Cecil Matthews (priest)

The Venerable
Cecil Lloyd Matthews
MA
The Venerable Cecil Lloyd Matthews MA
Archdeacon of Leicester
	In office; 1938–1956
Personal details
Born	8 February 1881
Died	26 February 1962
Spouse	Ennis née Beddoe

The Venerable Cecil Lloyd Matthews (1881–1962)[1] was an eminent Anglican priest and author in the mid 20th century.

Matthews was educated at Monmouth Grammar School and Keble College, Oxford.[2] In 1902-3 he was Assistant Master at The Limes Preparatory School Shrewsbury and from 1903-1907 was Assistant Master at Norwich School.[3] He was ordained in 1904[4] and began his career with a curacy at SS Laurence and Gregory, Norwich after which he was Priest in charge at St Marks, Bourne End from 1907 to 1911. He was then Rector of Clophill and when World War I broke out a Temporary Chaplain to the Forces. When peace returned he held incumbencies at Hungarton, Hinckley and Knighton. He was Rural Dean of Christianity within the Diocese of Leicester from 1938 and from then until 1956 Archdeacon of Leicester.[5] He retired in 1956.

Notes

The Times, Tuesday, 27 February 1962; p. 15; Issue 55326; col A Ven. C. L. Matthews
"Who was Who" 1897–2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
"Ampthill and District News". Clophill History. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
Crockford's Clerical Directory1947-48 Oxford, OUP,1947
University of Leicester

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Archdeacons of Leicester
High Medieval	Ranulph Godfrey Walter Robert de Chesney Hugh Barre Baldric de Segillo Hamo Roger de Rolleston Reimund of Lincoln Robert Grosseteste William de Dratton John of Basingstoke Solomon of Dover Roger de Saxenhurst Roger Martival
Late Medieval	Guillaume Cardinal de Farges Raynald Orsini Henry Chaddesden William Doune Philippe Cardinal de Cabassoles Giacomo Cardinal Orsini, Dean of Salisbury John Bottlesham John Elvet Richard Elvet John Legbourne Thomas Barnsley Richard Ewen William Witham Roger Rotherham John Morton Richard Lavender William Spark Henry Wilcocks Richard Maudeley Stephen Gardiner Edward Foxe Edmund Bonner William More
Early modern	Thomas Robertson Richard Barber Hugh Blythe Robert Johnson Richard Pilkington William Warr Henry Ferne Robert Hitch Clement Breton William Owtram Francis Meres Byrom Eaton John Rogers David Trimnel John Taylor James Bickham Andrew Burnaby Thomas Parkinson Thomas Bonney
Late modern	Henry Fearon Assheton Pownall John Mitchinson John Stocks Frederick MacNutt Cecil Matthews Irven Edwards Berkeley Cole David Silk Mike Edson Richard Atkinson Tim Stratford Richard Worsfold

Diocese of Leicester
Leicester Cathedral Bishop's Lodge, Knighton Bishop's House, Rothley St Martin's House, Leicester Launde Abbey
Office holders	Martyn Snow, Bishop of Leicester Saju Muthalaly, Bishop suffragan of Loughborough AEO: Norman Banks, Bishop suffragan of Richborough & Rob Munro, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Dean of Leicester (vacant) Claire Wood, Archdeacon of Loughborough Richard Worsfold, Archdeacon of Leicester
Historic offices	Provost of Leicester (1927–2000; see Dean of Leicester) Assistant Bishop of Leicester (1987–2017; see Bishop of Loughborough)