List of MPs elected to the English parliament in 1628

Sir John Finch – Speaker

This is a list of Members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the third parliament in the reign of King Charles I in 1628.

The third parliament began on 16 March 1628 and was held to 26 June 1628. The second session of this parliament began at Westminster on 20 January 1629 and was held to 2 March 1629 when it was adjourned to 10 March and then dissolved. Following the dissolution of this parliament, Charles exercised eleven years of Personal Rule without parliament until April 1640 when the Short Parliament was convened.

List of constituencies and members[]

In 1628 the constituencies of Milborne Port and Weobley were re-enfranchised after the Committee of Privileges investigated abuses where the right of boroughs to return burgesses had fallen into disuse.^[1]

Edward Coke (Buckinghamshire)

Sir Edmund Verney (Aylesbury)

John Hampden (Wendover)

Sir William Brereton (Cheshire)

Sir John Eliot (Cornwall)

Sir Bevil Grenville (Launceston)

Henry Rolle (Truro)

Sidney Godolphin (Helston)

Sir Francis Cottington (Saltash)

Sir William Killigrew (Penryn)

Francis Rous (Tregoney)

John Pym (Tavistock)

Denzil Holles (Dorchester)

Oliver Cromwell (Huntingdon)

Mildmay Fane (Peterborough)

Ralph Hopton (Wells)

Benjamin Rudyerd (Downton)

John Selden (Ludgershall)

Ferdinando Fairfax, Lord Fairfax (Boroughbridge)

John Ashburnham (Hastings)

Sir Edward Littleton, 1st Baronet (Carnarvon)

Sir Hugh Myddleton (Denbigh)

