of St John's College, Oxford Vice-Chancellors of the University of Oxford Archdeacons of Bath 16th-century Church of England bishops 17th-century Anglican archbishops 16th-century Anglican theologians 17th-century Anglican theologians