List of the Westminster Divines

List of the Westminster Divines
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 show up, 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.

Contents

Divines

Members of the Clergy (English and Welsh)
(in alphabetical order)
Dates of Participation Name Town County Notes
16431649 John Arrowsmith, D. D. (16021659) King's Lynn Norfolk Master of St John's College, Cambridge from 1644
16431649 Simeon Ashe (d. 1662) Cardiganshire
16431649 Theodore Bathurst (c.15871652)[1] Overton Wetsville Huntingdonshire
16431649 Thomas Baylie, B. D. (1581/21663) Manningford-Bruce Wiltshire
16471649 Samuel Bolton (1605/61654) Middlesex
16441652 John Bond (16121676) Oxford University
16431644 Oliver Bowles,[2] B. D. (c.15771644) Sutton (near Biggleswade) Bedfordshire
16431649 William Bridge (1600/011671) Yarmouth Cumberland
Ralph Brownrigg, D. D. (15921659) Cambridge University Bishop of Exeter
Richard Buckley (c.16081653) Anglesey
16431649 Anthony Burges (d. 1664) Sutton Coldfield Warwickshire
16431649 Cornelius Burges, D. D. (d. 1665) Watford Hertfordshire
16431646 Jeremiah Burroughs (bap. 1601?, d. 1646) Stepney Middlesex
16431652 Adoniram Byfield (d. 1658x60) non-voting scribe
16451649 Richard Byfield (bap. 1598, d. 1664) Surrey
16431649 Edward Calamy, B. D. (16001666) London
Richard Capel (15861656) Pitchcombe Gloucestershire
16431645/6 John Carter (d. 1645/6) Yorkshire
16431652 Thomas Carter[3] (b. c.1585) Oxford
16431652 William Carter (16051658) Dynton Northumberland
16431652 Joseph Caryl (16021673) London of Lincoln's Inn
16431649 Thomas Case (bap. 1598, d. 1682) Cheshire
16431649 Daniel Cawdrey (1587/81664) Monmouthshire
16431649 Humphrey Chambers (bap. 1599?, d. 1662) Claverton Somerset
16431649 Francis Cheynell, D. D. (bap. 1608, d. 1665) Petworth Pembrokeshire
16431649 Peter Clark[4](b. c.1606) Carnaby Yorkshire
16431649 Richard Clayton (15971671) Shawell Leicestershire
Thomas Clendon (d. 1677) Carmarthenshire
Francis Coke (c.16001682) Yoxhall Staffordshire
16431646 Thomas Coleman (1597/81646) Blyton Lincolnshire
16431652 John Conant, D. D. (16081694) Lymington Somerset
16451649 Edward Corbet (b. 1590/91) Westmorland
16431652 Edward Corbet (1601x31658) Shropshire of Merton College, Oxford
16431649 Robert Crosse, B. D. (1604/51683) Oxfordshire of Lincoln College
16451649 Philippé Delmé (d. 1653)
Calybute Downing, D. D. (16061644) Hackney Middlesex
William Dunning (b. 1599) Godalston
16451652 John Dury (15961680) Middlesex
John Earle (1598x16011665) Bishopston Bristol became 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) Gilsfield Montgomeryshire
1643 Daniel Featley, D. D. (15821645) Surrey of Lambeth
16451649 Thomas Ford (15981674) Bedfordshire
16431649 John Foxcraft[5] (15951662) Gotham Nottinghamshire
16431649 Hannibal Gammon (bap. 1582, d. 1650/51) Maugan Cornwall
16431649 Thomas Gataker, B. D. (15741654) Rotherhithe Carnarvonshire
16431649 John Gibbon (b. c.1587) Waltham
