and said that the House of Commons in Parliament was an unjust Court and doth ordinarily sweare and curse and useth superstitious bowing and cringing to the Communion Table 8. The Benefice of Iohn Gordon Rector of the Parish Church of Ockley in the County of Sussex is sequestred for that he is a common haunter of Ale-houses and Tavernes sitting and tipling there night after night and hath spent the whole Sabbath there so that no Service nor Sermon was in his Church by reason thereof and is a common drunkard and hath not preached on any Fast day since it was enjoyned by King and Parliament and hath published in his Church all those to be Traitours that lent to the Parliament and hath deserted his said Church for about six Moneths last past and is reported to have been seene in the Army of Cavalieres raised against the Parliament 9. The Benefice of Lawrence Washington Rector of Purleigh in the County of Essex is sequestred for that he is a common frequenter of Ale-houses not only himselfe sitting daily tipling there but also incouraging others in that beastly vice and hath been oft drunke and hath said That the Parliament have more Papists-belonging to them in their Armies then the King had about him or in his Army and that the Parliaments Army did more hurt then the Cavaleeres and that they did none at all And hath published them to be Traitours that lend to or assist the Parliament 10. The Benefice of Philip Leigh Vicar of the Parish Church of Redburne in the County of Hertford is sequestred for that he is a common drunkard and haunter of Alehouses usually drinking healths and pressing others thereunto a common swearer and quarreller and hath expressed much malignancy against the Parliament 11. The Benefices of Francis Fothersby Vicar of S. Clements in Sandwich and Parson of Lingsteede in the County of Kent are sequestred for that he is a common drunkard and common swearer and curser and hath expressed great malignancy against the Parliament in not only refusing to contribute to the publike defence of but saying that they that would not lend the Parliament money should be sent with Ordinances to Hell 12. The stipend of Daniel Tutivall Preacher of Suttons Hospitall in the County of Middlesex commonly called Charterhouse is sequestred for that he hath been often drunke and that on the Lords day and hath taught in his Sermons to the said House that Moses and Aaron being before them meaning two Pictures set up in the Chappell and the Organs behind them newly also set up there they were a happy people and what greater comfort could mortall men have and hath wholy neglected the observation of the Monethly Fast not preaching thereupon and procured scandalous and Malignant Ministers to preach there to corrupt his people 13. The Benefice of Iohn Gorsuch Doctor of Divinity Rector of the Parish Church of Walkerne in the County of Hertford is sequestred for that he is a common haunter of Ale-houses and Tavernes and often drunke and oft sitteth gaming whole nights together and is seldome in the Pulpit preaching scarce once a quarter And hath often denied many of his Parishoners the Sacrament of the Lords Supper without any cause shown and refused to administer it to such as would not come up to the railes And endeavoured to hire one Ioanes to ride a Troope-Horse for Prince Rupert to serve under him against the Parliament saying withall he had a snotty nose Iade to send to the Parliament to poison the whole Band and hath published a wicked Libell against the Parliament That some of the Lords whom he Named were Fooles Bastards and Cuckhoulds 14. The Benefice of Edward Thurman Rector of the Parish Church of Hallingbury in the County of Essex is sequestred for that he is a Common drunkard and hath presented his Parishioners for going from their own Church to heare Sermons when they had none at home and hath affirmed that he would drive away all the Puritans out of his Parish and enforced his Parishioners to come to the railes and hath wholy deserted his said Cure for the space of halfe a yeare now last past 15. The Benefice of Robert Snell Vicar of the Parish Church of Maching in the County of Essex is sequestred for that he hath often refused to administer the Sacrament of the Lords Supper to such of his Parish that refused to come to the railes to receive it and there being a Crucifix in the window over the Altar he useth to bow towards it and would not suffer it to be pulled downe notwithstanding the Order of Parliament for it And hath taught his people that God hath now an Altar and that the Table set Altar-wise put him in mind of God to worship him the better and in administring the Sacrament called one of the Communicants Puppy for that being left-handed he put forth that hand to receive the Bread and caused the Church-wardens to present such as would not come up to the railes to receive there and kneele before them and hath expressed great Malignancy against the Parliament 16. The Benefice of Robert Hiliard Vicar of the Parish Church of Ewell in the County of Surry is sequestred for that he said The Parliament is a Parliament for the Devill and the Devils Court and that the Petitions of the Parliament to the King are like the Petitions of Jeroboam to Rehoboam commands and not Petitions and hath discouraged divers from giving or lending towards the publike defence expressing that he hoped they that did so should never see penny of it againe and that he would rather live under the government of a Heathen then of the Parliament and is a common frequenter of Tavernes and Ale-houses sitting tipling and quarrelling there and is often drunke and is a common curser and swearer and hath jeared the holy Spirit of Grace saying We have Ministers now will preach forsooth and pray by the Spirit and hath threatned to kill those that have exhibited Articles against him in Parliament in case they should proceed against him and went about with the Cavalieres at Kingstone directing them to plunder honest men there 17. The Benefice of Ioseph Soane Vicar of Aldenham in the County of Hertford is sequestred for that he is a common Gamester a common Ale-house haunter and frequently drunke and a common quarreller and hath called the Parliament Souldiers under the command of his Excellency the Earle of Essex Parliament doggs 18. The Benefices of William Fairefax Doctor in Divinity Rector of the Parish Church of S. Peters in Cornhill London and Vicar of East-Ham in the County of Middlesex are sequestred for that he hath refused to deliver the Sacrament of the Lords Supper to such of his Parishioners as refused to come up to the railes and refused to let his Parish have a Lecturer on the Lords day in the after-noone except he might have 50lb. given unto him for the same And for the space of eight yeares refused to
for not coming up to the railes though some of them begged it with teares and openly reviled them for not conforming to that superstitious Innovation calling them Doggs Rogues and Beggers and presented them to the Commissaries Court for the same to their great damage and vexation and hath published in his Church the Booke of Sports on the Lords day and commended the same and hath publikely in his Sermons affirmed That preaching is not necessary for the sanctification of the Sabbath and that the Sabbath was made for Ministers to rest in as well as for the people and that Lay-men ought not to meddle with the Scriptures but must beleeve as the Church beleeves which Church he made to be Arch-bishops and Bishops And the railes being removed he placed formes instead of them making his people kneele at them to receive the Lords Supper And hath preached That if the King should set up flat Idolatry we ought to submit and not to take up Armes as some doe now and enveighed against the Parliament for endeavouring to take away Episcopacy and hath not only refused to joyne in the publike defence but hath also discouraged such as have so done 25. The Benefice of Iohn Peckham Rector of the Parish Church of Hosteede parva in the County of Sussex who giveth out that he is the Kings Chaplaine is sequestred for that he hath been very negligent in his Cure absenting himselfe from his Parishioners sometimes a whole Moneth together without leaving any to Officiate for him and hath refused to administer the Lords Supper to those of his Parish that would not come up to the Railes and is a common drunkard and notorious adulterer and uncleane person having drawne divers women to commit uncleannesse with him and hath bragged that he could lie with women and never get them with child and hath used sordid and beastly carriages towards women to intice them to satisfie his lust not to be named among the Heathen and hath expressed great malignity against the Parliament and proceedings thereof and hath affirmed publikely that a man might live in murther adultery and other grosse sinnes from day to day and yet be a true penitent person 26. The stipend of Iohn Kidd Curate of Egerton in the County of Kent is sequestred for that he preacheth not to his Parish above once in a fort-night sometimes not once in a Moneth or two Moneths though there be in the said Parish neere 400. Communicants nor provided any other to instruct them and hath used frequent and unreasonable bowing to the Communion-Table in his said Church and perswaded his people so to doe and called them openly unreverent Puppies that passed by it without such bowing and in administring the Sacrament of the Lords Supper when he had received himselfe and was going to administer the Bread to his people assaulted one of the Communicants and pulled him by the haire of the head and thrust him out of the Church and Congregation without any just cause and hath never preached to his Parishioners upon any of the Fast