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A38205	Articles of impeachment of the Commons assembled in Parliament in the name of themselves, and of all the Commons of England : against Matthew Wren doctor in divinitie, late Bishop of Norwich, and now Bishop of Ely, for severall crimes and misdemeanors committed by him, when he was Bishop of Norwich.	Wren, Matthew, 1585-1667, defendant.; England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.	1641 (1641)	Wing E2525; ESTC R6057	7,167	15

ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT OF THE COMMONS Assembled in PARLIAMENT in the name of themselves and of all the Commons of ENGLAND Against Matthew Wren Doctor in Divinitie late Bishop of Norwich and now Bishop of Ely for severall crimes and misdemeanors committed by him when he was Bishop of Norwich Printed Anno 1641. Articles of impeachment against Matthew Wren Doctor in Divinitie late Bishop of Norwich and now Bishop of Ely THat the said Matthew Wren being Popishly and superstitiously affected did at his first coming to be Bishop of Norwich which was in the yeer 1635. endeavour by sundry wayes and means to suppresse the powerfull and painfull Preaching of the Word of God did introduce divers orders and Injunctions tending to superstition and Idolatry did disturb and disquiet the orderly and settled estate of the Ministers and people and Churches of that Diocesse to the great prejudice of His Majesty the great grief and disquiet and hazard of the estates consciences and lives of many of His Majesties Loyall Subjects there to the manifest bringing in and increasing of prophanesse ignorance and disobedience in the Common people as by the particulars ensuing may appear I. Whereas many Chancels of Churches during all the time of Queen Elizabeth King Iames and of his Majesty that now is had laid and been continued even and flat without any steps ascending cowards the East-end of the same and are by the Rubrick in the Book of Common-prayer ordered to continue as they were and so ought to have continued He of his own minde and will without any lawfull warrant or authority in the yeer 1636. being then Bishop of Norwich ordered and enjoyned that the same should be raised towards the East-end some two some three some foure steps that so the Communion Table there placed Altarwise might be the better seen of the people II. He in the same yeer 1636. ordered That the Communion Table which is appointed by the said Rubrick at the time of the celebration of the holy Communion to be placed in the Body of the Church or Chancell where Divine Prayers are usually read and where the people might best hear should be set up close under the Wall at the East-end of the Chancell Altarwise and not to be removed from thence whereby the Minister who is by the Law to officlate at the Northside of the Table must either stand and officiate at the North-end of the Table so standing Altarwise or else after the Popish and Idolatrous manner stand and officiate at the Westside of the Table with his back towards the people III. He in the same yeer 1636. enjoyned that there should be a Rayl set on the top of the new raised steps before the Communion Table so set Altarwise as aforesaid which Rayl should reach from the Southside of the Chancell to the North within which the Minister onely should enter as a place too holy for the people and some of the people were punished for stepping into it as namely Daniel Whayman and others IV. The more to advance blinde superstition he in the same yeer 1636. ordered that all the Pewes in the Churches should be so altered that the people might kneel with their faces Eastward towards the Communion Table so set Altarwise as aforesaid And that there should be no seats in the Chancell above or on either side even up with the said Table V. He in the same yeer 1636. enjoyned that every Minister after he had finished the reading of some part of the Morning-Prayer at the Desk should go out from the same to the holy Table set Altarwise as to a more holy place and there when no Communion was to be administred read at the said Table a part of the Communion Service now commonly called the second Service whereby the consciences both of the Minister and people have been not onely very much offended and grieved but also the Service it self was made very unprofitable to the people who could not hear what was said or prayed in that place VI That both he in his own person his Chaplains and others of the Clergy as namely Master John Novell Master William Guest Master John Dunckon and others following his example did ever after the Table was so set Altarwise use and perform such so many and so frequent bowing and adorations before and towards the said Table as have been dangerous examples to draw