List of MPs elected to the English parliament in 1624 facts for kids
This is a list of members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the last parliament in the reign of King James I in 1624, which was known as the Happy Parliament.
The parliament began on 19 February 1624 and was held to 24 May 1624. It then sat from 2 November 1624 to 16 February 1625 and was dissolved on the death of the King on 14 March 1625.
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
List of constituencies and members
In 1624 the constituencies of Amersham, Great Marlow, Wendover and Hertford were re-enfranchised after the Committee of Privileges investigated abuses where the right of boroughs to return burgesses had fallen into disuse.
Bedfordshire |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
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| Bedfordshire | Oliver St John Sir Oliver Luke |
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| Bedford | Sir Alexander St John Richard Taylor |
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Berkshire |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Berkshire | Edmund Dunch Sir Richard Harrison |
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| Windsor | Sir Edmund Sawyer Thomas Woodward |
Woodward replaced by Sir William Hewett |
| Reading | Francis Knollys junior John Saunders |
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| Wallingford | Sir Edward Howard Sir George Simeon |
Howard sat for Calne - replaced by Sir Anthony Forrest |
| Abingdon | Robert Knollys | |
Buckinghamshire |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Buckinghamshire | Sir William Fleetwood Sir Thomas Denton |
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| Buckingham | Sir Edmund Verney Richard Oliver |
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| Wycombe | Henry Coke Arthur Goodwin |
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| Aylesbury | Sir John Pakington, 1st Baronet Thomas Crewe |
Pakington died - replaced by Sir Robert Carr Crewe was Speaker |
| Amersham | John Crew William Hakewill |
Restored constituency - in BW corrigenda |
| Wendover | John Hampden Sir Alexander Denton |
Restored constituency - in BW corrigenda |
| Marlow | Henry Borlase Thomas Cotton |
Restored constituency - in BW corrigenda |
Cambridgeshire |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Cambridgeshire | Sir Simon Steward Sir John Cutts |
Steward replaced by Sir Edward Peyton, 2nd Baronet |
| Cambridge University | Sir Robert Naunton Barnaby Gough |
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| Cambridge | Francis Brakyn Robert Luckyn |
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Cheshire |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Cheshire | William Booth William Brereton |
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| City of Chester | Edward Whitby John Savage |
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Cornwall |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Cornwall | William Coryton Bevil Grenville |
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| Launceston | Sir Francis Crane Sir Miles Fleetwood |
BW corrigenda adds Sir to Fleetwood |
| Liskeard | William Wrey Nicholas Hele |
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| Lostwithiel | Sir John Hobart Sir John Chichester |
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| Truro | Richard Daniel Thomas Burgess |
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| Bodmin | Thomas Stafford Charles Berkeley |
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| Helston | Francis Carew Thomas Carey |
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| Saltash | Francis Buller Sir Thomas Trevor |
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| Camelford | Edward Hare Sir Francis Cottington Bt |
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| Grampound | John Mohun Richard Edgecumbe |
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| Eastlow | Sir John Walter Bartholemew Specot |
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| Westlow | George Mynn James Bagg |
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| Penryn | Edward Roberts Sir Robert Killigrew |
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| Tregoney | Peter Specot Ambrose Manaton |
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| Bossiney | Sir Richard Weston Thomas Bevans |
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| St Ives | William Lake Sir Francis Godolphin |
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| Fowey | William Noy Sir Robert Coke |
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| St Germans | Sir John Stradling, 1st Baronet John Coke |
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| Mitchel | John Holles John Sawle |
John Holles replaced by Denzil Holles |
| Newport | Sir John Eliot Richard Estcourt |
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| St Mawes | John Arundell William Hockmere |
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| Callington | Sir Edward Seymour, 2nd Baronet Henry Rolle |
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Cumberland |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Cumberland | Sir George Dalston Ferdinando Huddleston |
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| Carlisle | Sir Henry Vane the Elder Edward Aglionby |
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Derbyshire |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Derbyshire | William Lord Cavendish John Stanhope |
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| Derby | Sir Edward Leech Timothy Leeving (Recorder) |
