John Madew
English churchman and academic
About John Madew
John Madew (died 1555) was an English churchman and academic, Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge and Master of Clare Hall.
Life 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.
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