Thomas Manning was a
Tudor Prior
Prior (or prioress) is an ecclesiastical title for a superior in some religious orders. The word is derived from the Latin for "earlier" or "first". Its earlier generic usage referred to any monastic superior. In abbeys, a prior would be l ...
and
Bishop.
Life
Elected
Prior
Prior (or prioress) is an ecclesiastical title for a superior in some religious orders. The word is derived from the Latin for "earlier" or "first". Its earlier generic usage referred to any monastic superior. In abbeys, a prior would be l ...
of
Butley, Suffolk in 1528, and
Suffragan Bishop of Ipswich in 1536, he had to surrender these offices in 1538 having fallen foul of
Thomas Cromwell; after which he was appointed
Master of
Mettingham College
Mettingham College was a monastic college in the parish of Mettingham in the English county of Suffolk. The college was located within Mettingham Castle, although it was founded elsewhere.
Foundation
The college was founded on 24 July 1350, or ...
. His will dated 1545, and proved 1546, indicates that his wife pre-deceased him.
[''Married Clergy and Pensioned Religious in Norwich Diocese, 1555 (Continued)'' Baskerville,G: The English Historical Review, Vol. 48, No. 190 (Apr., 1933), pp. 199-228]
References
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People from Suffolk Coastal (district)
16th-century English bishops
Bishops of Ipswich