Personas
The Westminster Assembly's full roster: ministerial commissioners and elders from Scotland, the English Presbyterian drafting core, the Dissenting Brethren, the Erastians, the parliamentary lay assessors from both Houses, and the originally-named royalist absentees who refused to sit.
Adoniram Byfield
d. c. 1660 · Scribe
Alexander Henderson
1583–1646 · Scottish Commissioner (minister)
Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland
1602–1668 · Lay Assessor (Lords)
Andrew Perne
1596–1654 · English Presbyterian minister
Anthony Burgess
d. 1664 · English Presbyterian minister
Anthony Tuckney
1599–1670 · English Presbyterian minister
Archibald Johnston of Wariston
1611–1663 · Scottish Commissioner (ruling elder)
Arthur Jackson
1593–1666 · English Presbyterian minister
Arthur Salway
d. 1656 · English Presbyterian minister
Basil Feilding, 2nd Earl of Denbigh
1608–1675 · Lay Assessor (Lords)
Benjamin Needler
1620–1682 · English Presbyterian minister
Benjamin Pickering
fl. 1640s · English Presbyterian minister
Brian Walton
1600–1661 · Originally named — declined (royalist)
Bulstrode Whitelocke
1605–1675 · Lay Assessor (Commons)
Calybute Downing
1606–1644 · English Presbyterian minister
Charles Herbert
fl. 1640s · English Presbyterian minister
Charles Herle
1598–1659 · Prolocutor (1646–1652)
Christopher Cartwright
1602–1658 · Originally named — minimal attendance
Christopher Love
1618–1651 · English Presbyterian minister
Cornelius Burgess
1589–1665 · First Assessor
Daniel Cawdrey
1588–1664 · English Presbyterian minister
Daniel Featley
1582–1645 · English Presbyterian minister (expelled)
Dudley North, 4th Baron North
1602–1677 · Lay Assessor (Lords)
Edmund Calamy the Elder
1600–1666 · English Presbyterian minister
Edmund Prideaux
1601–1659 · Lay Assessor (Commons)
Edmund Staunton
1600–1671 · English Presbyterian minister
Edward Bowles
1613–1662 · English Presbyterian minister
Edward Corbet
d. 1658 · English Presbyterian minister
Edward Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Escrick
d. 1675 · Lay Assessor (Lords)
Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester
1602–1671 · Lay Assessor (Lords)
Edward Reynolds
1599–1676 · English Presbyterian minister
Francis Cheynell
1608–1665 · English Presbyterian minister
Francis Coke
fl. 1640s · English Presbyterian minister
Francis Roberts
1609–1675 · English Presbyterian minister
Francis Rouse
1579–1659 · Lay Assessor (Commons)
Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford
1593–1641 · Lay Assessor (Lords) — d. May 1641
Francis Taylor
1589–1656 · English Presbyterian minister
Francis Whiddon
fl. 1640s · English Presbyterian minister
Francis Woodcock
d. 1651 · English Presbyterian minister
George Gillespie
1613–1648 · Scottish Commissioner (minister)
George Morley
1598–1684 · Originally named — declined (royalist)
George Newton
1602–1681 · English Presbyterian minister
George Walker
1581–1651 · English Presbyterian minister
George Walker (of Banstead)
d. c. 1657 · English Presbyterian minister
Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford
1599–1673 · Lay Assessor (Lords)
Henry Hall
fl. 1640s · English Presbyterian minister
Henry Hammond
1605–1660 · Originally named — declined (royalist)
Henry Hutton
fl. 1640s · English Presbyterian minister
Henry Painter
d. 1652 · English Presbyterian minister
Henry Roborough
d. 1650 · Scribe
Henry Scudder
c. 1585–c. 1652 · English Presbyterian minister
Henry Wilkinson the Elder
1566–1647 · English Presbyterian minister
Henry Wilkinson the Younger
1610–1675 · English Presbyterian minister
Herbert Palmer
1601–1647 · English Presbyterian minister
Hugh Peters
1598–1660 · Independent army chaplain; superadded
Humphrey Chambers
1599–1662 · English Presbyterian minister
Humphrey Hardwick
d. c. 1660 · English Presbyterian minister
Humphrey Saunders
fl. 1640s · English Presbyterian minister
James Cranford
d. 1657 · English Presbyterian minister
James Ussher
1581–1656 · Originally named — declined (royalist)
Jasper Hicks
fl. 1640s · English Presbyterian minister
Jeremiah Burroughs
1599–1646 · Independent / Dissenting Brother
Jeremiah Whitaker
1599–1654 · English Presbyterian minister
John Arrowsmith
1602–1659 · English Presbyterian minister
John Arrowsmith of Cambridge
