Henry Man (bishop)

Henry Man
Bishop of Sodor and Man
Arms of Henry Man: Azure, a mascle fleur-de-lysé or, within and without five young men's heads couped argent crined or[1]
DioceseDiocese of Sodor and Man
In office1546–1555/6
Other post(s)Prior of Witham (1534–35)
Prior of Sheen (1535–39)
Dean of Chester (1541–47)
Orders
Consecration14 February 1546
Personal details
Died(1556-10-19)19 October 1556
BuriedSt Andrew Undershaft, London
NationalityEnglish
DenominationCatholic / Anglican

Henry Man (died 19 October 1556) was an English clergyman who served as the Bishop of Sodor and Man in the 16th century.

Until the English Reformation he was a Carthusian monk who had been appointed the Prior of Witham, Somerset (1534–35)[2] and then the Prior of Sheen, Surrey (1535–39).[3] Following the dissolution of the monasteries, he was briefly a chaplain to King Henry VIII. He was appointed the Dean of Chester in 1541,[4][5] also holding the rectories of St Mary on the Hill, Chester and Fyningley, Nottinghamshire.[6]

He was nominated Bishop of Sodor and Man in January 1546 and consecrated at Old St Paul's Cathedral on 14 February 1546 by bishops Bonner, Chetham and Hodgkins.[7][8] He continued to hold the deanery of Chester in commendam for another year before resigning the post by 31 May 1547.[4][5] After the accession of Queen Mary I, he was deprived of the see and his predecessor Thomas Stanley was restored in 1555 or 1556.[9][10]

Henry died on 19 October 1556 and was buried at St Andrew Undershaft, London.[7][8][11] He had become a Doctor of Divinity (DD).

References

  1. ^ Arms from Parker's Glossary
  2. ^ Page, William, ed. (1911). "The Priory of Witham". A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 2. British History Online. pp. 123–128.
  3. ^ Malden, H. E., ed. (1967). "The Priory of Witham". A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 2. British History Online. pp. 89–94.
  4. ^ a b Horn, J. M.; Smith, D. M.; Mussett, P. (2004). "Deans of Chester". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857: Volume 11: Carlisle, Chester, Durham, Manchester, Ripon, and Sodor and Man Dioceses. British History Online. pp. 42–45.
  5. ^ a b Elrington, C. R.; Harris, B. E.; Baggs, A. P.; Kettle, Ann J.; Lander, S. J.; Thacker, A. T.; Wardle, David, eds. (1980). "Chester Cathedral". A History of the County of Chester: Volume 3. British History Online. pp. 188–195.
  6. ^ Gairdner, James; Brodie, R. H., eds. (1908). Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, Volume 21 Part 1: January–August 1546. British History Online. pp. 53–78.
  7. ^ a b Horn, J. M.; Smith, D. M.; Mussett, P. (2004). "Bishops of Sodor and Man". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857: Volume 11: Carlisle, Chester, Durham, Manchester, Ripon, and Sodor and Man Dioceses. British History Online. pp. 141–146.
  8. ^ a b Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 273. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
  9. ^ Brady, W. Maziere (1876). The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, A.D. 1400 to 1875. Vol. 1. Rome: Tipografia Della Pace. pp. 107–109.
  10. ^ Harrison, William (1879). "Bishops of Sodor and Man". An Account of the Diocese of Sodor and Man. Douglas, Isle of Man: Manx Society. pp. 53–70.
  11. ^ Nichols, J. G., ed. (1848). "Notes to the diary – 1556". The Diary of Henry Machyn: Citizen and Merchant-Taylor of London (1550–1563). British History Online. p. 116.
Church of England titles
Preceded by Dean of Chester
1541–47 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Sodor and Man
1546–55/56 		Succeeded by