108. _Dr. Matthew Sutcliffe._--None of the biographers of the famous Dr.
Matthew Sutcliffe, Dean of Exeter, the controversial writer, and founder
of Chelsea College, state where he was born, or where interred.
Faulkner, in his _History of Chelsea_, observes that he was probably a
native of Devonshire; but there appears to be some ground for
considering that he was of a family settled at Mayroyd, in the parish of
Halifax in Yorkshire. In a conveyance of the estate, dated 29th January,
1581, the grantor is Matthew Sutcliffe, "Doctor of Civil Law, dwelling
in London." He was of Trinity College, Cambridge, and Doctor of Civil
Law: he died in 1629. In his will he desires to be buried in Exeter
Cathedral. Probably the inscription on his tombstone, if still existing,
might settle this uncertainty. I shall feel obliged to any of your
correspondents who can throw any light on the subject.