Maurice Meyricke

Maurice Meyricke (ca. 1563  1640) was a Welsh academic at the University of Oxford in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Life

Meyricke, from Anglesey, matriculated from New College, Oxford on 11 May 1582 with a scholarship at the age of 19. He obtained his BA degree on 27 October 1585 and his MA degree on 2 June 1589. He also became a Fellow of New College at about this time. His brother William and half-brother John Meyrick were also educated at New College, Oxford.[1] Maurice was the Registrar of the University of Oxford from 1600 to 1608.[2] He was appointed as a Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford in the royal charter of 1622 issued by James I.[3] He died in 1640.[2]

References

  1. "Meyrick, John (1538-1599)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
  2. 1 2 Foster, Joseph (1891–1892). Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford, 1500–1714. ISBN 978-1-85506-843-8.
  3. Allen, Brigid (1998). "The Early History of Jesus College, Oxford 15711603" (PDF). Oxoniensia. Oxfordshire Architectural and Historical Society. LXIII: 117. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
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