List of MPs elected to the English parliament in 1621 facts for kids

Sir Thomas Richardson – Speaker

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

Sir Bevil Grenville, Cornwall

Edward Coke, Liskeard

William Noy, Helston

Sir Heneage Finch, West Looe

John Hampden, Grampound

Sir Thomas Malet, Tregoney

John, Lord Pawlett, St Ives

Sir Henry Vane, Carlisle

William Cavendish Derbyshire

Sir John Glanville, Plymouth

Sir Baptist Hicks, Tavistock

Sir Julius Caesar, Maldon

Sir Thomas Roe, Cirencester

Sir Dudley Digges, Tewkesbury

Benjamin Rudyerd, Portsmouth

Sir James Whitelocke, Woodstock

Edward Sackvile, Sussex

Edward Cecil, Chichester

Sir Lionel Cranfield, Arundel

Fulke Greville, Warwickshire

Sir John Coke, Warwick

Sir Arthur Ingram, Appleby

James Ley, Westbury

John Pym, Calne

William Seymour, Marlborough

Sir Thomas Edmondes, Bewdley

George Calvert, Yorkshire

Sir Thomas Wentworth, Yorkshire

Sir Richard Hutton, Knaresborough

Ferdinando Fairfax, Boroughbridge

Sir Edwin Sandys, Sandwich

Richard Zouch, Hythe

Sir Edward Nicholas, Winchelsea

Sir Hugh Myddelton, Denbigh

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.