dayes 27. The Benefice of Griffith Roberts Vicar of the Parish Church of Ridge in the County of Hertford is sequestred for that he hath not only practised the late Innovations and neglected the publike Fast and imployed his neighbours to carry home wood for him upon a Fast day but hath openly declared the Earle of Essex and all his followers and Armies of the Parliament to be Traitours and that whosoever sent Horses Money or Plate to the Parliament were also Traitours and that this Land was governed by Children and Fooles and that the Parliament had done that that they must die for even the best of them if ever the Lawes were setled and that the said Roberts is a common drunkard and tipler in Ale-houses and drinker of healths quarrelling with them that will not pledge him therein 28. The Benefice of Peter Dausem Vicar of the Parish Church of Camberwell in the County of Surry is sequestred for that he is a common drunkard and drunke at the times of his officiating at Burials and Baptizings and hath by his debaushed conversation disabled himselfe from preaching and hath not preached for these 12. yeares and upwards and did protect and hide a Romish Priest in his house from the Officers that came to seek him and hath extorted undue and unreasonable fees from his Parishioners and after the administring of the Sacrament of the Lords Supper expended the money given to the poore in Sack and dranke it in the Church And in delivering the Sacrament to one Mistris Wilson one of his Parishioners cast the Bread upon the ground saying to her take it there if thou wilt have it and is a common curser and swearer and hath read in his Church his Majesties Declaration against the Parliament concerning Levies and being told of an Ordinance of Parliament against the reading of such things answered He cared not for it 29. The Benefice of Iohn Mountford Doctor in Divinity Rector of the Parish Church of Austie in the County of Hertford is sequestred for that he hath introduced into his said Church and other Churches a turning of the Communion-Table Altar-wise and having a great Crucifix and Picture of the Virgin Mary in the East window over the said Table used bowings and cringings before the said Table and Crucifix set Altar-wise and caused the said Table to be railed in and the Jesuits Badge to be set upon the Carpet there compelled the people to come up to the railes there to kneele to receive the sacrament teaching them that God was alwayes present at the Altar by the presence of his grace and was therefore to be bowed unto and in his going up to the Table to reade second Service usually caused that part of the 43. Psalme to be sung viz. Then shall I to the Altar goe of God c. And hath endeavoured to leaven his people with the doctrines of Arminianisme and hath forbidden by vertue of a Commissary or Surrogates place he held under the Deane and Chapter of Paules preaching in the afternoone on the Lords day and expounding of the Catechisme within his Jurisdiction only tying them to use the same by bare Questions and Answers and pressing the reading of the Booke of Sports on the Sabbath day and usually enveighed in his Sermons against those that went out from his said Parish Church to heare Sermons when they had none at home and did arrest the Church-wardens of the said Parish and the Glasier for pulling downe the said scandalous Pictures in the said window in obedience to Order of Parliament and hath preached against praying ex tempore as unlawfull and hath in his absence substituted a very scandalous Curate very superstitious in his practises who preached that that conscience was neither good nor quiet that could not be content with one Sermon a day on the Lords day and charged them as Rebells that did not observe his superstitious practises of the late
vice a common swearer by great and bloudy oaths and hath bin very carelesse and negligent of his Cure seldome preaching above once a month and never on the Fast-dayes and is seldome present at Church on the Past-dayes and often absent on the Lords-day when he hath drunke hard the day before and hath carried himself very lasciviously towards severall women and is greatly suspected of Incontinency 50. The stipend and Benefice of Iohn Man Curate of the Parish Church of Stroode neare Rochester in the County of Kent is sequestred for that he is a common drunkard and frequenter of Ale-houses and Tavernes drawing others to the same excesse with him and is a common swearer by bloudy oathes and useth to curse and is a common quarreller and fighter and said That he scorned the Parliament and that the Parliament-men were not Gentlemen of quality and hath otherwise expressed great malignity against the Parliament 51. The Benefice of Nicholas Lowes Vicar of the Parish Church of Much-Bently in the County of Essex is sequestred for that he hath beene often drunke and useth to sit tipling in Ale-houses seven or eight houres together even on the Lords dayes and affirmed That he hoped to see them all hanged that had set their hands against Bishops and Papists and he and by his example the people spend the greatest part of the Lords day in pastimes and drinking at the Ale-house and hath expressed great malignancy against the Parliament 52. The Benefice of William Evans Parson of the Parish Church of Sandcroft in the County of Suffolk is sequestred for that he is a common Ale-house haunter and notorious drunkard and campanion of Ale-house haunters and hath altogether neglected the publike Fast even since the Order of Parliament for the better observation thereof and spent the same dayes or the greater part of them in Ale-houses and wholy neglected to preach in the after-noones on the Lords day or to suffer any other to doe it And hath driven divers of his Parishioners out of the Parish by prosecuting them in the Ecclesiasticall Courts for going to other Churches to heare Sermons when himselfe preached not and in his Pulpit delivered That those that did give or lend to the Parliament were accursed and insteed of a Sermon on the Lords day read to his people a Declaration set forth in his Majesties name concerning the Militia the Ships Fortes and Towne of Hull 53. The Benefice of Iohn Squire Vicar of the Parish Church of Shorditch in the County of Middlesex is sequestred for that he hath publikely in his Sermons affirmed the Papists to be the Kings best Subjects for their Loyalty and for their liberality and that like Arauna many had given like Kings to the King to maintaine his Honour against the rebellious Scots and for their patience that enduring the many grievances under his Majesty they had buried all in oblivion and the Protestants would afford him nothing but in a Legall way yea but in their own way and exhorting that none should come to the Sacrament unlesse they were so affected to his Majesty as the Papists were and compared his Majesty to the man that went from Hierusalem to Jericho and fell among theeves that wounded him of his Honour robbed him of his Castles and hearts of his people the Priest passing by was the Protestant the forward professour the Levite but the Papist was the good Samaritan especially the Irish Papist and that the Subjects and all they have are at the Kings command 54. The Benefice of Iohn Clarke Rector of the Parish Church of S. Ethelburrough within Bishops-gate London is sequestred for that he hath endeavoured to corrupt his auditory with the leaven of Popish doctrine that the Bread and Wine after the words of consecration cease to be Bread and Wine and differ specie from what they were before and that the Virgin Mary was the window of Heaven and the very clouts and raggs wherein Christ was wrapped were glorious raggs and that the crosse whereon Christ was crucified was made of foure sorts of wood and that he is a common haunter of Tavernes and Ale-houses and useth to sit tipling there till he be drunke and hath exprest great malignity against the power and proceedings of Parliament saying That the Parliament could not meddle or settle the businesse of the Church they being not Schollers but Mechanick men 55. The Benefice of Richard Nicholson Parson of the Parish Church of Stapleford Tawny in the County of Essex is sequestred for that he is a common drunkard and swearer and hath expressed great Malignancy against the Parliament saying They were a company of Factious fellowes and that this Parliament is no Parliament and that the major part of the Lords and Commons being with the King they were the Parliament and used divers other wicked speeches against the Parliament and against severall Lords in the House of Peeres and had three wicked and scandalous Libells against the Parliament found in his Study and did sing one of them in an Ale-house 36. The Benefice of Francis Wright Vicar of the Parish Church of Witham in the County of Essex is sequestred for that he hath tempted divers women both his servants and Parishioners to uncleannesse and is a common haunter of Ale-houses and Tavernes and a common drunkard and prophaner of the Worship of God by publike performing of the same in his drunkennesse and a common swearer and common user of corrupt communication and hath not officiated in the said Cure for the space of twelve Moneths last past before the sequestration 57. The Benefice of Curthbert Dale Rector of the Parish Church of Kettleburrough in the County of Suffolk is sequestred for that he was a constant observer of the late illegall Innovations in the Worship of God and presented and troubled his Parishioners in the Ecclesiasticall Courts for not comming up to the railes to receive the Sacrament of the Lords Supper and not observing other of the said Innovations and is a common swearer and curser and in his Sermons hath maintained That the Angells did mediate for the children of God and that men might drinke one pot for necessity a second for recreation and a third for good-fellowship and that it is not the blood of Christ that takes away sinne before God but it is repentance and teares that washes away sinnes and hath read the Book of sports on the Lords day and hath slighted and neglected the Monethly Fast and suffered his servants to worke thereupon And seeing a stranger in the Church put on his hat in Sermon time he openly then called him sawcy unmannerly Clowne and bid the Church-wardens take notice of him and the next Lords day tooke occasion in his Sermon againe to speake of him being then absent and to call him Lobb sawcy Goose Idiot a Wigeon a Cuckoe saying he was a scabbed Sheepe a stragler and none of his flock and is a common Ale-house and Taverne haunter and hath been often drunke and
