List of members of the Westminster Assembly

The Assertion of Liberty of Conscience By the Independents at the Westminster Assembly of Divines. Painted by John Rogers Herbert, R.A. (1810-1890)

The members of the Westminster Assembly of Divines, sometimes known collectively as the Westminster Divines, are those clergymen who participated in the Assembly that drafted the Westminster Confession of Faith. The Long Parliament's initial ordinance creating the Westminster Assembly appointed 121 ministers of the Church of England to the Assembly, as well as providing for participation on the part of 30 lay assessors (10 nobles and 20 commoners), as well as six Commissioners representing the Church of Scotland. Of the original 121 divines, approximately 25 never took their seats in the Assembly. The Parliament subsequently added 21 additional ministers to the Assembly (the additions being known to history as the Superadded Divines) to replace those ministers who did not attend, or who had died or become ill since the calling of the Assembly.

Note: In the list below, members of the Assembly without dates beside their names are mainly Royalists who did not take their seats in the Assembly because King Charles I instructed all loyal subjects not to participate in the Westminster Assembly.

Divines

Members of the Clergy (English and Welsh)
(in alphabetical order)
Dates of Participation Name Town County Notes
1643–1649John Arrowsmith, D. D. (1602–1659)King's LynnNorfolkMaster of St John's College, Cambridge from 1644
1643–1649Simeon Ashe (d. 1662)Cardiganshire
1643–1649Theodore Bathurst (c.1587–1651)[1]Overton WetsvilleHuntingdonshire
1643–1649Thomas Baylie, B. D. (1581/2–1663)Manningford BruceWiltshire
1647–1649Samuel Bolton (1605/6–1654)Middlesex
1644–1652John Bond (1612–1676)Oxford University
1643–1644Oliver Bowles,[2] B. D. (c.1577–1644)Sutton (near Biggleswade)Bedfordshire
1643–1649William Bridge (1600/01–1671)YarmouthCumberland
Ralph Brownrigg, D. D. (1592–1659)Cambridge UniversityBishop of Exeter
Richard Buckley (c.1608–1653)Anglesey
1643–1649Anthony Burges (d. 1664)Sutton ColdfieldWarwickshire
1643–1649Cornelius Burges, D. D. (d. 1665)WatfordHertfordshire
1643–1646Jeremiah Burroughs (bap. 1601?, d. 1646)StepneyMiddlesex
1643–1652Adoniram Byfield (d. 1660)non-voting scribe
1645–1649Richard Byfield (bap. 1598, d. 1664)Surrey
1643–1649Edward Calamy, B. D. (1600–1666)London
Richard Capel (1586–1656)PitchcombeGloucestershire
1643–1645/6John Carter (d. 1645/6)Yorkshire
1643–1652Thomas Carter[3] (b. c.1585)Oxford
1643–1652William Carter (1605–1658)DyntonNorthumberland
1643–1652Joseph Caryl (1602–1673)Londonof Lincoln's Inn
1643–1649Thomas Case (bap. 1598, d. 1682)Cheshire
1643–1649Daniel Cawdrey (1587/8–1664)Monmouthshire
1643–1649Humphrey Chambers (bap. 1599?, d. 1662)ClavertonSomerset
1643–1649Francis Cheynell, D. D. (bap. 1608, d. 1665)PetworthPembrokeshire
1643–1649Peter Clark[4](b. c.1606)CarnabyYorkshire
1643–1649Richard Clayton (1597–1671)ShawellLeicestershire
Thomas Clendon (d. 1677)Carmarthenshire
Francis Coke (c.1600–1682)YoxhallStaffordshire
1643–1646Thomas Coleman (1597/8–1646)BlytonLincolnshire
1643–1652John Conant, D. D. (1608–1694)LymingtonSomerset
1645–1649Edward Corbet (b. 1590/91)Westmorland
1643–1652Edward Corbet (1601x3–1658)Shropshireof Merton College, Oxford
