Metcalfe, Theophilus, s. Samuel, of London (city), gent. Hart Hall, 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. Magdalen Hall, 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 Corpus Christi Coll.) 14 Jan., 1573-4.
Metcalfe, William, s. Charles, of Fort St. George, gent. Trinity Coll., matric. 13 Nov., 1714, aged 16.
Medcalfe, Zaccheus, of Bucks, cler. fil. Magdalen Coll., matric. entry under date 9 Dec., 1579, aged 17; B.A. from All Souls' Coll. 6 May, 1583, M.A. 3 July, 1588. See Cornelius. [5],
Metford, James, of Merton Coll.; scholar Corpus Christi Coll. 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. Corpus Christi Coll., matric. 12 May, 1692.
Metford, John, s. John, of Crookerne, Somerset, pleb. Wadham Coll., matric. 13 June, 1634, aged 17; B.A. from St. Edmund Hall 12 July, 1637; M.A. from Pembroke Coll. 21 Nov., 1643; created D.Med. from St. Edmund Hall 12 Sept., 1661, said to have been an honorary fellow college of physicians; brother of James 1648. See Fasti, ii. 255.
Mettham, William, arm. Christ Church, 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. [10],
Methwin, Anthony, of Somerset, cler. fil. Trinity Coll., matric. 24 Oct., 1595, aged 20; B.A. from Queen's Coll. 24 April, 1599; M.A. from St. Edmund Hall 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. Queen's Coll., 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. St. Mary Hall, 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. St. Edmund Hall, 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. Hart Hall, matric. 10 Oct., 1702, aged 15.
Methwen, Turner, s. Paul, of Bradford, Wilts, gent. St. Edmund Hall, matric. 30 March, 1677, aged 16; brother of John 1665. [16],
Methwold, William, s. Tho., of Brompton, Middle sex, arm. Gloucester Hall, matric. 23 Jan., 1697-8, aged 15; of St. Giles, admon. to his son Thomas granted in Jan., 1743.
Mettayer, Michael, of Christ Church 1688. See Mattaire.
Mettayer, Samuel, paup. Pembroke Coll., 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 Cambridge University; 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. [21],
Meux, Henry, s. Bartholomew, of Ibsley, Hants, gent. Queen's Coll., 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. Lincoln Coll., 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 Magdalen Coll. 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. Corpus Christi Coll., 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. [25],
Mews, Peter, s. Ellis, of Purse Candle, Dorset, pleb. St. John's Coll., 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. St. John's Coll., matric. 31 May, 1688, aged 15; B.C.L. from All Souls' Coll. 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. Christ Church, matric. 14 May, 1651; demy from Magdalen Coll. 1653-4, B.A. 26 May, 1654, fellow 1654-69; M.A. from Merton Coll. 9 April, 1657; B.D. from Magdalen Hall 18 Dec., 1665 (as Meux), canon of Wells 1680, of Winchester 1689. See Bloxam, v. 217; & Foster's Index Eccl.
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