Richard Mayew

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Richard Mayew (1439/40–1516), also written Mayo, was an English academic, who became Bishop of Hereford (1504 to 1516)^[1] and a diplomat for Henry VII of England.

Mayew was born in Hungerford, Berkshire, England. He was one of the party who brought Catherine of Aragon from Spain for her marriage, a mission commemorated in tapestries.^[2]

He was President of Magdalen College, Oxford, from 1480 to 1507;^[3] previously he had been a Fellow of New College, Oxford, and was brought in by William Waynflete.^[4] He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford in 1484–5, and Chancellor of the University of Oxford in 1502.

Mayew was buried at Hereford Cathedral.^[5]

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Academic offices
Preceded by William Tybard	President of Magdalen College, Oxford 1480–1507	Succeeded by John Claymond
Preceded by Robert Wrangwais, William Sutton	Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford 1484–1485	Succeeded by John Taylor
Preceded by William Smyth	Chancellor of the University of Oxford 1502–1506	Succeeded by William Warham
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Adriano Castellesi	Bishop of Hereford 1504–1516	Succeeded by Charles Booth

v t e Archdeacons of the East Riding

High Medieval	Ranulph William of York Hugh de Puiset John of Canterbury Ralph de Warneville Geoffrey Burchard de Puiset/du Puiset Eustace Hamo Walter de Wisbech Walter de Taney Walter de Woburn Simon of Evesham Robert of Scarborough John de Crowcombe/de Craucombe

Late Medieval	Bertrand de Fargis William de Ayremynne Denis Haverel Aymer Cardinal Robert John de Cestre William de Walcote Walter Skirlaw John de Hermesthorp William de Waltham Francis Cardinal Renzio de Alifia Bartholomew Cardinal Oleari OSB William Feryby Christopher Cardinal de Maronibus William de Waltham (again) Henry Bowet John Wodham Richard Tone Robert Clifton John Walter Edmund Audley Edward Pole William Poteman Henry Carnebull John Hole Richard Mayew Thomas Magnus

Early modern	John Dakyn William Rokeby Martin Parkinson John May Richard Remington Marmaduke Blakiston John Cosin Clement Breton Robert Hitch William Brearey Heneage Dering Jaques Sterne Robert Oliver Thomas Constable Darley Waddilove Francis Wrangham Robert Wilberforce Charles Long

Late modern	Richard Blunt James Palmes Charles Mackarness Unknown/vacant Malet Lambert Bernard Heywood, Bishop of Hull Henry Vodden, Bishop of Hull Frank Ford Donald Snelgrove Michael Vickers Hugh Buckingham Peter Harrison David Butterfield

Persondata
Name	Mayew, Richard
Alternative names	Mayo, Richard
Short description	Academic, bishop
Date of birth	1439/40
Place of birth	Hungerford, Berkshire, England
Date of death	1516
Place of death	England

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