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.
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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”).
MATY, PAUL HENRY, only son of Matthew Maty MD FRS, Principal Librarian, British Museum, and his first wife Elizabeth, dau. of Louis Chevalleau, Sieur de Boisragon; b. 18 Dec 1744; adm.; Min. Can. 1757; Edward Gibbon (adm. 1747/8, qv), in a letter to his father of 14 Dec 1758, writes that “I saw at her [Mrs Porten’s] house Dr Maty’s son, a little odd cur, and by an unexampled generosity I tipped the boy with a crown, and the father with a coal of fire” (Private Letters of Edward Gibbon, ed. Prothero, 1896, i, 18); KS (aged 13) 1758; Capt. of the School 1762; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1763, adm. pens. 1 Jun 1763, scholar 25 Jun 1764, Worts travelling scholar 1767; 11th Wrangler 1767; BA 1767; MA 1770; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 3 Oct 1768, Major Fellow 4 Jul 1770-5; Grand Tour (Italy) 1767-8; ordained deacon 23 Sep 1770, priest 26 May 1771 (both London); Chaplain to David Murray, 7th Viscount Stormont (S) (afterwards 2nd Earl of Mansfield) (qv), when British Ambassador at Paris; did not seek clerical preferment after 1776 owing to doubts about the Thirty-Nine Articles; FRS 16 May 1771, Foreign Secretary 13 Feb 1772 – 30 Jun 1774, Principal Secretary 30 Nov 1778 – 5 May 1778; Assistant Librarian, British Museum 1776-82, Under Librarian, Dept. of Natural History and Antiquities 1782; started The New Review 1782; compiler, A General Index to the Philosophical Transactions, vols 1-70; author of two translations and a volume of sermons; lic. to m. 15 Sep 1775 Harriet, dau. of Joseph Clerke, Wethersfield, Essex; d. 16 Jan 1787. DNB.
MAUD, HENRY LANDON, brother of John Primatt Maud (qv); b. 24 Feb 1829; adm. 30 Sep 1841 (Scott's); QS 1842; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1846, matr. 23 May 1846; BA 1850; MA 1881; ordained deacon 1853, priest 1854 (both Canterbury); Curate, Patrixbourne, Kent 1853, subsequently of Brigstock, Northants, and St. Giles in the Fields, London; Vicar of Assington, Suffolk 1866-77; Vicar of New Milverton, Warwickshire 1877-91; Rector of Sanderstead, Surrey 1892-1902; m. 12 Jun 1855 Amelia Harriet, youngest dau. of Col. Thomas Powell, Rifle Brigade and King’s Horse; d. 7 Mar 1909.
MAUD, JOHN PRIMATT, son of Rev. John Primatt Maud, Swainswick, Somerset, and Matilda Elizabeth Hains, Swainswick, Somerset; b. 31 Dec 1823; adm. 22 Jan 1838 (Scott's); QS 1838; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1842, matr. 12 May 1842, Westminster Student 1842-4; migrated to Trinity Hall, Cambridge 1844; LLB 1860; Cadet, EICS Madras 1845; Ensign, 5th Native Infantry 15 Jun 1846; Lieut., 16 Feb 1850; Capt., 15 Sep 1857; retd. 30 Mar 1859; served in Second Burmese War 1851-3 and in Indian Mutiny; ordained deacon 1860, priest 1861 (both Chester); Curate, St. Paul’s, Tranmere, Cheshire 1860-1, Langtoft, Lincs. 1861-2; Vicar of Ancaster, Lincs., 1862-95; m. 18 Nov 1856 Fanny Elizabeth Dorothy, dau. of Lieut. William Croudace; d. 11 Apr 1899.
MAUDE, CHARLES FREWEN, brother of Arthur Maude (qv); b. 15 Jun 1848; adm. 30 Sep 1859 (G); QS 1863; left Whitsun 1867; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 20 May 1866; BA 1872; MA 1877; ordained deacon 21 Dec 1872, priest 21 Dec 1873 (both Chichester); Curate, Salehurst, Sussex 1872-7; Rector of Woodham Mortimer, Essex 1877-86; Rector of St. James’s, Colchester, Essex 1886; Vicar of St. James’s, Stanway, Essex 1886-8; Rector of Burwash, Sussex, from 6 Nov 1888; m. 13 Jan 1880 Florence Jane, dau. of Alexander Orr (qv); d. while celebrating Holy Communion in Burwash church 7 Mar 1909.
MAURICE, PETER, brother of Maesmore Maurice (qv); b.; adm.; KS (aged 12) 1733; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1737, but went to Wadham Coll. Oxford, matr. 1 Jul 1737, aged 18, scholar 1737, Hody exhibitioner 1738-42; BA 1741; MA 1749; ordained deacon (Winchester ) 19 Dec 1743; Rector of Llanllechid, Caernarvonshire 4 Jan 1744/5-8; Chancellor of Bangor 5 May 1747-8, Treasurer 19 Mar 1747/8-50, Prebendary 10 May 1750-8; m. Margaret, dau. of William Lewis, Trysglwyn, Anglesey. [will of Peter Maurice, clerk, Maysneor, Denbighshire, proved PCC 1 Dec 1759]