MAIDWELL, LEWIS, son of Godfrey Maidwell, Cranford, Northants; b.; adm.; BB; KS 1664; failed to obtain his election to either Univ. 1668; St. John’s Coll. Oxford, adm. sizar 30 Jun 1668, aged 18, Bishop Williams Scholar 8 Nov 1670; BA 1671/2; for an amusing account of his activities as an undergraduate see Elizabethan, xii, 214-5; author, The Loving Enemies, a comedy, 1680; buried West Cloister, Westminster Abbey 12 Oct 1716.

MAHONY, JOHN, brother of Robert Hickson (qv); b. 1816; assumed surname of Mahony in lieu of Hickson 11 Dec 1827, in compliance with will of maternal uncle; adm. 15 Apr 1830; KS 1831; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1835, matr. 4 Jun 1835, Westminster Student; BA 1839; MA 1842; adm. King’s Inns, Dublin 1840, and Middle Temple 23 Apr 1844; signed Play Protest 1847.

MADOX, JOHN; b. ; adm. ; KS 7 Jul 1547 (Chapter Muniments).

Madge, James Wolfe, son of Charles Henry Madge, Prof. of Sociology, Univ. of Birmingham, and his first wife Kathleen Jessie Raine, poet and critic, d. of George Raine of Christchurch, Hants; grandson of Charles Albert Madge (qv); b. 21 Sept. 1936; adm. Sept. 1949 (KS); left July 1954; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1956, BA 1959 (1st class hons Architecture); ARIBA 1963; private architectural practice 1964-; tutor AA 1965-71; lecturer Central Lond. Poly. 1974; m. 1959 Jennifer Ann Shirley, d. of James Alliston, architect, of Coventry, Warks; d. Nov. 2006.

MADEW, JOHN; b. ; adm. ; KS 1 Feb 1547/8 (Acts of Chapter).

MADDOCKS, RICHARD; b.; adm.; KS; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1611, Westminster Student from 10 Jan 1611/2; BA 1615; MA 1618; by his will dated 6 Jun 1627, proved PCC 25 Sep 1627, Maddocks left some of his books to his old schoolfellow and “dear friend” Lambert Osbaldeston (qv); d. 1627.

MADAN, WILLIAM, son of Spencer Madan (KS 1806, qv); b. 2 Jun 1834; adm. 30 Jan 1847 (G); QS 1849; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1853, adm. pens. 7 May 1853, scholar 1854; Ensign, 49th Foot 14 Dec 1854; Lieut., 9 Mar 1855; Capt., 21 Feb 1860; Brigade Major, Bombay District; served in Crimean War; m. 27 Mar 1860 Georgina Marian, third dau. of James Crosby, Georgetown, Demerara, West Indies, barrister; d. at Bombay, India 13 Apr 1871.

MADAN, WILLIAM, son of Spencer Madan (adm. 1770, qv); b. 17 Apr 1793; adm. 20 Apr 1804; KS 1807; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1811, matr. 28 May 1811, Westminster Student; 1st cl. Classics and 1st cl. Mathematics 1814; BA 1814; MA 1817; ordained; Vicar of Polesworth, Warwicks., from 30 Sep 1819; d. 17 Apr 1824.

MADAN, SPENCER, brother of Martin Madan (adm. 1736, qv); b.; adm. (aged 8) Apr 1738 (Guyneham's); KS 1742; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1746, adm. pens. 30 May 1746, scholar 22 May 1747, matr. 1747; 3rd Wrangler 1749; BA 1749/50; MA 1753; DD 1766; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1752, Major Fellow 28 Jul 1753; adm. Inner Temple 9 Jul 1747; ordained deacon (London) 24 Dec 1752, priest (Durham) 23 Sep 1753; Vicar of Bossall, Yorks., 9 Oct 1754-67; Rector of Haxey, Lincs., 1761 – still 1767 (disp. to hold with West Halton); Rector of West Halton, Lincs., 1767 – still 1794 (disp. to hold with Bp Peterborough); Chaplain in Ordinary to George III c. 1762-87; Prebendary of Peterborough 3 May 1770 – Mar 1794; Rector of Ashbury, Berks., 1776; Rector of Great Bradley, Suffolk 1783-6; Rector of Castor, Northants, from 1794; consecrated Bishop of Bristol 3 Jun 1792; translated to Peterborough 7 Mar 1794; m. 1st, 8 Apr 1756 Lady Charlotte Cornwallis, second dau. of Charles Cornwallis, 1st Earl Cornwallis; m. 2nd, 15 Jul 1796 Mary, dau. of William Vyse, Lichfield, Staffs.; d. 8 Nov 1813. DNB.

MADAN, SPENCER, son of Spencer Madan (KS 1806, qv); b. 21 Oct 1832; adm. 25 Sep 1845 (G); QS 1847; left 1851; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 12 Jun 1851; BA 1857; MA 1858; Rector of Standon, Staffs., from 1862; m. 19 May 1863 Fanny, eldest dau. of Rev. Joseph Salt, Rector of Standon, Staffs.; d. 23 Dec 1869.