List of MPs elected to the English parliament in 1597
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This is a list of Members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the 9th Parliament of Elizabeth I in 1597, the 39th year of her reign: the Parliament met on 24 October 1597 and was held to 9 February 1598 when it was dissolved.[1]
List of constituencies and members[]
Sir Christopher Yelverton, Speaker
Oliver St John, Bedfordshire
Sir Edward Hoby, Rochester
Bedfordshire[] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Bedfordshire | Hon. Oliver St John Sir Edward Radclyffe |
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| Bedford | Humphrey Winche Oliver Luke |
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Berkshire[] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Berkshire | Sir Henry Norreys Francis Knollys |
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| Windsor | Julius Caesar |
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| Reading | Francis Moore Sir Humphrey Forster |
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| Wallingford | |
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| Abingdon | ||
Buckinghamshire[] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Buckinghamshire | Sir John Fortescue Francis Goodwin |
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| Buckingham | Francis Fortescue |
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| Wycombe | William Fortescue |
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| Aylesbury | Thomas Tasburgh Thomas Smythe |
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Cambridgeshire[] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Cambridgeshire | Sir Henry North William Hynde |
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| Cambridge | Robert Wallis John Yaxley |
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Cheshire[] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Cheshire | Sir William Brereton Thomas Egerton |
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| City of Chester | Peter Warburton |
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Cornwall[] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Cornwall | William Killigrew Jonathan Trelawny |
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| Launceston | Herbert Croft ? |
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| Liskeard | Henry Neville |
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| Lostwithiel | William Cornwallis |
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| Truro | Maurice Berkeley Reade Stafford |
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| Bodmin | Sir Bernard Grenville John Herbert |
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| Helston | William Cooke Nicholas Saunders |
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| Saltash | Gregory Downhall Ellis Wynn |
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| Westlow | Robert Hitcham Sir Henry Lennard |
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| Grampound | John Leigh Robert Newdigate |
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| Eastlow | Ambrose Bellot |
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| Camelford | Jerome Horsey |
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| Penryn | Edward Jones |
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| Tregoney | Sir Edward Denny |
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| St Ives | Noel Sotherton Vincent Skinner |
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| Mitchel | John Arundell |
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| Bossiney | Thomas Harris Sir Edward Denny |
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| Fowey | John Rashleigh |
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| St Germans | John Chamberlain |
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| St Mawes | |
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| Newport | Morgan Coleman Edward Lewknor |
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| Callington | Henry Ferrers John Egerton |
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Cumberland[] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Cumberland | Christopher Pickering |
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| Carlisle | Henry Scrope Thomas Sandford |
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Derbyshire[] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Derbyshire | |
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| Derby | |
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Devon[] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Devon | William Strode Amias Bampfield |
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| Exeter | John Hele |
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| Totnes | Edward Giles Christopher Buggin |
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| Barnstaple | George Peard |
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| Plymouth | Warwick Hele |
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| Plympton Erle | George Southcote |
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| Tavistock | Edward Montagu Valentine Knightley |
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| Bere Alston | |
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| Clifton Dartmouth Hardness | |
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Dorset[] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Dorset | Sir Walter Raleigh |
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| Dorchester | Robert Ashley Richard Wright |
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| Poole | |
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| Shaftesbury | John Davies |
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| Weymouth | Francis Leigh |
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| Melcombe Regis | |
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| Lyme Regis | Richard Tichborne |
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| Wareham | John Frankland |
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| Bridport | |
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| Corfe Castle | ? ? |
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Essex[] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Essex | William Petre John Wentworth |
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| Colchester | Robert Barker |
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| Maldon | |
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Gloucestershire[] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Gloucestershire | John Tracy Sir John Hungerford |
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| Gloucester | Luke Garnons William Oldsworth |
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| Cirencester | Henry Poole James Wroughton |
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Hampshire[] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Hampshire | Thomas Fleming |
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| Winchester | William Badger |
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| Southampton | Francis Bacon |
Bacon sat for Ipswich, replaced by Sir Oliver Lambert |
| Portsmouth | ||
| Petersfield | Thomas Hanbury |
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| Yarmouth | Benedict Barnham |
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| Newport | |
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| Newtown | Sylvanus Scory Thomas Crompton |
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| Lymington | Henry Wallop |
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| Christchurch | |
