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Sir John Croke, Speaker
This is a list of Members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the tenth and last parliament in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I in 1601.
The Parliament met on 7 October 1601 and lasted until 29 December 1601 when it was dissolved.
List of constituencies and members[]
Oliver St John, Bedfordshire
Sir Richard Weston, Maldon
Thomas Fleiming, Southampton
Sir James Scudamore, Herefordshire
Sir Henry Neville, Kent
Sir Edward Hoby, Rochester
John Sheffield, Lincolnshire
Sir Edward Phelips - Somerset
Bedfordshire[] | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
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| Bedfordshire | Hon. Oliver St John Sir Edward Radclyffe |
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| Bedford | Humphrey Winche Thomas Fanshawe |
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Berkshire[] | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Berkshire | Sir Richard Lovelace George Hyde |
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| Windsor | Julius Caesar |
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| Reading | Francis Moore |
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| Wallingford | Sir John Herbert |
Herbert chose for Glamorgan - replaced by | |
| Abingdon | |||
Buckinghamshire[] | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Buckinghamshire | Francis Fortescue Alexander Hampden |
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| Buckingham | Christopher Hatton |
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| Wycombe | Henry Fleetwood |
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| Aylesbury | John Lyly Richard More |
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Cambridgeshire[] | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Cambridgeshire | Sir John Cotton Sir John Cutts |
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| Cambridge | Robert Wallis John Yaxley |
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Cheshire[] | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Cheshire | |
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| City of Chester | Hugh Glasier |
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Cornwall[] | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Cornwall | Sir Walter Raleigh John Arundell |
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| Launceston | John Parker |
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| Liskeard | Thomas Edmunds Sampson Lennard |
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| Lostwithiel | Nicholas Saunders |
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| Truro | William Daniel Thomas Harris |
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| Bodmin | William Lower John Pigot |
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| Helston | Sir William Twysden, 1st Baronet Hannibal Vyvyan |
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| Saltash | Sir Robert Cross Alexander Nevill |
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| Westlow | Richard Verney |
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| Grampound | |
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| Eastlow | |
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| Camelford | Anthony Turpin |
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| Penryn | Sir Edward Seymour, 2nd Baronet |
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| Tregoney | Thomas Trevor |
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| St Ives | Thomas St Aubyn |
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| Mitchel | Sir George Chudleigh, 1st Baronet |
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| Bossiney | William Hakewill Jerome Horsey |
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| Fowey | Carew Raleigh |
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| St Germans | George Carew John Osborne |
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| St Mawes | Sir Robert Killigrew Ralph Hare |
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| Newport | Tobie Matthew Sir John Leigh |
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| Callington | |||
Cumberland[] | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Cumberland | William Huddleston |
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| Carlisle | Henry Scrope John Dudley |
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Derbyshire[] | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Derbyshire | Peter Fretchville |
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| Derby | John Baxter Peter Eure |
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Devon[] | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Devon | Edward Seymour William Courtenay |
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| Exeter | John Hele serjeant at law |
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| Totnes | Leonard Darr Philip Holditch |
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| Barnstaple | Richard Martin |
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| Plymouth | (merchant) |
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| Plympton Erle | Sir William Strode John Hele |
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| Tavistock | |||
| Bere Alston | |
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| Clifton Dartmouth Hardness | |
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Dorset[] | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Dorset | Sir Edmund Uvedale |
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| Dorchester | Matthew Chubbe Sir Henry Brounker |
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| Poole | |
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| Shaftesbury | |
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| Weymouth | Sir John Peyton Walter Cope |
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| Melcombe Regis | |
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| Lyme Regis | Nicholas Throckmorton |
Nicholas Throckmorton became Nicholas Carew | |
| Wareham | | |
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| Bridport | Sir Robert Napier Richard Warburton |
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| Corfe Castle | John Davies |
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Essex[] | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Essex | Henry Maynard Sir Francis Barrington Bt |
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| Colchester | Robert Barker |
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| Maldon | Richard Weston |
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Gloucestershire[] | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Gloucestershire | John Throckmorton Sir Edward Wynter |
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| Gloucester | Luke Garnons William Oldsworth |
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| Cirencester | Richard Browne Richard George |
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Hampshire[] | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Hampshire | Sir Henry Wallop Sir Edward More |
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| Winchester | Thomas Fleming |
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| Southampton | Thomas Fleming Thomas Lambert |
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| Portsmouth | Edward Jones |
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| Petersfield | John Swynnerton |
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| Yarmouth | |
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| Newport | |
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| Newtown | Robert Wroth Robert Bruce Cotton |
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| Lymington | Sir Francis Darcy |
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| Christchurch | |
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| Stockbridge | Edward Savage Thomas Grimes |
