Leonard Mawe

Abt 1573 - 1629  (56 years)

• Name	Leonard Mawe
  Alt. Birth	Abt 1552	Rendlesham, , Suffolk, England
  Birth	Abt 1573	Rendlesham, , Suffolk, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Education	1592	Cambridge, , Cambridgeshire, England
  	He gained a BA degree from Peterhouse
  Occupation	1594	Cambridge, , Cambridgeshire, England
  	He was elected a fellow at Peterhouse
  Occupation	19 Sep 1611
  	Prebendary of Combe
  	Leonard Mawe D.D. 1611-1628. Instal. 19 Sept. 1611 (Cal. Wells 11 361). Bp. of Bath and Wells 1628. Source: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1541-1847/vol5/pp31-33
  Occupation	1621	Wells, , Somerset, England
  	He served as Prebend of Wells
  Occupation	1621-1622	Cambridge, , Cambridgeshire, England
  	He also served as Vice-Chancellor to the University of Cambridge from 1621-1622
  Occupation	17 Feb 1623	Arona, Tenerife, Canarias, Spain
  	The prospect of a Spanish dowry from a marriage between Charles, Prince of Wales and the Spanish Infanta, Maria was a potential source of income for James I, who sought ways to rule without depending on the Commons for subsidies.[1] The policy of the "Spanish Match", as it was called, was supported by the Howards and other Catholic-leaning ministers and diplomats— together known as the Spanish Party— but deeply distrusted in Protestant England, a sentiment voiced vociferously in the Commons when James called his first parliament for seven years in 1621 to raise funds for a military expedition in support of Frederick V, Elector Palatine . By the 1620s, events on the continent had stirred up anti-Catholic feeling to a new pitch. A conflict had broken out between the Catholic Holy Roman Empire and the Protestant Bohemians, who had deposed the emperor as their king and elected James's son-in-law, Frederick V, Elector Palatine, in his place, triggering the Thirty Years' War .[2] James reluctantly summoned parliament as the only means to raise the funds necessary to assist his daughter Elizabeth and Frederick, who had been ousted from Prague by Emperor Ferdinand II in 1620. The Commons on the one hand granted subsidies inadequate to finance serious military operations in aid of Frederick,[3] and on the other called for a war directly against Spain.[4] In November 1621, led by Sir Edward Coke , the Commons framed a petition asking not only for a war with Spain but for Prince Charles to marry a Protestant, and for enforcement of the anti-Catholic laws.[5] James flatly told them not to interfere in matters of royal prerogative or they would risk punishment;[6] to which provocation they reacted by issuing a statement protesting their rights, including freedom of speech.[7] Urged on by Buckingham and the Spanish ambassador Gondomar , James ripped the protest out of the record book and dissolved Parliament.[8] Denied the military option, James ignored public opinion and returned to the Spanish match as his only hope of restoring the possessions of Elizabeth and Frederick. When negotiations began to drag, Prince Charles, now 23, and Buckingham, decided to seize the initiative and travel to Spain incognito,[9] to win the Infanta directly. Arriving in Madrid on 17 February 1623 to the astonishment of King Philip IV , the impetuous delegation proved a desperate mistake. Charles and Buckingham had no idea that Maria was strongly averse to marrying a non-Catholic and that the Spanish, who had been protracting the marriage negotiations to keep British troops out of the war, would never agree to such a match unless Charles converted to Catholicism and pledged to repeal the anti-Catholic laws.[10] Though a secret treaty was signed, the prince and duke returned to England in October without the Infanta, much to the delight of the British people.[11] Embittered by their treatment in Spain, Charles and Buckingham now turned James's Spanish policy upon its head and called for a French match and a war against the Habsburg empire.[12] To raise the necessary finance, they prevailed upon James to call another Parliament, which met in February 1624. For once, the outpouring of anti-Catholic sentiment in the Commons was echoed in court, where control of policy had shifted from James to Charles and Buckingham,[13] who pressured the king to declare war and engineered the impeachment and imprisonment of the Lord Treasurer , Lionel Cranfield , earl of Middlesex , when he opposed the idea on grounds of cost.[14] The outcome of the Parliament of 1624 was ambiguous: James still refused to declare war, but Charles believed the Commons had committed themselves to financing a war against Spain, a stance which was to contribute to his problems with Parliament in his own reign.[15]
  Occupation	From 16 Nov 1617 until 1625	Cambridge, , Cambridgeshire, England
  	Master of Peterhouse
  Occupation	1628-1629
  	Bishop of Bath and Wells
  	1628, July 24.— Leonard Mawe, S.T.D., elected bishop of Bath and Wells, on the translation of bishop Laud to the see of London, pursuant to letters patent of the king of license to elect.—ƒo. 75. 1629, Oct. 29.— Walter Curle, S.T.D., bishop of Rochester, elected bishop of Bath and Wells, on the death of Leonard Mawe, pursuant to letters patent of the king giving license to elect. The dean was not at home and his key of the chest in the treasury, where the common or chapter seal is kept, cannot be found; the dean's wife said that she had not got it. Ordered that the chest be opened for the sealing of the necessary letters and certificates.—ƒo. 91d. Source: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1541-1847/vol5/pp1-5 Leonard Mawe D.D. 1628-1629. Congé d'élire and letters missive 14 July 1628 (Cal. S.P. Dom. 1628-9 p. 211). El. 24 July (Cal. Wells 11 388; Lamb., Reg. Abbot 11 f. 151). Royal assent 15 Aug. (Lamb., Reg. Abbot 11 f. 151). Abp's conf. 5 Sept. (ibid.). Cons. 7 Sept. (ibid.). Did homage to king for temps. 25 Sept. (Cal. S.P. Dom. 1628-9 p. 337). D. 2 Sept. 1629 (Brit. Libr., Lansd. MS. 984 ff. 79/124, 174/269).
