List of MPs elected to the English parliament in 1597 facts for kids
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.
Contents
- 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
List of constituencies and members
Bedfordshire |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
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| Bedfordshire | Hon. Oliver St John Sir Edward Radclyffe |
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| Bedford | Humphrey Winche Oliver Luke |
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Berkshire |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Berkshire | Sir Henry Norreys Francis Knollys |
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| Windsor | Julius Caesar John Norreys |
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| Reading | Francis Moore Sir Humphrey Forster |
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| Wallingford | Thomas Fortescue Owen Oglethorpe |
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| Abingdon | Francis Little | |
Buckinghamshire |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Buckinghamshire | Sir John Fortescue Francis Goodwin |
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| Buckingham | Edward Carey Francis Fortescue |
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| Wycombe | William Fortescue John Tasburgh |
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| Aylesbury | Thomas Tasburgh Thomas Smythe |
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Cambridgeshire |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Cambridgeshire | Sir Henry North William Hynde |
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| Cambridge | Robert Wallis John Yaxley |
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Cheshire |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Cheshire | Sir William Brereton Thomas Egerton |
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| City of Chester | Peter Warburton William Brock |
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Cornwall |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Cornwall | William Killigrew Jonathan Trelawny |
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| Launceston | Herbert Croft ? |
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| Liskeard | Henry Neville Edward Trelawny |
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| Lostwithiel | William Cornwallis John Cooke |
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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 Robert Gawdy |
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| Camelford | Jerome Horsey Henry Carnesewe |
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| Penryn | James Killegrew Edward Jones |
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| Tregoney | Sir Edward Denny Henry Birde |
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| St Ives | Noel Sotherton Vincent Skinner |
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| Mitchel | John Arundell John Carew |
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| Bossiney | Thomas Harris Sir Edward Denny |
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| Fowey | John Rashleigh Thomas Treffry |
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| St Germans | Robert Hatchman John Chamberlain |
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| St Mawes | Michael Vyvyan Richard Orver |
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| Newport | Morgan Coleman Edward Lewknor |
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| Callington | Henry Ferrers John Egerton |
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Cumberland |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Cumberland | Joseph Pennington (MP) Christopher Pickering |
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| Carlisle | Henry Scrope Thomas Sandford |
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Derbyshire |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Derbyshire | Thomas Gresley John Harpur |
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| Derby | Henry Duport Robert Stringer |
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Devon |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Devon | William Strode Amias Bampfield |
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| Exeter | John Hele William Martin |
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| Totnes | Edward Giles Christopher Buggin |
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| Barnstaple | Thomas Hinson George Peard |
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| Plymouth | Warwick Hele William Stallenger |
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| Plympton Erle | George Southcote Edward Hancock |
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| Tavistock | Edward Montagu Valentine Knightley |
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| Bere Alston | Sir Jocelyn Blount George Crooke |
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| Clifton Dartmouth Hardness | John Osborne William Bastard |
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Dorset |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Dorset | Sir Ralph Horsey Sir Walter Raleigh |
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| Dorchester | Robert Ashley Richard Wright |
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| Poole | Roger Mawdeley Edward Man |
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| Shaftesbury | John Budden John Davies |
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| Weymouth | Richard Swayne Francis Leigh |
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| Melcombe Regis | John Mockett John Brooke |
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| Lyme Regis | Richard Tichborne Christopher Ellesdon |
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| Wareham | John Frankland Sampson Hussey |
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| Bridport | Lewison Fitzjames Adrian Gilbert |
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| Corfe Castle | ? ? |
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Essex |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Essex | William Petre John Wentworth |
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| Colchester | Robert Barker Richard Symnell |
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| Maldon | Thomas Harris William Wiseman |
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Gloucestershire |
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| 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 |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Hampshire | Thomas Fleming Richard Mill |
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| Winchester | William Badger John Moore |
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| Southampton | William Wallop Francis Bacon |
Bacon sat for Ipswich, replaced by Sir Oliver Lambert |
| Portsmouth | William Greene Thomas Thorney |
