Thomas Manning was a Tudor Prior and Bishop.
Elected Prior of Butley, Suffolk in 1528, and Suffragan Bishop of Ipswich[1] 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.[2] His will dated 1545, and proved 1546, indicates that his wife pre-deceased him.[3]
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