frequently in his Pulpit upbraideth his Parishioners calling them Knaves Devills Raskalls Rogues and Villaines using other opprobrious speeches against them and in one of his Sermons affirmed That he hoped the late Lord Cooke was in Hell for maintaining Prohibitions and hath been very negligent in his Cure oft absenting himselfe from it for many weekes together and leaving the same in his absence to very scandalous Curates and hath wholy deserted his said Cure for above nine weekes last past and hath expressed great Malignancy against the Parliament 58. The Benefice of Thomas Goade _____ of the Parish Church of East-Hatley in the County of Cambridge is sequestred for that he was for his scandalous life and misdemeanours deprived of his Benefice at Guningson in the County of Nottingham about 20. yeares since and hath not since reformed his life but is still a common frequenter of Ale-houses and very often drunke and oft on the Lords day And on Newyeares-day was twelve-moneth the Sacrament of the Lords Supper being to be administred in his Church he came from an Ale-house where he had been all night and was so drunke that he fell downe twice or thrice in the presence of the Parishioners who expected him at the Church-doore And hath beene oft likewise drunke when he should have been preaching and taken up drunke in the Church-yard coming to performe that duty by reason whereof divers times his Parishioners have had neither prayers nor preaching on the Lords day And hath oft sate so long drinking that he hath bepist himselfe and sometimes the roome where he sate and is an outragious common swearer and curser and in his Tipling useth to say Now Devill doe thy worst and caused his servants to goe to their earthly laboures upon the Fast-dayes and finding his neighbours Hoggs trespassing wished the plague of God in Hell might take her and her Hoggs and hath been a great practiser and presser of the late illegall Innovations in the Worship of God And because his Parishioners would not come up to the railes to receive caused the Parish-Clarke to carry away the Bread and Wine and hath expressed great malignancy against the Parliament 59. The Benefice of Nicholas King Vicar of Friston and Snape in the County of Suffolk is sequestred for that he is a common Ale-house haunter and companion of scandalous persons and men of evill fame and oft drunke and attempted the chastity of Elizabeth Scotchmer who going to his house to pay him some moneyes he inticed her to lye with him and did strive a long time with her to abuse her by force and would have corrupted her thereunto with moneyes but she protesting unto him she would not sell her soule to the Devill for money he replied to her She was a foole for God did forgive the greatest sinners and hath expressed great malignancy against the Parliament 60. The Benefice of Edward Turner Parson of the Parish Church of S. Lawrence in the County of Essex is sequestred for that he is a common swearer and common Ale-house haunter and strong to beare strong drinke and useth to sit five or six houres together tipling at Tavernes sometimes whole dayes and nights tipling and drinking and sometimes drunke a common practiser and presser of the late illegall Innovations and hath deserted his Cure for the space of a yeare now last past 61. The Benefice of Iohn Wells Parson of the Parish Church of Shimplyn in the County of Suffolk is sequestred for that he is a common Ale-house haunter and common drunkard and in his drunkennesse hath layne abroad in the fields lost his hat fallen into ditches and so bemired himselfe that he hath been faine to be washed and hath attempted the chastity of divers women and sould his Calves for kisses with them and having lockt himselfe up in a chamber in an Inne with a lewd woman after a long time the doore was broken open upon him upon his refusall to unlock it and he found in a very suspitious manner upon a bed with her after which he conveyed her secretly away and sent guifts unto her And hath affirmed That the Land was governed by wicked men and that the Papists were the Kings best subjects and is a common swearer of very great Oathes 62. The Benefice of Thomas Geary Vicar of the Parish Church of Beddingfield in the County of Suffolke is sequestred for that he is a common frequenter of Ale-houses often drunke even to vomit and hath been and is a common swearer of bloody oathes and curser in a fearfull manner as God damne me the Devill damne me refused to preach for many Sabbath dayes together and said he thought preaching would doe his Parishioners no good and useth in his Sermons to raile upon his Parishioners calling them sowded Piggs Bursten Rammes and speckled Frogs and one of the chiefe women of the Parish greatly grieved at such miscarriages and going out of the Church the said Geary openly in his Pulpit thereupon said that if there were but one Whore in the Parish she would kick and fling and never keepe her seate and affirmed that he had absolute power to forgive sinnes and said that though this doctrine had laine hid for many yeares yet he blessed God that it was now revived againe and on a Fast-day disheartend men from attending on that sacred Ordinance and was a great promotor practiser and urger of the late illegall Innovations and when the railes were taken away affirmed that the place was the worse for thowant of them and hath expressed great malignancy against the Parliament 63. The Benefice of Thomas Darnell Vicar of the Parish Church of Thorpe in the County of Essex is sequestred for that he is an usuall prophaner of the Lords day by sports and playes and by making cleane his Cow-house and out-houses and other like servile workes and read the Book of sports on the Lords day in the Church with approbation thereof and is a common swearer and curser and a notorious drunkard and Ale-house haunter even upon the Fast-dayes and is a common Gamester at unlawfull games and hath been convicted of incontinency and adultery before Doctor Warren and others Justices of peace and began suite at Law in an action of slander for the same but durst never proceed therein and hath preached That he that would not conforme to his Prince in any Religion ought to be burnt and was a constant practiser of the late Innovations and put such of his Parish from the Sacrament of the Lords Supper as would not come to receive it at the railes and hath expressed great malignancy against the Parliament 64. The Benefice of Iohn Wood Vicar of the Parish Church of Marden in the county of Kent is sequestred for that he did reade the Booke of sports upon the Lords day in his Parish Church and did preach for the maintenance thereof and is notoriously infamous for sundry adulteries a common Ale-house haunter oft drunke a common gamester and quarreller in
thou art that fixest thine eye on this display learne by the evills which thou readest to bewaile the greater evills in this sinfull Land which thou yet dost not know b The following Centuries will make a more full Discovery of the wickednesses that are among us When malice hath spoken its worst and done its utmost then shalt thou cleerely understand what I daily see and certainely know that the great services and paines of the Parliament have no other scope but divine glory the Churches reformation and the Kingdomes safety Consider sadly and seriously of these things and the Lord give thee and me understanding of these times to know what Israell ought to doe in the same and let us without feare of the hand of violence or foote of pride set hand and heart and shoulder and all to the perfect cleansing of the house of the Lord and advancing his Sion to a perfection of beauty and setting up his Christ upon his Throne to rule over us in all things according to his own mind and then expect with fulnesse of assurance that he will speedily make all his enemies his foot-stoole and ease himselfe and us of all his adversaries Which is the prayer of him that desireth to spend himselfe and be spent in the service of the King and Kingdome JOHN WHITE THE FIRST CENTVRY OF Scandalous and Lewde MINISTERS 1. THE Benefice of Iohn Wilson Vicar of Arlington in the County of Sussex is sequestred for that he in most beastly manner divers times attempted to commit buggery with Nathaniel Browne Samuel Andrewes and Robert Williams his Parishioners and by perswasions and violence laboured to draw them to that abhominable sinne that as he shamed not to professe they might make up his number eighteene and hath professed that he made choice to commit that act with man-kind rather then with women to avoide the shame and danger that oft ensueth in begetting Bastards and hath also attempted to commit Buggery with a Mare and at Baptizing of a Bastard child blasphemously said openly in the Church That our Saviour as he was in the flesh was a Bastard and usually preacheth That Baptisme utterly taketh away originall sinne and