Constituency	Members	Notes
Bedfordshire[]
Bedfordshire	Oliver St John Sir Oliver Luke
Bedford	Sir Beauchamp St John Richard Taylor
Berkshire[]
Constituency	Members	Notes
Berkshire	John Fettiplace Sir Richard Harrison
Windsor	William Beecher Thomas Hewett
Reading	Sir Francis Knollys jun. John Saunders
Wallingford	Edmund Dunch Sir Robert Knollys
Abingdon	Sir John Stonhouse 2nd Baronet
Buckinghamshire[]
Constituency	Members	Notes
Buckinghamshire	Sir Edward Coke Sir William Fleetwood
Buckingham	Sir Thomas Denton
Wycombe	Sir William Borlase Thomas Lane
Aylesbury	Sir Edmund Verney Clement Coke
Amersham	William Hakewill Edmund Waller
Wendover	John Hampden
Marlow	Sir John Backhouse Miles Hobart
Cambridgeshire[]
Constituency	Members	Notes
Cambridgeshire	Sir Miles Sandys, 1st Baronet Sir John Carleton, 1st Baronet
Cambridge University	Thomas Eden Sir John Coke
Cambridge	Thomas Meautys
Cheshire[]
Constituency	Members	Notes
Cheshire	Sir William Brereton, Bt Richard Grosvenor
City of Chester	John Ratcliffe Edward Whitby
Cornwall[]
Constituency	Members	Notes
Cornwall	Sir John Eliot William Coryton
Launceston	Bevil Grenville
Liskeard	John Harris
Lostwithiel	Sir Thomas Barger
Truro	Henry Rolle
Bodmin	Sir Robert Killigrew Humphrey Nicholls
Helston	William Noy Sidney Godolphin
Saltash	Sir Richard Buller Sir Francis Cottington
Camelford	Francis Crossing Evan Edwards
Grampound	Lord Carey Sir Robert Pye
Eastlow	William Murray Paul Specot
Westlow
Penryn	William Killigrew Sir Thomas Edmondes
Tregoney	Francis Rous John Arundell
Bossiney	Richard Edgcumbe Lord Lambart
St Ives	Francis Godolphin
Fowey	Sir Richard Grenville
St Germans	Thomas Cotton Benjamin Valentine
Mitchel	John Sparke
Newport	Piers Edgcumbe William Killigrew	Killigrew chosen for Penryn - replaced by Nicholas Trefusis
St Mawes	Thomas Carey Hannibal Vyvyan
Callington	John Rolle Sir William Constable
Cumberland[]
Constituency	Members	Notes
Cumberland	Sir George Dalston Sir Patricius Curwen
Carlisle	Richard Graham Richard Barwis
Derbyshire[]
Constituency	Members	Notes
Derbyshire	Sir Edward Leech John Frescheville
Derby	Philip Mainwaring
Devon[]
Constituency	Members	Notes
Devon	John Bampfield Sir Francis Drake, Bt
Exeter	Ignatius Jordan
Totnes	Sir Edward Giles Thomas Prestwood
Plymouth	John Glanville
Barnstaple	Sir Alexander St John John Delbridge
Plympton Erle	Thomas Hele Bt Sir James Bragge
Tavistock	Sir Francis Glanville John Pym
Clifton Dartmouth Hardness	John Upton (Merchant)
Bere Alston	Thomas Wise William Strode
Tiverton	Peter Ball John Bluett
Dorset[]
Constituency	Members	Notes
Dorset	Sir John Strangways
Poole	John Pyne Sir John Cooper, Bt
Dorchester	Denzil Holles John Hill
Lyme Regis	Christopher Erle
Weymouth and Melcombe Regis	Lewis Dyve Henry Waltham
Bridport
Shaftesbury	Sir John Croke
Wareham	Gerrard Napier Sir John Meller
Corfe Castle	Giles Green
Essex[]
Constituency	Members	Notes
Essex	Sir Francis Barrington Bt Harbottle Grimston (senior).
Colchester	Sir Thomas Cheek Edward Alford	Alford replaced on petition by Sir William Masham, 1st Baronet
Maldon	Sir Henry Mildmay Sir Arthur Harris
Harwich	Nathaniel Rich Christopher Harris
Gloucestershire[]
Constituency	Members	Notes
Gloucestershire	Robert Poyntz Nathaniel Stephens
Gloucester	John Hanbury John Browne
Cirencester	Sir Giles Estcourt, 1st Baronet John George
Tewkesbury	Sir Baptist Hicks Thomas Colepeper
Hampshire[]
Constituency	Members	Notes
Hampshire	Sir Henry Wallop Sir Daniel Norton
Winchester	Richard Tichborne
Southampton	John Major George Gallop
Portsmouth	William Towerson
Petersfield	Benjamin Tichborne William Uvedale
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight	Edward Dennis John Oglander
Newport, Isle of Wight	Christopher Yelverton Philip Fleming
Newtown, Isle of Wight	Sir Thomas Barrington, 2nd Baronet Robert Barrington
Stockbridge	Sir Henry Whitehead
Lymington	Herbert Doddington Richard Whitehead
Christchurch	Nathaniel Tomkins Henry Croke
Whitchurch	Sir Thomas Jervoise John Jephson
Andover	Robert Wallop
Herefordshire[]
Constituency	Members	Notes
Herefordshire	Sir Giles Brydges, 1st Baronet Sir Walter Pye
Hereford	Sir John Scudamore John Hoskins
Leominster	James Tomkins Edward Littleton	Littleton chosen for Carnarvon - replaced by Thomas Lyttelton
Weobley	William Walter William Tomkins
Hertfordshire[]
Constituency	Members	Notes
Hertfordshire	Sir William Lytton Sir Thomas Dacres
St Albans	Sir John Jennings Robert Kirkham
Hertford	Sir Edward Howard Sir Thomas Fanshawe	Howard created Baron Howard of Escrick - replaced by Sir Charles Morrison, 1st Baronet
Huntingdonshire[]
Constituency	Members	Notes
Huntingdonshire	Sir Robert Payne Sir Capell Bedell, 1st Baronet
Huntingdon	Oliver Cromwell
Kent[]
Constituency	Members	Notes
Kent	Thomas Finch Sir Dudley Diggs
Canterbury	Sir John Finch	Finch - Speaker
Rochester	Sir Thomas Walsingham William Brooke
Maidstone	Sir George Fane Francis Barnham
Queenborough	Roger Palmer Sir John Hales
Lancashire[]
Constituency	Members	Notes
Lancashire	Sir Richard Molyneux Sir Alexander Radcliffe
Preston	Robert Carr George Gerard
Lancaster	Francis Bindlosse Sir Thomas Fanshawe
Newton	Sir Henry Holcroft Sir Francis Onslow
Wigan	Edward Bridgeman Sir Anthony St John
Clitheroe	Thomas Jermyn
Liverpool	Henry Jermyn John Newdigate
Leicestershire[]
Constituency	Members	Notes
Leicestershire	Sir Edward Hartopp Ferdinando, Lord Hastings
Leicester	Sir Humphrey May
Lincolnshire[]
Constituency	Members	Notes
Lincolnshire	Sir John Wray Sir William Airmine
Lincoln	Sir Thomas Grantham Sir Edward Ayscough
Boston	Richard Bellingham
Grimsby	Christopher Wray Henry Pelham
Stamford	Thomas Hatton Sir Edward Bashe
Grantham	Thomas Hatcher
Middlesex[]
Constituency	Members	Notes
Middlesex	Sir Francis Darcy Sir Henry Spiller
Westminster
City of London	Thomas Moulson Christopher Clitherow Henry Waller
Monmouthshire[]
Constituency	Members	Notes
Monmouthshire	Nicholas Kemeys Nicholas Arnold
