Thomas de Scerning (de Skarning) was an English priest in the late 13th and early 14th centuries.Calendar of the Patent Rolls, preserved in the Public Record Office p205 London; HMSO; 1895
He was Archdeacon of Norwich from 1273 to 1289,‘Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 2, Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces)’ p63 London; Institute of Historical Research; 1971. appointed by his kinsman Roger de Skerning, Bishop of Norwich from 1266 to 1278. Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. p261 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (CUP); 1996
He went on to be Archdeacon of Suffolk from 1289 to 1296;FAE (Ibid) p68 and Archdeacon of Surrey from 1296 to 1301.FAE (Ibid) p68 He also held livings at Buriton,'The Church of St Mary, Buriton' des Brisay, E. p11: Petersfield; Petaprint; 1993 SettringtonGenuki and Waxham.‘An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of NorfolkVol 5’ Parkin, C. p895: King’s Lynn; W.Whittington; 1775
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