From
Lancashire, Madew became Fellow of
St John's College, Cambridge in 1530. He graduated M.A, in 1533, then B.D. in 1543 and D. D. in 1546. His appointment as Regius Professor was around 1545. He was
vice-chancellor on four occasions. In 1548 as Vice-chancellor Madew stopped a proposed disputation by
Roger Ascham on the
Eucharist. The next year, on 20 June, there was an official disputation on a similar topic. In the audience, in the philosophy schools, were
William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton, and all the college Visitors. Madew was required to defend the Protestant side, against
Alban Langdale,
William Glyn and others. On that occasion
Nicholas Ridley, there as a moderator of the discussion, frequently took up the argument rather than letting Madew speak. At the end of his life Madew was reconciled to the Catholic church. ==Notes==