List of MPs elected to the English parliament in 1625
This is a list of Members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the first parliament in the reign of King Charles I in 1625, which was known as the Useless Parliament.
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The first parliament began on 21 June 1625 and was held to 11 July 1625 when it adjourned to Oxford because of fear of plague in London. It then sat from 1 August 1625 to 12 August 1625 when it was dissolved. It gained its name because it transacted no significant business, but it was most 'useless' from the king's point of view.
List of constituencies and members
Bedfordshire | |||
| 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 | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Berkshire | Edmund Dunch Sir Francis Knollys |
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| Windsor | William Russell Humphrey Newbury |
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| Reading | Francis Knollys junior John Saunders |
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| Wallingford | Sir Anthony Forrest Michael Molyns |
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| Abingdon | Robert Knollys | ||
Buckinghamshire | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Buckinghamshire | Sir Francis Goodwin Henry Bulstrode |
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| Buckingham | Sir Alexander Denton Richard Oliver |
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| Wycombe | Henry Coke Thomas Lane |
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| Aylesbury | Sir Robert Carr Sir John Hare |
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| Amersham | John Crew Francis Drake |
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| Wendover | John Hampden Sir Sampson Darrell |
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| Marlow | John Backhouse Thomas Cotton |
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Cambridgeshire | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Cambridgeshire | Sir Edward Peyton, 2nd Baronet Sir John Cutts |
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| Cambridge University | Sir Robert Naunton Sir Albert Morton |
Morton also elected for Kent | |
| Cambridge | Talbot Pepys Thomas Meautys |
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Cheshire | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Cheshire | Robert Cholmondeley Sir Anthony St John |
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| City of Chester | Edward Whitby John Savage |
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Cornwall | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Cornwall | Charles Trevanion Sir Robert Killigrew |
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| Launceston | Bevil Grenville Richard Scott |
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| Liskeard | William Coryton Nicholas Hele |
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| Lostwithiel | Sir Henry Vane Nicholas Kendall Sir George Chudleigh, 1st Baronet Reginald Mohun |
Double return | |
| Truro | William Rous Henry Rolle |
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| Bodmin | Robert Caesar Henry Jermyn |
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| Helston | Francis Carew Thomas Carey |
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| Saltash | Francis Buller Sir Richard Buller |
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| Camelford | Sir Henry Hungate Thomas Cotteel |
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| Grampound | John Mohun Sir Samuel Rolle |
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| Eastlow | Sir James Bagge Sir Thomas Trevor |
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| Westlow | Sir John Wolstenholme, 1st Baronet Edward Thomas |
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| Penryn | Edward Roberts Sir Edwin Sandys |
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| Tregoney | Sir Henry Carey Sebastian Goode |
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| Bossiney | Sir Francis Cottington Bt Jonathan Prideaux |
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| St Ives | Sir William Parkhurst Sir Francis Godolphin |
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| Fowey | Arthur Basset Jonathan Rashleigh |
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| St Germans | Sir John Coke Sir Henry Martin |
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| Mitchell | Henry Sandys Sir John Smith |
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| Newport | Sir John Eliot Ralph Speccot |
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| St Mawes | Sir James Fullerton Nathaniel Tomkins |
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| Callington | Sir Richard Weston Thomas Wise |
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Cumberland | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Cumberland | Sir George Dalston Sir Patricius Curwen Bart |
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| Carlisle | Sir Henry Vane Edward Aglionby |
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Derbyshire | |||
| 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 | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Devon | Sir Francis Fulford Francis Courtenay |
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| Exeter | Ignatius Jordan Nicholas Duck |
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| Totnes | Sir Edward Seymour, 2nd Baronet 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 Warwick Hele Sir William Strode |
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| Tavistock | John Pym Sir Francis Glanville |
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| Clifton Dartmouth Hardness | John Upton Roger Matthew (Merchant) |
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| Bere Alston | Sir Thomas Cheek William Strode |
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| Tiverton | Sir Rowland St John John Francis |
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Dorset | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Dorset | Sir Walter Erle Sir Nathaniel Napier |
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| Poole | Sir John Cooper John Pyne |
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| Dorchester | Sir Francis Ashley William Whiteway |
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| Lyme Regis | John Drake Thomas Paramour |
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| Weymouth and Melcombe Regis | Sir John Strangways Thomas Middleton Arthur Pyne Bernard Michell |