d. 1652 · English Presbyterian minister
John Arthur
fl. 1640s · English Presbyterian minister
John Bath
fl. 1640s · English Presbyterian minister
John Bond
1612–1676 · English Presbyterian minister
John Campbell, 1st Earl of Loudoun
1598–1662 · Scottish Commissioner (ruling elder)
John Cardell
fl. 1640s · English Presbyterian minister
John Conant
1608–1694 · English Presbyterian minister
John Cosin
1594–1672 · Originally named — declined (royalist)
John Crewe, 1st Baron Crewe
1598–1679 · Lay Assessor (Commons)
John de la March
d. 1650s · English Presbyterian minister
John Downing
fl. 1640s · English Presbyterian minister
John Dury
1596–1680 · Scottish-born irenicist; superadded
John Foxcroft
d. 1658 · English Presbyterian minister
John Foxley
fl. 1640s · English Presbyterian minister
John Gibbon
d. c. 1660 · English Presbyterian minister
John Glyn
1602–1666 · Lay Assessor (Commons)
John Glynne (alternate spelling)
— see john-glyn · Lay Assessor (Commons)
John Greene
d. 1644 · English Presbyterian minister
John Hampden
1594–1643 · Lay Assessor (Commons) — d. June 1643
John Harris
d. 1658 · English Presbyterian minister
John Jackson
c. 1600–1648 · English Presbyterian minister
John Kennedy, 6th Earl of Cassillis
c. 1595–1668 · Scottish Commissioner (ruling elder)
John Langley
c. 1593–1657 · English Presbyterian minister
John Ley
1583–1662 · English Presbyterian minister
John Lightfoot
1602–1675 · Erastian minister
John Lisle
1610–1664 · Lay Assessor (Commons)
John Maitland, 2nd Earl of Lauderdale
1616–1682 · Scottish Commissioner (ruling elder)
John Maynard (of Mayfield)
1600–1665 · English Presbyterian minister
John Maynard (the lawyer)
1604–1690 · Lay Assessor (Commons)
John Philips
d. 1660 · English Presbyterian minister
John Phillip
d. 1660 · Independent minister
John Pym
1584–1643 · Lay Assessor (Commons)
John Rouse
d. c. 1660 · Lay Assessor (Commons)
John Selden
1584–1654 · Lay Assessor (Commons)
John Strickland
c. 1601–1670 · English Presbyterian minister
John Trapp
1601–1669 · English Presbyterian minister
John Wallis
1616–1703 · Scribe
John Ward of Ipswich
fl. 1640s · English Presbyterian minister
John White (of Dorchester)
1575–1648 · Second Assessor
John Williams
1582–1650 · Originally named — declined (royalist)
John Wincop
d. 1647 · English Presbyterian minister
Joseph Caryl
1602–1673 · Independent minister
Joseph Hall
1574–1656 · Originally named — declined (royalist)
Joshua Hoyle
1588–1654 · English Presbyterian minister
Joshua Sprigg
1618–1684 · Independent army chaplain
Lazarus Seaman
1607–1675 · English Presbyterian minister
Matthew Newcomen
c. 1610–1669 · English Presbyterian minister
Nathaniel Fiennes
1608–1669 · Lay Assessor (Commons)
Obadiah Sedgwick
c. 1600–1658 · English Presbyterian minister
Oliver St John
c. 1598–1673 · Lay Assessor (Commons)
Peter Clarke
d. 1665 · English Presbyterian minister
Peter Smith
d. c. 1653 · English Presbyterian minister
Peter Sterry
1613–1672 · Independent minister
Philip Delmé
c. 1593–c. 1654 · English Presbyterian minister
Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke
1584–1650 · Lay Assessor (Lords)
Philip Nye
1595–1672 · Independent / Dissenting Brother
Philip Wharton, 4th Baron Wharton
1613–1696 · Lay Assessor (Lords)
Ralph Brownrig
1592–1659 · Originally named — declined (royalist)
Richard Byfield
1598–1664 · English Presbyterian minister
Richard Capel
1586–1656 · English Presbyterian minister
Richard Cleyton
fl. 1640s · English Presbyterian minister
Richard Vines
1600–1656 · English Presbyterian minister
Robert Baillie
1602–1662 · Scottish Commissioner (minister)
Robert Greville, 2nd Lord Brooke
1607–1643 · Lay Assessor (Lords)
Robert Harris
1581–1658 · English Presbyterian minister
Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick
1587–1658 · Lay Assessor (Lords)
Robert Sanderson
1587–1663 · Originally named — declined (royalist)
Sampson Saunders
fl. 1640s · English Presbyterian minister
Samuel Rutherford
c. 1600–1661 · Scottish Commissioner (minister)
Sidrach Simpson
c. 1600–1655 · Independent / Dissenting Brother
Simeon Ashe
d. 1662 · English Presbyterian minister
Sir Arthur Haselrig
c. 1601–1661 · Lay Assessor (Commons)
Sir Henry Vane the Elder
1589–1655 · Lay Assessor (Commons)
Sir Henry Vane the Younger
1613–1662 · Lay Assessor (Commons)
