admitted 1692, under alias of Thorpe; alumnus Mar. 30, 1697; ord. priest Dec. 23, 1702; taught classics and had charge of the infirmary till his appointment as professor of philosophy, Apr. 8, 1709; prefect of studies, Sept. 30, 1710; left for the English mission, Sept. 22, 1711; elected an archdeacon of the Chapter, March 16, 172930; re-called to Lisbon to assume the presidency, on the presentation of Bp. Bon. Giffard, Apr. 29, 1729; resigned in favour of his predecessor, Edw. Jones, Sept. 8, 1732; resumed the presidency, on the presentation of Bp. Benj. Petre, Aug. 14, 1739, and so continued till killed during the great earthquake, Nov. 1, 1755, aged 75. Mr. Manley prepared for publication: "The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. Translated by John Thorpe, Priest of the English College of Lisbon," 1707, MS.

MANLEY, Robert, vide Charnock.

MANSELL, William, vide Clifford.

MARSH, John, born June 12, 1802, son of James and Lydia Marsh, of Hindley, co. Lancaster; went to Sedgley Park School, 1817; admitted Oct. 20, 1817; dismissed for laziness, 1820; went to the English Benedictine College at Douay, where professed, 1824; ordained priest 1826; sent on the mission to the North Province; was at Myddelton Lodge, Yorkshire, 1837-49; passed to the South Province; was at Aston-le-Walls, 1849-52, and died at Wappenbury, Feb. 8, 1852, aged 49.

MARSH, Joseph Bryan, born Sept. 4, 1783, son of Edward Marsh, of Manchester, brazier, and his wife Mary Whitehouse, probably of Sheffield; entered the Manchester Grammar School, 1794, but shortly afterwards removed to Rev. Simon Geo. Bordley s school at Ince Blundell, then under the superintendence of Mr. Hewitt; admitted Mar. 27, 1798, on Mr. Bordley s Fund; left, owing to ill-health, and returned to England, 1803; went to Crook Hall, Durham, July 30, 1803, accompanied the college to Ushaw in 1808, and there ordained priest 1809; served Lea, Lancashire, 1809-18; Newhouse, Newsham, 1818, till 1854, when retired to a neighbouring cottage and there died, July 20, 1857, aged 73. Author of "A Catechism of Christian Doctrine, in Three Sections." Preston, 241110.; and of a prayer-book compiled for the use of his congregation.