John Man

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John Man (1512–1569) was an English churchman, college head, and diplomat.

Life

He was born at Lacock or Winterbourne Stoke, in Wiltshire. He was educated at Winchester College 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, he was expelled; but became the principal of White Hall, Oxford in 1547.^[1]

In 1562 he was appointed Warden of Merton College, Oxford, by the influence of Archbishop Matthew Parker. He became Dean of Gloucester in 1566. In 1567 he was sent by Elizabeth I as her ambassador to Madrid; the mission was unsuccessful and he was recalled in 1568.^[1] 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. ^[2]

Works

He published Common places of Christian Religion (1563), based on Wolfgang Musculus.^[1]

Notes

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Dictionary of National Biography, article Man, John; s: http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Dictionary_of_National_Biography_volume_36.djvu/16.
↑ Colin Martin, Geoffrey Parker, The Spanish Armada S.61

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by	English Ambassador to Spain 1567–1568	Succeeded by John Digby, 1st Earl of Bristol

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Early modern	William Jennings John Man Thomas Cooper Lawrence Humphrey Anthony Rudd Griffith Lewis Thomas Moreton Richard Field William Laud Richard Senhouse Thomas Winniffe George Warburton Accepted Frewen William Brough Thomas Vyner Robert Frampton Thomas Marshall William Jane Knightly Chetwood John Waugh John Frankland Peter Allix Daniel Newcombe Josiah Tucker

Late modern	John Luxmoore John Plumptre Edward Rice Henry Law Edward Bickersteth Montagu Butler Donald Spence Jones Henry Gee Harold Costley-White Seiriol Evans Gilbert Thurlow Kenneth Jennings Nicholas Bury Stephen Lake

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Persondata
Name	Man, John
Alternative names
Short description	English diplomat
Date of birth	1512
Place of birth
Date of death	1569
Place of death

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John Man

Life

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