List of MPs elected to the English parliament in 1626 facts for kids
This article is about the second Parliament that met during the time of King Charles I in 1626. A Parliament is like a big meeting where elected people, called members of Parliament (MPs), come together to discuss important issues and make laws for the country.
This Parliament started on February 6, 1626. It only lasted a few months, ending on June 15, 1626, when King Charles I decided to close it down. During this time, the King and Parliament often disagreed on how the country should be run and how money should be raised.
Contents
- What was the 1626 Parliament?
- 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
What was the 1626 Parliament?
The Parliament of 1626 was a group of people chosen to represent different parts of England and Wales. These representatives, called Members of Parliament (MPs), met in London to advise the King and help make decisions.
Who were the Members of Parliament?
MPs were usually important men from different areas, like towns and counties. They were elected to speak for the people in their "constituencies" (the areas they represented). The list below shows some of the people who were MPs in this Parliament. They came from all over England and Wales, from places like Bedfordshire to Yorkshire.
Key Figures in the Parliament
One important person in this Parliament was Sir Heneage Finch. He was the Speaker, which means he was in charge of leading the discussions and making sure everyone followed the rules. He was like the referee of the Parliament meetings.
Other important MPs included:
- John Pym: A very influential MP who often spoke out about the King's policies.
- Sir Edward Coke: A famous lawyer and former judge who was also a strong voice in Parliament.
These individuals, and many others listed in the original records, played a part in the important discussions that took place during this short but significant Parliament.
List of Constituencies and Members
The Parliament was made up of representatives from many different areas across England and Wales. Each area, called a constituency, would elect one or two Members of Parliament (MPs) to represent them. Below is a simplified list of some of the counties and towns that sent MPs to the 1626 Parliament.
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 Beauchamp St John Richard Taylor |
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Berkshire |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Berkshire | John Fettiplace Edmund Dunch |
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| Windsor | William Russell Humphrey Newbury |
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| Reading | Sir Francis Knollys John Saunders |
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| Wallingford | Sir Anthony Forrest Unton Croke |
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| Abingdon | Sir Robert Knollys | |
Buckinghamshire |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Buckinghamshire | Sir Francis Goodwin Sir Thomas Denton |
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| Buckingham | Sir Alexander Denton Sir John Smythe |
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| Wycombe | Henry Coke Edmund Waller |
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| Aylesbury | Clement Coke Arthur Goodwin |
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| Amersham | William Clarke Francis Drake |
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| Wendover | John Hampden Sir Sampson Darrell |
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| Marlow | John Backhouse Sir William Hicks, 1st Baronet |
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Cambridgeshire |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Cambridgeshire | Sir Edward Peyton, 2nd Baronet Sir John Cutts |
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| Cambridge University | Thomas Eden Sir John Coke |
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| Cambridge | Thomas Purchase Thomas Meautys |
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Cheshire |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Cheshire | Sir Richard Grosvenor, 1st Baronet Peter Daniell |
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| City of Chester | William Gamull Edward Whitby |
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Cornwall |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Cornwall | William Coryton Sir Francis Godolphin |
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| Launceston | Bevil Grenville Richard Scott |
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| Liskeard | Sir Francis Steward Joseph Jane |
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| Lostwithiel | Sir Robert Mansell Reginald Mohun |
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| Truro | Francis Rous Henry Rolle |
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| Bodmin | Henry Jermyn Sir Richard Weston |
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| Helston | Francis Godolphin Francis Carew |
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| Saltash | Sir John Hayward Sir Richard Buller |
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| Camelford | Edward Lyndley Sir Thomas Monk |
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| Grampound | Edward Thomas Sir Thomas St Aubyn |
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| Eastlow | Sir James Bagge Sir John Trevor |
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| Westlow | Sir John Wolstenholme, 1st Baronet John Rudhall |
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| Penryn | Edward Roberts Sir Edwin Sandys |
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| Tregoney | Thomas Carey Sir Robert Killigrew |
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| Bossiney | Lord Lambart Paul Specot |
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| St Ives | Edward Savage Benjamin Tichborne |