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| Petersfield | Wiliam Kingswell Thomas Hanbury |
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| Yarmouth | Benedict Barnham John Snow |
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| Newport | Richard James William Cotton |
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| Newtown | Sylvanus Scory Thomas Crompton |
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| Lymington | Thomas West Henry Wallop |
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| Christchurch | Simon Willis Andrew Rogers |
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| Stockbridge | Miles Sandys Mark Steward |
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| Whitchurch | Thomas Henshaw Richard Carey |
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| Andover | Edward Reynolds Edward Phelips |
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Herefordshire |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Herefordshire | Sir Thomas Coningsby Sir John Scudamore |
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| Hereford | Gregory Price Anthony Pembridge |
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| Leominster | Thomas Crompton John Creswell |
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Hertfordshire |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Hertfordshire | Sir Robert Cecil Rowland Lytton |
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| St Albans | Henry Maynard Humphrey Coningsby |
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Huntingdonshire |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Huntingdonshire | Sir Gervase Clifton Oliver Cromwell |
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| Huntingdon | Richard Cromwell Robert Cooke |
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Kent |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Kent | Sir Robert Sidney Sir William Brooke |
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 |
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| 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 | Edward Legh Nicholas Smyth |
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| Clitheroe | William Holte George Rotheram |
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| Liverpool | Thomas Gerard Peter Probie |
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Leicestershire |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Leicestershire | Sir Edward Hastings Sir Francis Hastings |
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| Leicester | George Parkins John Stanford |
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Lincolnshire |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Lincolnshire | Thomas Monson William Pelham |
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| Lincoln | Thomas Grantham George Anton |
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| Boston | Anthony Irby Richard Stevenson |
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| Grimsby | Thomas Hatcliffe Thomas Ellis |
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| Stamford | Sir Robert Wingfield Thomas Balgaye |
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| Grantham | Thomas Horsman Francis Neale |
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Middlesex |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Middlesex | Sir Robert Wroth John Peyton |
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| Westminster | Thomas Knyvet Thomas Cole |
Cole died - replaced by Anthony Mildmay |
| City of London | Sir John Hart John Croke Thomas Fettiplace George Southerton |
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Monmouthshire |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Monmouthshire | Henry Herbert John Arnold |
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| Monmouth Boroughs | Sir Robert Johnson | |
Norfolk |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Norfolk | Henry Gawdy Sir John Townshend |
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| Norwich | Christopher Layer Thomas Sotherton |
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| King's Lynn | Thomas Oxborough Nathaniel Bacon |
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| Yarmouth | Henry Hobart John Felton |
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| Thetford | John Crofts Philip Gawdy |
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| Castle Rising | Thomas Guybon Henry Spelman |
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Northamptonshire |
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| 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 |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Northumberland | Sir Robert Carey William Selby |
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| Newcastle | Henry Chapman Henry Lindley |
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| Morpeth | Robert Printis Thomas Carleton |
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| Berwick upon Tweed | William Selby Thomas Parkinson |
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Nottinghamshire |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Nottinghamshire | John Byron Sir Richard Whalley |
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| Nottingham | Humphrey Bonner Anchor Jackson |
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| East Retford | Roger Portington John Roos |
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Oxfordshire |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Oxfordshire | Sir William Knollys Sir Richard Wenman |
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| Oxford | Anthony Bacon George Calfield |
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| Woodstock | Lawrence Tanfield John Lee |
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| Banbury | Anthony Cope | |
Rutland |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Rutland | William Cecil Sir James Harington |
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Salop |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Shropshire | Sir Henry Bromley Thomas Leighton |
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| Shrewsbury | Reginald Scriven Roger Owen |
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| Bridgnorth | Edward Bromley John Lutwich |
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| Ludlow | Hugh Sanford Thomas Canland |
Sanford's election declared void - replaced by Robert Berry |
| Wenlock | William Baynham William Lacon |
Baynham died - replaced by Thomas Fanshawe |
| Bishops Castle | Hayward Townsend Edmund Baynham |
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Somerset |
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| 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 Edward Hexte |
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| Bridgwater | Alexander Jones Alexander Popham |
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| Minehead | Amias Bampfield Conrad Prowse |
Bampfield chose to sit for Devon - replaced by ? |
