MASTER, THOMAS, brother of Legh Master (qv); b. 3 Dec 1723; adm. Apr 1733; Min. Can. 1738; KS 1739; d. at school 14 Dec 1742. Buried South Cloister, Westminster Abbey.
MASTER, BENJAMIN, seventh son of Rev. William Master DD, Prebendary of Canterbury, and Mary ---; bapt. Canterbury Cathedral 28 Oct 1612 (sic); adm.; KS (aged 14) 1629; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1633, matr. 29 Nov 1633, Westminster Student to 1649; BA 1637; MA 1640. [Perhaps Benjamin Masters (sic) who was Rector of Grafton Flyford, Worcs., by 1650; perhaps Benjamin Master who was Master, Gloucester Cathedral School 1659-60].
MASSEY, ---; b.; adm.; QS in 1554 (Chapter Muniments).
MASON, ROBERT, eldest son of Robert Mason LLD, Croom’s Hill, Greenwich, Kent, Master of Court of Requests, and Judith, dau. of Sir Christopher Buckle, Burgh, Surrey; b.; adm.; KS (aged 15) 1656; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1659, adm. pens. 10 May 1659, scholar 1659, martr. 1662; BA 1662/3; of East Greenwich, Kent; m.; d. 1666 (will of him or father proved PCC 5 Apr 1666).
Mason, Edmund Russell, son of Rev. Edmund Robert Mason, Vicar of Luton, Beds., by Lilly Marian, eldest daughter of Ebenezer R. Williams, of Handsworth, Staffs; b. April 2, 1889; adm. as K.S. Sept. 25, 1902; left . July 1907; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1907; Capt. 6th (Serv.) Batt. York and Lancs Regt. Sept. 28, 1916; served in Great War I; M.C. Nov. 25, 1916; d. Bermuda 1947.
MASKELYNE, WILLIAM, son of Edmund Maskelyne, Purton, Wilts., Clerk in Secretary of State’s Office, and Elizabeth, dau. of John Booth, Woodford, Cheshire; b. 6 Oct 1725; adm. Jan 1737/8; Min. Can. 1739; KS 1740; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1744, adm. pens. 24 May 1744, scholar 3 May 1745, matr. 1745; BA 1747/8; MA 1751; BD 1761; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1750, Major Fellow 31 Jul 1751, Occasional Tutor 1753; ordained deacon (Ely) 21 May 1758; Rector of Over, Cambs., from 1768; d. Mar 1772.
MASKELYNE, EDMUND, brother of William Maskelyne (qv); bapt. 9 Aug 1728; adm. (aged 9) Jan 1737/8; KS 1742; still at school 1744; Writer, EICS Madras 1742 [check]; volunteered for military service with his brother-in-law, Lord Clive, and with him was made a prisoner of war at the capture of Madras by La Bourdonnais 1746; escaped to Fort St. David disguised as a native; again taken prisoner at Golconda 1751; Lieut., EICS Madras, by 1751; Capt., English Infantry, Madras 17 Feb 1751/2; returned to England 1759; m. 1st, 4 Feb 1762 Elizabeth, dau. of Charles Floyer, Ty-Gwyn, Llantilio Pertholey, Monmouthshire; m. 2nd, 1771 Katherine, widow of John Muscott, Ludlow, Shropshire, and dau. of John Greenly, Titley Court, Herefs.; d. 14 Sep 1775.
MARTYN, WILLIAM, son of William Martyn, Exeter, Devon, and Theodosia Smythe, Theddlethorpe, Lincs.; bapt. 25 Dec 1690; adm.; QS 1704; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1708, adm. pens. 2 Jun 1708, aged 17, scholar 13 May 1709, matr. 1708; adm. Inner Temple 13 Dec 1709; migrated to Lincoln’s Inn 11 Nov 1719, called to bar 6 Nov 1722; m. 21 Jun 1719 Dorothy ---; buried Exeter 31 Oct 1737.
MARTYN, THOMAS, son of Thomas Martyn, Essex; b.; adm.; KS (aged 14) 1650; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1654, matr. 10 Nov 1654; BA 4 Feb 1657/8; MA 1660 (incorp. Cambridge 1664); BD 1669; ordained; probably the Thomas Martin who was appointed Head Master, Harrow Sch., 1668, but was not a success and was removed within six months; Vicar of Stanwell, Middlesex 1671-3, when the living was sequestrated on account of his insanity; d. 1674.
MARTYN, RICHARD, son of Edward Martyn, Middlesex; b.; adm.; KS (aged 14) 1648; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1652, adm. pens. 21 Jun 1652, scholar 1652.