Tichborne sat for Petersfield - replaced by William Noy |
| Fowey | Arthur Bassett William Murray |
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| St Germans | Sir John Eliot Sir Henry Marten |
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| Mitchell | Francis Crossing Sir John Smith |
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| Newport | Sir Henry Hungate Thomas Williams (junior) |
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| St Mawes | William Carr Lord Carey |
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| Callington | Clipsby Crew John Rolle |
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Cumberland |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Cumberland | Sir George Dalston Sir Patricius Curwen Bart |
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| Carlisle | Sir Henry Vane Richard Graham |
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Derbyshire |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Derbyshire | William Lord Cavendish John Manners |
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| Derby | Sir Henry Crofts John Thoroughgood |
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Devon |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Devon | John Drake John Pole |
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| Exeter | Ignatius Jordan John Hayne |
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| Totnes | Arthur Champernoun Philip Holditch |
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| Plymouth | John Granville Thomas Sherville (merchant) |
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| Barnstaple | Sir Alexander St John John Delbridge |
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| Plympton Erle | Sir Thomas Hele, 1st Baronet William Strode |
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| Tavistock | John Pym John Ratcliffe |
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| Clifton Dartmouth Hardness | John Upton Roger Matthew (Merchant) |
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| Bere Alston | Thomas Wise William Strode |
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| Tiverton | John Drake Peter Ball |
Drake chose to sit for Devon - replaced by Richard Oliver |
Dorset |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Dorset | Sir George Morton Sir Thomas Freke |
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| Poole | Christopher Erle John Pyne |
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| Dorchester | Richard Bushrode Michael Humphreys |
Humphreys died - replaced by William Whiteway |
| Lyme Regis | Walter Erle Thomas Paramour |
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| Weymouth and Melcombe Regis | Sir John Strangways Arthur Pyne Giles Green Bernard Michell |
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| Bridport | Lewis Dyve Sir Richard Strode |
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| Shaftesbury | Samuel Turner William Whitmore |
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| Wareham | Nathaniel Napier Edward Laurence |
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| Corfe Castle | Sir Robert Napier Edward Daccombe |
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Essex |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Essex | Sir Francis Barrington Bt Harbottle Grimston (senior). |
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| Colchester | William Towse Edward Alford. |
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| Maldon | Sir William Masham, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Cheek |
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| Harwich | Nathaniel Rich Christopher Harris |
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Gloucestershire |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Gloucestershire | Sir Robert Tracy Sir Robert Pointz |
Browne Willis gives Sir Maurice Berkeley and John Dutton |
| Gloucester | Christopher Caple John Browne |
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| Cirencester | Sir Neville Poole John George |
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| Tewkesbury | Sir Dudley Diggs Sir Baptist Hicks |
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Hampshire |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Hampshire | Sir Henry Wallop Robert Wallop |
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| Winchester | Richard Tichborne Henry Whitehead |
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| Southampton | Sir John Mill, 1st Baronet George Gallop |
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| Portsmouth | Sir James Fullerton Thomas Whiteman |
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| Petersfield | Benjamin Tichborne William Uvedale |
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| Yarmouth | Sir Edward Conway John Oglander |
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| Newport | Christopher Yelverton Philip Fleming |
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| Stockbridge | Sir Robert Gifford Sir Thomas Badger |
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| Newtown | Sir Thomas Barrington, 2nd Baronet Thomas Malet |
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| Lymington | Herbert Doddington John More |
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| Christchurch | Nathaniel Tomkins Robert Norton |
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| Whitchurch | Sir Thomas Jervoise Sir Robert Oxenbridge |
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| Andover | Lord Henry Paulet John Shuter |
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Herefordshire |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Herefordshire | Sir Robert Harley Sir Walter Pye |
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| Hereford | James Clerke Richard Weaver |