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Devon |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Devon | Sir William Strode John Drake |
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| Exeter | John Prowse Nicholas Duck |
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| Totnes | Arthur Champernoun Sir Edward Giles |
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| Plymouth | John Glanville Thomas Sherville (merchant) |
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| Barnstaple | Pentecost Dodderidge John Delbridge |
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| Plympton Erle | Sir Francis Drake, 1st Baronet John Garret |
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| Tavistock | John Pym Sampson Hele |
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| Clifton Dartmouth Hardness | William Plumley Roger Matthew (Merchant) |
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| Bere Alston | Thomas Jermyn jun. Sir Thomas Cheek |
Cheek chose to sit for Essex, replaced by William Strode |
| Tiverton | Sir George Chudleigh, 1st Baronet Humphrey Were |
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Dorset |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Dorset | Sir John Strangways Sir George Hussey |
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| Poole | Sir Walter Erle Edward Pitt |
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| Dorchester | Richard Bushrode William Whiteway |
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| Lyme Regis | Sir John Drake William Wynn |
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| Weymouth and Melcombe Regis | John Freke Arthur Pyne Thomas Myddelton (younger) Henry Waltham (merchant) |
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| Bridport | Robert Browne William Muschamp |
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| Shaftesbury | John Thoroughgood William Whitaker |
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| Wareham | Sir William Pitt John Trenchard |
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| Corfe Castle | Sir Peter Osborne Sir Francis Nethersale |
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Essex |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Essex | Sir Francis Barrington Bt Sir Thomas Cheek |
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| Colchester | William Towse Edward Alford |
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| Maldon | Sir William Masham, 1st Baronet Sir Arthur Harris |
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| Harwich | Sir Nathaniel Rich Christopher Harris |
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Gloucestershire |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Gloucestershire | Thomas Estcourt John Dutton |
Estcourt died - replaced by Sir Maurice Berkeley |
| Gloucester | Anthony Robinson John Browne |
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| Cirencester | Sir William Master Henry Poole |
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| Tewkesbury | Sir Dudley Digges Sir Baptist Hicks |
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Hampshire |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Hampshire | Sir Daniel Norton Sir Robert Oxenbridge |
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| Winchester | Richard Tichborne James Lord Wriothesley |
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| Southampton | Sir John Mill, 1st Baronet Henry Sherfield |
Sherfield chose to sit for Salisbury - replaced by John Bonde |
| Portsmouth | Sir William Uvedale Sir Benjamin Rudyerd |
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| Yarmouth | Thomas Risley William Beeston |
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| Petersfield | Sir John Jephson Sir John Hippisley |
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| Newport | Philip Fleming Christopher Brooke |
Brooke chose to sit for York - replaced by John Danvers |
| Stockbridge | Sir Richard Gifford Sir Henry Holcroft |
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| Newtown | Sir Gilbert Gerard, Bt George Gerard |
Sir Gilbert Gerard chose to sit for Middlesex - replaced by Sir Thomas Barrington, 2nd Baronet |
| Lymington | Nicholas Ferrar John More |
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| Christchurch | Nathaniel Tomkins Sir George Astmyll |
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| Whitchurch | Sir Henry Wallop Thomas Jervoise |
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| Andover | Robert Wallop John Shuter |
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Herefordshire |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Herefordshire | Sir John Scudamore Sir Robert Harley |
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| Hereford | Sir James Clerke Richard Weaver |
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| Leominster | James Tomkins Sir William Beecher |
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Hertfordshire |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Hertfordshire | Sir Charles Morrison, 1st Baronet William Lytton |
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| St Albans | Robert Kirkham Sir John Jennings |
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| Hertford | William Ashton Thomas Fanshawe |
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Huntingdonshire |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Huntingdonshire | Edward Montagu Sir Oliver Cromwell |
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| Huntingdon | Sir Arthur Mainwaring Sir Henry St John |