Middleton chosen for Denbighshire and replaced by Giles Green | |
| Bridport | Lewis Dyve Sir John Strode |
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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 | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Essex | Sir Francis Barrington Bt Sir Arthur Harris |
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| Colchester | William Towse Sir Robert Quarles |
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| Maldon | Sir William Masham, 1st Baronet Sir Henry Mildmay |
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| Harwich | Sir Edmund Sawyer Christopher Harris |
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Gloucestershire | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Gloucestershire | Sir Maurice Berkeley John Dutton |
Browne Willis gives Sir Robert Tracy and Sir Robert Pointz | |
| Gloucester | Christopher Caple John Browne |
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| Cirencester | Sir Miles Sandys Henry Poole |
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| Tewkesbury | Sir Dudley Diggs Sir Baptist Hicks |
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Hampshire | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Hampshire | Robert Wallop Sir Henry Whitehead |
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| Winchester | Richard Tichborne Sir Thomas Phelips |
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| Southampton | Sir John Mill, 1st Baronet George Gallop |
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| Portsmouth | Sir Benjamin Rudyerd Sir Daniel Norton |
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| Petersfield | Sir John Jephson William Uvedale |
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| Yarmouth | Edward Clarke John Oglander |
Clarke sat for Hythe - replaced by Sir John Suckling | |
| Newport | Sir Nathaniel Rich Philip Fleming |
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| Stockbridge | Sir Richard Gifford Sir Thomas Badger |
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| Newtown | Sir Thomas Barrington, 2nd Baronet Thomas Malet |
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| Lymington | John Button John Mills |
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| Christchurch | Nathaniel Tomkins Sir Thomas Wilford |
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| Whitchurch | Robert Wallop Sir Robert Oxenbridge |
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| Andover | Sir Henry Wallop Henry Shuter |
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Herefordshire | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Herefordshire | John Rudhale Sir Giles Brydges, 1st Baronet |
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| Hereford | James Clerke Richard Weaver |
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| Leominster | James Tompkins Edward Littleton |
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Hertfordshire | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Hertfordshire | Sir John Boteler John Boteler |
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| St Albans | Sir Charles Morrison, 1st Baronet John Laken |
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| Hertford | William Ashton Thomas Fanshawe |
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Huntingdonshire | |||
| 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 | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Kent | Mildmay Lord Buckhurst Sir Albert Morton |
Morton also elected for Cambridge University | |
| Canterbury | John Fisher Sir Thomas Wilsford |
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| Rochester | Henry Clerke (Sir) Thomas Walsingham |
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| Maidstone | Edward Mapleton Thomas Stanley |
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| Queenborough | Roger Palmer Edward Hales |
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Lancashire | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Lancashire | Sir Richard Molyneux, Bt Sir John Ratcliffe |
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| Preston | Sir William Harvey Henry Banister |
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| Lancaster | Sir Humphrey May Sir Thomas Fanshawe |
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| Newton | Sir Miles Fleetwood Sir Henry Edmonds |
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| Wigan | Francis Downes Edward Bridgeman |
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| Clitheroe | Sir Ralph Assheton William Fanshawe |
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| Liverpool | James Lord Strange Edward Moore |
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Leicestershire | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Leicestershire | Ferdinando Lord Hastings Sir Wolstan Dixie |
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| Leicester | Thomas Jermyn Sir Humphrey May |
May chosen for Lancaster and replaced by Sir George Hastings | |
Lincolnshire | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Lincolnshire | Sir John Wray, 2nd Baronet Sir Nicholas Saunderson Bt |
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| Lincoln | Sir Thomas Grantham John Monson |
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| Boston | Sir Edward Barkham William Boswell |
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| Grimsby | Henry Pelham Sir Christopher Wray |
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| Stamford | Montagu Bertie John St Amand |
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| Grantham | Sir George Manners Sir William Airmine |
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Middlesex | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Middlesex | Sir John Franklyn Sir Gilbert Gerard |
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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 | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Monmouthshire | Robert Viscount Lisle Sir William Morgan |
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| Monmouth Boroughs | Walter Stewart | ||
Norfolk | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Norfolk | Sir Edward Coke Sir Edmund Bacon |
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| Norwich | William Denny Sir Thomas Hyrne |
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| King's Lynn | Thomas Gurling (merchant) John Cooke (merchant) |
