Commons 1509-1558

Feodary, duchy of Lancaster, Derbys., Notts., Staffs. and Yorks. 6 Feb. 1536 – d., Leicester honor 29 Nov. 1541 – d.; keeper, Nottingham park, Notts. 11 Dec. 1537; esquire of the body by 1539–44 or later; cupbearer, household of Queen Anne of Cleves 1540; member, council in the north in 1542; commr. benevolence, Leics. 1544/45, musters 1546, chantries, Leics., Warws. 1546, 1548, relief, Leics. 1550; j.p. Leics. 1547 – d.; steward for Thomas Seymour, Baron Seymour of Sudeley, unknown property by 1548; dep. warden, east and middle marches 22 Aug. 1548; sheriff, Leics. and Warws. 1549–50.Somerville, Duchy, i. 547, 564, 568, 570, 584; LP Hen. VIII, xii, xv, xvii, xx, xxi; CPR, 1547–8, p. 85; 1548–9, p. 135; 1553, p. 356; E163/12/17, nos. 37–38, 50–51, 53–54; HMC Shrewsbury and Talbot, ii. 27–28.

Bailiff, Northampton 1521 – 22, mayor 1525 – 26, 1536 – 37, 1547 – 48, 1557, j.p. 1556.Recs. Northampton, ed. Cox and Markham, i. 334; ii. 30, 551–2, 1557. The list of mayors suggests that Manley died during his third term of office, but this is evidently a printing error.

Bailiff, Northampton 1550 – 51, ?1563 – 64, mayor 1559 – 60, 1566 – 67, 1574–5.Recs. Northampton, ed. Cox and Markham, ii. 322, 551, 560; the second term as bailiff seems inconsistent with his already having been mayor.

J.p. Hunts. 1554–58/59, 1564 – d.; warden, Mercers’ Co. 1563 – 64; escheator, Cambs. and Hunts. 1563 – 64; sheriff 1564 – 65, 1575 – 76; commr. eccles. causes, dioceses of Lincoln and Peterborough 1571.CPR, 1553–4, p. 20; 1569–72, pp. 225, 227–8; List of Mercers (T/S Mercers’ Hall), 331.

Collector of customs, Poole 1 Dec. 1553–6 Nov. 1566.E122/122/9, 123/3.