| THOMAS MANTON
1620 - October 16,1677
Born in 1620 in Lawrence-Lydiat, Somerset, he came from a religious family, his father and both
grandfathers were both ministers.. He entered Wadham College, Oxford, when he was fiteen
years
old. Graduating at the age of nineteen, he was then ordained by Joseph Hall, Bishop of Exeter
who was later bishop of Norwich. His first settlement was at Stoke Newington in Middlesex,
where he ministered for seven years. Succeeding Obadiah Sedgwick at St. Paul's in Covent
Garden in London, he became well known and loved. He was appointed chaplain to The Lord
Protector, Oliver Cromwell and was instrumental in the restoration of Charles II. He became a
Royal Chaplain, but in the Great Ejection of 1662, he suffered along with other Puritans. He was
imprisoned, but was allowed to preach from prison. He stood with Christopher Love at his
execution and preached th funeral sermon for him. He died October 18th, 1677 and his body was
interred in the church at Stoke Newington.
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