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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. Maurice was the Registrar of the University of Oxford from 1600 to 1608. He was appointed as a Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford in the royal charter of 1622 issued by James I.

His son was Sir William Meyrick.

He died in 1640.

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.

• 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 Welsh male writers
• 17th-century Welsh writers
• 17th-century male writers