Possible Clues:

• Did not participate
• Avoided alcohol as a cause of dishonour when lying in a bed
• Declined to vote
• A bishop disgraced, having refused to take part
• Dean's a bit squiffy -- should have this?
• Although he kept off it, the seaman is a marked man
• A bishop, disgraced, was non-committal
• Sailor, disgraced, avoided port?
• Sailor with blemish kept off the rum?
• Held back