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| Whitchurch | Thomas Crompton |
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| Andover | Henry Ludlow Nicholas Hyde |
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Herefordshire[] | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Herefordshire | Thomas Coningsby Sir Herbert Croft |
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| Hereford | |
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| Leominster | Thomas Coningsby |
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Hertfordshire[] | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Hertfordshire | Henry Cary, 1st Viscount Falkland Sir Robert Cecil |
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| St Albans | Francis Bacon |
Bacon chosen for Ipswich replaced by | |
Huntingdonshire[] | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Huntingdonshire | Sir Gervase Clifton Oliver Cromwell |
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| Huntingdon | |
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Kent[] | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Kent | Francis Fane Sir Henry Nevill |
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| Canterbury | John Boys John Rogers |
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| Rochester | Sir Edward Hoby (Sir) Thomas Walsingham (elder) |
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| Queenborough | Sir Michael Sondes |
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| Maidstone | Sir Thomas Fludd Sir John Leveson |
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Lancashire[] | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Lancashire | Sir Richard Hoghton Sir Thomas Hesketh |
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| Preston | John Brograve William Waad |
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| Lancaster | Sir Jerome Bowes Sir Carew Reynell |
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| Newton | Richard Ashton |
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| Wigan | Roger Downes John Pulteney |
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| Clitheroe | |
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| Liverpool | Hugh Calverley |
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Leicestershire[] | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Leicestershire | Henry Hastings William Skipwith |
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| Leicester | William Herrick |
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Lincolnshire[] | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Lincolnshire | Sir William Wray |
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| Lincoln | George Anton Francis Bullingham |
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| Boston | Anthony Irby |
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| Grimsby | Lord Clinton and Saye Edward Skipwith |
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| Stamford | |
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| Grantham | Oliver Manners Thomas Horsman |
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Middlesex[] | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Middlesex | Sir Robert Wroth John Fortescue |
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| Westminster | Thomas Knyvet Sir William Cooke |
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| City of London | Sir Stephen Soame John Croke |
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Monmouthshire[] | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Monmouthshire | Thomas Somerset Henry Morgan |
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| Monmouth Boroughs | Sir Robert Johnson | ||
Norfolk[] | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Norfolk | Henry Gawdy Bassingbourne Gawdy |
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| Norwich | John Pettus |
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| King's Lynn | Sir Robert Mansell Thomas Oxborough |
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| Yarmouth | Henry Hobart |
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| Thetford | Thomas Knyvet, 1st Baron Knyvet |
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| Castle Rising | John Peyton Robert Townsend |
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Northamptonshire[] | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Northamptonshire | Sir John Stanhope Sir William Lane |
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| Peterborough | Nicholas Tufton Goddard Pemberton |
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| Northampton | Francis Tate |
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| Brackley | Sir Edward Montagu John Donne |
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| Higham Ferrers | Henry Montagu | ||
Northumberland[] | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Northumberland | Sir Robert Carey William Selby |
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| Newcastle | George Selby |
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| Morpeth | |
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| Berwick upon Tweed | William Selby |
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Nottinghamshire[] | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Nottinghamshire | Sir Charles Cavendish Robert Pierrepont |
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| Nottingham | |
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| East Retford | Roger Manners |
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Oxfordshire[] | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Oxfordshire | Sir William Knollys |
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| Oxford | Sir Francis Leigh |
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| Woodstock | Lawrence Tanfield |
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| Banbury | Anthony Cope | ||
Rutland[] | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Rutland | Sir John Harington (Sir) Andrew Noel |
Noel's election declared void, November 1601 as he was at the time Sheriff of Rutland. Replaced by | |
Salop[] | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Shropshire | John Egerton Roger Owen |
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| Shrewsbury | John Barker |
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| Bridgnorth | Edward Bromley |
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| Ludlow | |
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| Wenlock | |||
| Bishops Castle | |
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Somerset[] | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Somerset | (Sir) Edward Phelips Sir Maurice Berkeley |
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| Bristol | George Snigge John Hopkins |
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| Bath | William Sharestone William Heath |
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| Wells | James Kirton George Upton |
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| Taunton | John Bond Daniel Donne |
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| Bridgwater | Sir Francis Hastings |
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| Minehead | Francis James |
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Staffordshire[] | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Staffordshire | Thomas Gerard Sir John Egerton |
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| Lichfield | Anthony Dyott Robert Browne |
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| Stafford | Sir Edward Stafford William Essex |
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| Newcastle under Lyme | Thomas Trentham |
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| Tamworth | |
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Suffolk[] | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Suffolk | Sir Henry Glemham |