that the sinnes committed after Baptisme are only by imitation and not by naturall corruption and hath in his Sermons much commended Images in Churches as good for edification and that men should pray with Beades and hath openly said that the Parliament were Rebels and endeavoured to starve the King and that whatsoever the King commands we are all bound to obey whether it be good or evill and hath openly affirmed that Buggery is no sinne and is a usuall frequenter of Ale-houses and a great drinker 2. The stipend of Iohn Aymes Curate of Lowis in Kent is sequestred for that he is a common drunkard a common haunter of Ale-houses and a common swearer and hath affirmed the Parliament to be a Round-headed Parliament and that their heads should be all shortly chopt off and wished that the King might grind them in pieces like a Potters vessell and for above 15. weekes hath altogether deserted his Cure 3. The Benefice of Charles Forbench Parson of Heny in the County of Essex was sequestred because he is a common swearer oftentimes breaking forth into fearfull Oathes and Imprecations and very carelesse of his pastorall function and wholy neglecteth the observing of the monethly Fast setting his men to plow himselfe also working on those dayes in the fields and hath affirmed that the Earle of Strafford was no traitour and that he was put to death wrongfully by the Parliament 4. The Benefice of Stephen Withers Parson of Kelvedon in the County of Essex is sequestred for that he hath sollicited oftentimes the Wife of Philip Glascomb to commit adultery with him and divers other women affirming it to be no sinne to lie with them And hath not only practised Altar-worship but urged his people to receive the Sacrament of the Lords Supper at the railes and in his Church read the Booke for prophanation of the Sabbath by sports and will not suffer his people to have above one Sermon on the Lords day though at their charge and hath expressed great malignity against the Parliament 5. The Benefice of Emanuel Vty Doctor in Divinity Rector of the Parish Church of Chigwell in the County of Essex is sequestred for that he affirmed that there hath beene no true Religion in England these forty yeares and that he loved the Pope with all his heart peremptorily maintaining that whatsoever men of holy Orders speake they speake by Divine inspiration and that if the Devill himselfe would have holy Orders put on him he would be inspired by the holy Ghost and hath denied the Kings Supremacy and exalted the Power of Bishops above the Authority of the Prince affirming them to be the head of the Church and blasphemously broached That the Command of the Arch-bishop of Canterbury was to be equally obeyed with the Word of God and hath declaimed against the Authority of Parliament and affirmed That Parliament-men are Mechanicks and illiterate and have nothing to doe to intermeddle in matters of Religion 6. The Benefice of Edward Cherry Rector of the Parish Church of Much-holland in the County of Essex is sequestred for that he usually boweth twelve times towards the East when he goeth into the Chancell and his Sermons which were rarely above one a Moneth mostly tend to the upholding and pressing of that and the like superstitious innovations and hath refused to give the Sacrament to those of his Parishioners that would not come up to the railes to receive it and hath taught in his Sermons That Baptisme washeth away originall sinne and that all men may be saved if they will and have free-will thereunto and hath been very often drunke and affirmed that a man may more lawfully play game and drinke in an Ale-house on the Sunday then on any other day and hath published a very scandalous Libell against the Earle of Essex Earle of Warwick and Earle of Holland and hath affirmed That he never knew any good the Parliament did unlesse it were to rob the Country and pick their purses and hath deserted his said Cure for above a yeare last past leaving the same wholy unsupplied and is reputed to have betaken himselfe to the Army raised against the Parliament 7. The Benefice of Thomas Thrall Vicar of the Parish Church of S. Mary Mount-thaw London is sequestred for that he hath neither Preached nor Catechized on the Lords day in the afternoone nor suffered his Parishioners to have any to performe the same though they have desired it at their own charge And is a common haunter of Tavernes and Ale-houses spending much of his time there and hath been often drunke and not only read the Booke for sports on the Sabbath in his Church but hath stirred up his Parishioners thereunto and countenanced them with his presence at Cudgells and the like other sports on that day
his house on Sundayes after prayers to sit there with him and consume their time in drinking and tipling 35. The Benefice of Henry Hancocks Vicar of the Parish Church of Fornax-Pelham in the County of Hertford is sequestred for that he hath preached That it is as lawfull for a woman if she dislike her Husband to leave him and take another as for one to goe out of his Parish to heare another Minister And that to goe to another Church was as the sinne of Witch-craft and Idolatry and filleth as well his Sermons as his ordinary discourses with bitter invectives and slanders against those that are religiously affected especially presenting them under the names of Puritans and Round-heads and hath said in his Sermons That the Puritans forced the Parliament to make Lawes according to their own fantasies and not according to the Law of God And after the fight at Edge-hill said in his Sermon That he was overjoyed to thinke that God should put it into the heart of the King to fight the Lords battell on the Lords day to uphold the ould antient Catholike Faith And fearing the pulling up of the railes about the Communion-Table he walked with his Sword about the Church-yard in the night saying he would rather loose his life then suffer them to be pul'd up and that if the Bishops should command him to weare a Kettle upon his head he would doe it and is a common tipler and haunter of Ale-houses and a prophane swearer of bloudy oathes 36. The Benefice of Alexander Clarke Vicar of the Parish Church of Bredfield in the County of Suffolk is sequestred for that he hath used very frequent bowing to the Altar in his going and returning from it and hath pressed the observing thereof upon his Parishioners and refused to let the Church-wardens levell the ground where the Altar stood because it was holy and consecrated and not fit to be throwne out or mixed with common earth and hath enveighed in his Sermons aginst praying by the Spirit calling it a Monster conceived borne and dying all in an instant and hath read the Booke of Sports on the Lords day and incouraged his Parishioners to observe the same telling them that it was sitter to play and follow their businesse on the Lords day then on holy dayes and hath publikely sported himselfe with his parishioners on the Lords dayes at Barly-breake and hath taught to the people that he hath absolute power to forgive sinnes blaming them that they did not send for their ghostly Father to have them forgiven and hath seldome observed the monethly Fast enjoyned by Parliament and hath endeavoured to draw his Parishioners to the Forces raised against the Parliament affirming that the Parliament had driven the King away from them and that the proceedings of them about the King were just and that there was not a Papist neere him And hath affirmed that the Earle of Strafford did die wrongfully and that the Parliament put him to death without a cause and hath spoken reproachfully of the Earle of Pembrooke and hath threatned his neighbours to give a list of the Names of them to the King that incouraged any to contribute to the Parliament 37. The Benefice of Zachary Tusham Vicar of the Parish Church of Dallington in the County of Sussex is sequestred for that he is a common drunkard and hath solicited the chastity of one Alice Thorpe and is a common quarreller and did way-lay one Edmund Gore about mid-night and fell upon him and beare him and hath greatly neglected his Cure sometimes deserting the same for two-Moneths together without any supply and hath spoken very disgracefully of the Earle of Essex and expressed great malignity against the Parliament 38. The Benefice of Nicholas Wright Doctor in Divinity Rector of the Parish Church of Thoydon-Garnon in the County of Essex is sequestred for that he hath not preached above twice or thrice a yeare to his Parishioners and yet hath presented divers of them and put them to great charges in the Ecclesiasticall Courts for going to heare Sermons in other Churches when they had none at home and brought also such Ministers as they heard so preach into trouble And hath procured the Communion-Table to be set Altar-wise with stepps to it and railes about it and constantly bowed towards it at his coming and going out of the Church refusing to administer the Sacrament to divers of his Parishioners without any cause other then his own wilfulnesse and read the Booke for Sports on the Lords day in his said Church and preached to maintaine the lawfulnesse of it by meanes whereof the Lords day hath ever since been much prophaned by Foot-ball playing and other ungodly practises and hath deserted his said Cure ever since Palme-Sunday last and betaken himselfe to the Army of the Cavaleeres and is in actuall War against the Parliament and Kingdome And hath brought and continued long under him for his Curate a drunken lewd and scandalous person that hath been indited and found guilty at the Sessions for a common drunkard 39. The Benefice of Iohn Woodcock Vicar of the Parish Church of Elham in the County of Kent is sequestred for that he is a common frequenter of Ale-houses