Essex (UK Parliament constituency)

Essex was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1290 until 1832. It elected two MPs, traditionally referred to as Knights of the Shire, to the House of Commons. It was divided into two single member constituencies (Essex North and Essex South) in the Great Reform Act.

Essex
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
CountyEssex
1290–1832
Number of membersTwo
Replaced byEssex North and Essex South

Area covered (current units)

Members of Parliament

1290-1640

ParliamentFirst memberSecond member
1290John le BretonJohn Fillol
Henry Grapinel
John de Beauchamp of Fifield [1]
1295John FillolRalph de Arderne [1]
1297John FillolHenry Grapinel [1]
1298Hugh le BlountJollan de Duresem [1]
1300John FillolHugh le Blount [1]
1301John FillolHugh le Blount [1]
1302Ralph de ArderneJollan de Dureseme [1]
1305John de TanyWilliam de Wauton [1]
1306John de SuttonRalph le Bigod [1]
1307John de TanyJohn de la Lee [1]
1309Sir Nicholas Barrington
1313Sir Nicholas Barrington
1322Thomas GobionSimon de Kynardesle
1330Sir John Barrington
1334Sir John de Coggeshall
1335Sir John de Coggeshall
1336Sir John de Coggeshall
1339Sir John de Coggeshall
1343Sir John de Coggeshall
c1355Sir Thomas Tyrell (7 times)
1358Sir John de Coggeshall
1377Sir Robert Swinburne
1379Sir Robert Swinburne
1380 (Jan)Sir John GuildesboroughRichard Lyons
1380 (Nov)Sir John Guildesborough
1382Sir Robert Swinburne
1383 (Feb)Sir John Guildesborough
1384Sir Robert Swinburne
1385Sir John Guildesborough
1386Sir Robert MarneyEdmund Brokesbourne [2]
1388 (Feb)Sir John GuildesboroughThomas Coggeshall [2]
1388 (Sep)Sir Alexander WaldenSir John FitzSymond [2]
1390 (Jan)Sir Robert SwinburneSir Robert Marney [2]
1390 (Nov)Sir Alexander WaldenThomas Bataill [2]
1391Sir William CoggleshallSir Walter Lee [2]
1393Sir Thomas SwinburneSir Walter Lee [2]
1394Thomas BataillSir Walter Lee [2]
1395Thomas CoggeshallJohn Doreward [2]
1397 (Jan)Sir William CoggleshallJohn Doreward [2]
1397 (Sep)Sir John HowardRobert Tey [2]
1399Thomas CoggeshallJohn Doreward [2]
1401Sir William CoggleshallRobert Tey [2]
1402Sir William CoggleshallSir Gerard Braybrooke [2]
1404 (Jan)Sir William BourchierJohn Doreward [2]
1404 (Oct)Sir William CoggleshallSir Robert Litton [2]
1406Helming LegetRichard Baynard [2]
1407Helming LegetSir William Marney [2]
1410
1411Sir William CoggleshallJohn Tyrell [2]
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)John DorewardJohn Tyrell [2]
1414 (Apr)Sir William CoggleshallJohn Doreward [2]
1414 (Nov)William SwinburneRichard Baynard[2]
1415
1416 (Mar)Robert DarcyJohn Tyrell[2]
1416 (Oct)
1417Sir Gerard BraybrookeJohn Tyrell [2]
1419Robert DarcyJohn Tyrell [2]
1420Sir William CoggleshallLewis John [2]
1421 (May)Robert DarcyJohn Tyrell [2]
1421 (Dec)Sir William CoggleshallRichard Baynard [2]
1422John TyrellSir William Coggleshall
1423Robert Darcy
1425John TyrellRobert Darcy
1426Lewis JohnRobert Darcy
1429John Tyrell
1431Sir John TyrellLewis John
1432Robert Darcy
1433Sir John Tyrell
1437Sir John TyrellLewis John
1439Lewis JohnRobert Darcy
1442Thomas Tyrell
1445Thomas TyrellRobert Darcy
1447Thomas Tyrell
1449Thomas Tyrell
1453Thomas Thorpe [3]
1455John Green
1459Thomas Tyrell
1460John Green
1495Richard FitzLewis[4]
1510–1515No names known [5]
1523Sir John Marney? [5]
1529Thomas BonhamThomas Audley [5]
1536?Richard Rich? [5]
1539Sir Richard RichSir Thomas Darcy [5]
1542?Sir Richard Rich? [5]
1545Sir Richard RichSir Thomas Darcy [5]
1547Sir William PetreSir Thomas Darcy, ennobled
and replaced by Jan 1552 by
John Gates [5]
1553 (Mar)Sir John Gates?Sir William Petre [5]
1553 (Oct)Sir Robert RochesterSir William Petre [5]
1554 (Apr)Sir Robert RochesterSir William Petre [5]
1554 (Nov)Sir Robert RochesterSir William Petre [5]
1555Sir Robert RochesterSir William Petre [5]
1558Sir William PetreSir Edward Waldegrave [5]
1559 (Jan)Sir William PetreSir Anthony Cooke[6]
1562/3Sir William PetreSir Anthony Cooke [6]
1571Sir Thomas SmithSir Thomas Mildmay [6]
1572 (Apr)Sir Thomas Smith, died
and replaced Feb 1581 by
Robert Rich
Sir Thomas Barrington [6]
1584 (Nov)Sir Thomas HeneageJohn Petre, 1st Baron Petre [6]
1586Sir Thomas HeneageJohn Petre, 1st Baron Petre [6]
1588 (Nov)Sir Thomas HeneageSir Henry Grey [6]
1593Sir Thomas HeneageRichard Warren [6]
1597 (Sep)William PetreJohn Wentworth [6]
1601 (Sep)Henry MaynardSir Francis Barrington [6]
1604Sir Edward Denny
ennobled and replaced 1605 by Sir Gamaliel Capell
Sir Francis Barrington, 1st Baronet
1614Sir Robert RichSir Richard Weston
1621-1622Sir Francis Barrington, 1st BaronetSir John Deane
1624Sir Francis Barrington, 1st BaronetSir Thomas Cheek
1625Sir Francis Barrington, 1st BaronetSir Arthur Harris
1626Sir Francis Barrington, 1st BaronetSir Harbottle Grimston
1628Sir Francis Barrington, 1st BaronetSir Harbottle Grimston
1629Robert Rich, Lord RichSir Harbottle Grimston
1629–1640No Parliaments convened

