Manton, Thomas

MANT, RICHARD: Church of Ireland; b. at Southampton Feb. 12, 1776; d. at Ballymoney (12 m. n.n.w. of Belfast), Ireland, Nov. 2, 1848. He was educated at Winchester and at Trinity College, Oxford (B.A., 1797; M.A., 1801). Ordained deacon in 1802 and priest in 1803, he was curate of Buriton, Hampshire (1804-08); Crawley, Hampshire (1808-09); and Southampton (1809-10); vicar of Great Coggeshall, Essex (1810-13); and rector of St. Botolph, London (1815-20); and East Horsley, Surrey (1818-20). He was Bampton lecturer in 1811 and domestic chaplain to the archbishop of Canterbury from 1813 to 1815. In Apr., 1820, he was consecrated bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora and in Mar., 1823, he was translated to Down and Connor, to which Dromore was added in 1842. Mant was a very voluminous writer, both in prose and verse; of his works the most important are: Sermons for Parochial and Domestic Use (3 vols., Oxford, 1813); his annotated Bible, in collaboration with George D'Oyly (3 vols., Oxford, 1814; see Bibles, Annotated, II., § 9); Sermons Preached before the University of Oxford (1816); The Book of Psalms in a Metrical Version (1824); The Gospel Miracles, in a Series of Poetical Sketches (London, 1832); The British Months, a Poem (1835); Ancient Hymns from the Roman Breviary (1837); and History of the Church of Ireland, from the Reformation (2 vols., 1840). Of Mant's numerous hymns may be mentioned: "For all thy saints, 0 God" and "Come, Holy Ghost, my soul inspire!"

Bibliography: Memoirs were written by W. B. Mant, the bishop's son, London, 1857, and by E. Berens, ib. 1849. Consult further: DNB, xxxv7. 96-98; 8. W. Duffield, English Hymns, pp. 152, 183, 221, 342, 488, New York, 1886; Julian, Hymnology, pp. 713-714.

MANTON, THOMAS: English nonconformist; baptized at Lydiard St. Lawrence (38 m. s.w. of Bristol), Somersetshire, Mar. 31, 1620; d. in London Oct. 18, 1677. He was graduated from the University of Oxford (B.A., 1639; B.D., 1654; D.D., 1660), and was ordained deacon in 1640. He settled at Stoke Newington, London, in 1644 or 1645, and became rector of St. Paul's, Covent Garden, in 1656. He was one of the three scribes to the Westminster Assembly, and during the commonwealth preached many times before parliament. Despite his close relations with the commonwealth, he favored the restoration and was made in 1660 one of the twelve chaplains to the king, though he never performed the duties or received the emoluments of the office. In the same year he was offered the deanery of Rochester, but

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declined to subscribe. In 1662 he left St. Paul's and held meetings at first in his own house, and, as the attendance increased, elsewhere; these meet ings were ignored till 1670, when Manton was arrested and kept in prison for six months. In 1672 he became one of the first six preachers for the merchants and citizens of London in Pinners' Hall. Manton was exceedingly attractive in the pulpit, pacific in spirit, and a man without enemies. He wrote commentaries on James (London, 1651 and often; latest issue, 1844), on Jude (1658), and on the Lord's Prayer (1684); many of his sermons were printed separately, while collections, with memoirs, etc., were made by W. Bates (5 vols., 1678-1701) and by R. Baxter (1 vol., 1679; re printed, Achill, 1842), and individual sermons figure in sermon anthologies.

Bibliography: W. Harris, Some Memoirs of the Life and Character of T. Manton, London, 1725; R. Baxter ChTia tian Biography, pp. 199-226, ib. 1768; Walter Wilson, Hist. of Dissenting Churches, iii. 545-566, ib. 1810; W. A. Shaw, Hist. of the English Church , . . 1840-1880, vol. ii. passim, ib. 1900; DNB, xxxvi. 101-104.