Somerset (UK Parliament constituency)
Somerset | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Somerset |
1290–1832 | |
Number of members | Two |
Replaced by | East Somerset and West Somerset |
Somerset was a parliamentary constituency in Somerset, which returned two Members of Parliament (MPs), known traditionally as knights of the shire, to the House of Commons of England until 1707, the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832.
Elections were held by the bloc vote system.
Members of Parliament[]
MPs 1290–1629[]
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- Constituency created (1290)
Parliament | First member | Second member | |
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Parliament of 1366 | [1] | William Bonville[1] | |
Parliament of 1368 | [1] | [1] | |
Parliament of 1369 | Edward Cheney[1] | [1] | |
Parliament of 1371 | [1] | ||
Parliament of 1372 | [1] | [1] | |
Parliament of 1373 | Sir John Delamare[2][1] | [1] | |
Parliament of 1376 | [1] | ||
Parliament of 1377 | Sir John Delamare[2] | Sir Thomas Hungerford | |
Parliament of 1379 | [3] | ||
Parliament of 1382 | Sir John Delamare[2] | Sir Thomas Hungerford | |
Parliament of 1383 (Oct) | Sir William Bonville | ||
Parliament of 1384 (Apr) | Sir William Bonville | ||
Parliament of 1384 (Nov) | Sir William Bonville | ||
Parliament of 1386 | Sir William Bonville[4] | Sir Thomas Brooke[4] | |
First Parliament of 1388 | Sir William Bonville[4] | Sir Thomas Brooke[4] | |
Second Parliament of 1388 | Sir Thomas Hungerford[4] | [4] | |
First Parliament of 1390 | Sir Stephen Derby[4] | [4] | |
Second Parliament of 1390 | Sir John Berkeley[4] | Sir Thomas Hungerford[4] | |
Parliament of 1391 | Sir John Rodney[4] | Sir Thomas Brooke[4] | |
Parliament of 1393 | Sir Thomas Brooke[4] | Sir William Bonville[4] | |
Parliament of 1394 | Sir Humphrey Stafford I[4] | Sir John Berkeley[4] | |
Parliament of 1395 | Sir William Bonville[4] | Sir Thomas Brooke[4] | |
First Parliament of 1397 | Sir Thomas Brooke[4] | [4] | |
Second Parliament of 1397 | [4] | Sir Thomas Brooke[4] | |
Parliament of 1399 | Sir Thomas Brooke[4] | Sir William Bonville[4] | |
Parliament of 1401 | [4] | William Stourton[4] | |
Parliament of 1402 | Sir Thomas Brooke[4] | William Stourton[4] | |
First Parliament of 1404 | Sir Thomas Brooke[4] | William Stourton[4] | |
Second Parliament of 1404 | [4] | [4] | |
Parliament of 1406 | [4] | [4] | |
Parliament of 1407 | Sir Thomas Brooke[4] | [4] | |
Parliament of 1410 | Walter Hungerford[4] | Sir Thomas Brooke[4] | |
Second Parliament of 1413 | Sir Thomas Brooke[4] | [4] | |
First Parliament of 1414 | Sir John Tiptoft[4] | Sir Hugh Luttrell[4] | |
Second Parliament of 1414 | Sir Hugh Luttrell[4] | Robert Hill[4] | |
Parliament of 1415 | Sir Hugh Luttrell[4] | Robert Hill[4] | |
First Parliament of 1416 | Robert Hill[4] | [4] | |
Parliament of 1417 | [4] | [4] | |
Parliament of 1419 | Robert Hill[4] | John Stourton[4] | |
Parliament of 1420 | [4] | John Stourton[4] | |
First Parliament of 1421 | Sir William Bonville[4] | [4] | |
Second Parliament of 1421 | [4] | John Stourton[4] | |
Parliament of 1424 | Giles Daubeney[5] | ||
Parliament of 1429 | Giles Daubeney[5] | ||
Parliament of 1433 | John Hody[6] | ||
Parliament of 1435 | John Hody[6] | ||
Parliament of 1437 | John Hody[6] | ||
Parliament of 1455 | William Courtenay | ||
Parliament of 1529 | Sir Nicholas Wadham | Sir William Stourton | |
Parliament of 1539 | Sir Hugh Paulet | ||
Parliament of 1545 | |||
Parliament of 1547 | Sir Maurice Berkeley | Sir Henry Capell | |
First Parliament of 1553 | Sir Ralph Hopton | Sir Edward Rogers | |
Second Parliament of 1553 | Sir Edward Rogers | Sir Ralph Hopton | |
First Parliament of 1554 | Sir Edward Waldegrave | ||
Second Parliament of 1554 | Sir Edward Waldegrave | Humphrey Colles | |
Parliament of 1555 | ?Sir Ralph Hopton | ? | |
Parliament of 1558 | Sir Edward Rogers | John Walshe | |
Parliament of 1559 | Sir William St Loe | ||
Parliament of 1562–1567 | Sir Maurice Berkeley | ||
Parliament of 1571 | Amias Paulet | ||
Parliament of 1572–1581 | Sir Hugh Paulet died Sir George Speke |
Sir Maurice Berkeley | |
Parliament of 1584–1585 | |||
Parliament of 1586–1587 | |||
Parliament of 1588–1589 | (Sir) Francis Hastings | Edward Dyer | |
Parliament of 1593 | |||
Parliament of 1597–1598 | Sir Francis Popham | ||
Parliament of 1601 | (Sir) Edward Phelips | Sir Maurice Berkeley | |
Parliament of 1604–1611 | Sir Francis Hastings died 1610 In his place John Poulett | ||
Addled Parliament (1614) | Sir Maurice Berkeley | ||
Parliament of 1621–1622 | Robert Hopton | died 1621 In his place Charles Berkeley | |
Happy Parliament (1624–1625) | Sir Robert Phelips | ||
Useless Parliament (1625) | John Stawell | ||
Parliament of 1625–1626 | Sir Henry Berkeley | ||
Parliament of 1628–1629 | Sir Robert Phelips | Sir Edward Rodney | |
No Parliament summoned 1629–1640 |
MPs 1640–1832[]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l John Collinson, Edmund Rack, 'The History and Antiquities of the County of Somerset: Collected from Authentic Records, and an Actual Survey Made by the Late Mr. Edmund Rack. Adorned with a Map of the County, and Engravings of Roman and Other Reliques, Town-seals, Baths, Churches, and Gentlemen's Seats, Volume 1, R. Cutwell, 1791, p. xxx online Archived 15 February 2022 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c S. E. Rigold, Nunney Castle, Somerset (HMSO, 1967), p. 4 (online Archived 30 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "BURGHERSH, Sir John (1343-91), of Ewelme, Oxon. | History of Parliament Online". Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf "History of Parliament". Archived from the original on 3 May 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
- ^ a b "South Petherton, Somerset" (PDF). Hamline University. Retrieved 21 October 2009.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c Roskell, John Smith (1954). The Commons in the Parliament of 1422. Archived from the original on 15 February 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
Sources[]
- 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. 1.
- Henry Stooks Smith, The Parliaments of England from 1715 to 1847, Volume 2 (London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co, 1845)
Categories:
- Parliamentary constituencies in Somerset (historic)
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1290
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1832