Maurice Meyricke (ca. 15631640) was a Welsh academic at the

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in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Life

Meyricke, from

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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

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of New College at about this time. His brother William and half-brother John Meyrick were also educated at New College, Oxford. Maurice was the

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from 1600 to 1608. He was appointed as a Fellow of

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in the royal charter of 1622 issued by

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. He died in 1640.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Meyricke, Maurice 1560s births 1640 deaths Alumni of New College, Oxford Fellows of New College, Oxford Fellows of Jesus College, Oxford People from Anglesey Registrars of the University of Oxford 16th-century Welsh writers 16th-century male writers 17th-century Welsh writers 17th-century male writers