Bury Conference (1645)

The Bury Conference was held on 30 January, 1645 in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk by committeemen of the Eastern Association to discuss their concerns about the proposed New Model Army. The Eastern Association had provided a major portion of the Parliamentarian Army which had proved victorious at the Battle of Marston Moor in July 1644. However the new proposals for a professional national standing army distinct from the functions of civilian administration was at odds with use of trained bands with which the Eastern Association had played such a major role in meeting the military challenges of the Royalist Army.[1]: 191 

Participants

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The conference was a meeting of 35 Deputy Lieutenants and Committeemen from the Associated Counties of Norffolk, Suffolk, Essex, Hartford, Cambridge, Huntington, and Lincolnshire.[2]: 84 

Norfolk

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Seven were from Norfolk:

Suffolk

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Twelve were from Suffolk:

Essex

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Four were from Essex:

Hertfordshire

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Two were from Hertfordshire

  • Alban Coxe
  • Daughs

Cambridgeshire

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Three were from Cambridgeshire

  • Edward Clench
  • Thomson
  • Parker

Huntingdonshire

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One was from Huntingdonshire

  • William Drewry

Lincolnshire

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Three were from Lincolnshire

References

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  1. ^ Kingston, Alfred (1897). East Anglia and the Great Civil War. London: Elliot Stock.
  2. ^ Everitt, Alan (1960). Suffolk and the Great Rebellion, 1640-1660 (PDF). Ipswich: Suffolk Records Society.
  3. ^ Jermy, Kenneth E. (1993). "Colonel Robert Jermy, M.P". Norfolk Ancestor. 6 (10): 328-334.
  4. ^ Greenwood, Isaac John (1934). The Greenwood Family of Norwich, England in America (PDF). Concord, New Hampshire: Rumford Press.