Richard Mayew

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 for Henry 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 of New College, Oxford, and was brought in by William Waynflete [ [http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/William_Waynflete William Waynflete - LoveToKnow 1911 ] ] . He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford in 1484-5, and Chancellor of the University of Oxford in 1502.

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