Mayew was born in
Hungerford,
Berkshire,
England. He was
President of
Magdalen College, Oxford, from 1480 to 1507; previously he had been a
Fellow of
New College, Oxford, and was brought in by
William Waynflete. He was
Vice-Chancellor of the
University of Oxford in 1484–5, and
Chancellor of the University of Oxford in 1502. He laid the foundation stone of
Magdalen Tower on 9 August 1492. The tower was completed in 1509, by which time he had left Oxford. He was collated
Archdeacon of Oxford in 1493 and
Archdeacon of the East Riding in 1501 and was elevated to the bishopric of Hereford and the position of
Lord Almoner in 1504. In 1501, he was one of the party who brought
Catherine of Aragon from
Spain for her marriage to
Prince Arthur, a mission commemorated in tapestries. Mayew was buried at
Hereford Cathedral. ==References==