others to the like superstitious gestures and have given great scandall and offence to the sound sincere and well affected Christians VII He in the said yeer 1636. enioyned all the people to come up to the Rayl to receive the holy Communion and there kneel and do reverence before the holy Table placed Altarwise And gave directions to the Ministers not to administer the Communion to such people as should not so come up and do such reverence as aforesaid And that the Minister should within the Rayl deliver the Bread to such people onely as should so come up and kneel before the said Table as aforesaid This was to the offence of the consciences of many good people who for fear of Idolatry and superstition durst not come to kneel at the said Rayl before the Table so placed Altarwise and many people not coming up thither though presenting themselves upon their knees in the Chancell have not had the Communion delivered unto them and afterward for not receiving have been excommunicated as namely John Shyming Samuel Dunckon Peter Fisher Thomas Newton Edward Bedwell Edmund Day John Frowar and many others VIII He did in the said yeer 1636. enjoyn and command that there should be no Sermons on the Lords dayes in the afternoon or on the week dayes at all without his Licence And also enjoyned that there should be no Catechising but onely such questions and answers as are contained in the Book of the Common prayer Not allowing the Ministers to expound or open the points of the same to the people He and his under officers affirming in publike places that such an exposition might be as ill as a Sermon And the more to hearten and confirm the people in prophaning the Lords day He enjoyned the Ministers to read publikely in their Churches a Book published touching sports on the Lords Day For not reading whereof some Ministers were by the command and directions of the said Bishop suspended viz. Maker William Leigh Mr Richard Proud Mr Jonothan Burr Mr Matthew Brownrigg Mr Mott and divers others some deprived Master Powell Mr Richard Raymond Mr Jeremy Borrowes and some otherwise troubled By all which knowledge was suppressed and ignorance and prophannesse introduced in that Diocesse IX There having been formerly two kinds of ringing of Bels and calling people to the Church in that Diocesse viz. one kinde when there were onely Prayers to be read and another kinde when there were both Prayers to be read and a Sermon preached whereby the people did apply themselves to the Service of God in those places where both Prayers and Preaching

was to be He to hinder the people in their good desires of serving of God and edifying their soules did in the same yeer 1636. command and enjoyn that there should be no difference in ringing of Bels to Church when there was a Sermon and when there was none X. Whereas many godly Ministers for the preventing of the great sinne in the people of unworthy receiving the holy Communion of the Lords Supper did use to preach two or three dayes before every Communion a preparation Sermon to prepare and instruct the people in the right and worthy receiving of the Communion He the said Bishop did in the said yeer 1636. forbid Ministers to preach any such preparation Sermon in that Diocesse as namely Master Devereox Master Swayn and other Ministers XI Whereas all Gods Ordinances are sanctified and made fruitfull by the blessing of God upon them by Prayer He endeavouring to suppresse the power and benefit of Prayer in the yeer 1636 enjoyned that no Minister should use any prayer before his Sermon but move the people to pray onely in the words of the fifty fifth Canon made Anno Dom. 1603. which Canon was not warranted by the Law And that no prayer should be used before or after the Sermon And he in his own person having been at the Sermon in the Town of Ipswich when the Preacher did use or make any other prayer did sit upon his seat withont using or giving any reverence of kneeling or otherwise thereby to discountenance such prayer And he in the said yeer 1636. enjoyned that no prayer should be made in the Pulpit for the sick and that such as were prayed for in the reading Desk should be prayed for onely in the two Collects prescribed for the visitation of the sick in private houses XII He the more to alienate the peoples heart from hearing of Sermons in the said yeer 1636. commanded and enioyned all Ministers to preach constantly in their hood and Surplice a thing not used before in that Diocesse and much offensive to the people as a scandalous innovation And the Parishioners of Knattshall wanting a Surplice he did by his Officers in the yeer 1637. enioyn the Churchwardens there that no prayers should be read in that Church till they had got a Surplice which they not getting for the space of two Lords