Not to be confused with the so-called comedian, Bernard Lord Manning was the son of a Congregationalist minister. Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge and university lecturer in medieval history. Always Congregationalist by conviction, Manning had wide sympathies and appreciated many different Christian traditions. This is shown in his writings, which apart from obvious scholarship reveal his humor and wit. These are The People’s Faith in the Time of Wyclif (1919), The Making of Modern English Religion (1929), Essays in Orthodox Dissent (1939), and The Hymns of Wesley and Watts (1942). In the Cambridge Medieval History he wrote two chapters in the seventh volume on “Wyclif” and “Edward III” and “Richard II.” He also published two volumes of sermons.