Family and Education

b. aft. 1665, 2nd s. of Humphrey Mayo of St. Peter’s, Hereford, and Hope under Dinmore by Mary, da. of William Jarrett of Aldington, Worcs. m. Anne Smith, 9s. 4da. suc. bro. Thomas, 1719, to an estate worth £600 a year.1

Offices Held

Biography

Mayo, whose family had for several generations been prominent in local politics, owed his return to a revolt by the local gentry against the domination of Lord Chandos and the Foleys.2 Described as the ‘creature’ of Lord Coningsby, to whom he owed his appointment as a j.p.,3 he died 14 Mar. 1723.

Ref Volumes: 1715-1754

Author: A. N. Newman

Notes

• 1. Lord Coningsby, Additional Case relating to the Parish of Leominster, 17.
• 2. See under HEREFORD.
• 3. HMC Portland, vii. 318-19; Coningsby, loc. cit.