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| Leominster | James Tomkins Edward Littleton |
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Hertfordshire |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Hertfordshire | Sir John Boteler Sir Thomas Dacres |
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| St Albans | Sir Charles Morrison, 1st Baronet Sir Edward Goring |
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| Hertford | Sir William Harrington Sir Capell Bedell, 1st Baronet |
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Huntingdonshire |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Huntingdonshire | Edward Montagu Sir Robert Payne |
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| Huntingdon | Sir Arthur Mainwaring John Goldsborough |
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Kent |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Kent | Sir Edward Hales, 1st Baronet Sir Edward Scott |
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| Canterbury | Sir John Finch James Palmer |
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| Rochester | Henry Clerke (Sir) Thomas Walsingham (elder) |
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| Maidstone | Sir George Fane Francis Barnham |
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| Queenborough | Roger Palmer Robert Pooley |
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Lancashire |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Lancashire | Robert Stanley Gilbert Hoghton |
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| Preston | George Gerard Thomas Fanshawe |
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| Lancaster | Thomas Jermyn Sir Thomas Fanshawe |
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| Newton | Sir Miles Fleetwood Sir Henry Edmonds |
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| Wigan | Sir Anthony St John Sir William Pooley |
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| Clitheroe | Sir Ralph Assheton George Kirke |
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| Liverpool | Edward Bridgeman Thomas Stanley |
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Leicestershire |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Leicestershire | Sir Henry Hastings Francis Staresmore |
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| Leicester | Sir Humphrey May Sir George Hastings |
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Lincolnshire |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Lincolnshire | Sir William Airmine John Monson |
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| Lincoln | Sir Thomas Grantham Robert Monson |
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| Boston | Sir Edward Barkham Richard Oakley |
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| Grimsby | Henry Pelham William Skinner |
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| Stamford | Montagu Bertie Brian Palmes |
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| Grantham | John Wingfield Edward Stirmin |
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Middlesex |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Middlesex | Sir Edward Spencer Sir Gilbert Gerard, 1st Baronet of Harrow on the Hill |
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| Westminster | Sir Robert Pye Peter Heywood |
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| City of London | Sir Thomas Middleton Heneage Finch Sir Robert Bateman Sir Maurice Abbot |
Finch was Speaker |
Monmouthshire |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Monmouthshire | William Herbert Nicholas Arnold |
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| Monmouth Boroughs | William Fortesue | |
Norfolk |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Norfolk | Sir Edward Coke Sir Robert Bell |
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| Norwich | Sir John Suckling Sir Thomas Hyrne |
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| King's Lynn | Thomas Gurling John Cooke |
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| Yarmouth | Sir John Corbet Thomas Johnson (Alderman) |
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| Thetford | Sir John Hobart, 2nd Baronet Framlingham Gawdy |
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| Castle Rising | Sir Hamon le Strange Sir Thomas Bancroft |
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Northamptonshire |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Northamptonshire | Sir William Spencer Sir John Pickering |
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| Peterborough | Mildmay Lord Burleigh Laurence Whitaker |
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| Northampton | Richard Spencer Christopher Sherland |
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| Brackley | Sir John Hobart John Crew |
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| Higham Ferrers | Sir Thomas Dacres | Sat for Hertfordshire and replaced by Sir George Sondes |
Northumberland |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Northumberland | Sir John Fenwick Sir John Delaval |
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| Newcastle | Sir Peter Riddel Sir Henry Anderson |
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| Morpeth | Sir Thomas Reynell John Bankes |
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| Berwick upon Tweed | Sir Robert Jackson Richard Lowther |
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Nottinghamshire |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Nottinghamshire | Henry Stanhope Sir Thomas Hutchinson |
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| Nottingham | Sir Gervase Clifton John Byron |
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| East Retford | John Lord Haughton Sir Francis Wortley, 1st Baronet |