Sir John Clotworthy
d. 1665 · Lay Assessor (Commons)
Sir John Wray
1586–1655 · Lay Assessor (Commons)
Sir Richard Onslow
1601–1664 · Lay Assessor (Commons)
Sir Robert Harley
1579–1656 · Lay Assessor (Commons)
Sir Robert Pye
1585–1662 · Lay Assessor (Commons)
Sir Thomas Widdrington
c. 1600–1664 · Lay Assessor (Commons)
Sir Walter Erle
1586–1665 · Lay Assessor (Commons)
Stanley Gower
d. 1660 · English Presbyterian minister
Stephen Marshall
c. 1594–1655 · English Presbyterian minister
Thomas Bayley
d. c. 1657 · English Presbyterian minister
Thomas Bedford
d. 1653 · English Presbyterian minister
Thomas Case
1598–1682 · English Presbyterian minister
Thomas Cawton the Elder
1605–1659 · English Presbyterian minister
Thomas Coleman
1598–1646 · Erastian minister
Thomas Ford
1598–1674 · English Presbyterian minister
Thomas Fuller
1608–1661 · Originally named — minimal attendance (royalist sympathy)
Thomas Gataker
1574–1654 · English Presbyterian minister
Thomas Goodwin
1600–1680 · Independent / Dissenting Brother
Thomas Hill
d. 1653 · English Presbyterian minister
Thomas Hodges
d. 1672 · English Presbyterian minister
Thomas Temple
1567–1661 · English Presbyterian minister
Thomas Thoroughgood
c. 1595–1669 · English Presbyterian minister
Thomas Valentine
d. 1665 · English Presbyterian minister
Thomas Westfield
1573–1644 · Originally named — declined (royalist)
Thomas Wilson (of Maidstone)
1601–1653 · English Presbyterian minister
Thomas Young
1587–1655 · English Presbyterian minister
Walter Balcanqual
c. 1586–1645 · Originally named — declined (royalist)
Walter Yonge
1581–1649 · Lay Assessor (Commons)
William Bridge
1600–1671 · Independent / Dissenting Brother
William Bridges
1600–1670 · English Presbyterian minister
William Carter (of Yarmouth)
d. 1658 · Independent minister
William Carter the Elder
d. c. 1658 · English Presbyterian minister
William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury
1591–1668 · Lay Assessor (Lords)
William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele
1582–1662 · Lay Assessor (Lords)
William Gouge
1575–1653 · English Presbyterian minister
William Greenhill
1591–1671 · Independent minister
William Mew
c. 1602–1669 · English Presbyterian minister
William Price
c. 1597–1666 · English Presbyterian minister
William Rathband
d. 1641 (named posthumously?) · English Presbyterian minister
William Spurstowe
c. 1605–1666 · English Presbyterian minister
William Strong
d. 1654 · Independent minister
William Twisse
1577–1646 · Prolocutor (1643–1646)
Zouch Tate
1606–1650 · Lay Assessor (Commons)
Prolocutor (1643–1646)
1
Prolocutor (1646–1652)
1
First Assessor
1
Second Assessor
1
Scottish Commissioner (minister)
4
Scottish Commissioner (ruling elder)
4
English Presbyterian minister
97
Edmund Calamy the Elder
1600–1666
Stephen Marshall
c. 1594–1655
Edward Reynolds
1599–1676
Anthony Tuckney
1599–1670
Richard Vines
1600–1656
Lazarus Seaman
1607–1675
William Gouge
1575–1653
John Arrowsmith
1602–1659
Thomas Hill
d. 1653
Herbert Palmer
1601–1647
Obadiah Sedgwick
c. 1600–1658
Henry Wilkinson the Elder
1566–1647
Henry Wilkinson the Younger
1610–1675
George Walker
1581–1651
Thomas Gataker
1574–1654
Francis Cheynell
1608–1665
John Ley
1583–1662
Thomas Young
1587–1655
Matthew Newcomen
c. 1610–1669
William Spurstowe
c. 1605–1666
Joshua Hoyle
1588–1654
Anthony Burgess
d. 1664
Christopher Love
1618–1651
Simeon Ashe
d. 1662
Thomas Wilson (of Maidstone)
1601–1653
Edmund Staunton
1600–1671
Robert Harris
1581–1658
John Conant
1608–1694
Henry Scudder
c. 1585–c. 1652
Daniel Cawdrey
1588–1664
Humphrey Chambers
1599–1662
Francis Taylor
1589–1656
Jeremiah Whitaker
1599–1654
Francis Roberts
1609–1675
John Wincop
d. 1647
Andrew Perne
1596–1654
William Carter the Elder
d. c. 1658
Thomas Bayley
d. c. 1657
John Langley
c. 1593–1657
John Bond
1612–1676
John Greene
d. 1644
William Bridges
1600–1670
Humphrey Hardwick
d. c. 1660
John Foxcroft
d. 1658
Peter Smith
d. c. 1653
John Philips
d. 1660
John Arrowsmith of Cambridge
d. 1652
Thomas Temple
1567–1661
John Strickland
c. 1601–1670
William Price
c. 1597–1666
Francis Woodcock
d. 1651
Thomas Case
1598–1682
Thomas Thoroughgood
c. 1595–1669
John Jackson
c. 1600–1648
Peter Clarke
d. 1665
Thomas Ford
1598–1674
William Rathband
d. 1641 (named posthumously?)