1643–1649Robert Crosse, B. D. (1604/5–1683)Oxfordshireof Lincoln College
1645–1649Philippé Delmé (d. 1653)
Calybute Downing, D. D. (1606–1644)HackneyMiddlesex
William Dunning (b. 1599)Godalston
1645–1652John Dury (1596–1680)Middlesex
John Earle (1598x1601–1665)BishopstonBristolbecame Bishop of Worcester in 1662 and was translated to the See of Salisbury 10 months later
Edward Ellis, B. D. (b. c.1603, d. in or after 1650)GilsfieldMontgomeryshire
1643Daniel Featley, D. D. (1582–1645)Surreyof Lambeth
1645–1649Thomas Ford (1598–1674)Bedfordshire
1643–1649John Foxcraft[5] (1595–1662)GothamNottinghamshire
1643–1649Hannibal Gammon (bap. 1582, d. 1650/51)MauganCornwall
1643–1649Thomas Gataker, B. D. (1574–1654)RotherhitheCarnarvonshire
1643–1649John Gibbon (b. c.1587)Waltham
1643–1649George Gibbs (c.1590–1654)AylestoneLeicestershire
1643–1649Samuel Gibson (b. c.1580)BurleyRutland
1644–1649William Good (b. 1600)
1643–1649Thomas Goodwin, D. D. (1600–1680)Cambridgeshire
1643–1649William Gouge, D. D. (1575–1653)Derbyshireof Blackfriars
1643–1649Stanley Gower (bap. 1600?, d. 1660)Brampton BryanHerefordshire
1643–1649?John Greene (fl. 1641–1647)PencombeHerefordshire
1643–1649William Greenhill (1597/8–1671)StepneyDurham
John Hacket, D. D. (1592–1670)Radnorshireof St. Andrew’s London; Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry from 1661
1643–1644Henry Hall,[6] B. D. (c.1604–1644)NorwichWestmorland
Henry Hammond, D. D. (1605–1660)PenshurstKent
1644–1649Humphrey Hardwick (b. 1602)
John Harris, D. D. (1587/8–1658)MonmouthshireWarden of Winchester College
1643–1652Robert Harris, B. D. (1580/81–1658)HanwellOxfordshire
1643–1649Charles Herle (1597/8–1659)WinwickLancashire
1643–1649Richard Heyrick (1600–1667)ManchesterLancashire
1643–1649Gaspar Hickes (1605–1677)LawrickCornwall
Samuel Hildersham[7] (1594?–1674)FettonShropshire
1643–1649Thomas Hill, B. D. (d. 1653)TickmarshNorthamptonshire
1643–1649Thomas Hodges[8] (c.1600–1672)Kensington
Richard Holdsworth, D. D. (1590–1649)of Cambridge
1643–1649Joshua Hoyle, D. D. (bap. 1588, d. 1654)Cumberlandof Dublin, Ireland
Henry Hutton (d. 1671)Westmorland
1643–1648John Jackson[9] (1600–1648)MarsacNorthumberland
1646–1652Robert Johnston[10] (d. 1670)Yorkshire
1643–1649John Langley (d. 1657)West-TuderlyHampshire
William Launce (c.1588–1666)HarrowLondon
1643–1649John Ley (1584–1662)BudworthCheshire
1643–1652John Lightfoot, D. D. (1602–1675)Ashley, StaffordshireStaffordshire
Richard Love, D. D. (1596–1661)EkingtonDerbyshire
William Lyford (1597?–1653)Sherbourne
1643–1651Jean de la Marche (1585–1651)Guernseyof the French Congregations
1643–1649Stephen Marshall, B. D. (1594/5?–1655)FinchingfieldEssex
1643–1649John Maynard (1600–1665)Sussex
1643–1649William Mew, B. D. (1602–1659)EastingtonGloucestershire
1643–1649Thomas Micklethwaite[11] (d. 1663)Cherryburton
William Moreton (d. 1643)Newcastle upon TyneDurham
George Morley, D. D. (1598?–1684)Monmouthshireof Minden Hall; later he became Bishop of Worcester, then Bishop of Winchester
1643–1649Matthew Newcomen (d. 1669)DedhamEssex
William Nicholson, D. D. (1591–1672)Carmarthenshireafterwards Bishop of Gloucester
Henry Nye (1589–1643)ClaphamSussex
1643–1652Philip Nye (bap. 1595, d. 1672)KimboltonHuntingdonshire
1643–1644Henry Painter (c.1583–1644)ExeterDevon
