- Richard Mayew
Richard Mayew (1439/40–1516) was an English academic, who became
bishop of Hereford (1504 to 1516 [ [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=32667 Bishops | British History Online ] ] ) and a diplomat forHenry VII of England .He was one of the party who brought
Catherine of Aragon from Spain for her marriage, a mission commemorated in tapestries [ [http://www.magd.ox.ac.uk/gardiner/tybard_and_mayew.shtml The Story of Magdalen College, Oxford. By Rena Gardiner ] ] .He was President of
Magdalen College, Oxford from 1480 to 1507 [ [http://www.magd.ox.ac.uk/history/presidents.shtml magdalen > history > the 42 presidents ] ] ; previously he had been a Fellow ofNew College, Oxford , and was brought in byWilliam Waynflete [ [http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/William_Waynflete William Waynflete - LoveToKnow 1911 ] ] . He wasVice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford in 1484-5, andChancellor of the University of Oxford in 1502.References
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