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Kent |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Kent | Sir Nicholas Tufton Sir Edwin Sandys |
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| Canterbury | Thomas Scot Thomas Denn |
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| Rochester | Sir Maximilian Dalyson (Sir) Thomas Walsingham (elder) |
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| Maidstone | Sir George Fane Thomas Stanley |
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| Queenborough | Roger Palmer Sir Robert Pooley |
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Lancashire |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Lancashire | Sir John Ratcliffe Sir Thomas Walmisley |
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| Lancaster | John Selden Sir Humphrey May |
May sat for Leicester, replaced by Sir Thomas Fanshawe |
| Preston | Sir Edward Mosley Sir William Pooley |
Pooley sat for Sudbury, replaced by Sir William Hervey |
| Newton | Thomas Charnock Edmund Breres |
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| Wigan | Sir Anthony St John Francis Downes |
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| Clitheroe | William Fanshawe Ralph Whitfield |
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| Liverpool | Sir Thomas Gerard, 2nd Baronet George Ireland |
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Leicestershire |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Leicestershire | Sir Thomas Hesilrige, 1st Baronet Sir Henry Hastings |
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| Leicester | Sir Humphrey May William Ive |
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Lincolnshire |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Lincolnshire | Montagu Bertie Sir Thomas Grantham |
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| Lincoln | Sir Lewis Watson, Bt Thomas Hatcher |
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| Boston | Sir William Airmine Sir Clement Cotterel |
Cotterel chosen for Grantham replaced by William Boswell |
| Grimsby | Henry Pelham Sir Christopher Wray |
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| Stamford | John St Amand Sir George Goring |
Sir George Goring, chosen for Lewes replaced by Edward Ayscough |
| Grantham | Sir George Manners Sir Clement Cotterell |
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Middlesex |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Middlesex | Sir John Suckling Sir Gilbert Gerard, Bt |
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| Westminster | Sir Edward Villiers William Mann |
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| City of London | Sir Thomas Middleton Heneage Finch Robert Bateman Martin Bond |
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Monmouthshire |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Monmouthshire | Robert Viscount Lisle Sir William Morgan |
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| Monmouth Boroughs | Walter Stewart | |
Norfolk |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Norfolk | Sir Thomas Holland Sir John Corbet |
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| Norwich | William Denny Sir Thomas Hyrne |
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| King's Lynn | John Wallis (Alderman) William Doughty (Alderman) |
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| Yarmouth | George Hardware (Alderman) Benjamin Cooper |
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| Thetford | Framlingham Gawdy Drue Drury |
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| Castle Rising | Sir Robert Spiller Sir Thomas Bancroft |
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Northamptonshire |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Northamptonshire | Sir William Spencer Richard Knightley |
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| Peterborough | Laurence Whitacre Christopher Hatton |
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| Northampton | Richard Spencer Christopher Sherland (Recorder) |
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| Brackley | Sir Thomas Wenman Edward Spencer |
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| Higham Ferrers | Sir Charles Montagu | |
Northumberland |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Northumberland | Sir John Fenwick Sir Francis Brandling |
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| Newcastle | Sir Peter Riddel Sir Henry Anderson |
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| Morpeth | Sir Thomas Reynell Sir William Carnaby |
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| Berwick upon Tweed | Sir Robert Jackson Edward Lively |
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Nottinghamshire |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Nottinghamshire | Sir Gervase Clifton Robert Sutton |
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| Nottingham | John Byron Sir Charles Cavendish |
BW corrigenda changes Byrom to Byron |
| East Retford | John Hollis Sir Nathaniel Rich |
Rich chosen at Harwich - replaced by John Darcy |
Oxfordshire |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Oxfordshire | Sir William Cope, 2nd Baronet Sir Henry Poole |
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| Oxford University | Sir George Calvert Sir Isaac Wake |
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| Oxford | John Whistler Thomas Wentworth |
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| Woodstock | Philip Cary William Lenthall |
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| Banbury | Sir Erasmus Dryden, 1st Baronet | |
