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 RefsSir Edmund BaconRedgrave1634Sir William SpringPakenham1641Deputy Lieutenant from 1642William Soame Little Thurlow1633Maurice BarrowBarningham1643Brampton Gurdon (senior)Assington1629MP for Sudbury 1621–1622Henry North (senior) Laxfield1620Thomas Tirrell GippingEdmund Harvey Wickham SkeithBrampton Gurdon (junior)AssingtonSamuel Moody Bury St EdmundsMP for Bury St Edmunds 1654–1659
Second Commission Transcribed by Francis Hill.
Name Location High Sherriff of Suffolk Other positions Notes RefsSir John WentworthSomerleyton1619Francis BaconIpswichNathaniel Bacon IpswichNathaniel BaconFristonFrancis BrewsterWrenthamWilliam Blois Grundisburgh1620Robert Brewster WrenthamRobert Duncon IpswichBrother of Samuel DunconPeter FisherIpswichJohn Base Saxmundham
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