List of MPs elected to the English parliament in 1621
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This is a list of Members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the 3rd parliament in the reign of King James I in 1621.
The parliament began on 30 January 1621 and was held to 27 March 1621. It met again on 17 April 1621 and was held to 4 June 1621. It met again on 14 November 1621 and was dissolved on 8 February 1622.
List of constituencies and members[]
In 1621 the constituencies of Pontefract and Ilchester were re-enfranchised after the Committee of Privileges investigated abuses where the right of boroughs to return burgesses had fallen into disuse.[1]
Bedfordshire[] | ||
Constituency | Members | Notes |
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Bedfordshire | Sir Beauchamp St John Sir Oliver Luke |
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Bedford | Sir Alexander St John Richard Taylor |
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Berkshire[] | ||
Constituency | Members | Notes |
Berkshire | Sir Richard Lovelace Sir Robert Knollys |
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Windsor | Sir Robert Bennet |
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Reading | John Saunders |
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Wallingford | Sir George Simeon Samuel Dunch |
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Abingdon | Robert Hyde | |
Buckinghamshire[] | ||
Constituency | Members | Notes |
Buckinghamshire | Sir Francis Goodwin Sir William Fleetwood |
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Buckingham | Sir Thomas Denton |
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Wycombe | Richard Lovelace Arthur Goodwin |
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Aylesbury | Sir John Dormer Henry Borlase |
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Cambridgeshire[] | ||
Constituency | Members | Notes |
Cambridgeshire | Sir Edward Peyton, 2nd Baronet Sir John Cutts |
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Cambridge University | Robert Naunton Barnaby Gough |
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Cambridge | Richard Foxton Thomas Meautys |
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Cheshire[] | ||
Constituency | Members | Notes |
Cheshire | Sir William Brereton Sir Richard Grosvenor |
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City of Chester | Edward Whitby John Ratcliffe |
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Cornwall[] | ||
Constituency | Members | Notes |
Cornwall | Bevil Grenville John Arundell |
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Launceston | John Harris |
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Liskeard | Sir Edward Coke |
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Lostwithiel | Edward Salter George Chudleigh |
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Truro | Barnaby Gough John Trefusis |
Gough/Gooch sat for Cambridge replaced by Browne Willis gives Samuel for John Trefusis |
Bodmin | Sir John Trevor |
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Helston | William Noy Thomas Stafford |
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Saltash | Sir Thomas Trevor Sir Thomas Smith |
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Westlow | Heneage Finch Christopher Harris |
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Grampound | John Hampden Sir Robert Carey |
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Eastlow | Sir John Walter Jerome Horsey |
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Camelford | Sir Henry Carey |
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Penryn | Sir Francis Crane |
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Tregoney | William Hakewill Thomas Malet |
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St Ives | John Lord Pawlet Robert Bacon |
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Mitchel | Richard Carew |
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Bossiney | John Wood Ambrose Manaton |
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Fowey | Jonathan Rashleigh John Treffry |
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St Germans | Sir Richard Buller |
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St Mawes | Edward Wrightington William Hockmere |
Brown Wilis gives John for William Hockmere |
Newport | Sir Edward Barrett Sir Robert Killigrew |
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Callington | Henry Rolle James Lord Wriothesley |
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Cumberland[] | ||
Constituency | Members | Notes |
Cumberland | Sir George Dalston Sir Henry Curwen |
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Carlisle | Sir Henry Vane |
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Derbyshire[] | ||
Constituency | Members | Notes |
Derbyshire | William Lord Cavendish Sir Peter Fretchville |
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Derby | Edward Leech (Recorder) |
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Devon[] | ||
Constituency | Members | Notes |
Devon | Sir Edward Seymour, 2nd Baronet John Drake |
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Exeter | Ignatius Jordan |
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Totnes | Sir Edward Giles (merchant) |
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Barnstaple | John Delbridge Pentecost Dodderidge |
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Plymouth | John Glanville (merchant) |
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Plympton Erle | Sir William Strode Sir Warwick Hele |
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Tavistock | Francis Glanville Sir Baptist Hicks |
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Bere Alston | Thomas Wise of London |
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Clifton Dartmouth Hardness | (merchant) (Merchant) |
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Tiverton | John Bampfield John Davie |
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Dorset[] | ||
Constituency | Members | Notes |
Dorset | Sir John Strangways Sir Thomas Trenchard |
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Dorchester | Sir Francis Ashley John Parkins |
Ashley resigned his place for Sir Thomas Edmondes and when Edmondes chose another seat he was re-elected for Dorchester |
Poole | Sir Walter Erle |