16431649 George Gibbs (c.15901654) Aylestone Leicestershire
16431649 Samuel Gibson (b. c.1580) Burley Rutland
16441649 William Good (b. 1600)
16431649 Thomas Goodwin, D. D. (16001680) Cambridgeshire
16431649 William Gouge, D. D. (15751653) Derbyshire of Blackfriars
16431649 Stanley Gower (bap. 1600?, d. 1660) Brampton Bryan Herefordshire
16431649? John Greene (fl. 16411647) Pencombe Herefordshire
16431649 William Greenhill (1597/81671) Stepney Durham
John Hacket, D. D. (15921670) Radnorshire of St. Andrews London; Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry from 1661
16431644 Henry Hall,[6] B. D. (c.16041644) Norwich Westmorland
Henry Hammond, D. D. (16051660) Penshurst Kent
16441649 Humphrey Hardwick (b. 1602)
John Harris, D. D. (1587/81658) Monmouthshire Warden of Winchester College
16431652 Robert Harris, B. D. (1580/811658) Hanwell Oxfordshire
16431649 Charles Herle (1597/81659) Winwick Lancashire
16431649 Richard Heyrick (16001667) Manchester Lancashire
16431649 Gaspar Hickes (16051677) Lawrick Cornwall
Samuel Hildersham[7] (1594?–1674) Fetton Shropshire
16431649 Thomas Hill, B. D. (d. 1653) Tickmarsh Northamptonshire
16431649 Thomas Hodges[8] (c.16001672) Kensington
Richard Holdsworth, D. D. (15901649) of Cambridge
16431649 Joshua Hoyle, D. D. (bap. 1588, d. 1654) Cumberland of Dublin, Ireland
Henry Hutton (d. 1671) Westmorland
16431648 John Jackson[9] (16001648) Marsac Northumberland
16461652 Robert Johnston[10] (d. 1670) Yorkshire
16431649 John Langley (d. 1657) West-Tuderly Hampshire
William Launce (c.15881666) Harrow London
16431649 John Ley (15841662) Budworth Cheshire
16431652 John Lightfoot, D. D. (16021675) Ashley, Staffordshire Staffordshire
Richard Love, D. D. (15961661) Ekington Derbyshire
William Lyford (1597?–1653) Sherbourne
16431651 Jean de la Marche (15851651) Guernsey of the French Congregations
16431649 Stephen Marshall, B. D. (1594/5?–1655) Finchingfield Essex
16431649 John Maynard (16001665) Sussex
16431649 William Mew, B. D. (16021659) Eastington Gloucestershire
16431649 Thomas Micklethwaite[11] (d. 1663) Cherryburton
William Moreton (d. 1643) Newcastle upon Tyne Durham
George Morley, D. D. (1598?–1684) Monmouthshire of Minden Hall; later he became Bishop of Worcester, then Bishop of Winchester
16431649 Matthew Newcomen (d. 1669) Dedham Essex
William Nicholson, D. D. (15911672) Carmarthenshire afterwards Bishop of Gloucester
Henry Nye (15891643) Clapham Sussex
16431652 Philip Nye (bap. 1595, d. 1672) Kimbolton Huntingdonshire
16431644 Henry Painter (c.15831644) Exeter Devon
16431647 Herbert Palmer, B. D. (16011647) Ashwell Bedfordshire
1643 Edward Peale (15831645) Compton Dorsetshire
16431649 Andrew Perne (c.15951654) Wilby Northamptonshire
16431649 John Philips[12] (c.15851663) Wrentham Suffolk
16431649 Benjamin Pickering (fl. 16201649) East Hoatly Sussex
16431649 Samuel de la Place (1576/71658) Jersey of the French Congregations
16431649 William Price (d. 1666) of St. Paul's Covent Garden
