Matthew Handcock (1658-1740) was an 18th-century Anglican priest in Ireland."The History and Antiquities of the Collegiate and Cathedral Church of St. Patrick Near Dublin, from it Foundation in 1190, to the Year 1819: Comprising a Topographical Account of the Lands and Parishes Appropriated to the Community of the Cathedral, and to Its Members, and Biographical Memoirs of Its Deans" Mason, W.M. p132:Dublin, W.Folds, 1820
The son of William Handcock, an MP in the Irish House of Commons, he educated at Trinity College, Dublin."Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p367: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935 He was Archdeacon of Kilmore from 1699 until his death."Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 3" Cotton, H. p176Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878
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