WREN, Matthew (1585-1667) | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

b. 23 Dec. 1585, 1st s. of Francis Wren, mercer, of London and Susan Widginton. Genealogist, n.s. i. 262-6. educ. Merchant Taylors’ Sch. 1595-1601; Pembroke, Camb. 23 June 1601; BA 1605; MA 1608 (incorp. Oxf. 1608); BD 1615, DD 1623 (re-incorp. Oxf. 1636), Fell. Pembroke, Camb. 1605-24; ord. 1611; m. 17 Aug. 1628, Elizabeth (d. 8 Dec. 1646), d. of Thomas Cutler, of Sproughton, Ipswich; wid. of Robert Brownrigg, 14ch. incl. 5s. (1 d.v.p.), 7 da. (3 d.v.p.) C. Wren, Parentalia, or Memoirs of the Family of the Wrens (1750), 133-4; Geneaolgist, n.s. vi. 168-71. d. 24 Apr. 1667; will 22 Sept. 1665 – 21 May 1666; pr. 10 June 1667. TNA, PROB 11/324.

Offices Held

Chap. to Prince of Wales 1622; clerk of the closet, 1633–6. J. Bickersteth, Clerks of the Closet, 20.

Vic., Harston, Cambs. 1611 – 14, Barton, Cambs. 1613 – 15; chap. to Lancelot Andrewes†, bishop of Ely 1615 – ?22; rect. Teversham, Cambs. 1615, Bingham, Notts. 1624; canon, Winchester 1623 – 35, Westminster 1635 – 38; dean, Wolverhampton collegiate church, 1628 – 35, Windsor, 1628 – 35, chapel royal, 1636 – 41; registrar, Order of the Garter, 1628–35. Parentalia, 1–2, 133–4; Fasti Wyndesorienses, 46–47.

Pres., Pembroke, Camb. 1616 – 24; master, Peterhouse, Camb. 1625 – 34; v.-chan., Camb. 1628 – 29; gov. Charterhouse, 1634–?5, 1660–?d. Parentalia, 1–2, 133–4; G.S. Davies, Charterhouse in London, app. D.

Parlimentarian

WREN, Matthew (1585-1667)

Likenesses

oil on canvas by unknown artist, bef. 1628, Pembroke, Camb.

Author

Littleton, Charles

Adams, Beverly

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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