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Shaftesbury | Thomas Sheppard William Beecher |
Both expelled – replaced by Percy Herbert and Ralph Hopton |
Weymouth and Melcombe Regis | John Freke Christopher Erle Matthew Pitt Giles Green |
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Lyme Regis | John Poulett |
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Wareham | Sir William Pitt John Trenchard |
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Bridport | John Browne |
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Corfe Castle | Sir Thomas Hatton, 1st Baronet |
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Essex[] | ||
Constituency | Members | Notes |
Essex | Sir Francis Barrington Bt Sir John Deane |
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Colchester | William Towse Edward Alford |
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Maldon | Julius Caesar Henry Mildmay |
BW has the members for Maldon and Harwich transposed, which looks to be an error |
Harwich | Sir Thomas Cheek Edward Grimston |
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Gloucestershire[] | ||
Constituency | Members | Notes |
Gloucestershire | Sir Robert Tracy Sir Maurice Berkeley |
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Gloucester | John Browne Anthony Robinson |
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Cirencester | Sir Thomas Roe Thomas Nicholas |
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Tewkesbury | Sir Dudley Diggs Giles Brydges |
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Hampshire[] | ||
Constituency | Members | Notes |
Hampshire | Sir Henry Wallop Sir John Jephson |
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Winchester | Richard Tichborne |
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Southampton | Sir Thomas Fleming Henry Sherfield |
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Portsmouth | Sir Daniel Norton Sir Benjamin Rudyerd |
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Petersfield | Richard Norton Sir John Hippisley |
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Newtown | John Ferrar Sir Thomas Barrington, 2nd Baronet |
Ferrar sat for Tamworth- replaced by Sir |
Newport | Sir Richard Worsley, 1st Baronet Sir William Uvedale |
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Yarmouth | Arthur Bromfield |
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Christchurch | Sir George Hastings Nathaniel Tomkins |
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Stockbridge | Sir William Ayloffe, 1st Baronet |
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Whitchurch | Thomas Jervoise Sir Robert Oxenbridge |
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Lymington | Sir William Doddington Henry Compton |
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Andover | |
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Herefordshire[] | ||
Constituency | Members | Notes |
Herefordshire | Sir John Scudamore Fitzwilliam Coningsby |
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Hereford | Richard Weaver |
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Leominster | Francis Smallman William Beecher |
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Hertfordshire[] | ||
Constituency | Members | Notes |
Hertfordshire | Sir Henry Cary Sir Charles Morrison, 1st Baronet |
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St Albans | Thomas Richardson Robert Shute |
Richardson was Speaker |
Hertford | William Ashton Thomas Fanshawe |
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Huntingdonshire[] | ||
Constituency | Members | Notes |
Huntingdonshire | Sir Robert Payne |
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Huntingdon | Sir Henry St John Miles Sandys |
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Kent[] | ||
Constituency | Members | Notes |
Kent | Robert Viscount Lisle Sir George Fane |
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Canterbury | John Finch |
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Rochester | Sir Thomas Walsingham (younger) Henry Clerke |
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Queenborough | James Palmer |
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Maidstone | Sir Francis Fane Sir Francis Barnham |
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Lancashire[] | ||
Constituency | Members | Notes |
Lancashire | Sir John Ratcliffe Sir Gilbert Hoghton, 2nd Baronet |
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Lancaster | Sir Humphrey May Sir Thomas Fanshawe |
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Preston | Sir Edward Mosley Sir William Pooley |
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Clitheroe | Sir Thomas Walmsley William Fanshawe |
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Liverpool | |
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Wigan | Sir Thomas Gerard, 1st Baronet Roger Downes |
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Newton | |
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Leicestershire[] | ||
Constituency | Members | Notes |
Leicestershire | Sir George Hastings Sir Henry Hastings |
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Leicester | Sir Richard Moryson Sir William Herrick |
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Lincolnshire[] | ||
Constituency | Members | Notes |
Lincolnshire | Sir George Manners Sir Thomas Grantham |
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Lincoln | Sir Lewis Watson, 1st Baronet Sir Edward Ayscough |
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Boston | Sir Thomas Cheek Anthony Irby |
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Grimsby | Sir Christopher Wray Henry Pelham |
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Grantham | Sir William Airmine Clement Cotterell |
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Stamford | Richard Cecil John Wingfield |
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Middlesex[] | ||
Constituency | Members | Notes |
Middlesex | Sir Francis Darcy Sir Gilbert Gerard, Bt |
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Westminster | Sir Edward Villiers Edmund Doubleday |
Doubleday died 3 days after election - replaced by William Mann |
City of London | Sir Thomas Lowe Robert Heath Robert Bateman William Towerson |
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Monmouthshire[] | ||
Constituency | Members | Notes |
Monmouthshire | Sir Edmund Morgan Charles Williams |
