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 Metcalfe, Theophilus, s. Samuel, of London (city), gent. , matric. 15 Oct., 1706, aged 16; B.A. 1710, M.A. 1713, B.Med. 1716, D.Med. 1724, died at Ambrosden, Oxon, 11 Feb., 1757.

Metcalfe, Thomas, pleb. , matric. 11 April, 1660, B.A. 1663; perhaps bar.-at-law, Gray's Inn, 1666, as 1s. of Robert, of Sowerby, Yorks, gent. See Foster's Judges and Barristers.

Medcalfe, William, B.A. (? from .) 14 Jan., 1573-4.

Metcalfe, William, s. Charles, of Fort St. George, gent. ., matric. 13 Nov., 1714, aged 16.

Medcalfe, Zaccheus, of Bucks, cler. fil. ., matric. entry under date 9 Dec., 1579, aged 17; B.A. from. 6 May, 1583, M.A. 3 July, 1588. See Cornelius. [],

Metford, James, of .; scholar. 28 Jan., 1647-8, from Crewkerne, Somerset (s. John), expelled by the parliamentary visitors, restored 1660, M.A. 23 Aug., 1660, rector of Bassingham, co. Lincoln, 1661, and canon of York 1687, rector of Skinnand, co. Lincoln, 1699; brother of John 1634, and father of the next. See Fasti, ii. 228; Burrows, 495; & Foster's Index Ecclesiasticus.

Metforde, James, s. J., of Bassingham, co. Lincoln, cler. ., matric. 12 May, 1692.

Metford, John, s. John, of Crookerne, Somerset, pleb. ., matric. 13 June, 1634, aged 17; B.A. from 12 July, 1637; M.A. from. 21 Nov., 1643; created D.Med. from 12 Sept., 1661, said to have been an honorary fellow college of physicians; brother of James 1648. See Fasti, ii. 255.

Mettham, William, arm. , matric. 20 Oct., 1653; student of Gray's Inn 1656, as of Bullington, co. Lincoln, esq.; son of Robert. See Foster's Inns of Court Reg.

Metheros, Ralph, B.Can.L. sup. 5 Nov., 1516. [],

Methwin, Anthony, of Somerset, cler. fil. ., matric. 24 Oct., 1595, aged 20; B.A. from. 24 April, 1599; M.A. from 21 Jan., 1601-2, B.D. 31 May, 1609; canon of Lichfield 1611, vicar of Frome Selwood 1606, and rector of Lamyat (both Somerset), 1614, until his death 6 July, 1640, aged 66, buried at Frome, his will dated 12 April, and proved 12 Aug., 1640; father of the next-named. See Foster's Index Ecclesiasticus.

Methwin, Anthony, of Somerset, cler. fil. ., matric. 15 May, 1618, aged 17; B.A. 29 Nov., 1621, M.A. 5 July, 1624; vicar of Ilton, Somerset, 1632-41, canon of Wells 1621, rector of Lamyat, Somerset, Aug., 1640, until Oct., 1641. See Foster's Index Eccl.

Methwine, John, pleb. , matric. 22 May, 1612, aged 16; perhaps vicar of Kewstock, Somerset, 1626, then B.A. See Foster's Index Eccl.

Methwin, John, s. Paul, of Bradford, Wilts, gent. , matric. 21 April, 1665, aged 15; of Bishops Cannings, Wilts, bar.-at-law, Inner Temple, 1674, a master in chancery 1685-1706, licenced 16 Feb., 1671-2, to marry Mary Chivers, of Fifield, Wilts, spinster; M.P. Devizes in 5 parliaments 1690-1705, envoy to Portugal temp. William III., lord chancellor of Ireland 1697-1703, ambassador to Portugal; died at Lisbon 13 July, 1706, buried in Westminster Abbey 17 Sept., 1708; brother of Turner. See Foster's Judges and Barristers; London Marriage Licences, ed. Foster; & Chester's ''West. Abbey Reg''. 264.