John Maynard (of Mayfield)
1600–1665
John de la March
d. 1650s
Philip Delmé
c. 1593–c. 1654
George Walker (of Banstead)
d. c. 1657
John Gibbon
d. c. 1660
William Mew
c. 1602–1669
Richard Capel
1586–1656
George Newton
1602–1681
Thomas Valentine
d. 1665
Richard Byfield
1598–1664
Benjamin Needler
1620–1682
Thomas Hodges
d. 1672
Arthur Jackson
1593–1666
Thomas Bedford
d. 1653
Calybute Downing
1606–1644
Edward Bowles
1613–1662
Edward Corbet
d. 1658
James Cranford
d. 1657
Stanley Gower
d. 1660
John Trapp
1601–1669
Thomas Cawton the Elder
1605–1659
Benjamin Pickering
fl. 1640s
Francis Whiddon
fl. 1640s
Henry Painter
d. 1652
Henry Hall
fl. 1640s
Charles Herbert
fl. 1640s
Sampson Saunders
fl. 1640s
Arthur Salway
d. 1656
John Foxley
fl. 1640s
Jasper Hicks
fl. 1640s
Richard Cleyton
fl. 1640s
John Downing
fl. 1640s
John Harris
d. 1658
Francis Coke
fl. 1640s
John Arthur
fl. 1640s
Henry Hutton
fl. 1640s
John Bath
fl. 1640s
Humphrey Saunders
fl. 1640s
John Ward of Ipswich
fl. 1640s
John Cardell
fl. 1640s
English Presbyterian minister (expelled)
1
Independent / Dissenting Brother
5
Independent minister
6
Erastian minister
2
Lay Assessor (Commons)
25
John Selden
1584–1654
Bulstrode Whitelocke
1605–1675
John Pym
1584–1643
Sir Henry Vane the Younger
1613–1662
Oliver St John
c. 1598–1673
Nathaniel Fiennes
1608–1669
Francis Rouse
1579–1659
John Glyn
1602–1666
Sir Henry Vane the Elder
1589–1655
Sir Walter Erle
1586–1665
Sir Robert Harley
1579–1656
John Lisle
1610–1664
Edmund Prideaux
1601–1659
Sir John Clotworthy
d. 1665
John Maynard (the lawyer)
1604–1690
Walter Yonge
1581–1649
Zouch Tate
1606–1650
John Rouse
d. c. 1660
Sir Arthur Haselrig
c. 1601–1661
Sir Thomas Widdrington
c. 1600–1664
John Crewe, 1st Baron Crewe
1598–1679
Sir Richard Onslow
1601–1664
Sir John Wray
1586–1655
Sir Robert Pye
1585–1662
John Glynne (alternate spelling)
— see john-glyn
Lay Assessor (Lords)
12
Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland
1602–1668
William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele
1582–1662
Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester
1602–1671
Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke
1584–1650
William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury
1591–1668
Robert Greville, 2nd Lord Brooke
1607–1643
Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford
1599–1673
Philip Wharton, 4th Baron Wharton
1613–1696
Edward Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Escrick
d. 1675
Dudley North, 4th Baron North
1602–1677
Basil Feilding, 2nd Earl of Denbigh
1608–1675
Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick
1587–1658
Scottish-born irenicist; superadded
1
Independent army chaplain; superadded
1
Independent army chaplain
1
Originally named — declined (royalist)
11
Originally named — minimal attendance
1
Originally named — minimal attendance (royalist sympathy)
1
Lay Assessor (Commons) — d. June 1643
1
Lay Assessor (Lords) — d. May 1641
1
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