Matthew Randall II

M, b. before 3 July 1599, d. 1677
     Matthew was born in Bath, Somersetshire, England. On 3 July 1599, he was christened in Bath, Somersetshire, England, at the Abbey Church of St. Peter & Paul.1 He was the son of Matthew Randall I and Agnes Cullen. In 1621, he received his BA degree from St. John's College, Oxford University and in 1626, recived his MA degree. On 17 February 1627, hr was ordained at the Salisbury Cathedral. On 16 January 1639, he was installed as the Vicar of the parish church of St. Mellion at Cornwall. Matthew married Margaret Trevisa, daughter of Reverand John Trevisa and Margaret Courtney, on 20 January 1638/39 in the Village of St. Mellion, St. Germans, County Cornwall, England.2 On 2 May 1648, he was minister of Bath Abbey Church of St. Peter & Paul. In 1649, he immigrated from St. Mellion Parish, Cornwall to the Bath Abbey Church. Between 1649 to 1662, he was Vicar at St. Mellion Church, Cornwall. In 1660, he was named rector of St. Andrew's Parish Church at High Ham.3 Matthew departed this life in 1677 in High Ham, Somersetshire, England.

Children of Matthew Randall II and Margaret Trevisa

Citations

  1. [S561] The Register of the Abbey at Bath, England - Christening Records: 3 July 1599 - Matthew, son of Mathew Randall - transcribed by Dorice Crawshaw, September 1984 transcribed by Patricia Howlett & her sister.
  2. [S1191] Randall & Allied Families - compiled by W. Roberts Randall - http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi
  3. [S1191] Randall & Allied Families: Letter received by Mr. W. Randalll - "It is clear that you are well aware of the religious turmoil in England at this time, a hangover from the Henrician Reformation, the Marian Gouter Reformation and the Elizabethan Settlement. In a way England during the civil war period was somewhat like Afghanistan today with the extreme Taleban in control. The puritans, for whom the reformation hadn't gone far enough, seized their chance to push on with their agenda and I need not tell you how the clergy who were Royalist in sympathy and used the book of common prayer suffered. I think you must have all this from Matthews. Over a third of the clergy were deprived and their livings sequestered. It is obvious that your kinsman was a puritan who took over two sequestered livings - High Ham and Bath. Masters and Kingman were among the men who were deprived. And of course this may account for the emigration of his son John to America. Religion lay behind a great deal of emigration starting with the Pilgrim Fathers. (Letter, Thomas P. E. Randall, February 25, 2002)
    "Comments of Jack Bates, Professor" Staffordshire University, Staffordshire, England; November 9, 2001 (Randall Archives) - compiled by W. Roberts Randall - http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi