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]

His son was Sir William Meyrick.

He died in 1640.[2]

References
  1. Lee, Sidney, ed. (1894). "Meyrick, John (1538-1599)". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 37. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  2. Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Meyricke, Maurice" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500–1714. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  3. Allen, Brigid (1998). "The Early History of Jesus College, Oxford 1571–1603" (PDF). Oxoniensia. LXIII. Oxfordshire Architectural and Historical Society: 117. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
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