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John May (bishop)
English academic and churchman
John May (Meye) (died ) was an English academic and churchman, who became Bishop of Carlisle. He also served the House of De Vere as cleric in Buckinghamshire.
Life
He was a native of Suffolk and brother of William May.
He matriculated as a pensioner of Queens' College, Cambridge, on 2 May He was appointed bible-clerk of his college, and in proceeded B.A., being elected fellow in [1] He commenced M.A. in , and acted as bursar of the college during , , and Queens' was split in religious sympathies in the Marian period, and May belonged to the Catholic group rather than the reformers.[2]
At midsummer , he was ordained priest, and on 16 November following he was instituted to the rectory of Aston Sandford, Buckinghamshire, owned by Edward de Vere,[3] resigning in In he was elected to the mastership of Catharine Hall, Cambridge.
In he commenced B.D., and was collated to the rectory of Long Stanton St. Michael, Cambridgeshire. In Archbishop Matthew Parker collated him to the rectory of North Creake, Norfolk; and he held also the moiety of the rectory of Darfield, Yorkshire. About he obtained a canonry of Ely, which he held until May Also, in he was created D.D.
In he was nominated one of the Lent preachers at court.
John may biography online british Sir John May was a former Court of Appeal judge appointed by the British Government to investigate the miscarriages of justice related to the Maguire Seven and other miscarriages linked to Ireland Republican Army bombing offences.On 26 September in that year he was collated by Archbishop Parker to the rectory of St. Dunstan-in-the East, London, which he vacated in January He was admitted to the archdeaconry of the East Riding of Yorkshire by proxy on 3 August , in person on 8 October , and retained it until the end of He served the office of vice-chancellor of the University of Cambridge for the year from November , and was in a commission to visit King's College, Cambridge, in a state of confusion over the conduct of Dr.
Philip Baker, the Provost.
Through the influence of George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, May was raised to the see of Carlisle, being consecrated on 29 September He obtained the Queen's licence to hold his other preferments in commendam, but had long-term financial troubles. From his correspondence with Shrewsbury, he appears to have taken a serious interest in Scottish affairs.
On 15 February , the Queen presented William Holland to the rectory of North Creake, which May still held, and there arose a suit in the Queen's bench; it was held that the rectory might be treated as void by reason of May having been subsequently inducted to Darfield.
May died at Rose Castle on 15 February , being about seventy years of age.
He was buried at Carlisle, according to the parish register of Dalston, Cumbria, a few hours after his death, which was probably caused by the plague.
John may biography online british council Biography. John May born about He was a native of Suffolk and brother of William May. He matriculated as a pensioner of Queens' College, Cambridge, on 2 May [Cambridge Alumni Database, University of Cambridge], BA , MA , BD , DDWorks
May wrote some plays, now lost, which were acted by the members of Queens' College in and He was concerned in the compilation of the statutes given to the university by Elizabeth in Among the Tanner manuscripts in the Bodleian Library are some notes of a sermon which he preached at Paul's Cross in
Family
His wife was Amy, daughter of William Vowel of Creake Abbey, Norfolk, and widow of John Cowel of Lancashire.
By her he had issue: John of Shouldham, Norfolk, who married Cordelia, daughter of Martin Bowes of Norfolk; Elizabeth, wife of Richard Bird, D.D.; Alice, wife of Richard Burton of Burton, Yorkshire; and Anne, wife of Richard Pilkington, D.D., rector of Hambleden, Buckinghamshire.