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Monmouth Boroughs | Thomas Ravenscroft | |
Norfolk[] | ||
Constituency | Members | Notes |
Norfolk | Sir Hamon le Strange Drue Drury |
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Norwich | William Denny |
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King's Lynn | Sir Matthew Clerke John Wallis |
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Yarmouth | Benjamin Cooper Edward Owner |
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Castle Rising | John Wilson Robert Spiller |
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Thetford | Framlingham Gawdy |
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Northamptonshire[] | ||
Constituency | Members | Notes |
Northamptonshire | Sir William Spencer Sir Edward Montagu |
Montagu became a peer - replaced by Richard Knightley |
Peterborough | Mildmay Fane Walter Fitzwilliam |
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Northampton | Richard Spencer Thomas Crew |
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Brackley | Edward Spencer Sir Thomas Wenman |
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Higham Ferrers | Charles Montagu | |
Northumberland[] | ||
Constituency | Members | Notes |
Northumberland | Sir William Grey Sir Henry Widdrington |
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Newcastle | Sir Henry Anderson |
BW gives Sir Francis for Sir Henry Anderson |
Morpeth | Robert Brandling John Robson |
Election of Robson, a Clergyman, invalidated - replaced by |
Berwick upon Tweed | Sir Robert Jackson |
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Nottinghamshire[] | ||
Constituency | Members | Notes |
Nottinghamshire | Sir Gervase Clifton Sir George Chaworth |
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Nottingham | Michael Purefoy George Lassells |
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East Retford | Sir Nathaniel Rich |
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Oxfordshire[] | ||
Constituency | Members | Notes |
Oxfordshire | Sir Richard Wenman Sir William Cope |
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Oxford University | Sir John Bennet Sir Clement Edmondes |
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Oxford | Sir John Brooke Thomas Wentworth |
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Woodstock | Sir James Whitelocke Philip Cary |
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Banbury | Sir William Cope | |
Rutland[] | ||
Constituency | Members | Notes |
Rutland | Sir Guy Palmes |
BW corrigenda changes Palmer to Palmes |
Salop[] | ||
Constituency | Members | Notes |
Shropshire | Sir Robert Vernon Sir Francis Kynaston |
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Shrewsbury | Sir Richard Newport Francis Berkeley |
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Bridgnorth | Sir John Hayward William Whitmore |
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Ludlow | Spencer Compton, Lord Compton Richard Tomlins |
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Wenlock | Sir Edward Lawley Thomas Wolryche |
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Bishops Castle | |
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Somerset[] | ||
Constituency | Members | Notes |
Somerset | Charles Berkley Robert Hopton |
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Bristol | John Whitson John Guy |
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Bath | Sir Robert Phelips Sir Robert Pye |
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Wells | Sir Edward Rodney Thomas Southwood |
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Taunton | Lewis Pope |
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Bridgwater | Edward Popham |
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Minehead | |
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Ilchester | Richard Wynn | |
Staffordshire[] | ||
Constituency | Members | Notes |
Staffordshire | Sir William Bowyer Thomas Crompton |
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Lichfield | Richard Weston |
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Stafford | Matthew Cradock Sir Richard Dyott |
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Newcastle under Lyme | John Davies Edward Kyrton |
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Tamworth | Sir Thomas Puckering Bt John Ferrers |
BW corrigenda changes Ferrers from Henry to John |
Suffolk[] | ||
Constituency | Members | Notes |
Suffolk | Sir Robert Crane, 1st Baronet |
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Ipswich | William Cage |
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Dunwich | Clement Coke Thomas Bedingfield |
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Aldeburgh | Sir Henry Glemham Charles Glemham |
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Orford | Sir Lionel Tollemache Sir Roger Townshend |
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Eye | Sir Roger North Sir John Crompton |
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Sudbury | Brampton Gurdon |
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Bury St Edmunds | Sir Thomas Jermyn |
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Surrey[] | ||
Constituency | Members | Notes |
Surrey | Sir George More Sir Nicholas Carew |
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Southwark | Richard Yarward Robert Bromfield |
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Reigate | Thomas Glemham |
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Bletchingly | John Hayward |
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Gatton | Sir Thomas Gresham Thomas Bludder |
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Guildford | Sir Robert More John Murray |
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Haslemere | Sir Thomas Grimes Sir William Browne |
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Sussex[] | ||
Constituency | Members | Notes |
Sussex | Sir Edward Sackville |
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Chichester | Sir Edward Cecil Thomas Whatman |
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Horsham | John Middleton |
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Midhurst | John Smith Richard Lewknor |
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Steyning | Thomas Shirley Sir Edward Fraunceys |
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Lewes | Sir George Goring Richard Amhurst |