16431649 Nicholas Prophet (c.15991669) Marlborough Wiltshire
John Pyne (bap. 1600, d. 1678) Bereferrars Devon
16431644 William Rathbone (d. 1644) Monmouthshire
16431652 William Rayner[13] (c.15951666) Egham Berkshire
16431649 Edward Reynolds (15991676) Brampton Northamptonshire became Bishop of Norwich at The Restoration (1660)
16431649 Henry Roborough (d. 1649) non-voting scribe
16431652 Arthur Sallaway (b. 1606) Severn Stoake Worcestershire
Robert Sanderson, D. D. (15871663) Boothby-Parnell Nottinghamshire
16431649 Henry Scudder (d. 1652) Colingbourne Wiltshire
16431649 Lazarus Seaman, B. D. (d. 1675) London
16431649 Obadiah Sedgwick, B. D. (1599/16001658) Coggeshall Essex
Josias Shute, B. D. (bap. 1588, d. 1643) Lombard Street, London Cardiganshire
16431652 Sidrach Simpson (c.16001655) Worcestershire some sources say he was of London
16431649 Peter Smith, D. D. (15861653) Barkway Hertfordshire also known as Brocket Smith
16431649 William Spurstowe, D. D. (d. 1666) Hampden Merioneth
16431649 Edmund Staunton, D. D. (16001671) Kingston Surrey
16431652 Peter Sterry (16131672) London
16431649 Matthias Stiles or Styles[14] (15911652) Eastcheap Oxford University, London
16441652 John Strickland (bap. 1601?, d. 1670) Cambridge University
16461649 William Strong (d. 1654) Dorset
16431649 Francis Taylor[15] (15891656) Yalding Kent
16431649 Thomas Temple,[16] B. D. (c.16011661) Battersey Brecknockshire
16431649 Thomas Thorowgood[17] (c.15951669) Massingham Norfolk
16431649 Christopher Tisdale (15921655) Uphurstbourne Hampshire
16431649 Henry Tozer, B. D. (c.16011650) Glamorganshire of Oxford
16431649 Anthony Tuckney, D. D. (15991670) Boston Lincolnshire
16431646 William Twisse, D. D. (1577/81646) Newbury Berkshire Prolocutor of the Assembly from its beginning until his death
James Ussher (15811656) Oxford University Archbishop of Armagh
16431649 Thomas Valentine,[18] B. D. (15861665) Chalfent Giles Buckinghamshire
16431649 Richard Vines (1599/16001656) Calcot Warwickshire
16431649 George Walker, B. D. (bap. 1582?, d. 1651) London
16431649 John Wallis (16161703) non-voting scribe; also a mathematician
1645 John Ward (d. 1665)
Samuel Ward, D. D. (15721643) Cambridge University Master of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
16431649 James Welby (fl. 16431649) Sylatten Denbighshire
1643 Thomas Westfield, D. D. (15731644) Bishop of Bristol
Francis Whiddon (c.15991656/7) Moretonhampstead Devon
16431649 Jeremiah Whitaker (15991654) Stretton Rutland
16431648 John White (15751648) Dorchester Dorset
16431649 Henry Wilkinson the younger, B. D. (16101675) Stepney London of St. Dunstans
16431647 Henry Wilkinson the elder, B. D. (15661647) Waddesden Buckinghamshire
16431649 Thomas Wilson (c.16011653) Otham Kent
16431647 John Wincop,[19] D. D. (c.16021647) Elesworth of St Martin-in-the-Fields
16431649 Francis Woodcock (16141649×51) Durham
16431649 Thomas Young (c.15871655) Stowmarket Suffolk