Staffordshire |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Staffordshire | Hon. John Dudley Sir Christopher Blount |
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| Lichfield | Joseph Oldsworth William Fowkes |
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| Stafford | Sir Edward Stafford Henry Bourchier |
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| Newcastle under Lyme | Sir Walter Leveson John Bowyer |
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| Tamworth | William Temple George Hyde |
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Suffolk |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Suffolk | Sir Thomas Waldegrave Henry Warner |
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| Ipswich | Sir Michael Stanhope Francis Bacon |
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| Dunwich | Arthur Atye Clipsby Gawdy |
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| Orford | Thomas Rivett William Forthe |
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| Eye | Edward Honing Anthony Gawdy |
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| Aldeburgh | Francis Harvey Francis Johnson |
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| Sudbury | George Waldegrave John Clapham |
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Surrey |
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| 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 Sir Edward Howard |
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| Gatton | George Buc Michael Hicks |
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| Guildford | Sir William More Sir Robert Southwell |
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| Haslemere | Francis Aungier George Austen |
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Sussex |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Sussex | Robert Sackville Nicholas Parker |
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| Chichester | Richard Lewknor Adrian Stoughton |
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| Horsham | John Hare James Booth |
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| Midhurst | Lewis Lewknor James Smyth |
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| Lewes | Sir Henry Glemham John Shirley |
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| New Shoreham | William Nector John Young |
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| Steyning | John Shurley Thomas Shirley |
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| Bramber | Nicholas Trott William Comber |
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| East Grinstead | George Rivers Richard Baker |
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| Arundel | William Essex James Smith |
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Warwickshire |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Warwickshire | Fulke Greville William Combe |
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| Coventry | Henry Kervyn Thomas Saunders |
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| Warwick | John Townsend William Spicer |
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Westmorland |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Westmoreland | Walter Harcourt Henry Cholmley |
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| Appleby | James Colbrand John Lyly |
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Wiltshire |
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| 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 Robert Penruddock |
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| Downton | Robert Turner George Powell |
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| Hindon | Sir James Marvyn Henry Jackman |
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| Heytesbury | Sir John Thynne Lawrence Hyde |
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| Chippenham | Thomas Edmondes Sharington Talbot |
Edmondes replaced by Edward Wymarke |
| Calne | Thomas Edwards Richard Lowe |
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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 | William Blaker Nicholas Hyde |
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| Wootton Bassett | Henry Dacre John Lowe |
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| Marlborough | Richard Digges Richard Wheler |
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Worcestershire |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Worcestershire | John Lyttelton Edmund Colles |
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| Worcester | Rowland Berkeley William Bagnall |
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| Droitwich | John Acton Thomas Baily |
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Yorkshire |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Yorkshire | Sir John Stanhope Sir Thomas Posthumous Hoby |
Both replaced by John Savile, 1st Baron Savile of Pontefract and Sir William Fairfax |
| York | James Birkby Thomas Moseley |
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| Kingston upon Hull | Leonard Willan Anthony Cole |
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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 | George Leycester Thomas Belasyse |
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| Hedon | Thomas Salveyn 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 |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Hastings | Edmund Pelham Richard Liffe |
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| Sandwich | Peter Manwood Edward Peake |
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| Dover | Thomas Fane William Leonard |
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| Romney | George Coppyn James Thurbarne |
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| Hythe | Christopher Honywood Christopher Toldervey |
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| Rye | Sampson Lennard Thomas Hamon |
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| Winchelsea | Ralph Ewens Thomas Colepeper |
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Wales |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Anglesey | Hugh Hughs | |
| Beaumaris | William Jones | |
| Brecknockshire | Sir Robert Knollys | |
| Brecknock | David Williams | |
| Cardiganshire | Thomas Pryse | |
| Cardigan | Thomas Rawlins | |
| Carmarthenshire | Walter Vaughan | |
| Carmarthen | Henry Vaughan | |
| Carnarvonshire | William Griffith | |
| Carnarvon | John Owen | |
| Denbighshire | John Lloyd | |
| Denbigh Boroughs | John Panton | |
| Flintshire | William Ravenscroft | |
| Flint | Edward Morgan | |
| Glamorgan | Sir Thomas Mansell | |
| Cardiff | Nicholas Hawkins | |
| Merioneth | Thomas Myddelton | |
| Montgomeryshire | William Herbert | |
| Montgomery | Thomas Jukes | |
| Pembrokeshire | Sir Gelly Meyrick | |
| Pembroke | Edward Burton | |
| Haverford West | Sir James Perrot | |
| Radnorshire | James Price | |
| Radnor | Edward Lewis | |
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