Reynolds, M. (2016). Puritanism and a Sussex clerical scandal in the 1630s and 1640s. Sussex Archaeological Collections 154. Vol 154, Sussex Archaeological Society. pp. 227-241. https://doi.org/10.5284/1086730. Cite this via datacite
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Puritanism and a Sussex clerical scandal in the 1630s and 1640s | ||
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Sussex Archaeological Collections 154 | ||
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Sussex Archaeological Collections | ||
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227 - 241 | ||
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John Wilson, vicar of Arlington 1630–43, has attracted historical notoriety as an alleged sodomite in polemical attacks against him by Parliament during the English Civil War. Using fresh evidence from the Wilson family archive, deposited in the British Library, this article sheds new light on Wilson’s background and ministry. It attempts to cast a critical eye on accusations of sexual impropriety made by his parishioners in the 1630s and later by Parliament in the 1640s. In particular, it highlights how local rumours were exploited by Puritan gentry circles in Sussex, notably the clique around Thomas Pelham, Anthony Stapley and Herbert Hay, for their own political ends. Whether true or not, the godly manipulated gossip to challenge the probity of the established episcopal Church within Sussex and the wider Stuart state. By attempting to make Wilson a cause célèbre the Puritans in turn divided opinion within the county and elsewhere. Through the agency of clerical scandal, we can see not only the forming of political and religious allegiance in county society in the 1630s and 1640s, but also the entrenched nature of Puritan opposition in Sussex that predated the collapse of Charles I’s Personal Rule and agitated for its end. | ||
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28 Sep 2017 |