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| Stockbridge | Miles Sandys Mark Steward |
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| Whitchurch | Thomas Henshaw Richard Carey |
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| Andover | Edward Phelips |
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Herefordshire[] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Herefordshire | Sir Thomas Coningsby Sir John Scudamore |
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| Hereford | |
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| Leominster | Thomas Crompton John Creswell |
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Hertfordshire[] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Hertfordshire | Sir Robert Cecil Rowland Lytton |
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| St Albans | Henry Maynard Humphrey Coningsby |
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Huntingdonshire[] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Huntingdonshire | Sir Gervase Clifton Oliver Cromwell |
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| Huntingdon | |
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Kent[] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Kent | Sir Robert Sidney |
Brooke killed in duel, 1597 and replaced in 1598 by Percival Hart |
| Canterbury | John Boys Sir Henry Finch |
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| Rochester | Sir Edward Hoby (Sir) Thomas Walsingham (elder) |
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| Queenborough | Sir George Carew Michael Sondes |
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| Maidstone | Sir Thomas Fludde Sir John Leveson |
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Lancashire[] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Lancashire | Thomas Gerard Robert Hesketh |
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| Preston | John Brograve Sir John Stanhope |
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| Lancaster | Sir Thomas Hesketh Edward Hubberd |
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| Newton | William Cope Geoffrey Osbaldeston |
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| Wigan | |
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| Clitheroe | George Rotheram |
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| Liverpool | Thomas Gerard Peter Probie |
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Leicestershire[] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Leicestershire | Sir Edward Hastings Sir Francis Hastings |
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| Leicester | George Parkins John Stanford |
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Lincolnshire[] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Lincolnshire | Thomas Monson |
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| Lincoln | Thomas Grantham George Anton |
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| Boston | Anthony Irby |
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| Grimsby | Thomas Hatcliffe Thomas Ellis |
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| Stamford | |
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| Grantham | Thomas Horsman Francis Neale |
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Middlesex[] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Middlesex | Sir Robert Wroth John Peyton |
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| Westminster | Thomas Knyvet |
Cole died - replaced by Anthony Mildmay |
| City of London | John Croke |
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Monmouthshire[] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Monmouthshire | |
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| Monmouth Boroughs | Sir Robert Johnson | |
Norfolk[] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Norfolk | Henry Gawdy Sir John Townshend |
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| Norwich | Christopher Layer |
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| King's Lynn | Thomas Oxborough Nathaniel Bacon |
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| Yarmouth | Henry Hobart |
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| Thetford | Philip Gawdy |
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| Castle Rising | Thomas Guybon Henry Spelman |
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Northamptonshire[] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Northamptonshire | Sir Thomas Cecil Sir Richard Knightley |
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| Peterborough | John Wingfield Alexander Neville |
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| Northampton | Christopher Yelverton Henry Yelverton |
Christopher Yelverton was Speaker |
| Brackley | Robert Spencer Ranulph Crewe |
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| Higham Ferrers | Henry Montagu | |
Northumberland[] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Northumberland | Sir Robert Carey William Selby |
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| Newcastle | |
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| Morpeth | Thomas Carleton |
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| Berwick upon Tweed | William Selby |
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Nottinghamshire[] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Nottinghamshire | John Byron Sir Richard Whalley |
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| Nottingham | |
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| East Retford | |
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Oxfordshire[] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Oxfordshire | Sir William Knollys Sir Richard Wenman |
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| Oxford | Anthony Bacon |
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| Woodstock | Lawrence Tanfield |
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| Banbury | Anthony Cope | |
Rutland[] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Rutland | William Cecil Sir James Harington |
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Salop[] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Shropshire | Sir Henry Bromley Thomas Leighton |
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| Shrewsbury | Roger Owen |
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| Bridgnorth | Edward Bromley |
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| Ludlow | |
Sanford's election declared void - replaced by |
| Wenlock | William Lacon |
Baynham died - replaced by Thomas Fanshawe |
| Bishops Castle | |
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Somerset[] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Somerset | Sir Francis Popham Sir Hugh Portman |
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| Bristol | George Snigge Thomas James |
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| Bath | William Sharestone William Heath |
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| Wells | Leonard Crosse William Watkins |
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| Taunton | Edward Barker |
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| Bridgwater | |
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| Minehead | Amias Bampfield Conrad Prowse |
Bampfield chose to sit for Devon - replaced by ? |
Staffordshire[] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Staffordshire | Hon. John Dudley Sir Christopher Blount |
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| Lichfield | |
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| Stafford | Sir Edward Stafford |
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| Newcastle under Lyme | Sir Walter Leveson |
