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MAYHEW, THOMAS, only son of Thomas Mayhew, Colchester, Essex, attorney; b.; adm. (aged 8) Feb 1720/1; in school list Feb 1728; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 8 Feb 1728/9; Leyden Univ. 24 Sep 1731; d. unm. 17 Oct 1739.

MAYHEW, THOMAS CHARLES WILSON, eldest son of Joseph Dorset Joseph Mayhew, Great Marlborough Street, London, attorney, and Mary Ann Fenn; b. 19 May 1807; adm. 31 May 1820; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 29 Jan 1827; practised as an attorney in Carey Street, Lincoln’s Inn, firm Mayhew, Johnston and Mayhew; a proprietor and projector of several cheap popular novels; m. 1 Jan 1831 Catherine Lawrance (IGI); d. 25 Oct 1834.

MAYHEW, HENRY, brother of Thomas Charles Wilson Mayhew (qv); b. 25 Nov 1812; adm. 14 Jan 1822; Min. Can. 1826; ran away from School during the Challenges, in which he had greatly distinguished himself (Forshall, Westminster School Past and Present, 1884, 329-30); articled to father, but soon abandoned law for journalism; started Figaro in London with Gilbert Abbott à Beckett (qv) 1831; published The Thief 1832; one of the originators of Punch 1841, and for a short time its joint editor; joint author with his brother Augustus Septimus Mayhew of The Greatest Plague of Life, 1847; one of the first philanthropic journalists; author London Labour and the London Poor, 1864, and numerous other works; m. 1844 Jane, elder dau. of Douglas William Jerrold, journalist and wit; d. 25 Jul 1887. DNB.

MAYHEW, ALFRED, brother of Thomas Charles Wilson Mayhew (qv); b. 7 Jun 1810; adm. 14 Jan 1822; Cadet, EICS Madras 1825; Ensign, 25th Native Infantry 12 Feb 1827; discharged in India 30 Nov 1831; returned to England; adm. attorney Hilary 1839; practised in Carey Street, Lincoln’s Inn, firm Mayhew, Johnston and Mayhew; living 1861.

MAYDWELL, WILLIAM LOCKWOOD, son of William Lockwood (qv); b. 1761; at school under Smith (name not in admissions but on family list up School as W. L. Lockwood 1769); Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 31 Aug 1779; BCL [but this degree not in Foster]; ordained priest (Peterborough) 29 Jun 1787; assumed additional surname of Maydwell 7 Oct 1797; Curate, Thrapston, Northants, from 1819; of Geddington, Northants; m. 1st, 6 Jun 1798 his cousin Matilda, dau. of Thomas Lockwood (adm. 1731, qv); m. 2nd, 1801 Mary Anne, dau. of John Hodson, Wellingborough, Northants; d. 12 Jun 1836.

MAYCOCK, THOMAS; b.; adm. (aged 13) Jun 1728.

MAYCOCK, ---; b.; in under school lists 1729, 1730.

MAYBANK, LAMPEN, son of Robert Maybank, Hayes, Middlesex, and Ann ---; b.; adm. (aged 6) Apr 1723; in school list 1731; d. unm. 1760.

Maybank, John Robert, son of John Richard Charles Maybank of Herne Hill, Kent, and Maud Beatrice, d. of Herbert Frank Pratt; b. 19 Sept. 1936; adm. Sept. 1950 (R); left July 1954; m. 1965 Beryl Catlow; d. 25 Oct 2015.