Thomas Manning was a Tudor

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and

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in 1528, and Suffragan Bishop of Ipswich in 1536, he had to surrender these offices in 1538 having fallen foul of

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; after which he was appointed

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of Mettingham College. 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

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