Matthew Postlethwayte (1679–1745) was Archdeacon of Norwich from 1742 until 1744.
A Cumbrian, Postlethwayte was educated at St Paul's and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He was ordained on 22 December 1706. He held incumbencies at Needham, Shottesham, Denton and Redenhall.
He died on 27 June 1745.
References
- Denton, Norfolk
- British History On-line
- Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900 Part 1 Vol III p383 Kaile – Ryves John Venn: Cambridge, CUP, 1944 (2011) ISBN 978-1-108-03613-9
- Church web site
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