Monmouth Boroughs	William Morgan
Norfolk[]
Constituency	Members	Notes
Norfolk	Sir Roger Townshend, Bt John Heveningham
Norwich	Sir Peter Gleane
King's Lynn	Sir John Hare
Yarmouth	Sir John Corbet
Thetford	Edmund Moundeford Henry Spiller	Spiller sat for Westminster - replaced by Sir Henry Vane
Castle Rising	Sir Robert Cotton Thomas Bancroft
Northamptonshire[]
Constituency	Members	Notes
Northamptonshire	Richard Knightley Francis Nicolls
Peterborough	Mildmay Lord D'Espencer Laurence Whitacre
Northampton	Richard Spencer
Brackley	Sir Thomas Wenman John Curzon
Higham Ferrers	Sir George Sondes
Northumberland[]
Constituency	Members	Notes
Northumberland	Sir John Fenwick Sir William Carnaby
Newcastle	Sir Peter Riddel
Morpeth	Sir Thomas Reynell Sir John Bankes
Berwick upon Tweed	Sir Edmund Sawyer
Nottinghamshire[]
Constituency	Members	Notes
Nottinghamshire	Sir Gervase Clifton Sir John Byron
Nottingham	Sir Charles Cavendish Henry Pierrepont
East Retford	Sir Edward Osborne Henry Stanhope, Lord Stanhope
Oxfordshire[]
Constituency	Members	Notes
Oxfordshire	Hon. James Fiennes Sir Francis Wenman
Oxford University	Sir Henry Marten John Danvers
Oxford	John Whistler Thomas Wentworth
Woodstock	Edward Tavernor Sir Miles Fleetwood
Banbury	John Crew
Rutland[]
Constituency	Members	Notes
Rutland	Sir Guy Palmes
Salop[]
Constituency	Members	Notes
Shropshire	Sir Richard Newport Sir Andrew Corbet
Shrewsbury	Thomas Owen
Bridgnorth	Sir Richard Shelton
Ludlow	Richard Tomlins Ralph Goodwin
Wenlock	Thomas Lawley
Bishops Castle	Robert Howard
Somerset[]
Constituency	Members	Notes
Somerset	Sir Robert Phelips Sir Edward Rodney
Bristol	John Doughty John Barker
Bath	John Popham Walter Long
Wells	Sir Ralph Hopton John Baber
Taunton	Sir Hugh Portman George Browne
Bridgwater	Sir Thomas Wroth Thomas Smith
Minehead
Ilchester	Sir Henry Berkeley
Milborne Port	Sir Nathaniel Napier
Staffordshire[]
Constituency	Members	Notes
Staffordshire	Sir Hervey Bagot
Lichfield	Sir Richard Dyott
Stafford	Matthew Cradock
Newcastle under Lyme	Sir George Gresley Rowland Cotton
Tamworth	Sir Thomas Puckering Sir Walter Devereux
Suffolk[]
Constituency	Members	Notes
Suffolk	Sir Nathaniel Barnardiston Sir William Spring
Ipswich	William Cage
Dunwich	Sir Robert Brooke
Orford	Sir Charles Legross Sir Lionel Tollemache
Eye	Francis Finch Sir Roger North
Aldeburgh	Sir Simon Steward Marmaduke Rawden
Sudbury	Sir Robert Crane, 1st Baronet Sir William Pooley
Bury St Edmunds	Sir Thomas Jermyn Sir William Hervey
Surrey[]
Constituency	Members	Notes
Surrey	Sir Richard Onslow Sir Ambrose Browne
Southwark	Richard Yarward
Bletchingly	Edward Bishopp John Evelyn
Reigate	Sir Thomas Bludder
Guildford	Robert Parkhurst Poynings More
Gatton	Sir Samuel Owfield
Haslemere	George Grimes Sir Thomas Canon
Sussex[]
Constituency	Members	Notes
Sussex	Sir William Goring, 1st Baronet Richard Lewknor
Chichester	William Cawley Sir Henry Bellingham
Horsham	Dudley North John Middleton
Midhurst	Christopher Lewknor
Lewes	Sir Anthony Stapeley Sir George Goring
New Shoreham	Robert Morley William Marlott
Bramber	Sir Sackville Crowe Sir Thomas Bowyer
Steyning	Edward Alford Sir Thomas Farnefold
East Grinstead	Sir Henry Compton Robert Goodwin
Arundel	John Alford Henry Lord Maltravers
Warwickshire[]
Constituency	Members	Notes
Warwickshire	Sir Thomas Lucy Sir Thomas Leigh
Coventry	William Purefoy Richard Green
Warwick	Francis Lucy Hon. Robert Greville	Election declared void – Greville replaced by
Westmorland[]
Constituency	Members	Notes
Westmoreland	John Lowther
Appleby	William Ashton
Wiltshire[]
Constituency	Members	Notes
Wiltshire	Sir William Button Sir Francis Seymour
Salisbury	Henry Sherfield Bartholemew Tookey
Wilton
Downton	Sir Benjamin Rudyerd Edward Herbert
Hindon	Sir Thomas Thynne Lawrence Hyde
Heytesbury	Sir Charles Berkeley
Westbury	Maximilian Petty Charles Thynne
Calne	Sir John Maynard
Devizes	Robert Long Thomas Kent
Chippenham	Sir Francis Popham
Malmesbury	Sir Henry Moody
Cricklade	Robert Jenner Sir Edward Hungerford
Great Bedwyn	Edward Kyrton Sir John Trevor
Ludgershall	John Selden
Old Sarum	Michael Oldisworth
Wootton Bassett	Sir John Francklyn Anthony Rowse
Marlborough	Richard Digges Henry Percy
Worcestershire[]
Constituency	Members	Notes
Worcestershire	Thomas Coventry Sir Thomas Bromley
Worcester	John Coucher John Haselock
Droitwich	John Wilde George Wylde II
Evesham	Sir Robert Harley Richard Cresheld
Bewdley	Ralph Clare
Yorkshire[]
Constituency	Members	Notes
Yorkshire	Henry Belasyse Sir Thomas Wentworth, Bt
York	Sir Arthur Ingram	Savile replaced after petition by Thomas Hoyle
Kingston upon Hull	John Lister
Knaresborough	Sir Richard Hutton Henry Benson
Scarborough	Sir William Constable John Harrison
Ripon	William Mallory Sir Thomas Posthumous Hoby
Richmond	Sir Talbot Bowes
Hedon	Sir Christopher Hilliard Thomas Alured
Boroughbridge	Ferdinando, Lord Fairfax
Thirsk	Christopher Wandesford William Frankland
Aldborough
Beverley	Sir John Hotham Bt
Pontefract	Sir John Ramsden Sir John Jackson
Cinque Ports[]
Constituency	Members	Notes
Hastings	John Ashburnham Nicholas Eversfield
Romney
Hythe	Sir Peter Heyman Sir Edward Scott
Dover	John Hippisley Edward Nicholas
Sandwich	John Philipot
Rye	Richard Tufton
Winchelsea	William Twysden
Wales[]
Constituency	Members	Notes
Anglesey	Richard Bulkeley
Beaumaris	Charles Jones
Brecknockshire	Sir Henry Williams
Brecknock	Walter Pye
Cardiganshire	James Lewis
Cardigan	John Vaughan
Carmarthenshire	(Sir) Richard Vaughan
Carmarthen	Henry Vaughan
Carnarvonshire	John Griffith
Carnarvon	Edward Littleton
Denbighshire	Sir Eubule Thelwall
Denbigh Boroughs	Hugh Myddleton
Flintshire	Robert Jones
Flint	William Ravenscroft
Glamorgan	Sir Robert Mansell
Cardiff	Lewis Morgan
Merioneth	Richard Vaughan
Montgomeryshire	William Herbert
Montgomery	Sir Richard Lloyd
Pembrokeshire	John Wogan
Pembroke	Hugh Owen
Haverford West	Sir James Perrot
Radnorshire	Richard Jones
Radnor	Charles Price