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| Tamworth | William Temple George Hyde |
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Suffolk[] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Suffolk | ||
| Ipswich | Sir Michael Stanhope Francis Bacon |
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| Dunwich | Arthur Atye |
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| Orford | ||
| Eye | |
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| Aldeburgh | Francis Harvey |
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| Sudbury | John Clapham |
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Surrey[] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Surrey | Lord Howard of Effingham George More |
Howard replaced 1598 by Hon. Charles Howard as the former may have mistakenly supposed that in acquiring the courtesy title Lord Howard of Effingham he was disqualified |
| Southwark | Edmund Bowyer Richard Hutton |
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| Bletchingly | Hon. Charles Howard Sir John Trevor |
Howard sat for Surrey and was replaced by Sir Richard Trevor |
| Reigate | Sir William Howard |
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| Gatton | George Buc Michael Hicks |
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| Guildford | Sir William More |
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| Haslemere | Francis Aungier George Austen |
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Sussex[] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Sussex | Robert Sackville Nicholas Parker |
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| Chichester | Richard Lewknor Adrian Stoughton |
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| Horsham | |
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| Midhurst | Lewis Lewknor |
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| Lewes | Sir Henry Glemham John Shirley |
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| New Shoreham | John Young |
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| Steyning | John Shurley Thomas Shirley |
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| Bramber | |
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| East Grinstead | George Rivers Richard Baker |
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| Arundel | William Essex |
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Warwickshire[] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Warwickshire | Fulke Greville William Combe |
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| Coventry | |
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| Warwick | John Townsend |
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Westmorland[] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Westmoreland | Henry Cholmley |
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| Appleby | James Colbrand John Lyly |
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Wiltshire[] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Wiltshire | Sir William Eyre Henry Baynton |
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| Salisbury | Thomas Eyre Giles Hutchens |
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| Wilton | Thomas Muffet |
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| Downton | Robert Turner |
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| Hindon | Sir James Marvyn |
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| Heytesbury | Sir John Thynne Lawrence Hyde |
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| Chippenham | Thomas Edmondes |
Edmondes replaced by Edward Wymarke |
| Calne | |
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| Devizes | John Kent Robert Drew |
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| Ludgershall | Edmund Ludlow Richard Leake |
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| Great Bedwyn | Sir Anthony Hungerford Francis Castilian |
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| Cricklade | Sir George Gifford Grey Brydges, 5th Baron Chandos |
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| Malmesbury | Sir Henry Knyvet Thomas Estcourt |
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| Westbury | Matthew Ley James Ley |
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| Old Sarum | Nicholas Hyde |
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| Wootton Bassett | |
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| Marlborough | Richard Digges Richard Wheler |
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Worcestershire[] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Worcestershire | John Lyttelton Edmund Colles |
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| Worcester | Rowland Berkeley |
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| Droitwich | |
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Yorkshire[] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Yorkshire | Sir John Stanhope Sir Thomas Posthumous Hoby |
Both replaced by John Savile, 1st Baron Savile of Pontefract and |
| York | James Birkby Thomas Moseley |
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| Kingston upon Hull | |
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| Scarborough | Sir Thomas Posthumous Hoby Walter Pye |
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| Knaresborough | Hugh Beeston Sir William Slingsby |
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| Richmond | Marmaduke Wyvill Cuthbert Pepper |
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| Beverley | Thomas Crompton Edward Fraunceys |
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| Aldborough | Henry Bellasis Richard Gargrave |
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| Thirsk | Thomas Belasyse |
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| Hedon | Sir Christopher Hilliard |
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| Ripon | Sir John Bennet Christopher Perkins |
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| Boroughbridge | Henry Fanshawe Thomas Crompton |
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Cinque Ports[] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Hastings | Edmund Pelham |
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| Sandwich | Peter Manwood |
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| Dover | Thomas Fane William Leonard |
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| Romney | James Thurbarne |
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| Hythe | |
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| Rye | Sampson Lennard |
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| Winchelsea | Thomas Colepeper |
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Wales[] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Anglesey | Hugh Hughs | |
| Beaumaris | William Jones | |
| Brecknockshire | Sir Robert Knollys | |
| Brecknock | ||
| Cardiganshire | ||
| Cardigan | ||
| Carmarthenshire | Walter Vaughan | |
| Carmarthen | ||
| Carnarvonshire | ||
| Carnarvon | ||
| Denbighshire | John Lloyd | |
| Denbigh Boroughs | John Panton | |
| Flintshire | William Ravenscroft | |
| Flint | ||
| Glamorgan | Sir Thomas Mansell | |
| Cardiff | Nicholas Hawkins | |
| Merioneth | Thomas Myddelton | |
| Montgomeryshire | William Herbert | |
| Montgomery | ||
| Pembrokeshire | Sir Gelly Meyrick | |
| Pembroke | ||
| Haverford West | Sir James Perrot | |
| Radnorshire | James Price | |
| Radnor | ||
Notes[]
- ^ Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 137–145.
References[]
- D. Brunton & D. H. Pennington, Members of the Long Parliament (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
- Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808)
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