Rutland |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Rutland | William Bulstrode Sir Guy Palmes |
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Salop |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Shropshire | Sir Richard Newport Sir Andrew Corbet |
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| Shrewsbury | Francis Berkeley Thomas Owen |
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| Bridgnorth | Sir William Whitmore George Smith |
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| Ludlow | Richard Tomlins Ralph Goodwin |
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| Wenlock | Henry Mytton Sir Thomas Wolryche, 1st Baronet |
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| Bishops Castle | Sir Robert Howard Richard Oakeley |
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Somerset |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Somerset | John Sims Sir Robert Phelips |
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| Bristol | John Barker John Guy |
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| Bath | Sir Robert Pye John Malet |
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| Wells | Thomas Southwood Sir Edward Rodney |
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| Taunton | Thomas Brereton Roger Prowse |
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| Bridgwater | Edward Popham Roger Warre |
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| Minehead | Sir Arthur Lake Arthur Duck |
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| Ilchester | Sir Richard Alleyn Nathaniel Tomkins |
Nathaniel Topkins, chosen for Christchurch replaced by Edmund Waller |
Staffordshire |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Staffordshire | Sir William Bowyer Sir Edward Lyttelton |
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| Lichfield | Sir Simon Weston Sir John Suckling |
Suckling chosen for Middlesex replaced by William Wingfield |
| Stafford | Matthew Cradock Sir Richard Dyott |
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| Newcastle under Lyme | Sir Edward Vere Richard Leveson |
Sir Edward Vere disabled and replaced 1624 by Charles Glemham |
| Tamworth | Sir Thomas Puckering Bt John Ferrers |
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Suffolk |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Suffolk | Sir William Spring Sir Roger North |
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| Ipswich | Sir Robert Snelling William Cage |
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| Dunwich | Sir John Rous Sir Robert Brooke |
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| Eye | Henry Crofts Francis Finch |
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| Orford | Sir Robert Hitcham William Glover |
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| Aldeburgh | Nicholas Ryvett John Bence |
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| Sudbury | Sir Robert Crane, 1st Baronet Sir William Pooley |
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| Bury St Edmunds | Sir Thomas Jermyn Anthony Crofts |
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Surrey |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Surrey | Sir Robert More Sir Thomas Grimes |
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| Southwark | Richard Yarward Robert Bromfield |
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| Bletchingley | Edward Bysshe Miles Fleetwood |
Fleetwood sat for Launceston, replaced by John Hayward |
| Reigate | Sir Thomas Bludder Robert Lewis |
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| Guildford | Sir George More Nicholas Stoughton |
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| Gatton | Sir Edmund Bowyer Samuel Owfield |
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| Haslemere | Francis Carew Poynings More |
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Sussex |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Sussex | Algernon Lord Peircy Thomas Pelham |
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| Chichester | Sir Thomas Edmondes Thomas Whatman |
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| Horsham | John Borough John Middleton |
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| Midhurst | Sir Anthony Manie Richard Lewknor |
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| Lewes | Sir George Goring Christopher Newell |
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| New Shoreham | Anthony Stapley William Marlott |
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| Bramber | Robert Morley Thomas Bowyer |
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| Steyning | Edward Fraunceys Sir Thomas Farneford |
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| East Grinstead | Robert Heath Thomas Caldicot |
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| Arundel | Sir Henry Spiller Sir George Chaworth |
Chaworth unseated on petition in 1624 and replaced by William Mill |
Warwickshire |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Warwickshire | Sir Thomas Lucy Sir Clement Throckmorton |
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| Coventry | Henry Harwell Sir Edward Coke (Recorder) |
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| Warwick | Sir Edward Conway Francis Lucy |
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Westmorland |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Westmoreland | Sir John Lowther Robert Strickland |
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| Appleby | Sir Arthur Ingram Thomas Hughes |
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Wiltshire |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Wiltshire | Edward Hungerford Sir John St John, 1st Baronet |