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| Yarmouth | Sir John Corbet Edward Owner |
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| Thetford | Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington Framlingham Gawdy |
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| Castle Rising | Sir Hamon le Strange Sir Thomas Bancroft |
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Northamptonshire | |||
| 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 |
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| Brackley | Sir Thomas Wenman Edward Spencer |
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| Higham Ferrers | Charles Montagu | ||
Northumberland | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Northumberland | Sir John Fenwick Sir Francis Brandling |
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| Newcastle | Sir Thomas Ridell Sir Henry Anderson |
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| Morpeth | Sir Thomas Reynell Sir Anthony Herbert |
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| Berwick upon Tweed | Sir Robert Jackson Sir John Selby |
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Nottinghamshire | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Nottinghamshire | Sir Gervase Clifton John Stanhope |
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| Nottingham | Robert Greaves John Martyn |
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| East Retford | John Lord Haughton Sir Francis Wortley, 1st Baronet |
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Oxfordshire | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Oxfordshire | Edward Wray Sir Richard 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 | Sir Philip Cary Sir Gerard Fleetwood |
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| Banbury | Hon. James Fiennes | ||
Rutland | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Rutland | William Bulstrode Sir Guy Palmes |
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Salop | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Shropshire | Sir Richard Newport Sir Andrew Corbet |
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| Shrewsbury | Sir William Owen Thomas Owen |
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| Bridgnorth | Sir William Whitmore George Vernon |
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| Ludlow | Richard Tomlins Ralph Goodwin |
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| Wenlock | Thomas Lawley Sir Thomas Wolryche, 1st Baronet |
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| Bishops Castle | William Oakley Edward Waring |
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Somerset | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Somerset | John Stawell Sir Robert Phelips |
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| Bristol | Nicholas Hyde John Whitson |
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| Bath | Ralph Hopton Edward Hungerford |
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| Wells | Sir Edward Rodney Sir Thomas Lake |
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| Taunton | Thomas Brereton Sir Hugh Portman, 4th Baronet |
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| Bridgwater | Sir Arthur Lake Edward Popham |
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| Minehead | Charles Pyne Francis Lutterell |
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| Ilchester | Sir Robert Gage Richard Wynn |
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Staffordshire | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Staffordshire | Sir Simon Weston Richard Erdeswick |
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| Lichfield | Sir Richard Dyott William Wingfield |
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| Stafford | Matthew Cradock Sir Robert Hatton | Hatton chose to sit for Sandwich - replaced by Sir John Offley | |
| Newcastle under Lyme | Edward Mainwaring John Keeling |
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| Tamworth | Sir Thomas Puckering Bt Sir Richard Skeffington |
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Suffolk | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Suffolk | Sir Edmund Bacon, 2nd Baronet Thomas Cornwallis |
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| Ipswich | Robert Snelling William Cage |
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| Dunwich | Sir John Rous Sir Robert Brooke |
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| Orford | Sir Robert Hitcham Sir William Whitepole |
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| Eye | Francis Finch Sir Roger North |
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| Aldeburgh | Sir Thomas Glemham Charles Glemham |
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| Sudbury | Sir Nathaniel Barnardiston Sir Robert Crane, 1st Baronet |
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| Bury St Edmunds | Sir Thomas Jermyn Sir William Spring |
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Surrey | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Surrey | Sir George More Sir Francis Leigh |
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| Southwark | Richard Yarward William Coxe |
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| Bletchingly | Edward Bysshe Thomas Gresham |
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| Reigate | Sir Thomas Bludder Rogr James |
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| Guildford | Sir Robert More Robert Parkhurst, jnr |
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| Gatton | Sir Charles Howard Sir Thomas Crewe |
Crewe Speaker | |
| Haslemere | Sir Francis Carew Poynings More |
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Sussex | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Sussex | Sir Thomas Pelham, 2nd Baronet Sir John Shurley |
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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 Samuel Owfield |
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| Lewes | Sir George Goring Sir George Rivers |
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| New Shoreham | Anthony Stapley William Marlott |
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| Bramber | Walter Barttelot Thomas Bowyer |
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| Steyning | Sir Edward Fraunceys Sir Thomas Farnefold |
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| East Grinstead | Sir Henry Compton Robert Heath |
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| Arundel | Sir Henry Spiller William Hill |
