Thomas de Scerning (de Skarning) was an

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priest in the late

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and early 14th centuries. He was Archdeacon of Norwich from 1273 to 1289, appointed by his kinsman Roger de Skerning,

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from 1266 to 1278. Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. p261 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (CUP); 1996 He went on to be Archdeacon of Suffolk from 1289 to 1296; and Archdeacon of Surrey from 1296 to 1301. He also held livings at

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and

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.‘An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of NorfolkVol 5’ Parkin, C. p895: King’s Lynn; W.Whittington; 1775

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