  Occupation	1625-1629
  	Master of Trinity College
  	List of Masters The head of Trinity College is the Master. The first Master was John Redman who was appointed in 1546. The role is a Royal appointment and in the past was sometimes made by the Monarch as a favour to an important person. Nowadays the Fellows of the College, and to a lesser extent the Government, choose the new Master and the Royal role is only nominal. A complete list of the Masters of Trinity is below.
  Will	31 May 1629
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  Death	2 Sep 1629
  	According to "MUSGRAVE'S GENERAL NOMENCLATOR AND OBITUARY" part IV (L-Pa) See also: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1541-1847/vol5/pp1-5 Leonard Mawe D.D. 1628-1629. Congé d'élire and letters missive 14 July 1628 (Cal. S.P. Dom. 1628-9 p. 211). El. 24 July (Cal. Wells 11 388; Lamb., Reg. Abbot 11 f. 151). Royal assent 15 Aug. (Lamb., Reg. Abbot 11 f. 151). Abp's conf. 5 Sept. (ibid.). Cons. 7 Sept. (ibid.). Did homage to king for temps. 25 Sept. (Cal. S.P. Dom. 1628-9 p. 337). D. 2 Sept. 1629 (Brit. Libr., Lansd. MS. 984 ff. 79/124, 174/269).
  Alt. Death	3 Sep 1629	Chiswick, , Middlesex, England
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  Person ID	I9829	The Maw Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	Simon Mawe,   b. Abt 1531, Epworth, , Lincolnshire, England d. 5 Nov 1610, Rendlesham, , Suffolk, England (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Margery Wylde,   b. Est 1522, Selby, , Yorkshire, England d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1563	, , Norfolk, England   [2]
  	First name(s) Simon Last name Maw Marriage year 1563 Spouse's first name(s) - Spouse's last name Wild Place Norwich Diocese Marriage Licences County Norfolk, Suffolk Country England Source Boyd's 1st miscellaneous marriage index, 1415-1808 Record set England, Boyd's Marriage Indexes, 1538-1850 Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records Subcategory Marriages & divorces Collections from Great Britain
  Alt. Marriage	1563	Norwich, , Norfolk, England   [3]
  	First name(s) Simon Last name Maw Birth year - Marriage year 1563 Spouse's first name(s) - Spouse's last name Wild Place Norwich M L County Suffolk Country England Source Boyd's marriage index, 1538-1850 Record set England, Boyd's Marriage Indexes, 1538-1850 Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records Subcategory Marriages & divorces Collections from Great Britain
  Family ID	F2552	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Leonard Mawe born c. 1552, Rendlesham, Suffolk, the son of Simon Mawe born Epworth , Lincolnshire, c. 1531 and Margery Wylde born Selby Yorkshire c. 1522 (d. 1629, Chiswick ) was a Bishop of Bath and Wells and a Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge and Trinity College, Cambridge . He gained a BA degree from Peterhouse in 1592 and was elected a fellow in 1594, later becoming Master of Peterhouse on 16 November 1617 .[1] In 1621, he served as Prebend of Wells. He also served as Vice-Chancellor to the University of Cambridge from 1621-1622. Together with Matthew Wren , he accompanied Prince Charles to Madrid in search of a bride (the so called Spanish Match ). On acceding to the thrown, Charles rewarded him by appointing him Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, which post he held until his death in 1629. From 1628-1629, he was also Bishop of Bath and Wells . See also: http://www.bigenealogy.com/suffolk/rendlesham_parish.htm and http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Dictionary_of_National_Biography_volume_37.djvu/125 MAWE or MAW, LEONARD (d. 1629), bishop of Bath and Wells, son of Simon Mawe, gentleman, of Rendlesham, Suffolk, by his wife Margery, daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Wyld of Yorkshire, by his wife Alice, daughter and heiress of John Jago of Suffolk (WOOD), was born at Rendlesham, and educated at Cambridge, where he was admitted fellow of Peterhouse in 1595, and having proceeded M.A. was incorporated at Oxford in 1 599. He was