and commonly drunke and abuseth them that will not keepe company with him at the Ale-house and is a common swearer by Wounds Bloud and other like execrable Oathes and a common curser and hath deserted his said Cure ever since the first of August last and hath expressed great Malignity against the Parliament and the proceedings thereof 40. The Benefice of Iohn Manby Doctor in Divinity Rector of the Parish Church of Cottenham in the County of Cambridge is sequestred for that while the Table was set Altar-wise he did constantly bow to it eight or nine times in a fore-noone and though he knew that the Parishioners could not heare him yet did alwayes reade second Service at the Altar and affirmed That it was no matter whether they heard or not for he prayed for them at the Altar which was Sanctum Sanctorum and affirmed That God was there more peculiarly present then in any other place of the Church and hath pressed his people in his Sermons That they ought to bring their offerings to the Altar and offer them there to him for that he was there in Gods stead to receive them and preached That he had power not only to pronounce absolution but had undoubted power to forgive sinnes and that the same was given him by the Bishops laying on of hands and that the Holy-dayes ought to be kept with as much reverence as the Lords day and that he read the late new Cannons and exhorted the people to receive and observe them as Scripture affirming them to be drawn out of Scripture And refused to Baptise children brought to the Church on the Lords day at evening Prayer though earnestly desired giving no other reason for it but because it was not his pleasure and hath preached openly
That Ecclesiasticall government doth not belong to the King but as the King had power to make Lawes to governe the Temporall estate by so the Prelates had power to make Lawes and governe in Ecclesiasticall things and hath affirmed that he ought not to be judged by a temporall Magistrate and is a common swearer and curser Woundes and Bloud and Pox and Plague and such like horrid oathes and curses doe commonly proceed out of his mouth and did bragge that he hath out-sworne a great swearer and is a frequent Gamester even upon the Lords dayes and when the late Innovations were growing to an height in the Church he did openly say in the said Church That the Kingdome had been governed by Puritans but now he hoped they would be rightly governed and hath read in his said Church all such Declarations and Proclamations as came forth in the Kings name and refused to reade the Ordinances of Parliament or to contribute to the Parliament or associate for the publike defence 41. The Benefice of William Muffet Vicar of the Parish Church of Edmonton in the County of Middlesex is sequestred for that he is a common frequenter of Tavernes and Ale-houses and a common swearer curser and blasphemer and is a common fighter and quarreller not sparing his Majesties Officers and is commonly drunke and scarcely sober at all but when he wanteth money to consume in drinke and in his drunkennesse goeth up and downe the said Towne breaking glasse windowes which hath cost him twenty shillings at a time to repaire and is a common drinker of healths and forcer of others to doe the same and hath expressed great malignancy against the Parliament 42. The Benefice of Iohn Denn Vicar of the Parish Church of Dartford in the County of Kent is sequestred for that he is a common Ale-house and Taverne haunter and commonly drunke and on Sabbath dayes useth to sit till twelve of the clock at night sending for bottles of Wine and clubbing and in a Sermon described a drunkard to be only such an one as lies in the Cart-way foaming at mouth and not able to remove from the Cart-wheeles and refuseth to preach on the Lords dayes and Fast dayes and is unwilling to suffer any to doe the same and hath expressed great malignity against the Parliament and the proceedings thereof 43. The Benefice of Richard Tanton Parson of the Parish Church of Ardingly in the County of Sussex is sequestred for that hee is a common drunkard and Ale-house haunter and in his Sermons hath wished That every knee might rot that would not bow at the name Iesus and hath read in the said Church Declarations in his Majesties name for raising of horse and money to maintaine warre against the Parliament and against the Militia and hath stirred up his Parishioners to joyne with the Kings forces and hath affirmed That he would beare out his Curate in refusing to deliver the Sacrament to such of his Parish as would not come to the Railes to receive the Sacrament of the Lords Supper 44. The Benefice of Thomas King Vicar of the Parish Church of Chesill magna in the County of Essex is sequestred for that he is a common frequenter of Ale-houses and Tavernes and very frequently drunke even upon fasting-Fasting-dayes and upon the Lords-day and hath refused to deliver the Sacrament of the Lords-Supper for divers yeares to his Parishioners that would not come up to the Railes having set up the Table Altar-wise and used bowing and cringing to it although they did upon their knees intreate it at his hands in the Chancell where they were wont before to receive it and hath deserted his Cure for above three months and did reade the book of sportes in his said Church for prophaning of the Sabbath 45. The Benefice of Edward Alston Parson of the Parish Church of Pentloe in the County of Essex is sequestred for that he hath attempted the chastity of some women and hath used very unchast demeanours towards other women snatching a handkerchiefe from one and thrusting it into his breeches and forcing her hand after it and putting his yard into her hand pulling up the coates of another and thrusting his hand into the placket of another and using other wicked temptations to draw them to his lust and was a forward maintainer and practicer of the late illegall Innovations and hath expressed great Malignancy against the Parliament affirming That they sate to make Lawes by authoritie and brake them without authority which was meere hypocrisy And in his Pulpit spake against the present defensive warre protesting that now when every child lift up his Sword to shed innocent bloud it was high time for him to lift up his voyce like a trumpet And did reade in his Church Declarations set out in his Majesties name but refused to reade any Declarations of Parliament And at Christmas was 12. moneth having appointed a Communion and all things were ready for it and the Parishioners prepared he turned his backe and went away refusing to deliver it because the Surplice was not there And falsly affirmed That the Parliament gathered great summes of money to enrich their owne purses 46. The Benefice of Christopher Webb Vicar of the Parish Church of Sabridgworth in the County of Hertford is sequestred for that he is a Common drunkard and Ale-house haunter negligent of his Cure and not suffering others to preach when himselfe would not and hath expressed much malignity against the Parliament affirming among other things That he hoped in God he should see the Confusion of the Parliament 47. The Benefice of Iohn Reynolds Parson of the Parish Church of Haughton and Witton in the County of Huntington sequestred for that he is a common Ale-house haunter and tipler therein and swearer and in stead of preaching did reade the Booke of Canons condemned in Parliament to his people and pressed them to observe the same commending them for the admirablest things and wittiest peece that ever was set forth and affirmed The Synod or Convocation of the Bishops to be of more force and authoritie then all Parliaments and to be before any of them And hath altogether left his said Cure for foure months last past 48. The Benefice of Edward Ashburnham Vicar of the Parish Church of Tunbridge in the County of Kent is sequestred for that he is a common Ale-house haunter and Taverne haunter and very often drunke even upon the Lords-days and hath driven divers of his Parishioners with their families from their dwellings by pursuing them for not comming up to the Railes to receive the Sacrament and seldome preacheth upon the publike Fast-days and made a publick speech for the incouraging of the late Insurrection and Rebellion at Tunbridge and to contribute to the maintenance therof 49. The Benefice of Nicholas Bloxam Parson of the Parish Church of great Waldingfield in the County of Sussex is sequestred for that he is a common drunkard and inticer of others to that beastly
