MAITLAND, SAMUEL ROFFEY: Church of England; b. in London Jan. 7, 1792; d, at Gloucester Jan. 19, 1866. He studied at St. John's and Trinity colleges, Cambridge, and was called to the bar in 1816, but was ordained deacon in 1821 and appointed curate of St. Edmund, Norwich. In May, 1823, he became perpetual curate of Christ Church, Gloucester, but resigned in 1827. In 1838 he was appointed librarian and keeper of the manuscripts at Lambeth Palace, which position he retained until 1848, when he retired to Gloucester. Among other works he wrote: An Enquiry into the Grounds on which the Prophetic Period of Daniel and St. John has been Supposed to Consist of 1,60 Years (London, 1828); Eruvin, or Miscellaneous Essays on Subjects Connected with the Nature, History, and Destiny of Man (1831); Fads and Documents Illustrative of the History, Doctrines, and Riles of the Ancient Albigenses and Waldenses (1832); The Dark Ages (1844); An Index of such. English Books, Printed before the Year MDC, as are now in the Archiepiscopal Library at Lambeth (1845); Essays on Subjects Connected with the Reformation in England (1849); and Illustrations and Enquiries Relating to Mesmerism (1849); and translated The Holy War of St. Bernard (Gloucester, 1827).

Bibliography: An appreciative Memoir is in DNB,:oav. 371-373, where references to other literature is given.

MAJAL, MATHIEU: French pastor of "the Desert," known as Ddaubas from his birthplace, D6aubas, near Vernouz (50 m. s. of Lyons), Department of Ardeiche; b. 1720; assented at Montpellier Feb. 2, 1746. As pastor of Vivarais he sat in the "national synod" of French Protestants which met in Bas Languedoc Aug. 18, 1744, and which gave offense to the court at Versailles and led to vigorous measures. Majal was arrested Dec. 12, 1745, and taken to Vernoux, where his arrival occasioned a riot and several persons were killed (the " massacre of Vernoua "). On his trial at Montpellier he strenuously denied all treasonable acts or designs and convinced the court of his innocence, but was condemned by order of the king and shot. A ballad of the peasants

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of Vivarais relates the trial and death of the young pastor.

Bibliography: D. Benoit, Une victims de 1'intolerance au XVllle ailcte, Toulouse, 1879; Charles Coquerel, Histoire des Spliaea du desert, i. 287 sqq., 387 sqq., Paris, 1841.