Notes[]

^ The English Historical Review Vol. 67, No. 263, April 1952 Parliamentary Boroughs restored by the House of Commons 1621–1641

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
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 pp218-

[1] The English Historical Review Vol. 67, No. 263, April 1952 Parliamentary Boroughs restored by the House of Commons 1621–1641

[1]

List of MPs elected to the English parliament in 1628

List of constituencies and members[]

Bedfordshire[]

Berkshire[]

Buckinghamshire[]

Cambridgeshire[]

Cheshire[]

Cornwall[]

Cumberland[]

Derbyshire[]

Devon[]

Dorset[]

Essex[]

Gloucestershire[]

Hampshire[]

Herefordshire[]

Hertfordshire[]

Huntingdonshire[]

Kent[]

Lancashire[]

Leicestershire[]

Lincolnshire[]

Middlesex[]

Monmouthshire[]

Norfolk[]

Northamptonshire[]

Northumberland[]

Nottinghamshire[]

Oxfordshire[]

Rutland[]

Salop[]

Somerset[]

Staffordshire[]

Suffolk[]

Surrey[]

Sussex[]

Warwickshire[]

Westmorland[]

Wiltshire[]

Worcestershire[]

Yorkshire[]

Cinque Ports[]

Wales[]

See also[]

Notes[]

References[]