Matthias Candler
Candler [Gillet], Matthias (1605–1663), topographer and Church of England clergyman
About Matthias Candler
Lived 1605 – 1663 (aged 58). Matthias Candler was a non-fiction writer.
Matthias Candler (24 February 1605 – 6 December 1663), also known as Matthias Gillet, was an English Church of England clergyman, topographer and antiquarian. He compiled an extensive survey of Suffolk and its families in the 1650s.
Biography Candler was the son of William Gillet or Candler (c.1580–1612), a schoolmaster in Yoxford, Suffolk, and Hannah Fiske (c.1585–1649). and an account of the Fiske family. Some copies have additions from William Blois and Candler's eldest son, Philip.
He died Coddenham on 6 December 1663.
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Candler [Gillet], Matthias (1605–1663), topographer and Church of England clergyman
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Matthias Candler was born on 17 January 1605.
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Matthias Candler died on 17 January 1663.
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