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Thomas Merke (or Merks; died 1409) was an English priest and Bishop of Carlisle from 1397 to 1400. Educated at Oxford University be became a Benedictine monk at Westminster Abbey. He was consecrated bishop about 23 April 1397. He served Richard II as ambassador to various German princes in 1397 was one of the commissioners who negotiated the dowry of Isabella of Valois in 1398 and accompanied the king to Ireland in 1399.