Origins and Education
Maynard, the son of Alexander Maynard of Tavistock and the Middle Temple, barrister, by Honora, daughter of Arthur Arscott of Tetcott, Devon, was born at the Abbey House, Tavistock, in 1602. His name appears in the matriculation register of Exeter College, Oxford, under date 26 April 1621, which clashes unaccountably with the date of his admission to the degree of B.A. on 25 April 1621, given in the University Register of Degrees.
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