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MAYNE, JASPER, son of Jasper Mayne, Hatherleigh, Devon; bapt. Hatherleigh, Devon mettayer 23 Nov 1604; at school under Wilson (G. Langbaine, An Account of the English Dramatick Poets, 1691); Jesus Coll. Cambridge, adm. sizar 23 Dec 1623; migrated to Christ Church, Oxford, adm. as servitor, matr. 10 Oct 1628, aged 20, Canoneer Student 1627 – expelled 2 Oct 1648 by Parliamentary Visitors for non-submission; BA 1628; MA 1631; BD 1642; DD 1646; acquired the Oxford reputation of being “a quaint preacher and a noted poet”; ordained; Rector of Cassington, Oxfordshire 1639 – c. 1652; Vicar of Pyrton, Oxfordshire 30 Mar 1648-56; reinstated in benefices and Studentship at Restoration; Archdeacon of Chichester from 2 Jul 1660; Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, from 27 Jul 1660; Chaplain in Ordinary to Charles II; wrote a number of verses; translated some of Lucian’s Dialogues; author of plays The City Match, 1639, and The Amorous War, 1648; d. 6 Dec 1672. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. DNB.

MEAD, ROBERT, son of Robert Mead, The Black Lion, Fleet Street, London, stationer; b. 1616; adm.; KS 1630; contributed some commendatory verses to the Poeticall Blossomes of Abraham Cowley (qv) 1633; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1634, matr. 1 Sep 1634, Westminster Student to expulsion by Parliamentary Visitors “upon statutable grounds” 1648 (Burrows, 329); BA 1638; MA 1641; MD 1646; Capt. in Royalist Army; distinguished himself at siege of Oxford and in assault on Abingdon; one of the Commissioners for negotiating the surrender of Oxford 17 May 1646; Agent for Charles II in Sweden 1649-51; his comedy, The Combat of Love and Friendship, written by him when an undergraduate, was acted at Christ Church but not published until 1654; d. 21 Feb 1652/3. DNB.

MEREDITH, SIR WILLIAM, BART., second son of Amos Meredith, Chester, Cheshire, and Joanna, dau. of Thomas Cholmondeley, Vale Royal, Cheshire; bapt. St. John the Baptist, Chester 10 Mar 1724 (IGI); adm. (aged 13) Oct 1738 (Playford's); left 1742; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 24 Mar 1742/3; DCL 14 Apr 1749 (incorp. LLD Cambridge 1758); succ. grandfather as 3rd baronet Jan 1752; of Henbury, Cheshire; MP Wigan 1754-61, Liverpool 1761-80; Lord of the Admiralty Aug 1765 – Nov 1766; Comptroller of the Household Mar 1774 – Dec 1777, resigning on grounds of his opposition to the American war; Privy Councillor 9 Mar 1774; a prominent member of the House of Commons; author, Historical Remarks on the Taxation of Free States, 1778, and other pamphlets; d. unm. at Lyon, France 2 Jan 1790. DNB.