Constituency	Members	Notes
Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire	Sir Beauchamp St John Sir Oliver Luke
Bedford	Sir Alexander St John Richard Taylor
Berkshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Berkshire	Sir Richard Lovelace Sir Robert Knollys
Windsor	Sir Charles Howard Sir Robert Bennet
Reading	Anthony Barker John Saunders
Wallingford	Sir George Simeon Samuel Dunch
Abingdon	Robert Hyde
Buckinghamshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Buckinghamshire	Sir Francis Goodwin Sir William Fleetwood
Buckingham	Sir Thomas Denton Richard Oliver
Wycombe	Richard Lovelace Arthur Goodwin
Aylesbury	Sir John Dormer Henry Borlase
Cambridgeshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Cambridgeshire	Sir Edward Peyton, 2nd Baronet Sir John Cutts
Cambridge University	Robert Naunton Barnaby Gough
Cambridge	Richard Foxton Thomas Meautys
Cheshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Cheshire	Sir William Brereton Sir Richard Grosvenor
City of Chester	Edward Whitby John Ratcliffe
Cornwall
Constituency	Members	Notes
Cornwall	Bevil Grenville John Arundell
Launceston	John Harris Thomas Bond
Liskeard	Sir Edward Coke Nicholas Hele
Lostwithiel	Edward Salter George Chudleigh
Truro	Barnaby Gough John Trefusis	Gough/Gooch sat for Cambridge replaced by Sir John Catcher Browne Willis gives Samuel for John Trefusis
Bodmin	Sir John Trevor James Bagg
Helston	William Noy Thomas Stafford
Saltash	Sir Thomas Trevor Sir Thomas Smith
Westlow	Heneage Finch Christopher Harris
Grampound	John Hampden Sir Robert Carey
Eastlow	Sir John Walter Jerome Horsey
Camelford	Sir Henry Carey Edward Carr
Penryn	Robert Jermyn Sir Francis Crane
Tregoney	William Hakewill Thomas Malet
St Ives	John Lord Pawlet Robert Bacon
Mitchel	Richard Carew John St Aubyn
Bossiney	John Wood Ambrose Manaton
Fowey	Jonathan Rashleigh John Treffry
St Germans	Richard Tisdale Sir Richard Buller
St Mawes	Edward Wrightington William Hockmere	Brown Wilis gives John for William Hockmere
Newport	Sir Edward Barrett Sir Robert Killigrew
Callington	Henry Rolle James Lord Wriothesley
Cumberland
Constituency	Members	Notes
Cumberland	Sir George Dalston Sir Henry Curwen
Carlisle	Sir Henry Vane George Butler
Derbyshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Derbyshire	William Lord Cavendish Sir Peter Fretchville
Derby	Edward Leech Timothy Leeving (Recorder)
Devon
Constituency	Members	Notes
Devon	Sir Edward Seymour, 2nd Baronet John Drake
Exeter	John Prowse Ignatius Jordan
Totnes	Sir Edward Giles Richard Rood (merchant)
Barnstaple	John Delbridge Pentecost Dodderidge
Plymouth	John Glanville Thomas Sherville (merchant)
Plympton Erle	Sir William Strode Sir Warwick Hele
Tavistock	Francis Glanville Sir Baptist Hicks
Bere Alston	Thomas Wise Thomas Keighley of London
Clifton Dartmouth Hardness	William Nyell (merchant) Roger Matthew (Merchant)
Tiverton	John Bampfield John Davie
Dorset
Constituency	Members	Notes
Dorset	Sir John Strangways Sir Thomas Trenchard
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 Sir George Hussey
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
Lyme Regis	John Poulett Robert Hassard
Wareham	Sir William Pitt John Trenchard
Bridport	John Strode John Browne
Corfe Castle	Sir Thomas Hatton, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Hammond
Essex
Constituency	Members	Notes
Essex	Sir Francis Barrington Bt Sir John Deane
Colchester	William Towse Edward Alford
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
Gloucestershire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Gloucestershire	Sir Robert Tracy Sir Maurice Berkeley
Gloucester	John Browne Anthony Robinson
Cirencester	Sir Thomas Roe Thomas Nicholas
Tewkesbury	Sir Dudley Diggs Giles Brydges
Hampshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Hampshire	Sir Henry Wallop Sir John Jephson
Winchester	Richard Tichborne William Savage
Southampton	Sir Thomas Fleming Henry Sherfield
Portsmouth	Sir Daniel Norton Sir Benjamin Rudyerd
Petersfield	Richard Norton Sir John Hippisley
Newtown	John Ferrar Sir Thomas Barrington, 2nd Baronet	Ferrar sat for Tamworth- replaced by Sir William Harington
Newport	Sir Richard Worsley, 1st Baronet Sir William Uvedale
Yarmouth	Arthur Bromfield Thomas Risley
Christchurch	Sir George Hastings Nathaniel Tomkins
Stockbridge	Sir Richard Gifford Sir William Ayloffe, 1st Baronet