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New Shoreham | Sir John Morley Sir John Leedes |
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Bramber | Thomas Bowyer Robert Morley |
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Arundel | Sir Lionel Cranfield Sir Henry Spiller |
Cranfield created a peer, Sep 1622 and replaced Nov 1622 by Sir Richard Weston |
East Grinstead | Sir Henry Compton Thomas Pelham |
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Warwickshire[] | ||
Constituency | Members | Notes |
Warwickshire | Sir Fulke Greville Sir Thomas Lucy |
Greville ennobled - replaced by Sir Francis Leigh |
Coventry | Sampson Hopkins Henry Sewall |
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Warwick | Sir Greville Verney Sir John Coke |
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Westmorland[] | ||
Constituency | Members | Notes |
Westmorland | Sir Henry Clifford Sir Thomas Wharton |
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Appleby | Sir Arthur Ingram |
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Wiltshire[] | ||
Constituency | Members | Notes |
Wiltshire | Sir Francis Seymour Sir Edward Bayntun |
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Salisbury | Roger Gauntlett |
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Wilton | Henry Nevill |
Nevill ennobled in 1622 - replaced by |
Downton | Sir Carew Raleigh Thomas Hinton |
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Devizes | Sir Henry Ley John Kent |
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Great Bedwyn | Sir Francis Popham Sir Giles Mompesson |
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Malmesbury | Sir Henry Poole Sir Edward Wardour |
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Ludgershall | Alexander Chocke William Sotwell |
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Chippenham | Edward Hungerford |
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Westbury | Sir James Ley Sir Miles Fleetwood |
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Cricklade | Thomas Howard Sir Carew Reynell |
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Hindon | Sir Edmund Ludlow Sir John Davies |
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Old Sarum | |
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Calne | John Duckett John Pym |
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Heytesbury | Sir Thomas Thynne Henry Ludlow |
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Marlborough | William Seymour, Lord Beauchamp Richard Digges |
Seymour ennobled in 1621 and replaced by Sir Walter Devereux |
Wootton Bassett | Richard Harrison |
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Worcestershire[] | ||
Constituency | Members | Notes |
Worcestershire | Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 1st Baronet Sir Samuel Sandys |
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Worcester | Sir Robert Berkley John Coucher |
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Droitwich | Sir Thomas Coventry John Wilde |
Coventry replaced by Ralph Clare |
Evesham | Sir Thomas Biggs, 1st Baronet Anthony Langston |
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Bewdley | Sir Thomas Edmondes | |
Yorkshire[] | ||
Constituency | Members | Notes |
Yorkshire | Sir George Calvert Sir Thomas Wentworth |
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York | Sir Robert Askwith (Alderman) Christopher Brooke |
Brown Willis gives Christopher Broderick for Brooke |
Kingston upon Hull | John Lister Maurice Abbot |
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Scarborough | Sir Richard Cholmeley |
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Knaresborough | Sir Henry Slingsby Sir Richard Hutton |
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Richmond | Sir Talbot Bowes |
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Beverley | Sir Christopher Hilliard |
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Aldborough | Christopher Wandesford John Carvile |
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Thirsk | Thomas Belasyse John Belasyse |
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Hedon | Sir Matthew Boynton, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Fairfax of Walton |
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Ripon | Sir Thomas Posthumous Hoby William Mallory |
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Pontefract | Edwin Sandys |
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Boroughbridge | Sir Ferdinando Fairfax |
Listed in Browne Willis corrigenda |
Cinque Ports[] | ||
Constituency | Members | Notes |
Hastings | |
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Dover | Sir Henry Mainwaring Sir Richard Young |
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Sandwich | Sir Edwin Sandys Sir Robert Hatton |
Hatton's election declared void - replaced by |
Romney | Francis Fetherston Sir Peter Manwood |
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Hythe | Sir Peter Heyman Richard Zouche |
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Rye | Emanuel Gifford |
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Winchelsea | Sir Thomas Finch Edward Nicholas |
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Wales[] | ||
Constituency | Members | Notes |
Anglesey | Richard Williams | |
Beaumaris | Sampson Eure | |
Brecknockshire | Sir Henry Williams | |
Brecknock | Walter Pye | |
Cardiganshire | Richard Pryse | |
Cardigan | Walter Overbury | |
Carmarthenshire | Sir John Vaughan | |
Carmarthen | Henry Vaughan | |
Carnarvonshire | John Griffith | |
Carnarvon | Nicholas Griffith | |
Denbighshire | Sir John Trevor | |
Denbigh Boroughs | Hugh Myddelton | |
Flintshire | Sir Roger Mostyn | |
Flint | William Ravenscroft | |
Glamorgan | William Price | |
Cardiff | William Herbert | |
Merioneth | William Salisbury | |
Montgomeryshire | Sir William Herbert | |
Montgomery | Edward Herbert | |
Pembrokeshire | John Wogan | |
Pembroke | Lewis Powell | |
Haverford West | Sir James Perrot | |
Radnorshire | James Price | |
Radnor | Charles Price |
See also[]
- List of Parliaments of England
Notes[]
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)
- 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. p. 176–186.
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- Parliaments of James I of England
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