1643–1647Herbert Palmer, B. D. (1601–1647)AshwellBedfordshire
1643Edward Peale (1583–1645)ComptonDorsetshire
1643–1649Andrew Perne (c.1595–1654)WilbyNorthamptonshire
1643–1649John Philips[12] (c.1585–1663)WrenthamSuffolk
1643–1649Benjamin Pickering (fl. 1620–1649)East HoatlySussex
1643–1649Samuel de la Place (1576/7–1658)Jerseyof the French Congregations
1643–1649William Price (d. 1666)of St. Paul's Covent Garden
1643–1649Nicholas Prophet (c.1599–1669)MarlboroughWiltshire
John Pyne (bap. 1600, d. 1678)BereferrarsDevon
1643–1644William Rathbone (d. 1644)Monmouthshire
1643–1652William Rayner[13] (c.1595–1666)EghamBerkshire
1643–1649Edward Reynolds (1599–1676)BramptonNorthamptonshirebecame Bishop of Norwich at The Restoration (1660)
1643–1649Henry Roborough (d. 1649)non-voting scribe
1643–1652Arthur Sallaway (b. 1606)Severn StoakeWorcestershire
Robert Sanderson, D. D. (1587–1663)Boothby-ParnellNottinghamshire
1643–1649Henry Scudder (d. 1652)ColingbourneWiltshire
1643–1649Lazarus Seaman, B. D. (d. 1675)London
1643–1649Obadiah Sedgwick, B. D. (1599/1600–1658)CoggeshallEssex
Josias Shute, B. D. (bap. 1588, d. 1643)Lombard Street, LondonCardiganshire
1643–1652Sidrach Simpson (c.1600–1655)Worcestershiresome sources say he was of London
1643–1649Peter Smith, D. D. (1586–1653)BarkwayHertfordshirealso known as Brocket Smith
1643–1649William Spurstowe, D. D. (d. 1666)HampdenMerioneth
1643–1649Edmund Staunton, D. D. (1600–1671)KingstonSurrey
1643–1652Peter Sterry (1613–1672)London
1643–1649Matthias Stiles or Styles[14] (1591–1652)EastcheapOxford University, London
1644–1652John Strickland (bap. 1601?, d. 1670)Cambridge University
1646–1649William Strong (d. 1654)Dorset
1643–1649Francis Taylor[15] (1589–1656)YaldingKent
1643–1649Thomas Temple,[16] B. D. (c.1601–1661)BatterseyBrecknockshire
1643–1649Thomas Thorowgood[17] (c.1595–1669)MassinghamNorfolk
1643–1649Christopher Tisdale (1592–1655)UphurstbourneHampshire
1643–1649Henry Tozer, B. D. (c.1601–1650)Glamorganshireof Oxford
1643–1649Anthony Tuckney, D. D. (1599–1670)BostonLincolnshire
1643–1646William Twisse, D. D. (1577/8–1646)NewburyBerkshireProlocutor of the Assembly from its beginning until his death
James Ussher (1581–1656)Oxford UniversityArchbishop of Armagh
1643–1649Thomas Valentine,[18] B. D. (1586–1665)Chalfent GilesBuckinghamshire
1643–1649Richard Vines (1599/1600–1656)CalcotWarwickshire
1643–1649George Walker, B. D. (bap. 1582?, d. 1651)London
1643–1649John Wallis (1616–1703)non-voting scribe; also a mathematician
1645John Ward (d. 1665)
Samuel Ward, D. D. (1572–1643)Cambridge UniversityMaster of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
1643–1649James Welby (fl. 1643–1649)SylattenDenbighshire
1643Thomas Westfield, D. D. (1573–1644)Bishop of Bristol
Francis Whiddon (c.1599–1656/7)MoretonhampsteadDevon
1643–1649Jeremiah Whitaker (1599–1654)StrettonRutland
1643–1648John White (1575–1648)DorchesterDorset
1643–1649Henry Wilkinson the younger, B. D. (1610–1675)StepneyLondonof St. Dunstan’s
1643–1647Henry Wilkinson the elder, B. D. (1566–1647)WaddesdenBuckinghamshire
1643–1649Thomas Wilson (c.1601–1653)OthamKent
1643–1647John Wincop,[19] D. D. (c.1602–1647)Elesworthof St Martin-in-the-Fields
1643–1649Francis Woodcock (1614–1649×51)Durham
1643–1649Thomas Young (c.1587–1655)StowmarketSuffolk