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| Salisbury | Henry Sherfield (Recorder) Roger Gauntlett |
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| Wilton | Sir Thomas Morgan Sir Percy Hobart |
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| Downton | Sir William Dodington Sir Clipsby Crew |
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| Hindon | Lawrence Hyde Matthew Davies |
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| Heytesbury | Sir Thomas Thynne Henry Ludlow |
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| Westbury | Sir John Saye Sir Henry Mildmay |
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| Calne | Sir Edward Howard John Duckett |
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| Chippenham | John Maynard Sir Francis Popham |
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| Devizes | Edward Bayntun John Kent |
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| Malmesbury | Sir Edward Wardour Sir Thomas Hatton, 1st Baronet |
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| Cricklade | Sir William Howard Sir Neville Poole |
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| Ludgershall | Edward Kyrton William Sotwell |
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| Great Bedwyn | Hugh Crompton William Cholmeley |
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| Old Sarum | Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington Sir Arthur Ingram |
Ingram chose to sit for York and replaced by Michael Oldisworth |
| Wootton Bassett | Sir Roland Egerton, 1st Baronet John Bankes |
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| Marlborough | Sir Francis Seymour Richard Digges |
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Worcestershire |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Worcestershire | Sir Walter Devereux Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 1st Baronet |
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| Worcester | Robert Berkeley John Coucher |
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| Droitwich | Walter Blount John Wilde |
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| Evesham | Sir Edward Conway Richard Cresheld |
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| Bewdley | Ralph Clare | |
Yorkshire |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Yorkshire | Sir John Savile Sir Thomas Savile |
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| York | Sir Arthur Ingram Christopher Brooke |
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| Kingston upon Hull | John Lister Sir John Suckling |
Sir John Suckling chosen for Middlesex replaced by Maurice Abbot |
| Knaresborough | Sir Richard Hutton Sir Henry Slingsby |
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| Scarborough | Hugh Cholmeley William Conyers |
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| Ripon | William Mallory Sir Thomas Posthumous Hoby |
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| Richmond | John Wandesford Christopher Pepper |
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| Hedon | Sir Thomas Fairfax of Walton Sir Christopher Hilliard |
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| Boroughbridge | Sir Ferdinando Fairfax Christopher Mainwaring |
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| Thirsk | Thomas Belasyse Sir William Sheffield |
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| Aldborough | Christopher Wandesford John Carvile |
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| Beverley | Sir Henry Vane the Elder Edmund Scott |
Vane chose to sit for Carlisle, replaced by Sir Henry Carey |
| Pontefract | Sir John Jackson Sir Thomas Wentworth |
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Cinque Ports |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Hastings | Nicholas Eversfield Samuel Moore |
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| Romney | Francis Fetherston Richard Godfrey |
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| Hythe | Peter Heyman Richard Zouche |
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| Dover | Sir Edward Cecil Sir Richard Young |
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| Sandwich | Sir Robert Hatton Francis Drake |
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| Rye | Thomas Conway Sir Edward Conway |
Sir Edward Conway — chosen for Warwick replaced by John Angell |
| Winchelsea | John Finch Edward Nicholas |
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Wales |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Anglesey | John Mostyn | |
| Beaumaris | Charles Jones | |
| Brecknockshire | Sir Henry Williams | |
| Brecknock | Walter Pye | |
| Cardiganshire | James Lewis | |
| Cardigan | Rowland Pugh | |
| Carmarthenshire | (Sir) Richard Vaughan | |
| Carmarthen | Henry Vaughan | |
| Carnarvonshire | Thomas Glynn | |
| Carnarvon | Peter Mutton | |
| Denbighshire | Sir Eubule Thelwall | |
| Denbigh Boroughs | Sir Hugh Myddelton, 1st Baronet | |
| Flintshire | Sir John Hanmer, 1st Baronet | Hanmer died — replaced by Sir John Trevor |
| Flint | William Ravenscroft | |
| Glamorgan | Sir Robert Mansell | |
| Cardiff | William Price | |
| Merioneth | Henry Wynn | |
| Montgomeryshire | William Herbert | |
| Montgomery | George Herbert | |
| Pembrokeshire | James Perrot | |
| Pembroke | Sir Walter Devereux | |
| Haverford West | Lewis Powell | |
| Radnorshire | James Price | |
| Radnor | Charles Price | |
See also
- List of parliaments of England
- 4th Parliament of King James I
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