The Suffolk Committees for Scandalous Ministers were two committees commissioned by the Earl of Manchester between 24 February and 15 March 1644 in accordance with an ordinance published on 22 January 1644. Manchester had been pressing for authorisation to remove 'scandalous ministers' for some time. This term referred to "any minister who was non-resident, incompetent or idle, scandalous either in life or in doctrine, or in any way ill-affected to Parliament".
Committeemen
First Commission
Transcribed by Francis Hill.
| Name | Location | High Sherriff of Suffolk | Other positions | Notes | Refs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sir Edmund Bacon | Redgrave | 1634 | ||||
| Sir William Spring | Pakenham | 1641 | Deputy Lieutenant from 1642 | |||
| William Soame | Little Thurlow | 1633 | ||||
| Maurice Barrow | Barningham | 1643 | ||||
| Brampton Gurdon (senior) | Assington | 1629 | MP for Sudbury 1621–1622 | |||
| Henry North (senior) | Laxfield | 1620 | ||||
| Thomas Tirrell | Gipping | |||||
| Edmund Harvey | Wickham Skeith | |||||
| Brampton Gurdon (junior) | Assington | |||||
| Samuel Moody | Bury St Edmunds |
Second Commission
Transcribed by Francis Hill.
| Name | Location | High Sherriff of Suffolk | Other positions | Notes | Refs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sir John Wentworth | Somerleyton | 1619 | ||||
| Francis Bacon | Ipswich | |||||
| Nathaniel Bacon | Ipswich | |||||
| Nathaniel Bacon | Friston | |||||
| Francis Brewster | Wrentham | |||||
| William Blois | Grundisburgh | 1620 | ||||
| Robert Brewster | Wrentham | |||||
| Robert Duncon | Ipswich | Brother of Samuel Duncon | ||||
| Peter Fisher | Ipswich | |||||
| John Base | Saxmundham |
References
- ^ Holmes, Clive (1970). The Suffolk Committees for Scandalous Ministers, 1644-1646. Ipswich: Suffolk Records Society.