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 Notes
16431649 William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury (15911668)
Edward Conway, 2nd Viscount Conway (bap. 1594, d. 1655)
16441646 Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex (15911646)
Basil Feilding, 2nd Earl of Denbigh (c.16081675)
16431649 William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele (15821662)
William Grey, 1st Baron Grey of Werke (1593/41674)
16431649 Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke (15841650)
16431649 Edward Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Escrick (d. 1675)
16431649 Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester (16021671)
16431649 Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland (16021668)
Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland (15911668)
c.16441649 Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick (15871658)
Oliver St John, 1st Earl of Bolingbroke (c.15841646)
16431649 Philip Wharton, 4th Baron Wharton (16131696)

Commoners

Members of the House of Commons who served as
Lay Assessors at the Westminster Assembly

(in alphabetical order)
Dates of Participation Name Notes
1644 Sir Thomas Barrington (c.15851644)
16431647 John Clotworthy, 1st Viscount Massereene (d. 1665)
16431649 John Cooke (bap. 1608, d. 1660) one of the regicides
16431649 Sir John Evelyn (16011685)
1643?–1649 Nathaniel Fiennes (1607/81669)
1643?–1649 Sir Gilbert Gerard (15871670)
1643?–1649 Sir John Glynne (16031666)
16441649 Sir Robert Harley (bap. 1579, d. 1656)
16431649 Arthur Haselrig (16011661)
16441649 William Masham (1615/161654/5)
1643?–1649 Sir John Maynard (16021690)
16431649 William Pierrepont (1607/81678)
16431649 Edmond Prideaux (16011659)
16431649 Sir Robert Pye (bap. 1585, d. 1662)
1643 John Pym (15841643)
16441649 Sir Robert Reynolds (1600/011678)
16431649 Francis Rous (1580/811659)
16431649 Sir Benjamin Rudyerd (15721658)
16431649 Oliver St John (c.15981673)
16431649 Humphrey Salwey (c.15751652)
16431649 John Selden (15841654)
1645 William Strode (bap. 1594, d. 1645)
1644?–1649 Zouch Tate (16061650)
16431649 Sir Henry Vane the Younger (16131662)
16431649 Sir Henry Vane the Elder (15891655)
16431649 William Wheeler (c.16011666)
16431645 John White (15901645)
16431649 Bulstrode Whitelocke (16051675)
John Wilde (15901669)
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 Notes
16431647 Robert Baillie (16021662)
Robert Blair (15931666)
Robert Douglas (15941674)
16431647 George Gillespie (16131648)
16431645 Alexander Henderson (c.15831646)
16431647 Samuel Rutherford (c.16001661)

Elders

Church of Scotland Elders who served as
Commissioners at the Westminster Assembly
(in alphabetical order by family name)
Dates of Participation Name Notes
1646 Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll (1605x71661)
16441646 John Campbell, 1st Earl of Loudoun (15981662)
16441647 John Elphinstone, 2nd Lord Balmerino (d. 1649)
1645 Sir Charles Erskine of Alva (d. 1663)
16441646 Archibald Johnston, Lord Warriston (bap. 1611, d. 1663)
John Kennedy, 6th Earl of Cassilis (1601x71668)
16431648 John Maitland, Viscount Maitland (16161682)
Robert Meldrum (fl. 16201647)
1647 George 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 in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 19221958.), 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.[1].
  2. ^ Bowles, Oliver in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 19221958.; author of De Pastore Evangelico Tractatus [2].
  3. ^ Carter, Thomas in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 19221958.
  4. ^ Clark, Peter in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 19221958.
  5. ^ Foxcroft, John in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 19221958.
  6. ^ Hall, Henry in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 19221958.
  7. ^ Samuel Hildersham in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 19221958.
  8. ^ Hodges, Thomas in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 19221958.
  9. ^ Jackson, John in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 19221958.
  10. ^ Johnson, Robert in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 19221958.
  11. ^ Mickelthwaite, Thomas in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 19221958.
  12. ^ Philip, John in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 19221958.
  13. ^ Rayner, William in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 19221958.
  14. ^ Matthias Stiles in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 19221958.; his church was St George Botolph Lane until 1645, when he was sequestered.
  15. ^ Taylor, Francis in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 19221958.
  16. ^ Temple, Thomas in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 19221958.
  17. ^ Thurgood, Thomas in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 19221958.
  18. ^ Valentine, Thomas in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 19221958.
  19. ^ Whinncopp, John in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 19221958.

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