MAYNARD, Sir Joux (1602-00). An Eng lish constitutional lawyer. Ile was born at '1;av istoek, England, and was educated at Exeter Col lege, Oxford. Atter the regular course of study in the Middle Temple he was called to the bar iu 1026; he had been elected a member of Parlia ment in the previous year. Ile was subsequently made a sergeant-at-law and King's sergeant, but declined the place on the bench offered him by Charles IL in 1600. While an advocate for in creasing the power of the people, lie never con curred in the extreme views taken by the radical republicans, and, although an earnest Presby terian, stood aloof from the fanaticism of many in his party, He was active in the prosecution of Strafford and Laud. but opposed the arbitrary power assumed by the army, and Cromwell's evi dent intention of making himself King in fact, if not in name; for the position he took in this respect lie was twice imprisoned in the Tower of London by order of the Protector. At the
Restoration, the honor of knighthood was con ferred upon him by Charles IL; his political course under that monarch was judicious and conservative. In the time of the revolution and the accession of William and Mary, he showed ability, notably in the great conference held be tween the mice of Lords and the Commons in regard to the abdication of James II., a measure which he strenuously advocated. In the same year. 1689, he was made a commissioner of the Great Seal. A number of his political speeches and legal decisions have been printed in various collections. His manuscript collections in eighty seven volumes are preserved in Lincoln's Inn Library. He died at Gunnersbury Manor.