John Man (1512–1569) was an English churchman, college head, and a diplomat.
Life
He was born at
Lacock
Lacock is a village and civil parish in the county of Wiltshire, England, about 3 miles (5 km) south of the town of Chippenham, and about outside the Cotswolds area. The village is owned almost in its entirety by the National Trust ...
or
Winterbourne Stoke
Winterbourne Stoke is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, about west of Amesbury and west of the prehistoric monument of Stonehenge.
The village is on the River Till at the southern edge of Salisbury Plain, on both sides of a s ...
, in
Wiltshire
Wiltshire (; abbreviated Wilts) is a historic and ceremonial county in South West England with an area of . It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset to the southwest, Somerset to the west, Hampshire to the southeast, Gloucestershire ...
. He was educated at
Winchester College
Winchester College is a public school (fee-charging independent day and boarding school) in Winchester, Hampshire, England. It was founded by William of Wykeham in 1382 and has existed in its present location ever since. It is the oldest of ...
from 1523, and
New College, Oxford, where he graduated B.A. in 1533, and M.A. in 1537, and became a Fellow. Under suspicion of
heresy
Heresy is any belief or theory that is strongly at variance with established beliefs or customs, in particular the accepted beliefs of a church or religious organization. The term is usually used in reference to violations of important religi ...
, he was expelled; but became the principal of
White Hall, Oxford in 1547.
In 1562 he was appointed Warden of
Merton College, Oxford, by the influence of Archbishop
Matthew Parker
Matthew Parker (6 August 1504 – 17 May 1575) was an English bishop. He was the Archbishop of Canterbury in the Church of England from 1559 until his death in 1575. He was also an influential theologian and arguably the co-founder (with a p ...
. He became
Dean of Gloucester
The Dean of Gloucester is the head (''primus inter pares'': first among equals) and chair of the chapter of canons - the ruling body of Gloucester Cathedral - and senior priest of the Diocese of Gloucester. The dean and chapter are based at Glouc ...
in 1566. In 1567 he was sent by
Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I (7 September 153324 March 1603) was List of English monarchs, Queen of England and List of Irish monarchs, Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603. Elizabeth was the last of the five House of Tudor monarchs and is ...
as her ambassador to Madrid; the mission was unsuccessful and he was recalled in 1568.
[
Dr. John Man was a Protestant cleric, who called the pope in public a canting little monk.
Some sources maintain he was expelled by Philip II.][Colin Martin, Geoffrey Parker]
The Spanish Armada
S.61
Works
He published ''Common places of Christian Religion'' (1563), based on Wolfgang Musculus
Wolfgang Musculus, born "Müslin" or "Mauslein", (10 September 1497 – 30 August 1563) was a Reformed theologian of the Reformation.
Life
Born in the village of Duss (Moselle), in a German-speaking area (French-speaking, from the Thirty Years ...
.[
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Further reading
*Gary M. Bell, "John Man: The Last Elizabethan Resident Ambassador in Spain", ''Sixteenth Century Journal,'' 7/2 (1976): 75-93
Notes
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1512 births
1569 deaths
People from Wiltshire
People educated at Winchester College
Alumni of New College, Oxford
Fellows of New College, Oxford
Wardens of Merton College, Oxford
Deans of Gloucester
Ambassadors of England to Spain
16th-century English Anglican priests
16th-century English diplomats