and in them to wish That he might be cursed by Father Mother and all his Kin that endeth one health and will not another begin And hath kept a common Ale-house and is a prophaner of the Sabbath day by common sequenting of Ale-houses thereon and is a practiser of the late Innovations and would never preach himselfe nor suffer others to preach on the Sabbath-dayes in the after-noon and hath attempted the chastity of divers women and used unchast behaviour towards them 94. The Benefice of Robert Shepard _____ of the Parish Church of Hepworth in the county of Suffolk is sequestred for that he is a common drunkard and frequenter of Tavernes and Ale-houses lying and continuing drunke in the said houses divers nights sometimes twice or thrice a weeke and is greatly suspected of incontinency having had divers maid-servants depart from his house great with child none living in the house with them but himselfe and some of them have returned againe to live with him and within a short time have been with-child againe And hath been a great practiser of the Altar-worship an inforcer of his Parishioners to receive the Sacrament at the railes and hath put 15. at a time from the Sacrament for refusing to receive it at the railes And in his Catechising and preaching calls his parishioners Black-mouthed hell-hounds Limmes of the Devill Fire-brands of Hell Plow joggers Bawling doggs Weaverly Iacks and Church-Robbers affirming that if he could terme them worse he would And hath endeavoured to perswade poore men to forsweare themselves for him and hath affirmed That the Parliament were but a company of factious spirits 95. The Benefice of Iohn Woolhouse Vicar of the Parish Church of West-Mersea in the county of Essex is sequestred for that he is a common and excessive tipler and drinker both at home and abroad a common Ale-house haunter and drunkard and on the Lords day going from the Church to the Ale-house in the fore-noon and continuing tipling there till the after-noon service and useth to intice and provoke others to joyne in the same excesse with him even to drunkennesse and is a common dicer and gamester for money inticing his tipling companions thereunto and is a common curser and swearer and hath tempted women to incontinency and hath expressed great malignancy against the Parliament 96. The Benefice of Henry Hannington Vicar of the Parish Church of Hougham in the county of Kent is sequestred for that he is a common and notorious drunkard and oft lying dead-drunke in high-wayes and hath continued so for the space of twenty yeares and upwards and useth to sing in his cupps in the Ale-house baudy songs which he calleth Cathedrall Songs and on Easter-Eve and the severall Saturdayes before and after that he was so drunke that he was scarce able to speake and yet did administer the Communion on the three Sundayes following them And being likely to recover the Peere of Dover to be within the bounds of his Parish hee was asked how so great a number could have roome in so small a Church as his and his answer was Let them pay me their offerings at Easter and let them all goe to the Devill at Whitsontide and hath been so negligent of his Cure as children have been six or seven weekes unbaptized and the rest of the parish wholy neglected And when he read the Book of Sports on the Lords day there was Beere laid into his Barne and dancing and drinking there that day and to give them the more time for it he dismissed the Congregation with a few prayers and left off preaching in the after-noone And was at the time of the late Innovations a very forward promotor and diligent practiser of them and threatned the Church-wardens when they took downe the communion-Table into the Church and when young people and servants have come to him to pay their offerings and be examined of their fitnesse to receive the Sacrament of the Lords Supper his manner alwayes was to aske them How many Piggs their Fathers and Masters had and how many Fowle they kept and how many Lambes and when they had fully informed him thereof admitted them to the Sacrament without any further examination 97. The Benefice of Samuel Sowthen Vicar of the Parish Church of Malendine in the county of Essex is sequestred for that he is a common haunter of Ale-houses and Tavernes and often drunke even upon the Lords day and is a common provoker of others to drinke excessively rejoycing when he had made them drunke and is a common swearer and curser and hath refused to deliver the Sacrament of the Lords Supper to his parishioners that would not come to the railes to receive and useth to bow to the Elements in the Sacrament lifting them up and imbracing them and hath administred the Sacrament of the Lords Supper in one kind only and preached in maintenance thereof and hath been a diligent practiser of the late Innovations and perswader of others thereunto and hath frequently enveighed against painfull Preachers and their hearers comparing them to Pedlers and Ballad-singers that have most company when rich Merchants have but few and hath persecuted his Parishioners even to excommunication for going to heare Sermons at other Churches on the Lords-day in the after-noone when they had none at home and hath expressed great malignity against the Parliament and is vehemently suspected of living incontinently and in adultery with Katherine Hayward and hath been severall times presented to the Ecclesiasticall Court by the Church-wardens and sides-men for the same 98. The Benefice of Thomas Heard Vicar of the Parish Church of West-Tukely in the County of Essex is sepuestred for that he is a common drunkard and companion of drunkards and hath been so drunke that he hath tumbled into ditches and mire and hath been oft drunke since he was complained of in Parliament and in one of his drunken fitts called for a fire to be made and vowed he would burne his Wife and children in it and refused to deliver the Sacrament to his Parishioners for not kneeling at the ledge of the railes though they did present themselves kneeling neere unto it within his reach and when the former Parliament brake up said boastingly That he hoped then to live to see all the Puritans hanged 99. The Benefice of Samuel Scrivener Parson of the Parish Church of Westhropp in the County of Suffolk is sequestred for that he did frequently bow towards the communion-Table affirming That there was an inherent holinesse in that place and hath committed adultery with Margaret the Wife of George Woods and is a common frequenter of Ale-houses and hath been often drunke and hath said That the County of Suffolk had chosen such factious fellowes for their Knights that the Parliament was not like to hold and hath preached against this present defensive war of the Parliament and Kingdome 100. The Benefice of Ambrose Westrop Vicar of the Parish Church of Much-Totham in the Countie of Essex is
illegall Innovations and that his people are bound in conscience to believe whatsoever he and the Doctor did preach and that the materiall Church was the Misticall body of Christ and to give any thing to it was to beautifie Christs body and that to goe out to heare Sermons on the Lords day when they had none at home was spirituall whoredome And the said Doctor being informed of his said Curates superstitious practises and false doctrines and desired to remove him refused it affirming that he would mainetaine him in whatsoever he had said or done 30. The Benefice of Edward Brewster Rector of the Parish Church of Lawshall in the County of Suffolk is sequestred for that he hath refused to administer the Sacrament of the Lords Supper to such of his Parishioners as would not kneele at the railes and after they were taken downe from the place where they had stood caused divers of them to be presented in the Ecclesiasticall Court for not kneeling at their first coming into the Church and compelled them to doe penance for the same and hath refused to observe the late day of Thankes-giving appointed by the Parliament for the discovery of the late hellish Plot against the City of London and the Kingdome and is a common Ale-house haunter and hath been found guilty thereof upon Inditement at the Assises which he never traversed but submitted unto a Fine thereupon and hath continued since his frequent sitting and tipling in Ale-houses and hath spoken very disgracefully of the Earle of Essex and hath expressed great malignancy against the Parliament and neglected the keeping of the monethly Fasts and out of meere wilfulnesse hath refused to baptise children brought to the Church unto him for that purpose 31. The Benefice of Richard Hart Rector of the Parish Church of Hargrave in the County of Suffolk is sequestred for that he is a common Ale-house haunter and upholder of private Ale-houses and commonly sitteth drinking in them divers dayes together and lately continued drinking and tipling there from Tewesday till Sunday-morning and that morning being come home durst not come to Church his face was so battered and beaten and forced his Parishioners to goe to other Churches by reason of his inability to reade Divine service or preach unto them And used on the Lords-daies in the afternoones after his reading of Divine service to draw his Parishioners with him to his house forcing them there to drinke untill they be drunke causing every one to cast a Dye in their course and to drinke up so many cups as fell to their chance perswading them that if they will take their cups he can forgive them that sinne and when he hath preached on the Fast-day hath told his Parishioners that he knew not wherefore the Fast was and that it was not materiall to be kept and consumeth the after-noones of such dayes in drinking with some of his Parish in his owne house or at some private Ale-house And upon Whit-sunday last though he had administred the Communion in the fore-noone after Evening prayer read he drew a man and his wife to a private Ale-house and there kept them drinking till night and after led them to his owne house and there made the man so drunke as he fell a sleepe and then enticed the mans wife up into his Chamber where they were all night suspitiously together and drinking and taking tobacco and hath expressed great malignancy against the Parliament professing he would rather carse them then pray for them 32. The benefice of Edward Ienkinson Parson of the Parish Church of Panfield in the County of Essex is sequestred for that he did set the Communion Table Altar-wise and railed it in and commanded the Church-wardens to present such as refused to come and receive at the railes and called them that refused Wall-eyed Horses and hath in his Sermons taught That the Table is Gods Altar and that those that would not bow here at the Name of Iesus should bow in hell hereafter And that such as taught them they need not bow were blind guides And hath compared the godly reverend Ministers living about him to Salt-bitches which Doggs runne after and to roasted Doggs which draw away other mens Pigeons because his people went