Richard Mayew (1439/40–1516), also written Mayo, was an English academic, who became Bishop of Hereford (1504 to 1516)[1] and a diplomat for Henry VII of England.
Biography
editMayew was born in Hungerford, Berkshire, England. He was President of Magdalen College, Oxford, from 1480 to 1507;[2] previously he had been a Fellow of New College, Oxford, and was brought in by William Waynflete.[3] He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford in 1484–5, and Chancellor of the University of Oxford in 1502.
He was collated Archdeacon of Oxford in 1493 and Archdeacon of the East Riding in 1501 and was elevated to the bishopric of Hereford and the position of Lord Almoner in 1504.[4] In 1501 he was one of the party who brought Catherine of Aragon from Spain for her marriage to Prince Arthur, a mission commemorated in tapestries.[5]
Mayew was buried at Hereford Cathedral.[6]
References
edit- ^ Bishops, British History Online.
- ^ The 42 presidents, Magdalen College, Oxford, UK.
- ^ Leach, Arthur Francis (1911). . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 433.
- ^ Athenæ Oxonienses an Exact History of All the Writers and Bishops ..., Volume 1. p. 559.
- ^ Gardiner, Rena. "The Story of Magdalen College, Oxford". Magdalen College, Oxford. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
- ^ UK Southwest
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