proctor of the univer- sity of Cambridge, 1609, was chosen master of Peterhouse, 1617, and vice-chancellor, 1621. He held a prebend at Wells, and was chaplain to Charles, prince of Wales. When Charles was in Spain in 1623, King James sent Mawe and Matthew Wren [(J.v.J, afterwards bishop of Ely, along with other officers and attend- ants, to join him, charging the chaplains to fit up a room chapel-wise, hold prayers twice a day, and generally so to manage as to com- mend the English service to the Spaniards \\ (GABDiXEft). Mawe and the rest set sail on 3 April. During his journey through Spain j he had a fall from his mule, ' lighting on his head and shoulders ' (Wi'NN). The prince I was obliged to send orders that the greater i of the company was to return to Eng- land without coming on to Madrid, and Mawe returned through France. As a re- ward for his services he was appointed master of Trinity College by patent in 1625. Before he left Peterhouse he gave 300/. for covering the roof of the chapel then being built there with lead. As master of Trinity College he did much towards freeing that foundation from a heavy debt (FuLLEK). He used all his influence to secure the elec- tion of the Duke of Buckingham as chan- cellor of the university in 1626, urging the members of his college to vote unanimously for the duke (Original Letters). In 1628 he received the see of Bath and Wells, being elected 24 June, and consecrated at Croy- don 7 Sept. He died on 2 Sept. 1629 at Chiswick, and was buried in the church there. He was ' a good scholar, a grave preacher, a mild man, and one of gentle de- portment' (FULLER). There is a portrait of him in the palace at Wells. [Wood's Fasti Oxon. vol. i. col. 282, ed. Bliss ; Registrum Unir. Oxon. n. i. 355 (Oxf. Hist. Soc.) ; Fuller s Worthies, ii. 333 ; Le Neve's Fasti, i.!46,iii. 621,669, 699, ed. Hardy; State Papers, ed. Hardwicke. i. 406; Gal. State Papers, Chas. I, Dom. 1627, p. 448 ; Sir Richard Wynn's Account of the Journey of Prince Charles ap. App. to Historia Ric. II. ed. Hearne ; notices of the Spanish journey, though without mention of Mawe's name, also in Verney Papers (Camden Soc.) ; Ellis's Original Letters, vol. iii. pt. i. p. 229; Gardiner's Prince Charles and the Spanish Marriage, ii. 330, 337 (History of England, v. 35, 43); Willis and Clark's Architectural History of Cambridge, i. 42 ; Godwin, De Pr^esuiibus Anglic, p. 392.] W. H.

  
  

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  [S171] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index(R), (Copyright (c) 1980, 2002), citing microfilm 538414, page 59, reference number 24903, downloaded 19 Dec 2006 (Reliability: 3). [S555] Society of Genealogists, England, Boyd's marriage indexes, 1538-1850 Transcription, (Society of Genealogists Transcriptions © Society of Genealogists), Source Boyd's 1st miscellaneous marriage index, 1415-1808 Record set England, Boyd's Marriage Indexes, 1538-1850 Society of Genealogists Transcriptions © Society of Genealogists (Reliability: 3). First name(s) Simon Last name Maw Marriage year 1563 Spouse's first name(s) - Spouse's last name Wild Place Norwich Diocese Marriage Licences County Norfolk, Suffolk Country England Source Boyd's 1st miscellaneous marriage index, 1415-1808 Record set England, Boyd's Marriage Indexes, 1538-1850 Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records Subcategory Marriages & divorces Collections from Great Britain [S555] Society of Genealogists, England, Boyd's marriage indexes, 1538-1850 Transcription, (Society of Genealogists Transcriptions © Society of Genealogists), Source Boyd's marriage index, 1538-1850 Record set England, Boyd's Marriage Indexes, 1538-1850 (Reliability: 3). First name(s) Simon Last name Maw Birth year - Marriage year 1563 Spouse's first name(s) - Spouse's last name Wild Place Norwich M L County Suffolk Country England Source Boyd's marriage index, 1538-1850 Record set England, Boyd's Marriage Indexes, 1538-1850 Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records Subcategory Marriages & divorces Collections from Great Britain