He was born about 1651 in the parish of Saint George, Southwark, the son of Richard Manningham, rector of Michelmersh, Hampshire. He was for some time tutor to Sir John Robinson, bart., eldest son of Sir John Robinson, sometime Lieutenant of the Tower of London.
He was fellow from 1671 till 1681, and graduated Bachelor of Arts in 1673, Master of Arts
He was admitted in 1661 scholar of Winchester College, then going with a scholarship to New College, Oxford, where he matriculated on 12 August 1669. on 15 January 1676-1677. In 1681 he was presented to the rectory of East Tisted, Hampshire. The king, who admired his preaching, promised him the prebend of Winchester, vacated by the promotion of Thomas Ken to the bishopric of Bath and Wells.
lieutenant proved, however, to be in the gift of the lord keeper, and Thomas Fox obtained lieutenant
In November 1684 Manningham was made preacher at the Rolls Chapel, and from about 1689 to 1692 was head-master of Westerham grammar school, Kent. He subsequently became rector of Saint Andrew, Holborn, on 8 September 1691.
Chaplain in ordinary to William and Mary. Canon at Street George"s Chapel, Windsor on 28 January 1692-1693 (until 1709).
Rector of Great Haseley, Oxfordshire, 1708.
And dean of Windsor on 26 February 1709. On 21 December 1691 John Tillotson, the Archbishop of Canterbury, created him Doctor of Divinity He was consecrated bishop of Chichester on 13 November 1709, and dying on 25 August 1722 at his house in Greville Street, Holborn, was buried in Saint Andrew"s, Holborn.
