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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.

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.

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).

MASSEY, ---; b.; adm.; QS in 1554 (Chapter Muniments).

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].

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.

MATHEWE, ---; b.; adm.; QS in 1554 (Chapter Muniments).

MATHEWS, MAURICE, fifth son of Robert Mathews, Llanyblodwel, Shropshire, and Ursula ---; b.; adm.; KS 1665; failed to obtain election to either University 1667; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 12 Jul 1667, aged 17; m. 2 Jan 1667/8 Frances Lewis, St. Margaret’s, Westminster.

MATTHEW, JOHN (alias MARLER, CHRISTOPHER); b.; adm.; QS ; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1588, adm. scholar 1589; BA 1592/3; MA 1596; Roman Catholic convert; English Coll., Valladolid, Spain, adm. 30 May 1599, aged 27; took oath 2 Feb 1600; ordained priest (RC) Sep 1602; sent to England early in 1603, but deported in following year after a period of confinement in the Gatehouse Prison, Westminster; set out from Douai 10 Dec 1604 to return to England.

MATTOCK, RICHARD, son of Richard Mattock, London; b.; at school under Busby three years (J. E. B. Mayor and R. F. Scott, Admissions to St. John’s Coll. Camb., i, 50); Min. Can. 1636; KS 1637; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. sizar 17 Oct 1639, aged 18, Bishop Williams scholar 6 Nov 1639, matr. 1639 (as “Mallock”).