Methuen, Thomas, s. Geor., of Dittisham, Devon, gent. , matric. 10 Oct., 1702, aged 15.

Methwen, Turner, s. Paul, of Bradford, Wilts, gent. , matric. 30 March, 1677, aged 16; brother of John 1665. [],

Methwold, William, s. Tho., of Brompton, Middle sex, arm. , matric. 23 Jan., 1697-8, aged 15; of St. Giles, admon. to his son Thomas granted in Jan., 1743.

Mettayer, Michael, of 1688. See Mattaire.

Mettayer, Samuel, paup. ., matric. 6 July, 1687, aged 17; vicar of Pedinghoe, Sussex, 1695, rector of Compton Abbas, Dorset, 1706. See Foster's Index Eccl.

Mettelfer, John (vel. Meltalfer), of ; created D.D. (Oxford) 16 Jan., 1642-3.

Metternich, Ebenhard, Ernest, Count, created D.C.L. 2 March, 1709-10; then chamberlain to the King of Prussia. [],

Meux, Henry, s. Bartholomew, of Ibsley, Hants, gent. ., matric. 13 July, 1638, aged 17; of Nortonbury, Herts, buried at Clerkenwell 25 Dec., 1692; father of the next-named. See Foster's Baronetage.

Meux, Henry, s. H., of Norton, Herts, gent. ., matric. 14 July, 1674, aged 15; B.A. 1678, M.A. 8 March, 1680-1; sometime of Woodstock, and afterwards of Clerkenwell, buried at Woodstock 15 Dec., 1709.

Mewe, Daniel, clerk. 1662-5; B.A. 15 Oct., 1664, chaplain 1665-71, M.A. 27 June, 1667; canon of Wells 1671. See Bloxam, ii. 72; & Foster's Index Eccl.

Mew, Nathaniel, cler. fil. ., matric. 17 March, 1653-4; B.A. 15 Oct., 1657, M.A. 4 March, 1660-1, B.D. 26 Oct., 1669; rector of Godington, Oxon, 1672. See Foster's Index Ecclesiasticus. [],

Mews, Peter, s. Ellis, of Purse Candle, Dorset, pleb. ., matric. 30 June, 1637, aged 18; fellow (and Wood says ejected), B.A. 13 May, 1641, M.A. 21 April, 1645 (incorporated at Cambridge 1648), D.C.L. 1 Dec., 1660 (as Mews); president of his college 1667-73, vice-chancellor 1669-73; born 25 March, 1619, bore arms in the civil war and was wounded, canon of Lincoln 1645, archdeacon of Huntingdon 1649, though not installed till 1660, rector of Farthingstone, Northants, 1645, of South Warnborough, Hants, 1662, rector and vicar of St. Mary, Reading. 1662, canon of Windsor 1662, and of St. Davids 1667, archdeacon of Berks, and rector of North Moreton, Berks, 1667, rector of Handborough, Oxon, 1668, dean of Rochester 1670, bishop of Bath and Wells 1673, and of Winchester 1684-1706; in 1685 he was in arms against the rebels headed by the Duke of Monmouth; died 9 Nov., 1706. See Ath. iv. 887; Hearne, i. 264; Robinson, i. 130; Lansdowne MS. 987, f. 286; & Foster's Index Eccl.

Mews, (Sir) Peter, s. John, of London (city), arm. ., matric. 31 May, 1688, aged 15; B.C.L. from. 1695; of Hinton Admiral, Hants, chancellor of Winchester 1698, knighted 13 July, 1712, M.P. Christchurch, Hants, in 4 parliaments 1710, until his death 19 March, 1725-6. See Foster's Parliamentary Dictionary & Chester's ''West. Abbey Reg''. 44.

Mew, Samuel, cler. fil. , matric. 14 May, 1651; demy from. 1653-4, B.A. 26 May, 1654, fellow 1654-69; M.A. from. 9 April, 1657; B.D. from 18 Dec., 1665 (as Meux), canon of Wells 1680, of Winchester 1689. See Bloxam, v. 217; & Foster's Index Eccl. [ 1005 ]