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Oxfordshire |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Oxfordshire | Hon. James Fiennes Sir Thomas Wenman |
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| Oxford University | Sir Thomas Edmondes John Danvers |
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| Oxford | John Whistler Thomas Wentworth |
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| Woodstock | Edward Tavernor Sir Gerard Fleetwood |
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| Banbury | Calcot Chambre | |
Rutland |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Rutland | William Bulstrode Sir Francis Bodenham |
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Salop |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Shropshire | Sir Rowland Cotton Sir Richard Leveson |
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| Shrewsbury | Sir William Owen Thomas Owen |
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| Bridgnorth | Sir William Whitmore, 2nd Baronet George Vernon |
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| Ludlow | Richard Tomlins Ralph Goodwin |
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| Wenlock | Thomas Lawley Francis Smallman |
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| Bishops Castle | William Oakley Edward Waring |
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Somerset |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Somerset | Sir Henry Berkeley Sir John Horner |
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| Bristol | John Doughty John Whitson |
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| Bath | Richard Gay William Chapman |
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| Wells | Sir Edward Rodney Sir Thomas Lake |
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| Taunton | Sir Robert Gorges George Browne |
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| Bridgwater | Sir Arthur Lake Edward Popham |
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| Minehead | Sir John Gill Thomas Horner |
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| Ilchester | Sir William Beecher Robert Caesar |
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Staffordshire |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Staffordshire | Sir Simon Weston Sir William Bowyer |
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| Lichfield | Sir Richard Dyott William Wingfield |
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| Stafford | Sir John Ottley Bulstrode Whitlock |
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| Newcastle under Lyme | Sir John Skeffington, 2nd Baronet John Keeling |
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| Tamworth | Sir Thomas Puckering Sir Walter Devereux |
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Suffolk |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Suffolk | Sir Robert Naunton Sir Robert Crane |
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| Ipswich | Sir Robert Snelling Sir William Yonge |
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| Dunwich | Sir John Rous Thomas Bedingfield |
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| Orford | Robert Hitcham Charles Croft |
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| Eye | Francis Finch Sir Roger North |
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| Aldeburgh | Sir Thomas Glemham William Mason |
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| Sudbury | Sir Nathaniel Barnardiston Thomas Smith |
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| Bury St Edmunds | Sir Thomas Jermyn Emanuel Gifford |
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Surrey |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Surrey | Sir Richard Onslow Sir Ambrose Browne |
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| Southwark | Richard Yarward William Coxe |
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| Bletchingley | Edward Bysshe Henry Lovell |
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| Reigate | Thomas Bludder Sir William Monson |
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| Guildford | Richard Shilton Robert Parkhurst, jnr |
Shilton did not take his seat, and was replaced by Sir William Morley |
| Gatton | Sir Samuel Owfield Sir Charles Howard |
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| Haslemere | Sir Francis Carew Poynings More |
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Sussex |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Sussex | Sir Walter Covert Sir Alexander Temple |
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| Chichester | Algernon Lord Peircy Humphrey Haggett |
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| Horsham | John Borough John Middleton |
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| Midhurst | Richard Lewknor Sir Henry Spiller |
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| Lewes | Sir George Goring Sir George Rivers |
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| New Shoreham | John Alford William Marlott |
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| Bramber | Walter Barttelot Thomas Bowyer |
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| Steyning | Sir Edward Fraunceys Edward Bishopp |
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| East Grinstead | Sir Henry Compton Robert Goodwin |
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| Arundel | Nicholas Jordain William Mill |
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Warwickshire |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Warwickshire | Sir Thomas Lucy Sir Clement Throckmorton |
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| Coventry | Henry Harwell Isaac Walden |
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| Warwick | Sir Francis Leigh, Bt. Francis Lucy |
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Westmorland |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Westmoreland | Sir John Lowther Sir Henry Bellingham |