to heare them preach when they had no Sermon at home And hath said that such as preach twice a day are but praters and that hee will want of his will but he will put by preaching in the after-noone himselfe being a Judge in the Ecclesiasticall Court And he is an encourager of prophaning the Lords-day sending then for Cudgels for his people to play withall and being present himself at the Cudgell playing And hath expressed great malignancie against the Parliament 33. The Benefice of Black Novelty alias Notly in the Countie of Essex is sequestred from Ioseph Plumm Parson thereof for that he is a common Ale-house and Taverne-haunter and hath beene divers times drunke and not onely used superstitious bowing himselfe at the Name Jesus but hath presented the Church-wardens for not bowing and threatned his Parishioners because they refused it commanding his Church-wardens to looke to them and hath absented himselfe from his said Cure for the space of eighteene weekes last past and is reported to have betaken himselfe to the army of the Cavaleers and hath otherwise expressed great malignity against the Parliament 34. The Benefice of William Graunt Vicar of the Parish Church of Iselworth in the County of Middlesex is sequestred for that he hath called the singing Psalmes Hopkins Ligges And affirmed That he had rather heare a paire of Organs ten to one then the singing of them And hath read the Declarations and Proclamations set forth by his Majestie against the Parliament in his Church and hath refused to reade the Ordinances of Parliament enjoyned to be read and hath often preached against the present Defensive Warre averring the same to be against the Kings Person and wishing their hands might rot off that should be lift up therein and preached in like manner before some Regiments of the Parliament souldiers and hath also preached That they that went about to change the Lawes and Government of the Church and Ceremonies would at last change their Religion too And hath absented himselfe from his said Cure ever since the Kings Forces were at Branford and hath said That the Court of Parliament was a Court of no equitie and affirmed the marrying of the Clergie to be the undoing of them and that it would never be well with our Church untill auricular Confession be set up againe in it And is a common haunter of Ale-houses and Tavernes and that on the Lords-day even since the Order of Parliament for observing the Lords-day and hath beene often drunke and that many times in one weeke And that he complained that all good fellowship was laid aside in his Parish but he would bring it in againe and maintaine it and invited and entertained all he could procure to come to
gaming a great swearer and was punished at a quarter Sessions for adultery committed with the Wife of one Prior of the said Parish and having contracted one Margaret Parkes his servant to Thomas Maplesden his own Wife happening to die afterwards tooke to Wife the said Margaret against the will of the said Thomas Maplesden And on the Fast-dayes useth to sit drinking and tipling two or three houres together in an Ale-house in the company of other mens wives by him seduced thereunto and hath said That the Parliament hath no power to doe any thing in the Kings absence no more then a man without a head and hath otherwise expressed great malignity against the Parliament 65. The Benefice of Thomas Heny Vicar of the Parish Church of Arundell in the County of Sussex is sequestred for that he is a common frequenter of Ale-houses and Tavernes and hath beene often drunke a common swearer and hath oft procured Ale-houses to be set up in by-corners of the said Towne in despite of the Magistrate and not onely preacheth very seldome himselfe except it be for speciall reward but refuseth to suffer others to preach to his Parishioners when himselfe doth not and checks them for desiring preaching so much telling them That he would make them content with a Homily and before he had done with them would make them glad with one Sermon in a moneth And by his power in the Ecclesiasticall Courts hath caused scandalous persons to be placed for schoolmasters in the said Towne to corrupt the youth and hath expressed great malignancie against the Parliament 66. The Benefice of Erasmus Laud Rector of the Parish Church of Little-Tey in the Countie of Essex is sequestred for that he is a common drunkard even on the Lords day thereby disabling himselfe to officiate his Cure and sitting drinking late on a Satur-day night was demanded who should preach on the next day he answered Let the devill preach give me another cup of sacke and is a common swearer and hath used frequent superstitious cringing to the Altar and seldome preacheth to his Parishioners not above once in five or six weekes before the Parliament and divers times through his neglect his Church-doores have beene shut up all day on the Lords-dayes and Fast-dayes and at those times set his servants to worke and did work himself with them 67. The Benefice of Anthony Hugget Parson of the Parish Church of the Cliffe in the County of Sussex is sequestred for that he hath preached that it was more lawfull to steale or doe servile workes upon the Lords day then to goe to other Churches to heare a Sermon when there was none at home And hath sued divers of his Parishioners for going to other Churches to heare Sermons when he preached not and forced two of them to doe pennance for it and to acknowledge openly That they had offended God in it and grieved and gave offence to their fellow-Parishioners And procured one of them to be excommunicated for it And put one Peter Pennell whom he had 7. yeares before admitted to the communion from the Sacrament of the Lords Supper because he would not come among the boyes to be catechized and likewise refused to deliver the Sacrament to William Pennell because he was lame and could not kneele to receive it And hath beene bound at the generall quarter Sessions to his good behaviour for severall Misdemeanours and in stead of a Sermon on the Lords day did reade to his people the late new Canons and is greatly suspected of Incontinency and hath had the French-pox and was cured thereof by one M. Abell for 10. pound promised him And the said Huggets wife asking him for a peece of gold which he tooke from her and gave to a light woman in furie he spurned her on the belly when shee was quicke with child so that she was forced presently to take her chamber and was delivered of a dead child notwithstanding wch he vowed he would never have more children by her And hath wholy deserted his Cure for above 6 months from the time of the said sequestration and hath been seene in the Army of Cavaleers raised against the Parliament 68. The Benefice of Iohn Sydall Vicar of the Parish Church of Kensworth in the county of Hertford is sequestred for that hee is a common frequenter of Ale-houses and commonly drunke and hath severall times refused to administer the Sacrament to such as would not come up to the Railes to receive the same And when the Railes were taken away said it was the beginning of the abomination of Desolation and that Whore-mongers and Drunkards are as excusable as those that goe from their owne Parish to heare Srrmons and that Papists were better Subjects then Puritans And hath neglected his Cure for severall Lords dayes without any supply and hath expressed great malignancy against the Parliament 69. The Benefice of Iohn Rannew Parson of the Parish Church of Kettlebaston in the county of Suffolke is sequestred for that he is a common Ale-house haunter and much given to tipling and drinking and useth to provoke others to the same and hath been often-times drunke and hath preached in his Sermons That Originall sinne is washed away in baptisme And read the booke of sports on the Lords day and encouraged his Parishioners to practise the same and hath procured some of his parishioners to be punished in the Commissaries court for going to heare Sermons in other Churches when they had none at home and hath sundry times wholy neglected the monethly Fast and employed his servants in their weekely labours and worke on the same And hath been a zealous practiser of the late illegall Innovations and hath wholy deserted his Cure for halfe a yeare and upwards 70. The Benefice of Ieoffrey Anherst Doctor in Divinity Rector of the Parish Church of Horsemauden in the county of Kent is sequestred for that he hath been a diligent practiser of the late illegall Innovations in the Worship of God and refused to administer the Sacrament to those that would not come up to the railes reproaching such as would not comply with him in those Innovations as such as shall have no part with the Saints in light nor inherit the Kingdome of Heaven and is a common swearer and haunter of Ale-houses and hath been often and extreamely drunke and hath wholy deserted his said Cure for above seven Moneths last before the said sequestration and hath expressed great malignity against the Parliament 71. The Benefice of Miles Goultie Vicar of the Parish Church of Walton in the county of Suffolk is sequestred for that he is a great practiser and presser of the late illegall Innovations in the Worship of God and hath refused to give the Sacrament to his parishioners that would not come up to the railes to receive the same and being pressed much by his parishioners to preach twice a day or to give them leave to procure one to doe it he utterly refused professing
