PARKER

MATTHEW, Archbishop of Canterbury, was born in 1504. After his Cambridge course lie was appointed eventually King’s Chaplain and Canon of Ely, and then, in 1544, Master of Corpus Christ i College, Cambridge, and Vice-Chancellor of that University. On Queen Mary's acce ion he was deprived of his offices, but Elizabeth made him Archbishop of Canterbury. He founded the Antiquarian Society, was a collector of MSS., and edited “ Chronicles of Wal singh am,” etc.