Lay Assessors

Nobles

Members of the House of Lords who served as
Lay Assessors at the Westminster Assembly
(in alphabetical order by family name)
Dates of Participation Name
1643–1649William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury (1591–1668)
Edward Conway, 2nd Viscount Conway (bap. 1594, d. 1655)
1644–1646Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex (1591–1646)
Basil Feilding, 2nd Earl of Denbigh (c.1608–1675)
1643–1649William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele (1582–1662)
William Grey, 1st Baron Grey of Werke (1593/4–1674)
1643–1649Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke (1584–1650)
1643–1649Edward Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Escrick (d. 1675)
1643–1649Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester (1602–1671)
1643–1649Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland (1602–1668)
Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland (1591–1668)
c.1644–1649Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick (1587–1658)
Oliver St John, 1st Earl of Bolingbroke (c.1584–1646)
1643–1649Philip Wharton, 4th Baron Wharton (1613–1696)

Commoners

Members of the House of Commons who served as
Lay Assessors at the Westminster Assembly
(in alphabetical order)
Dates of Participation Name Notes
1644Sir Thomas Barrington (c.1585–1644)
1643–1647John Clotworthy, 1st Viscount Massereene (d. 1665)
1643–1649John Cooke (bap. 1608, d. 1660)one of the regicides
1643–1649Sir John Evelyn (1601–1685)
1643?–1649Nathaniel Fiennes (1607/8–1669)
1643?–1649Sir Gilbert Gerard (1587–1670)
1643?–1649Sir John Glynne (1603–1666)
1644–1649Sir Robert Harley (bap. 1579, d. 1656)
1643–1649Arthur Haselrig (1601–1661)
1644–1649William Masham (1615/16–1654/5)
1643?–1649Sir John Maynard (1602–1690)
1643–1649William Pierrepont (1607/8–1678)
1643–1649Edmond Prideaux (1601–1659)
1643–1649Sir Robert Pye (bap. 1585, d. 1662)
1643John Pym (1584–1643)
1644–1649Sir Robert Reynolds (1600/01–1678)
1643–1649Francis Rous (1580/81–1659)
1643–1649Sir Benjamin Rudyerd (1572–1658)
1643–1649Oliver St John (c.1598–1673)
1643–1649Humphrey Salwey (c.1575–1652)
1643–1649John Selden (1584–1654)
1645William Strode (bap. 1594, d. 1645)
1644?–1649Zouch Tate (1606–1650)
1643–1649Sir Henry Vane the Younger (1613–1662)
1643–1649Sir Henry Vane the Elder (1589–1655)
1643–1649William Wheeler (c.1601–1666)
1643–1645John White (1590–1645)
1643–1649Bulstrode Whitelocke (1605–1675)
John Wilde (1590–1669)
Walter Yonge (bap. 1579, d. 1649)

Scottish Commissioners

Ministers

Church of Scotland Ministers who served as
Commissioners at the Westminster Assembly
 (in alphabetical order)
Dates of Participation Name
1643–1647Robert Baillie (1602–1662)
Robert Blair (1593–1666)
Robert Douglas (1594–1674)
1643–1647George Gillespie (1613–1648)
1643–1645Alexander Henderson (c.1583–1646)
1643–1647Samuel Rutherford (c.1600–1661)

Elders

Church of Scotland Elders who served as
Commissioners at the Westminster Assembly
 (in alphabetical order by family name)
Dates of Participation Name
1646Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll (1605x7–1661)
1644–1646John Campbell, 1st Earl of Loudoun (1598–1662)
1644–1647John Elphinstone, 2nd Lord Balmerino (d. 1649)
1645Sir Charles Erskine of Alva (d. 1663)
1644–1646Archibald Johnston, Lord Warriston (bap. 1611, d. 1663)
John Kennedy, 6th Earl of Cassilis (1601x7–1668)
1643–1648John Maitland, Viscount Maitland (1616–1682)
Robert Meldrum (fl. 1620–1647)
1647George Winram of Liberton, Lord Liberton (d. 1650)

References

Notes

  1. ↑ The rector of Orton Waterville, which was then in Huntingdonshire, and now is part of Orton, Cambridgeshire in the Peterborough area, at the time was Theodore Bathurst ("Bathurst, Theodore (BTRT602T)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge. ), otherwise known for a Latin translation made c.1608 of Edmund Spenser's The Shepheardes Calender. The original parliamentary summons is though to Theophilus Bathurst, of Orton Watervile..
  2. ↑ "Bowles, Oliver (BWLS593O)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge. ; author of De Pastore Evangelico Tractatus .
  3. ↑ "Carter, Thomas (CRTR604T)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  4. ↑ "Clark, Peter (CLRK622P)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  5. ↑ "Foxcroft, John (FKST611J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  6. ↑ "Hall, Henry (HL620H)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  7. ↑ "Samuel Hildersham (HLDN609S)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  8. ↑ "Hodges, Thomas (HGS620T)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  9. ↑ "Jackson, John (JK613J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  10. ↑ "Johnson, Robert (JHN620R)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  11. ↑ "Mickelthwaite, Thomas (MKLT591T)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  12. ↑ "Philip, John (PHLP600J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  13. ↑ "Rayner, William (RNR611W)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  14. ↑ "Matthias Stiles (STLS614M)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge. ; his church was St George Botolph Lane until 1645, when he was sequestered.
  15. ↑ "Taylor, Francis (TLR605F)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  16. ↑ "Temple, Thomas (TML627T)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  17. ↑ "Thurgood, Thomas (THRT611T2)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  18. ↑ "Valentine, Thomas (VLNN603T)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  19. ↑ "Whinncopp, John (WHNP618J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
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