John Man
John Man (1512–1569) was an English churchman, college head, and a diplomat.
Life
He was born at
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]
Further reading
- Gary M. Bell, "John Man: The Last Elizabethan Resident Ambassador in Spain", Sixteenth Century Journal, 7/2 (1976): 75-93
Notes
- ^ a b c Cooper, Thompson (1893). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 36. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ Colin Martin, Geoffrey Parker, The Spanish Armada S.61
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