dayes after had no prayers during that time there 13. That during the time of his being Bishop of Norwich which was about two yeares and foure moneths There were for not reading the second service at the Communion Table set Altarwise for not reading the booke of sports for using conceived prayers before and after Sermons And for not observing some other illegall innovations by him and his under-officers by and upon his directions and Injunctions sundry Godly painfull preaching ministers that is to say Master William Powell Master Iohn Carter Master Robert Peck Master William Bridge Master William Greene Master Mott Master Richard Raymond Master Thomas Scot Master Greenehill Master Nicholas Beard Master Hudson Robert Kent Jeremy Burrow Master Thomas Allen and others to the number fifty were excommunicated suspended or deprived and otherwise censured and silenced to the undoing of many of them their wives and children and they could not be absolved without giving promise to conforme to his directions editis edendis by meanes whereof some ministers were enforced to depart this Realme into Holland and other parts beyond Sea viz. the said Mr. William Bridge Mr. Ieremy Borrowes Mr. Thomas Allen Mr. Iohn Ward and others of Norwich to remove into other more peaceable diocesses as namely Mr. Edmund Calamy Mr. Broome Mr. Beard and others and some of them so prosecuted as hath beene suspected to bee the Cause of their deathes as namely Mr. Thomas Scot and others the terror of which proceedings hath caused other ministers to leave their Cures and goe away viz. Mr. William Kirington Mr. Thomas Warren Master Iohn Allen and others and if a stranger preached at the Cure of such person suspended the Church-wardens permitting such person so to preach were enjoyned pennance and otherwise troubled as namely the Church-wardens of Snailwell and the stranger for preaching was also therefore molested viz Mr. Ash Mr. Eades Master Manning and other Ministers 14. That during the time he was Bishop of the said See of Norwich hee did unlawfully compell the inhabitants of the severall parishes within that Dioces to raise the flowers of the Chancells of their respective Churches to raile in their Communion Tables to remove the Pewes and Seats and to make other alterations in the respective Churches in the doing whereof the said inhabitants were put to great excessive and unnecessary charges and expences amounting in the whole to the summe of five thousand pounds and upwards which said charges and expences he did by unlawfull meanes and courses enforce the said inhabitants to undergoe And such of the said inhabitants as did not obey the same hee did vex trouble and molest by presentments Citation excommunications tedious and frequent Journeyes and by attendances at the Courts of his Chancellor and other his officialls viz. the Church-wardens of Lin Ipswich S. Edmunds Bury and others 15. That for not comming up to the raile to receive the holy communion kneeling there before the table Altarwise for not standing up at the Gospell and for not observing and performing of his unlawfull innovations and Injunctions many other of his Majesties subjects viz. Peter Fisher Samuel Duncon Iames Percivall Iohn Armiger Thomas King and others have beene by him his Chancellors Visitors Commissaryes and Officialls by his command and injunctions much molested disquieted and vexed in their estates and consciences by Citations to the Courts long attendance there dismission Fees Excommunications Penancies and other Censures 16. That by reason of the rigorous prosecutions and dealings in the last precedent Articles mentioned and by reason of the continuall superstitious bowing to and afore the table set Altarwise the suspending silencing driving away of the painfull preaching Ministers the suppressing and forbidding of Sermons and prayer the putting downe of Lectures the suppressing meanes of knowledg and salvation and introducing ignorance superstition prophanenesse many of his Majesties subjects to the number of three thousand many of which used trades of spinning weaving knitting and making of Cloth and Stuffe Stockings and other manufactures of Woolls that is to say Daniell Sunning Michaell Metcalfe Iohn Berant Nicholas Metcalfe Iohn Derant Busby widdow Mapes Richard Cock Iohn Dicks Francis Lawes Iohn Senty and many others some of them setting an hundred poore people on worke have removed themselves their families and estates into Holland and other parts beyond the Seas and there set up and taught the Natives there the said manufactures to the great hinderance of trade in this kingdome and to the impoverishing and bringing to extreame want very many who were by those parties formerly set on worke to the great prejudice of his Majestie and his