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Warwickshire | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Warwickshire | Sir Thomas Lucy Sir Clement Throckmorton |
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| Coventry | Henry Harwell Sir Edward Coke |
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| Warwick | Sir Francis Leigh, Bt. Francis Lucy |
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Westmorland | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Westmorland | Sir John Lowther Sir Henry Bellingham |
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| Appleby | Sir John Hotham, 1st Baronet Thomas Hughes |
Hotham chose to sit for Beverley - not replaced | |
Wiltshire | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Wiltshire | Sir Francis Seymour Sir Henry Ley |
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| Salisbury | Henry Sherfield (Recorder) Sir Walter Long, 1st Baronet |
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| Wilton | Sir Thomas Morgan Sir William Harrington |
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| Downton | Sir Clipsby Crew Edward Herbert |
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| Hindon | Sir Thomas Thynne Thomas Lambert |
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| Heytesbury | Sir Charles Berkeley Edward Byshe |
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| Westbury | Sir Walter Long Gifford Long |
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| Calne | Sir Edward Howard George Lowe (senior) |
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| Chippenham | Sir John Maynard Sir Francis Popham |
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| Devizes | Edward Bayntun Robert Drew |
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| Malmesbury | Sir Henry Moody Sir Edward Wardour |
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| Cricklade | Sir William Howard Edward Dowse |
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| Ludgershall | Robert Pye Sir Thomas Hinton |
BW corrigenda gives other member as Sir Thomas Jaye | |
| Great Bedwyn | Sir John Brooke William Cholmeley |
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| Old Sarum | Michael Oldisworth Sir John Stradling |
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| Wootton Bassett | Robert Hyde Sir Walter Tichborne |
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| Marlborough | Richard Digges Edward Kyrton |
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Worcestershire | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Worcestershire | Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 1st Baronet William Russell |
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| Worcester | Sir Walter Devereux Sir Henry Spelman |
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| Droitwich | John Wilde John Coventry |
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| Evesham | Richard Cresheld Anthony Langston |
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| Bewdley | Ralph Clare | ||
Yorkshire | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Yorkshire | Sir Thomas Wentworth, Bt Sir Thomas Fairfax |
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| York | Sir Arthur Ingram Christopher Brooke |
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| Kingston upon Hull | John Lister Maurice Abbot |
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| Knaresborough | Sir Richard Hutton Sir Henry Slingsby |
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| Scarborough | Hugh Cholmeley William Thompson |
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| Ripon | William Mallory Sir Thomas Posthumous Hoby |
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| Richmond | Christopher Wandesford Sir Talbot Bowes |
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| Hedon | Sir Thomas Fairfax of Walton Christopher Hilliard |
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| Boroughbridge | Sir Ferdinando Fairfax William Mainwaring |
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| Thirsk | Henry Belasyse Henry Stanley |
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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 Richard Beaumont |
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Cinque Ports | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Hastings | Nicholas Eversfield Sackville Crowe |
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| Romney | Sir Edmund Verney Richard Godfrey |
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| Hythe | Sir Edward Dering, 1st Baronet Edward Clarke |
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| Dover | John Hippisley William Beecher |
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| Sandwich | Sir Henry Wotton Sir Robert Hatton |
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| Rye | Thomas Fotherby John Sackville |
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| Winchelsea | Roger Twysden Sir Ralph Freeman |
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Wales | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Anglesey | Sir Sackville Trevor | ||
| Beaumaris | Charles Jones | ||
| Brecknockshire | Charles Vaughan | ||
| Brecknock | Walter Pye | ||
| Cardiganshire | James Lewis | ||
| Cardigan | Rowland Pugh | ||
| Carmarthenshire | (Sir) Richard Vaughan | ||
| Carmarthen | Henry Vaughan | ||
| Carnarvonshire | Thomas Glynn | ||
| Carnarvon | Edward Littleton | Littleton chose for Leominster - replaced by Robert Jones | |
| Denbighshire | Thomas Myddelton | ||
| Denbigh Boroughs | Sir Hugh Middleton, 1st Baronet | ||
| Flintshire | Sir John Trevor | ||
| Flint | William Ravenscroft | ||
| Glamorgan | Sir Robert Mansell | ||
| Cardiff | William Price | ||
| Merioneth | Henry Wynn | ||
| Montgomeryshire | William Herbert | Herbert replaced by Sir Thomas Middleton | |
| Montgomery | George Herbert | ||
| Pembrokeshire | John Wogan | ||
| Pembroke | Lewis Powell | ||
| Haverford West | Sir Thomas Canon | ||
| Radnorshire | James Price | ||
| Radnor | Charles Price | ||
See also
- List of Parliaments of England
- Useless Parliament
References
- D. Brunton & D. H. Pennington, Members of the Long Parliament (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
- Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808)
- Browne Willis Notitia parliamentaria, or, An history of the counties, cities, and boroughs in England and Wales: ... The whole extracted from mss. and printed evidences 1750 pp198-
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