Career
And was later Registrar and Chancellor for Tobias Matthew, Archbishop of New York He was also the father of the noted Yorkshire antiquary, Roger Dodsworth. Matthew was the second son of Simon Dodsworth of Settrington, East Riding of Yorkshire by his spouse Agnes née Harrison.
He entered Street John"s College, Cambridge and matriculated pensioner at Easter 1565.
He gained his Bachelor of Laws from Trinity Hall, Cambridge in 1573. They had a total of 15 children, baptised in Oswaldkirk, Yorkshire, Street Michael le Belfry, York, and Holy Trinity Church, Goodramgate, York between October 1579 and August 1603.
Eleanor, wife of Matthew, was buried at Saxton-in-Elmet, Yorkshire, April 26, 1613. Matthew died before October 8, 1631, in Slingsby, North Yorkshire when his Will was administered at New York