1640-1832

YearFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party
1659 Lord Rich Edward Turnor
April 1660 John Bramston Edward Turnor
1661 Sir Benjamin Ayloffe
1663 Banastre Maynard
February 1679 Sir Eliab Harvey Henry Mildmay
August 1679 John Lamotte Honywood
1685 Sir William Maynard Sir Thomas Fanshawe
1689 Henry Mildmay John Wroth
1690 Sir Francis Masham Whig
1693 John Lamotte Honywood
1694 Sir Charles Barrington Tory
1698 Edward Bullock
1701 Sir Francis Masham Whig
1705 Lord Walden Whig
1707 Thomas Middleton
1710 Sir Richard Child
1713 Sir Charles Barrington Tory
February 1715 Thomas Middleton
May 1715 William Harvey
1716 Robert Honywood
1722 William Harvey
1727 The Viscount Castlemaine Sir Robert Abdy Tory
1734 Thomas Bramston Tory
1747 William Harvey
1748 Sir John Abdy Tory
1759 Sir William Maynard
1763 John Luther
1772 John Conyers
1775 William Harvey
1779 Thomas Berney Bramston
1784 Colonel John Bullock
1802 Eliab Harvey
1810 John Archer-Houblon
1812 Charles Callis Western
1820 Sir Eliab Harvey
March 1830 Thomas Gardiner Bramston
August 1830 Sir John Tyssen Tyrell
1831 William Pole-Tylney-Long-Wellesley
1832 Constituency abolished: see Northern Essex, Southern Essex

References

New constituency UK Parliament constituency
1660 – 1832
Succeeded by
Essex North
UK Parliament constituency
1660 – 1832
Succeeded by
Essex South
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