Whitchurch	Thomas Jervoise Sir Robert Oxenbridge
Lymington	Sir William Doddington Henry Compton
Andover	John Shuter Richard Venables
Herefordshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Herefordshire	Sir John Scudamore Fitzwilliam Coningsby
Hereford	James Rodd Richard Weaver
Leominster	Francis Smallman William Beecher
Hertfordshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Hertfordshire	Sir Henry Cary Sir Charles Morrison, 1st Baronet
St Albans	Thomas Richardson Robert Shute	Richardson was Speaker
Hertford	William Ashton Thomas Fanshawe
Huntingdonshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Huntingdonshire	Richard Beavill Sir Robert Payne
Huntingdon	Sir Henry St John Miles Sandys
Kent
Constituency	Members	Notes
Kent	Robert Viscount Lisle Sir George Fane
Canterbury	John Finch Sir Robert Newington
Rochester	Sir Thomas Walsingham (younger) Henry Clerke
Queenborough	James Palmer William Frowde
Maidstone	Sir Francis Fane Sir Francis Barnham
Lancashire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Lancashire	Sir John Ratcliffe Sir Gilbert Hoghton, 2nd Baronet
Lancaster	Sir Humphrey May Sir Thomas Fanshawe
Preston	Sir Edward Mosley Sir William Pooley
Clitheroe	Sir Thomas Walmsley William Fanshawe
Liverpool	Thomas May William Johnson
Wigan	Sir Thomas Gerard, 1st Baronet Roger Downes
Newton	Sir George Wright Richard Kippax
Leicestershire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Leicestershire	Sir George Hastings Sir Henry Hastings
Leicester	Sir Richard Moryson Sir William Herrick
Lincolnshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Lincolnshire	Sir George Manners Sir Thomas Grantham
Lincoln	Sir Lewis Watson, 1st Baronet Sir Edward Ayscough
Boston	Sir Thomas Cheek Anthony Irby
Grimsby	Sir Christopher Wray Henry Pelham
Grantham	Sir William Airmine Clement Cotterell
Stamford	Richard Cecil John Wingfield
Middlesex
Constituency	Members	Notes
Middlesex	Sir Francis Darcy Sir Gilbert Gerard, Bt
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
Monmouthshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Monmouthshire	Sir Edmund Morgan Charles Williams
Monmouth Boroughs	Thomas Ravenscroft
Norfolk
Constituency	Members	Notes
Norfolk	Sir Hamon le Strange Drue Drury
Norwich	Sir Robert Rous William Denny
King's Lynn	Sir Matthew Clerke John Wallis
Yarmouth	Benjamin Cooper Edward Owner
Castle Rising	John Wilson Robert Spiller
Thetford	Sir Thomas Holland Framlingham Gawdy
Northamptonshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Northamptonshire	Sir William Spencer Sir Edward Montagu	Montagu became a peer - replaced by Richard Knightley
Peterborough	Mildmay Fane Walter Fitzwilliam
Northampton	Richard Spencer Thomas Crew
Brackley	Edward Spencer Sir Thomas Wenman
Higham Ferrers	Charles Montagu
Northumberland
Constituency	Members	Notes
Northumberland	Sir William Grey Sir Henry Widdrington
Newcastle	Sir Henry Anderson Sir Thomas Ridell	BW gives Sir Francis for Sir Henry Anderson
Morpeth	Robert Brandling John Robson	Election of Robson, a Clergyman, invalidated - replaced by Ralph Fetherstonhaugh
Berwick upon Tweed	Sir John Selby Sir Robert Jackson
Nottinghamshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Nottinghamshire	Sir Gervase Clifton Sir George Chaworth
Nottingham	Michael Purefoy George Lassells
East Retford	Sir Nathaniel Rich Edward Wortley
Oxfordshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Oxfordshire	Sir Richard Wenman Sir William Cope
Oxford University	Sir John Bennet Sir Clement Edmondes
Oxford	Sir John Brooke Thomas Wentworth
Woodstock	Sir James Whitelocke Philip Cary
Banbury	Sir William Cope
Rutland
Constituency	Members	Notes
Rutland	Sir Guy Palmes William Bulstrode	BW corrigenda changes Palmer to Palmes
Salop
Constituency	Members	Notes
Shropshire	Sir Robert Vernon Sir Francis Kynaston
Shrewsbury	Sir Richard Newport Francis Berkeley
Bridgnorth	Sir John Hayward William Whitmore
Ludlow	Spencer Compton, Lord Compton Richard Tomlins
Wenlock	Sir Edward Lawley Thomas Wolryche
Bishops Castle	Francis Roberts Gilbert Cornwall
Somerset
Constituency	Members	Notes
Somerset	Charles Berkley Robert Hopton
Bristol	John Whitson John Guy
Bath	Sir Robert Phelips Sir Robert Pye
Wells	Sir Edward Rodney Thomas Southwood
Taunton	Thomas Brereton Lewis Pope
Bridgwater	Edward Popham Roger Warre
Minehead	Francis Pearce Sir Robert Lloyd
Ilchester	Richard Wynn
Staffordshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Staffordshire	Sir William Bowyer Thomas Crompton
Lichfield	William Wingfield Richard Weston
Stafford	Matthew Cradock Sir Richard Dyott
Newcastle under Lyme	John Davies Edward Kyrton
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 Thomas Clinch
Ipswich	Robert Snelling William Cage
Dunwich	Clement Coke Thomas Bedingfield
Aldeburgh	Sir Henry Glemham Charles Glemham
Orford	Sir Lionel Tollemache Sir Roger Townshend
Eye	Sir Roger North Sir John Crompton
Sudbury	Edward Osbourne Brampton Gurdon
Bury St Edmunds	Sir Thomas Jermyn John Woodford
Surrey
Constituency	Members	Notes
Surrey	Sir George More Sir Nicholas Carew
Southwark	Richard Yarward Robert Bromfield
Reigate	Thomas Glemham Robert Lewis
Bletchingly	John Hayward Henry Lovell
Gatton	Sir Thomas Gresham Thomas Bludder
Guildford	Sir Robert More John Murray
Haslemere	Sir Thomas Grimes Sir William Browne
Sussex
Constituency	Members	Notes
Sussex	Sir Edward Sackville Christopher Neville
Chichester	Sir Edward Cecil Thomas Whatman
Horsham	Thomas Cornwallis John Middleton
Midhurst	John Smith Richard Lewknor
Steyning	Thomas Shirley Sir Edward Fraunceys
Lewes	Sir George Goring Richard Amhurst
New Shoreham	Sir John Morley Sir John Leedes
Bramber	Thomas Bowyer Robert Morley
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
Warwickshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Warwickshire	Sir Fulke Greville Sir Thomas Lucy	Greville ennobled - replaced by Sir Francis Leigh
Coventry	Sampson Hopkins Henry Sewall
Warwick	Sir Greville Verney Sir John Coke
Westmorland
Constituency	Members	Notes
Westmorland	Sir Henry Clifford Sir Thomas Wharton
Appleby	Sir Arthur Ingram Thomas Hughes
Wiltshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Wiltshire	Sir Francis Seymour Sir Edward Bayntun
Salisbury	Roger Gauntlett Thomas Hussey
Wilton	Sir Thomas Tracy Henry Nevill	Nevill ennobled in 1622 - replaced by Thomas Morgan
Downton	Sir Carew Raleigh Thomas Hinton
Devizes	Sir Henry Ley John Kent
Great Bedwyn	Sir Francis Popham Sir Giles Mompesson
Malmesbury	Sir Henry Poole Sir Edward Wardour
Ludgershall	Alexander Chocke William Sotwell
Chippenham	Edward Hungerford John Baily
Westbury	Sir James Ley Sir Miles Fleetwood
Cricklade	Thomas Howard Sir Carew Reynell
Hindon	Sir Edmund Ludlow Sir John Davies
Old Sarum	George Myne Thomas Brett
Calne	John Duckett John Pym
Heytesbury	Sir Thomas Thynne Henry Ludlow
Marlborough	William Seymour, Lord Beauchamp Richard Digges	Seymour ennobled in 1621 and replaced by Sir Walter Devereux
Wootton Bassett	Richard Harrison John Wrenham
Worcestershire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Worcestershire	Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 1st Baronet Sir Samuel Sandys
Worcester	Sir Robert Berkley John Coucher
Droitwich	Sir Thomas Coventry John Wilde	Coventry replaced by Ralph Clare
Evesham	Sir Thomas Biggs, 1st Baronet Anthony Langston
Bewdley	Sir Thomas Edmondes
Yorkshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Yorkshire	Sir George Calvert Sir Thomas Wentworth
York	Sir Robert Askwith (Alderman) Christopher Brooke	Brown Willis gives Christopher Broderick for Brooke
Kingston upon Hull	John Lister Maurice Abbot
Scarborough	Sir Richard Cholmeley William Conyers
Knaresborough	Sir Henry Slingsby Sir Richard Hutton
Richmond	Sir Talbot Bowes William Bowes
Beverley	Sir Christopher Hilliard Edmund Scott
Aldborough	Christopher Wandesford John Carvile
Thirsk	Thomas Belasyse John Belasyse
Hedon	Sir Matthew Boynton, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Fairfax of Walton
Ripon	Sir Thomas Posthumous Hoby William Mallory
Pontefract	George Skillet Edwin Sandys
Boroughbridge	Sir Ferdinando Fairfax George Withered	Listed in Browne Willis corrigenda
Cinque Ports
Constituency	Members	Notes
Hastings	Samuel Moore James Lasher
Dover	Sir Henry Mainwaring Sir Richard Young
Sandwich	Sir Edwin Sandys Sir Robert Hatton	Hatton's election declared void - replaced by John Burroughes
Romney	Francis Fetherston Sir Peter Manwood
Hythe	Sir Peter Heyman Richard Zouche
Rye	Emanuel Gifford John Angell
Winchelsea	Sir Thomas Finch Edward Nicholas
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

List of MPs elected to the English parliament in 1621 facts for kids

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

See also