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| Appleby | Sir William Slingsby William Ashton |
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Wiltshire |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Wiltshire | Sir Henry Poole Sir Walter Long |
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| Salisbury | Henry Sherfield John Puxton |
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| Wilton | Sir Thomas Morgan Sir John Evelyn |
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| Downton | Edward Herbert Sir William Trumbull |
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| Hindon | Sir Thomas Thynne Thomas Lambert |
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| Heytesbury | Sir Charles Berkeley William Blake |
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| Westbury | Sir Walter Long Thomas Hopton |
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| Calne | Sir John Eyres George Lowe (senior) |
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| Chippenham | Sir Edmund Bayntun Sir Francis Popham |
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| Devizes | Robert Long Sir Henry Ley |
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| Malmesbury | Sir Henry Moody Sir William Crofts |
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| Cricklade | Sir William Howard Sir Robert Hyde |
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| Ludgershall | Sir William Walter Sir Thomas Jaye/Sir Thomas Hinton |
Unresolved double return - BW corrigenda includes Jaye |
| Great Bedwyn | John Selden Sir Maurice Berkeley |
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| Old Sarum | Michael Oldisworth Sir Benjamin Rudyerd |
BW corrigenda gives Christopher Keightley in place of Rudyerd |
| Wootton Bassett | Sir John Francklyn Sir Thomas Lake |
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| Marlborough | Richard Digges Edward Kyrton |
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Worcestershire |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Worcestershire | Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 1st Baronet Sir John Rouse |
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| Worcester | John Spelman John Haselock |
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| Droitwich | John Wilde Thomas Coventry |
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| Evesham | Sir John Hare Anthony Langston |
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| Bewdley | Ralph Clare | |
Yorkshire |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Yorkshire | Sir John Savile Sir William Constable |
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| York | Sir Arthur Ingram Christopher Brooke |
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| Kingston upon Hull | John Lister Lancelot Roper |
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| Knaresborough | Sir Richard Hutton Henry Benson |
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| Scarborough | Sir Hugh Cholmeley, 1st Baronet Stephen Hutchinson |
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| Ripon | Thomas Best Sir Thomas Posthumous Hoby |
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| Richmond | Christopher Wandesford Matthew Hutton |
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| Hedon | Sir Thomas Fairfax Sir Christopher Hillyard |
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| Boroughbridge | Sir Ferdinando Fairfax Philip Mainwaring |
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| Thirsk | Henry Belasyse William Cholmeley |
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| Aldborough | Richard Aldborough John Carvile |
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| Beverley | Sir John Hotham Bt Sir William Alford |
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| Pontefract | Sir John Jackson Sir Francis Foljambe, 1st Baronet |
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Cinque Ports |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Hastings | Sir Dudley Carleton Nicholas Eversfield |
Carleton ennobled and replaced 1626 by Sir Thomas Parker |
| Romney | Richard Godfrey Thomas Brett |
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| Hythe | Sir Peter Heyman Sir Basil Dixwell, 1st Baronet |
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| Dover | John Hippisley John Pringle |
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| Sandwich | Sir John Suckling Peter Peake |
Suckling chose to sit for Norwich, replaced by Sir Edward Boys |
| Rye | Thomas Fotherley Sir John Sackville |
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| Winchelsea | Roger Twysden Sir Nicholas Saunders |
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Wales |
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| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Anglesey | Richard Bulkeley | |
| Beaumaris | Charles Jones | |
| Brecknockshire | John Price | |
| Brecknock | Walter Pye | chose for Herefordshire - replaced by Humphrey Lynde |
| Cardiganshire | James Lewis | |
| Cardigan | Walter Overbury | |
| Carmarthenshire | (Sir) Richard Vaughan | |
| Carmarthen | Henry Vaughan | |
| Carnarvonshire | John Griffith | |
| Carnarvon | Edward Littleton | |
| Denbighshire | Sir Eubule Thelwall | |
| Denbigh Boroughs | Hugh Myddleton | |
| Flintshire | John Salusbury | |
| Flint | William Ravenscroft | |
| Glamorgan | Sir John Stradling, 1st Baronet | |
| Cardiff | William Price | |
| Merioneth | Edward Vaughan | |
| Montgomeryshire | Sir William Herbert | |
| Montgomery | Sir Henry Herbert | |
| Pembrokeshire | John Wogan | |
| Pembroke | Hugh Owen | |
| Haverford West | Sir Thomas Canon | |
| Radnorshire | James Price | |
| Radnor | Charles Price | |
See also
- List of parliaments of England
- 2nd Parliament of King Charles I
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