to represent the Holy Ghost altered the deske in the Church to a place in the chancell where he was not seene nor heard of many in the Church and hath refused to reade the Act of 21. Iacobi against swearing saying he knew a better meanes to helpe it namely by confession and pennance And hath refused to reade the buriall service at the buriall of some children because they dyed before Baptisme and in visiting the sicke useth to mumble somewhat overthem and then to crosse them upon the face and the fore-head and hath expressed great malignity against the Parliament 84. The Benefice of Richard Duxon Doctour in Divinitie parson of the Parish Church of St. Clement-Danes without Temple-barre London is sequestred for that in his catechising in his said Church he hath taught That children dying after Baptisme are saved by the faith of the God-fathers and God-mothers And spendeth much of his time in gaming for money and useth to sweare by the faith of a Priest before God and upon his salvation and is very superstitious in bowing and cringing to the Altar and practising the late illegall Innovations and compared them that vsed ex tempore prayer and enlarged themselves therein with pertinent expressions to Baals Priests who thought to be heard for their much bauling And neglecting to preach himselfe upon Christmas-day last in the after-noone and finding a very great congregation met to heare M. Evans the Lecturer preach kept the Pulpit and deske himselfe with a strong hand refusing to let the Lecturer preach and openly protested to the congregation that they should have no Sermon then and in the pulpit read a few collects to them and then charged the Church-wardens to drive the congregation out or to shut them in and so inforced the congregation to depart without any Sermon in great discontent And speaking of the present troubles said It had beene a happy thing for the Kingdome if they had made choice of such Parliament-men as they might have trusted without any Puritans And reading in his Church an Ordinance of Parliament for a collection for maimed souldiers to discourage his people from giving to that pious use told them That charitie did begin at home and for his part he thought their own poore had more need of it And hath not onely refused to take the late Protestration but also being desired to lead his people in taking the late Covenant answered openly in the Church before them That he would not lead the people into sinne and yet was a great promoter of the Church-wardens and Sides-men of the said Parish to take the Oath of the late new Canons with himselfe and hath otherwise exprest great malignity against the Parliament and hath extorted excessive fees from his Parishioners for burials viz. twenty shillings for a Sermon when there was none twelve shillings for the use of a black-cloath hanged about the Pulpit at the time of the buriall not being desired and otherwise and hath deserted his cure for six weekes last past before the said sequestration and hath betaken himselfe to the Army of cavaleers raised against the Parliament and was seene in Oxon since in a coloured hat and coat 85. The Benefices of Edward Marten Doctor in Divinity Parson of the Parish Churches of Houghton-Conquest in the county of Bedford and of Dunnington in the county of Cambridge is sequestred for that he usually prayed openly for the Saints and people departed this life and that they may be eased and freed of their paines in Purgatory and hath said that preaching is prophaned when it is in a dining-roome or other place not hallowed by the Bishop and that the Ordinance is prophaned by the place and doth not consecrate the place And that having great yearely revenues did notwithstanding upon the Sabbath-day steale wheatesheaves out of the field in harvest and laid them to his tithe shock and hath not preached since he was Parson of Houghton-Conquest in five yeares not above five Sermons there and hath substituted there in his absence very scandalous and malignant Curates and was a great promoter of the late new Canons and is most unreasonable in adoring of the Altar making five low cursies in his going to it and two at it and then falling downe upon his knees before it with his eyes on a crucifix being in the East window over it And when hee did preach his Subject was mostly in exalting of holy ground and pressing the practise of the said illegall Innovations and he forced divers women that came to be churched to come up to the Altar and there to ducke and kneele unto it and at their comming and going from it and had made his Parishioners not onely to cringe to the said Table and come up to the Rails but also to offer money there unto him holding a bason for the fame purpose on his knees commanding them so to offer their gifts And hath openly preached that the Parliament goeth about in a factious way to erect a new Religion and hath confessed before the Committee of the House of Commons in Parliament concerning plundered Ministers that hee had lent and given money to the King to maintaine this unnaturall warre against the Parliament and Kingdome 86. The Benefice of Iames Buck Vicar of the Parish Church of Stradbrocke in the county of Suffolke is sequestred for that he hath preached openly That the Pope is the head of the Church and head of the spiritualty and that there would never be any conformity in the Church till a Patriarch should be above a Bishop a Bishop above a Priest a Priest above a Deacon and the Bishop of Rome above them all And that this is my Body in the Sacrament of the Lords Supper is to be understood in the literall sense and that there is a Transmutation of the bread and wine into the body and bloud of Christ as in John 2. the substance of water is turned into the substance of wine And that the words Doe this are spoken to the Priest to create the body of our Lord affirming the Priest to to have power to create the very body and bloud of Christ and that it is lawfull to invocate Saints and Angels and that Infants dying after Baptisme become Interceders even for their Parents And that auricular Confession to the Priest is absolutely necessary to salvation once a yeare or at least once in a mans life And hath also laboured to maintaine universall grace and that the Church of Rome is as honourable a Church as any in the world And that he useth to make as low obeysance at the mentioning of the Virgin Maries name as he doth at the name Jesus And doth not onely bow thrice at his going and thrice at his returne from the Communion Table set Altar-wise But teacheth That Adoration is due to it when the holy mysteries are absent and that it is as lawfull to worship the Altar as for the woman that touched the hem of his garment to
sequestred for that he doth commonly prophane the ordinance of preaching by venting in the Pulpit matters concerning the secrets of Women to stir up his auditory to laughter And hath taught in his Sermons That a man that useth carnall copulation with his wife the night before the administration of the Sacrament of the Lords Supper unlesse his wife require him so to doe ought not to come to the Sacrament of the Lords Supper and that a woman that hath Monethly sicknesse ought not to come to the Sacrament That a Woman is worse then a Sow in two respects First Because a Sowes skinne is good to make a Cart-saddle and her Bristles good for a Sowter Secondly Because a Sow will runne away if a man cry but Hoy but a woman will not turne head though beaten downe with a Leaver and that all the difference betweene a Woman and a Sow is in the nape of the neck where a Woman can bend upwards but the Sow cannot and that a woman is respected by a man onely for his uncleane lust and that she that is nursed with Sowes milke will learne to wallow and divers modest women absenting from Church because of such uncivill passages he affirmed That all that were then absent from Church were whores And having been a sutor to a Widdow whom he called Black Besse who rejected him and married another he observed in his Sermon out of one of the Psalmes That David prayed to God not to Saint or Angell nor yet to black Besse who was then in the Church before him and that Jacob to deceive his brother of the blessing made lie upon lie but when Esau came home and perceived it he flung away with a pox and speaking against such as pleased him not in paying the tithes in the Pulpit he turned toward his brother in-law then in the Church and said You brother Block-head will pay no tithe-Bushes neither And being angry with one whose name was Kent he said thus in the Pulpit they say the Devill is in Harwich but I am sure he is in Kent And speaking of the Parable of those that made excuses for not coming to the marriage he observed That the married man had no excuse but said in plaine termes he could not come Nay said he the married man cannot come but must goe to Hell in his whore And at another time told a story in the Pulpit of two severall women that in their husbands absence had familiars and said that when it was night they went up into the chamber together with a candle and put out the candle and there is sport heavenly sport such sport as never was in little Heaven and when their husbands come home they must enquire the way by Horne-row and that Rahab was a whore and kept an Ale-house at Jericho and that so are all Ale-wives whores and their husbands Cuckoulds And being a sutor to one Mistris Ellen Pratt a Widdow he did write upon a peece of paper these words Bonny Nell I love thee well and did pin it on his cloake and ware it up and downe a Market-Towne which woman refusing him he did for five or six weekes after utter little or nothing else in the Pulpit but invectives against Women And being sutor to another woman who failed to come to dinner upon invitation to his house he immediately roade to her house and desiring to speake with her she coming to the doore without speaking to her he pulled off her head-geere and rode away with it and many other like passages fall from him in his preaching and were proved against him FINIS