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| Ipswich | Sir Michael Stanhope Francis Bacon |
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| Dunwich | John Suckling |
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| Orford | Sir John Townshend Sir Richard Knightley |
Sir John Townsend killed in duel with Sir Matthew Browne 1 Aug 1603 | |
| Eye | |
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| Aldeburgh | Francis Corbet |
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| Sudbury | Philip Gawdy |
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Surrey[] | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Surrey | (Sir) George More Lord Howard of Effingham |
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| Southwark | Zachariah Locke |
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| Bletchingly | |
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| Reigate | Sir John Trevor |
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| Gatton | Sir Matthew Browne |
Sir Matthew Browne killed in duel by Sir John Townsend 1 Aug 1603 | |
| Guildford | Sir Robert More |
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| Haslemere | Francis Wolley John Clarke |
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Sussex[] | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Sussex | Robert Sackville Charles Howard |
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| Chichester | Adrian Stoughton Stephen Barnham |
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| Horsham | Sir William Hervey Michael Hicks |
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| Midhurst | Richard Browne snr |
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| Lewes | Goddard Pemberton George Goring |
Pemberton sat for Peterborough - replaced by Sir Percival Hart | |
| New Shoreham | John Morley Robert Booth |
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| Steyning | Sir Thomas Shirley Robert Bowyer |
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| Bramber | Sir Thomas Shirley |
Shirley sat for Steyning - replaced by | |
| East Grinstead | Sir Henry Compton George Rivers |
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| Arundel | Thomas Palmer Thomas Baker |
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Warwickshire[] | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Warwickshire | Fulke Greville Sir Robert Digby |
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| Coventry | Henry Breres |
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| Warwick | John Townsend |
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Westmorland[] | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Westmoreland | George Wharton |
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| Appleby | Thomas Caesar |
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Wiltshire[] | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Wiltshire | Edmund Carey Sir Edward Hungerford |
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| Salisbury | Giles Tooker John Puxton |
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| Wilton | Sir Edmund Morgan |
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| Downton | Thomas Penruddocke Edward Baker |
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| Hindon | Thomas Thynne |
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| Heytesbury | Sir John Thynne |
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| Chippenham | Robert Berkeley Edward Wymarke |
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| Calne | Lionel Duckett |
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| Devizes | Giles Fettiplace Robert Drew |
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| Ludgershall | James Kirton |
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| Great Bedwyn | Sir Anthony Hungerford |
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| Cricklade | Sir George Gifford Robert Master |
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| Malmesbury | Sidney Montagu Sir William Monson |
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| Westbury | Matthew Ley |
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| Old Sarum | Henry Hyde Robert Turner |
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| Wootton Bassett | John Wentworth |
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| Marlborough | Lawrence Hyde Richard Digges |
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Worcestershire[] | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Worcestershire | Thomas Leighton Thomas Russell |
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| Worcester | Rowland Berkeley Christopher Deighton |
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| Droitwich | John Buck Humphrey Wheler |
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Yorkshire[] | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Yorkshire | Thomas Fairfax |
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| York | Sir John Bennet Henry Hall |
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| Kingston upon Hull | John Lister |
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| Scarborough | William Eure |
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| Knaresborough | Sir Henry Slingsby Sir William Slingsby |
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| Richmond | Sir Talbot Bowes Cuthbert Pepper |
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| Beverley | Edward Fraunceys |
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| Aldborough | Sir Edward Cecil |
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| Thirsk | Henry Belasyse Sir John Mallory |
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| Hedon | Sir Christopher Hilliard |
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| Ripon | John Thornborough Christopher Perkins |
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| Boroughbridge | Richard Whalley Thomas Fairfax |
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Cinque Ports[] | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Hastings | Sir Thomas Shirley jun. |
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| Sandwich | Peter Manwood |
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| Dover | George Fane George Newman |
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| Romney | Thomas Lake |
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| Hythe | |
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| Rye | Sir Arthur Gorges Thomas Colepeper |
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| Winchelsea | Moyle Finch Hugh Beeston |
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Wales[] | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Anglesey | |||
| Beaumaris | William Maurice | ||
| Brecknockshire | Sir Robert Knollys | ||
| Brecknock | Henry Wiliams | ||
| Carnarvon | Nicholas Griffith | ||
| Carnarvonshire | William Jones | ||
| Cardiganshire | Richard Pryse | ||
| Cardigan | and Richard Delabere | Unresolved double return | |
| Carmarthenshire | John Vaughan | ||
| Carmarthen | Sir Walter Rice | ||
| Denbighshire | Sir John Salusbury | ||
| Denbigh Boroughs | |||
| Flintshire | William Ravenscroft | ||
| Flint | |||
| Glamorgan | Sir John Herbert | ||
| Cardiff | |||
| Merioneth | Robert Lloyd | ||
| Montgomeryshire | Edward Herbert | ||
| Montgomery | |||
| Pembrokeshire | Sir John Philipps | ||
| Pembroke | John Lougher | ||
| Haverford West | |||
| Radnorshire | James Price | ||
| Radnor | |||
See also[]
- List of MPs elected to the English parliament in 1604
- The Golden Speech
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)
- Browne Willis Notitia parliamentaria, or, An history of the counties, cities, and boroughs in England and Wales: ... The whole extracted from mss. and printed evidences 1750 pp146-155
Categories:
- 17th-century English parliaments
- 1601 in England
- 1601 in politics
- Lists of Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707)
- English MPs 1601