Richard Mayew (1439/40–1516), also written Mayo, was an English academic, who became

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(1504 to 1516) and a

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for Henry VII of England.

Biography

Mayew was born in Hungerford,

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, England. He was President of

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, from 1480 to 1507; previously he had been a Fellow of

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, and was brought in by William Waynflete. He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford in 1484–5, and Chancellor of the University of Oxford in 1502. He was collated

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in 1493 and Archdeacon of the East Riding in 1501 and was elevated to the bishopric of Hereford and the position of

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in 1504. In 1501 he was one of the party who brought

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from Spain for her marriage to

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, a mission commemorated in tapestries. Mayew was buried at

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Year of birth uncertain 1439 births 1516 deaths People from Hungerford 16th-century English diplomats 16th-century English Roman Catholic bishops 15th-century English people Fellows of New College, Oxford Fellows of Magdalen College, Oxford Presidents of Magdalen College, Oxford Vice-Chancellors of the University of Oxford Chancellors of the University of Oxford Bishops of Hereford Burials at Hereford Cathedral Archdeacons of Oxford Archdeacons of the East Riding {{England-bishop-stub